Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-06-06

IAN earlS. Just come with me 10
morrow. Gone out of town, indeedl
Whoever could have told you such a
ieT told him that many of the sur
rounding circumstances corroborated
the statement; whereat he smiled gen
tly and said Well, come with me to-
morrow. ! say. and I'll show you all
the nobility you want. Meet me at the
Metropole at IL. and III take you where
you won't see anything else
You amt going to a levee or a
drawing roomr said !, because I've
got no court dress ready A levee or
drawing room in Augustr he exclaimed
with a loud laugh, but checked him
self suddenly and said: oh, no, the
levee and drawing room viii be too
crowded for comfort ! sha'nt take
o there, you know This ought TO
have given me a hint. but l vas too in.
tent on seeing the lords and ladies TO
think of or notice anything else. Well,
next day he called for me at the little
old Met"
Pardon me, one moment, " the colo
mel said; 'how did you meet this
ahem-Lord Smith, if all the lords we're
avayF
'Tn explain that presently" said
Pettigrew; you just wait. Well, Smith
had a very tony turnout High
wheeled dogcart, tandem team of dark
roans, and a tiger behind in livery and
top boots. l tell you, l felt fine dash
ing through the swell streets Of Lon
don, and every m turning TO look at
ter US. We struck right out into the
country as soon as we could get there.
I'VE haven't got TO the place yet
explained Smith, in reply 70 my ques-
ton as 10 how far we had come; but
we're not far off now. You see, the
place I'm taking you 70 is a favorite re-
sort Of some Of the greatest peers in
tie kingdom. Hardly any one knows
CHS except people in the swim, you
know. RS a small town about six
miles from Highgate, and out Of it
leads one Of the best roads in England
for driving. The peers come here 70
drive.
" -Four INLAND COACHES, l presume,
said /.
Now, said he, there isn't a bigger
mistake than to suppose that fourth.
hands are driven by the best peopl. in
England Snobs do, but peers-tht
sort Of peers that I'm going to show you
presently drive simple one horse carts
and many of them don't even have 6
groom with them. You see, I'm letting
you into some secrets and he laughed
/ thanked him and he went on. 'YoU
may also note that the horses do not
look much, and have generally the ap
pearance Of being badly groomed Of
not at all That's a sort Of fad Of
swagger. Snobs 90 in for smartness sC
much that noblemen like TO affect the
opposite. But here n now.
He looked keenly ahead, while | re
member thinking | did not find the
road we were on anything 10 brag Of
But | forgot it the next minute wheI
Smith began again.
Now. look well at this man, anC
III tell you presently who he is. YOU
will be surprised. l can assure you A
very commonplace cart and horse came
numbering along. The cart looked a
though il hadn't been washed for Z
month or the horse groOmed for two
In it. driving. sat n man He was
fat, red faced old fellow of between
sixty and seventy, with bushy gra!
whiskers meeting under his chin. HI
was muffied up in what | thought
very shabby great coal for a peer, over
his knees was a faded striped hors'
blanket. and on his head a dingy
broad brimmed high hat. Between
his teeth was a blackened briar pipe
a beam Of Intelligence Lit up his fac,
as he caught sight Of Smith, and h,
touched his hat. He said something
but | couldn't hear it, for Smith waved
his whip and shouted, Fine day, m!
lordl The old peer smiled pleasant!
and made some reply, out could no
catch what il was.
Now said Smith, can you CUES
who that wasT 1 should never thinl
he was a peer / answered. No,
daresay not. he said. MOI wouh
most people who didn't know. Well
that's Earl Cadogan,' and he hicked hi
leaders ear with his whip. Earl Cado
ganP Iasked. Yes, he said, i though
you'd be surprised i am said l; :
never should have thought it, But
steady, said Smith, catching me by tn,
arm; here's another, and in the dis
lance a lot more. We're in the thicl
of it now Is this the good roadr
asked as the wheel slid into a rut o
some dimensions. Hush. don't say
word. l don't want TO speak TO him
Just look at him out of the side of you
eye or he'll pull up and bother US 70
half an hour I should like that,
said l. If he's a great swell He's al
that. replied Smith; he couldn't be
greater. Bat he's a most awful bore
That's his servant beside him. He.