Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-03-16

ing; and being waited On by ones hus
bands orderly-a curious sort Of object,
neither soldier, servant, nor good red
herring-and a one horse carriage drawn
by my husband S charger. when he could
spare it. Je men doute. Poor Lotus!
If only he were rich and could pay all
my debts, how happy we might be to
gether."
Lady Charlotte acted upon her friends
advice, and wrote gracious little note
to Miss boilers, in which Lady Charlotte
Craddock presented her compliments to
Miss boilers, etc., and begged that Miss
boilers would be so kind as to call upon
her to discuss the election work OF the
habitation TO which they both belonged.
Miss Letitia boilers swallowed the bait
willingly, and not unconsciously. 81
guess am going to be the boom OF the
season, and Lady Charlotte likes to be in
the front" she thought, asshe dispatched
a reply.
Lady Charlotte gushed very swcetly
and with high bred gentieness; Letitia
boilers gushed with Yankee brusquerie,
and they parted friends.
When Lady Charlotte accented her
annual invitation from Lord Addlepayta
| to spend Ascot week at Addlepayte Villa,
near Ascot Heath. she asked il she
might bring her young friend, Miss Dol
Iers, favor which was willingly granted,
and Lady Charlotte was able to present
herself to Mr.. Crump armed with the
! honorable and noble lords letter. Mr.
| Crump undertook to send Lady Charlotte
! a couple of dresses: a Chef d'opuvre for
the first and third DAY and for the Cup
day a conception in mushroom color
which should make all other well dressed
| women green with envy.
Letitia boilers was sufficiently delight
/ ed at the receipt of her invitation 70 be
very amenable to al Lady Chariotte's
| plans, and at her suggestion drove to
/ Bond street in her ladyship'S dainty vic
| tOria, the maintenance Of which was
marvel to the few who suspected the real
state of her exchequer. After long and
solemn consultation with Mr.. Crump,
Jr., whose taste was said TO be the
guiding star of the firm, Miss boilers
! gave an order for costumes for che Ascot
week on so lavish a scale that Lady Char
lotte felt quite sure of dresses on her own
account for the rest of the season
Miss boilers was residing at the Metro
pole hotel, and was very anxious to make
Lady Charlotte known to a compatriot
staying in the same hotel, Mr.. Josiah
Washington Potts, quondam pork ex-
porter in the far west, now millionaire
gentleman, doing Europe, and bent on
/ the purchase of a country seat in Eng
land, old furniture, "a pedigree, aristo-
cratic wife, and, if possible, baronet-
age. Of the likelihood of his obtaining
this last he was sometimes doubtful, of
the others absolutely sure.
\ small banquet was inaugurated in
the Americans dining room on the
ground floor of the MetropoIe. at
which Lady Charlotte consented to be
present, and also consented to send out
invitations to few of her own friends,
as Mr.. Josiah Washington Potts was not
richly lowered with acquaintance in
London and was anxious TO get into the
very best sOciety-"the corner lot" he
called it. As this was convenient man
ner Of paying debts in the shape of din
ners owing 20 people whom she did not
much care about, Lady Charlotte was
able to gather together a dozen or so
wealthy, well dressed people. Not her
best friends, not the creme de la creme,
but few of those people who Frustrated
themselves at her feet in their endeavor
to secure at their parties the presence
of fashionable beauty, who was known
to have been admired by Il. r. Il.
Lady Charlotte and the friends came
and Toasted at the Americans expense,
fattered him upon the elegance of the
dinner and looked askance at Letitia
Dollers-that American thing in whom
tiey saw SO little TO admire, and whose
portraits they were sick Of seeing in all
the West End shops. All agreed in won
dering why Lady Charlotte had taken
her up, and some even declared
that they knew as a fact that Miss
boilers had paid her a large sum
down to introduce her to his friends.
None guessed the truth There are
wheels within wheels in the best So
ciety.
Letitia boilers was great success at
Ascot, and Lady Charlotte was fain to
rejoice over her arrangement with Mr..
Crump Her own mushroom cOiored
gown was described in all the papers.
Lured by the double magnet of Lady
Charlotte Craddock and the more novel
attraction Of the beauty whom the know
ing ones declared that h. r. II. had dis
covered at Cannes. and thus created
and of whom the same knowing ones
asserted that Il. K. Il. had avowed that
he would rather have discovered her
the choicest sprigs Of nobility and the
great ones Of the land lowered about
Lord Addlepayte's drag. Young Lord
Callow's team of blacks and exquisitely
matched groonls passed unnoticed, and
the reigring beauty of last year bit the
tips of her Suede gloves in anger and
despair at the sight Of the tickle crowd
with field glasses leveled and forafngers
pointed at the new beauty Of the season.
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