The morning call., 1890-04-30
NETTLESRIP'S SCORE.

Edgar L. wakeman In May Chautauquan.
Venice. 1880.
NETTLESRIP'S SCORE.
CONTINUED
MyElED hit two fourers the first overl said
ENse Elaine without taking her sparkling
Il SNg 4 eyes from the game.
E,YHf - Ned. indeed =" said Mrs. McIlwraith.
But II obviously OF no use TO say more just
then, when Elaine was so shamefully excited.
Mrs. Mcllwraith subsided into composed silence.
After all. II was cot so very bard 10 get iuto
town ways, and really, when one tiled, II came
guile natural 10 show the cold shoulder to ones
oldest country friends. . Ned. indeed
For additional serenity she raised her eyes TO
the box OF the vehicle. There sat Enid, tile sec
ond Miss Mcll~raith. and by her side most
satisfactory young man. Those twain were
really delightfully."- engrOssed In one another.
They were in a planet OF their own, from which
II seldom occurred 10 them 10 Turn their heads
and look down. The young man. was enof-
mously wealthy, though lineally Of small &C
count. But everything was not 10 be comprised
at once. There should be no taiut of trade in
Eain-'s bargan-nOt even OF successful trade
Ned The idea
The hot afternoon wore on, and the feldsmen's
shadows became longer and narrower every
over. LanCeot, Euoch,i and their friend the
page snOTed happily under The aXle-treeS AS
for Mrs. Mclwrath, She had become Injured 10
rounds of applause mat ola not in the least
cite her curiosity, and was herself ON The point
OF doing when a peculiarly long and loud up
roar Induced her 10 open her eyes. she opened
lItIu upon INC strangely Idig ldSC vi IldiuC.
whatever IS the matter"' cried MIS-. Nell
wrath.
Mrs. McIlwraith had deserted the figure of
young NetleShip walking slowly from the
wicket, with bent shoulders-after the first out
burst, In dead silence. But as lie neaIed the
densely crowded pavilion he shouting and clap
ping OF hands burst forth again with iedoubed
enthusiasm Elaine clapped, too, clapped wildly,
and the PINK was back Ia her face.
Dear me. II must be something quite out OF
the way 10 make ali this fuss about" said Mrs
Mcllwralth, pefcelYlng at last that the occasion
was great one. In whose honor, pray, Is all
this din2"
In Ned's-Ned's ~ cried Elaine, sun clap
ping furiously. " See, the other side are clap
ping, tGoi Oh do hope 1t is a huudred-it must
be a hundred-it can't be short OF hundred"
But fl was-Dy one run. NettleSnlp's memoir
able score was exactly ninety-nInel
sympathy at once made Itself felt In fresh
and touching roar; But as for Elaine, tears
sprang into her hue flashing eyes she leaned back
in The landau, and The match Interested lei no
more.
Her mother appeared TO be thinking At last
Has lie distlngul shed himself so very much,
my dear ?"
''Oh, mamma, tremendously"
linen" said Mrs. McIIwraIth, naiyely, :" why
don't lie come back aud sit with us?"
he might, perhaps" answered Elaine III he
had distinguished himself less" Aud for a mo-
ment her wishes were al variance.
Elaine" SAID her mother, alter another and
longer pause, "wll there be anything about
him in The papers tomorrow"
"Anythug? Columns %
'And people Will talk about him?''
match! y
just as they were going, "send Mr. Nettleshlp
card this eYeniug-ior Friday, you knowP'
So many men get a hundred runs in the uni
yeIsity match that ii would be superhuous to de-
scribe the variety of cOngratulatons-from eX-
from
h0ary veterans and bealGless bOyS-that assailed
Nelteshlp IN tie pavilion. OF late years cent
uTies" In hrsT-claSs cricket have become so
terribly common and at least one century In the
university match SO entirely inevitable that Net
tlrship was rather glad than otherwise 10 have
just fallen short Of the commonplace three
figures. He had achieved record all TO himself,
for nlnetyn is the rarest of scores and has
never before or since been made in The oxford
and Cambridge matches. Indeed Nettleship
would have been perfectly contented but for the
tresome expressions of sympathy on account OF
that one Iun short that mingled largely with the
praises OuZZtng in his ears. The popular CON-
mlseration saYOred OF strained sentiment, for It
could not have been more demunstrative L lie
had got no runs AT all ana II bored Nettieship
supremacy; in fact, it had great deal TO do with
his leaving the ground when lie did, fun hour
before play ceased, there being no danger OF OK
| ford having to field again that evening.
