Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-07-18

| Here las ne dIUeIWdTQS tOlu us UIotuCiI
the publisher was brutally interrupted by
the author.
eff you will have II, I" said this rude man,
there it is in two words. The doctor )
portrait is the likeness of an ass. As he
| couldn't do it himself. wanted materials
for writing his life. He referred me to
the year of his birth, the year of his mar
| riage, the year of this. that and the other.
Who cares about dates. The public likes
| to be tickled by personal statements. Very
well-I tickled the subject. Taere you
have it in a nutshell"
The clerk appeared at that ;uspiciOus
moment, with the authors accom-, neatly
exhibited under two sides-a debtor side
which represented the expenditure Of
Hugh Mountjoy's money. and a creditor
side. which represented $50 far Mr.. Iimp-
any's profits. Amount of these last: 81
las. l0d
Mr.. Vimpany tore up the account, threw
the pieces in the face of Mr.. Paul, and ex-
pressed his sentiments in one opprobrious
word: .'Swindlers!'
The publisher: You shall hear of us,
sir, through our lawyer"
And the author answered: go to the
devil!'
CHAPTER XxxvII.-TIE FIRST QUARREL.
Once out in the street again, the first
open door ut which Mr.. Vimpany stopped
was the door of a tavern. lie ordered
glass of brandy and water. and cigar
1t was then the hour of the afternoon,
between the time of luncheon and the
time of dinner, when the business of q
tavern is generally in a state of suspense.
The dininG-room was empty when Mr..
Vimpany entered it. and the walters IN
occupied attention was in want of an Oh
ject. Having nothing else to notice, he
looked at the person who had just come
in The deluded stranger was drinking
fiery potato brandy and smoking lat the
foreign price, an English cigar. Would
his taste tell him the melancholy TRUTH
No; it seemed to matter nothing to him
what he was drinking or what he. was
smoking. Now he looked angry anC now
he looked puzzled: and now he took q long
letter from his pocket, and read it in
places. and marked the places with PEN
Gil. "Upto some mischief" was the wait
er's Interpretation OF the signs. The
stranger ordered second glass of grog,
and drank it in gulps. and fell iuto such
deem thought that he let his cigar go out.
Evidently. a man in search OF an idea.
And, to all appearance, he found what he
wanted on a sudden. In hurry he paid
his reckoning, and left his small change
and his unfinished cigar on the table. and
was off before the waiter could say Thank
The next place at which he stopped was
fine house in spacious square. A car
rage was waiting at the door. The ser
want who opened the door knew him.
''Sir james is going out again, sir. in
two minutes" the man said. Mr.. Vimp-
any answered.: Il won't keep him two
minutes"
A bell rang from the room or the ground
floor; and gentleman came out as Mr..
Vimpany was shown in. Sir James steth-
oscope was still in his hand; his latest
medical fee lay on the table.
"Some other day, Vimpany," the great
surgeon said; Il have no time to give you
now"
Twill you give me minute?" the hum
BILE doctor asked.
very well. What is its"
Il an. down in the world now. Sir James,
"V Sp credit ccredditable. my good fellow. How
can help You. Come. cOme--out with it.
You want something"
81 want your great name to do me q
great service. am going to France. A
letter of introduction from you will open
doors which might be closed to an I'M
known man like myself"
What doors do you mean!" Sir James
asked.
'The doors of the hospitals in Paris"
"Wait a minute. Vimpany. Have You
anv particular object in view?"
"A professional object, of course" tho
ready doctor answered. Il have got an
idea for u new treatment OF dis"rS' IT the
lungs, and want to zee If the French
have made any recent discoveries in that
direction"
Sir James took up his pen-and hesitated.
His ill-starred medical colleague had been
his fellow-student and his friend in the
days when they were both young men.
They had seen but little of each other
since they had gone their different ways
one of them ON the high road which leads
to success, and the other down the by
ways which end in failure. The famous
surgeon felt passing doubt of the use
which his needy and vagabond inferior
might make of his name. For moment
his pen was held suspended over the pa
per. But the man of great reputation
was also man of great heart. Old asso-
Citations pleaded with him. and won their
cause. His companion of former times
left the house provided with letter of in
PRODUCTION to the chief surgeon at the Ho-
tel Diem, in Paris.
Mr. Vimpany's next and last proceeding
for that day was to stop at telegraph
Office. and TO communicate economically
with Lord Harry in three words:
Expect me tomorrow"
Early in the morning of the next day
Lore Harry received the doctors tele-
gran Iris not having risen at the time,
he seLt for Fanny Mere, and ordered her
to get the spare room ready for a guest.
L uc UuSy SuSplClOu tculptttl ueI
to put venturesome question. Sac asked
if the person expected was lady or gen
tleman.
What business is It of yours who the
visitor ISL her master asked sharply. ALI
ways easy and good -humored with his in
feriors in general. Lord Horny had taken
dislike to his wife's maid from the mo-
ment when he had first seen her. His
Irish feeling for beauty and brightness
was especially offended by the unhealthy
pallOr Of the wOmans complexion and the
eu len self-SuppressiOn of her manner.
Al that his native ingenuity had been
alb. to do was to make her means OF
paving a compliment to his WIFE Your
maid has one merit, in my eyes" he said;
''she is living proof of the sweetness Of
your temper"
Iris joined her husband at the breakfast
table with an appearance of disturbance
in her face, seldom seen during the dull
days of her life at Passy Il hear of
somebody coming to stay with u.s." she
said. Not Mr.. VimpaDy again. l hope
and trust?"
Lord Harry was careful to give his Gus
tomary morning kiss, before he replied.
"Why shouldn't my faithful old friend
come and see me again." he asked, with
his winning smile.
''Pray don't speak of that hateful man.
she answered, "as your faithful old friend
He is nothing Of the kind. What did you'll
Tell me WQeu lie JOOk leave OF US after MS
last visit. and owned was glad that he
was gone, You said: Faith, my dear, I'm
IS glad as you are"
Her good-natured husband laughed at
this little picture of himself '.Ah, my
darling, how many more times am to
make the same confession to my pretty
priest: Try to remember, without more
telling. that it's one of my misfortunes to
be man Of many tempers. There are
times when get tired to death of Vimp-
any: and there are times when the CHEEKY
old devil exercises destinations over me- I
declare you're spelling the eyebrows that
admire bv letting them twist themselves
into frown. After the trouble l have |
taken to clear your mind of prejudice
against an unfortunate man, it's dis
heartening to ind you 30 hard on the
poor fellows faults and 20 blind to his
virtues"
The time had haen Ahan this ramon