lie tGied TO gel away unobseTved; but the PEN
altIes OF public personality are lnexorabe, and
| The invitations and questions that relted him
| between The pavilion and the gates were some
| thing eart-breakine. NeItleship refused the III
| NildllUISt lEuOlcu tUc 4utSliOu5 anu eventually
| ratified of alone IN hanson.
| Speeding toward the city IN that hanson, the
! young man underwent swift TRANSPORTATION
HIS lead dropped IN detection, his pointed feat
ures grew senslbly sharper, his eyes filed with
! bitterness and an ugly disturt0n-a mere paI ody
/ OF a SMILE and a poor oue-froze upon his lips
| Two pictures, both OF himself, we've IN his mind
| LORDS cricket ground was the background Of
The enc. an lll-iurnlshed room in the Temple that
| OF The other. His back was turned upon the first,
| bis face was set toward tile second and the
iron was deep IN his soul He had carried
oil the honors Of the afternoon pretty
coolly. If not Qrom purely physical
causes exactly in cold blood, yet. looking
at him now, one would have taken him for a
| young man denied all his life the happiness of a
single tlumpha hour. In fact, Nelfeship was
| to be ptied, but not ut his own computation.
! For young men are the worst judges OF their own
| haIdshlps, and this one was driving to chambers
in the Temple not 10 a garrelt-dTIvlng, too, not
| waklng-aud had an income upon which IL was
| quite possible to live in tOlerabie comfort, dress
| decently and occasionally even TO drink wine at
meals. What was impossible for etleship was
| 10 live as be had been accustomed to live; as lie
! considered nature had Intended him 10 live from
The first; as all the men he had been playing with
to-day lived. But misery being purely a matter
| OF comparison, even this qualified form OF II was,
| In NettesblpS case, considerable, not TO say
! grieyous.
The hanson was hall way TO the Temple when,
| apparently on a sudden impulse, The fare
Knocked Violently with his knuckles urou the
| trap overhead. A square OF blue sky was
stamped for moment in the roof of the cab, to
| be Instantly obterated by sun-1ayed ear aud
| WHISPERED cheek. Inlo that ear Nettleship pro-
| nounced the name OF celebrated emporium of
fashionable virtu and salable conceits in metal
and fabric. Three minutes later lie was In the
artistic precincts of the shop itself, asking for
The manager by name aud giving his own. The
| manager came forward al once.
| "Ah? said lie, " about your curos. l am
| right? Well, follow me, Sir"
Nettleshp did so. They paused before table,
artistic III Itself, upon which a number OF Aslatic
curiOs were effectively arranged.
" Here they are, Sir, aud In advantageous posi-.
tion, rs l think you VIII admit But am sorry
| TO their number is uuUtmtOis Pd-un m m
lshed. sir, by so much as single spear head. !
told you my fears frankly, think, at tile first;
so far, regret to say, they realized. There
Is no sale Tor curlOs now. They have gone out.
They are not The craze, sir. You know what the
craze Is now, sir; and two craZes cannot be cock
isteni. am perfectly frank-they must be done
TO death one at time SIR, seni0res ptioles' Il
(Netteship smiled) Now, year ago it would
have been different. We would have specialized
In these things then, sir fOr they very pretty
things, indeed MIR. Nettlesnp; we would have
nothing 10 do with them at all. not even on the
present TERMS II they were not such exceedingly
pretty things. Bur, as 1t Il, We dare not specu-
late in them; as 1t is, the speculation must he
yours, Sir"
The man was voluble and knew his business
Considering everything, there was pinch OF
bumor In The situation. Nettleship smiled again
not entirely In bitterness.
There has been no inquiry at all about the
things, then?" said Nelleship, preparing tC
leave the shop.
None to my knowledge. But stay; will
make sure before You co."
The manager lett him. In less than a minute
There has been an inquiry, after all-and q
GOOD zeal oil interest shOwn-about this" He
took up small bronze water-vase delicately
traced with strange figures. IL was the one
thing in bis collection that Nettleship had sup
posed 10 be OF zeal value, though he mad kept To-
bacco In 1t until the day il occurred to him 4
make money out of his curiOs
But said Nettleship, "nothing came OF IT,
you say" "
"No. because we named your price It will
never go at hfty guineas, sir; IFS too tall alto.
gether."
Nettleship looked coldly at the man OF busI.
ness; he had keen eye for crazes no doubt
| but what was he to Know about the anLIoue All
OF Irdla2 On the other hand, Nettlesbip him.
self was completely ignorant OF that subject He
had only some chance acquaintance's word fol-
1t, out In India, that this little vase was yalu.
able property. Nettleship looked at the man OF
business very coldly Indeed.
Look here" he said slowly, aud in the pre-