Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-03

n mineral lefnl.SasfC 1urnlSH 7 triumphant
solution of the pauper labor problem.
-otherlngham had made grand stroke,
hOugh it had been preceded, and was to be
followed by others which we shall be there
o see. The scheme was foated.
And il the fertile mind of Mrs. Euphemia
:. Shicksper another Blarnaby scheme be-
'an to float. =
CHAPTER Iv.-LeFDoN.
here T 55 ss s S42Esl sFP Sads
And while he sinks. without one arm to save.
he country btooms--a garden and grave
When Mr.. Blarnaby> called upon Mr..
idogg. as arranged in Miss Bennsons
nornng room, he had, rs We know, not the
eastBotion that mis- name had been taken
n vain by Genie. When he left Mr.. Hogg,
f5sf nearly an hours earnest conversation,
heTwas none the wiser. The two men I'M
lerStoOd each other fairly well. BlarnabyS
we was not the kind to send shallOw-pate
students Of character into either raptureS
II shudderS. II was neither large nor
mali, bright nor dull, black nor blue. 1t
vas Just plain, practical, wonderfully
iervicedble eye. with d world OF keenneSS,
'agaCity and resolution in its fathOmless
tCpthS. 1t took Il mans measure before he
'ealiZcd he had been looked at. The Blar-
''HiN'
Trough frog when put before an intense
light. The difference between L wise man
md Il fool consists i'll thiS-the wise man
sees into what the other only looks
II; the one only uses his senses,
he other his sense. Blarnaby was
very wise man. always bearing in mud
hat we are all of us more or less lnnatic.
IT'S only question of how often ;our lucid
intervals come, and how long they last.
He thought to himself, did MIR. Blarnaby.
N leaving HOCg'S house! something of this
sort: 'Hogg is ,5nSt the man for me,
if ives, hang gtfat Tiff / can get
mold Of him. Tiles young enough to be
Jickled and Old enough to be foxy; he's
Ecod fellow, lots of friends, and served me
well in placing me in the best circles in
e.ngiand-he and Miss Bcnnisou too, good
soul. But he seems shy about things of
'iate. 1t looks as if he isn't going TO like
my coming TO thes front as candidate. 1:
Shout dnt wonder if he is getting ready to-
WORK against sme.F He hasn't forgiven nay
speech that nfSdS mince-meat of silk-stoeK
ing politicianSsRho grudge honest workers
heir raltrysg4ns because the dudiSh re-
formers csh afford to be patriots for-snOth-
ing. Yet he shows no feeling, and he
hasnit1eft the 8rty. His sofyplace is his
bump of concSit. ). BE wants IL be big,
BADLY enough ,buShe,s ten timss m9fe nun
cry for peoAssto think him Big If theyonIIy
fifHka him content with the population. He
doesn't like having to earn it. That's the
way with your Supertine refOrmcrS. Ii [
can induce him to be the tigurehead Of the
National development scheme, he shall en-
joy all the glory he wants, and the work.
Can't get at his influence over the Benson
circle. Has he any! And the English
crOwd-if ! could lind out just what they
all think of his fancy reforms and ranch
nOtiOnSl Wonder if he has all eye on the
Dabchic girl! Smart child, that; plenty of
lUcre to come, too. ! don't believe he even
knows her family history. Hope net, any
way Wei, Hogg is a shy bird, but worth
waiting for a while longer"
And what was Hogg thinking at the same
time? just this: Blarna5v is all there.
] don't like him, and yet | do like him. He
is too clever by half, but that's exactly the
sort Of fellow we want Who can feel
proud of respectable mediOcrity i'll high
places, even when 1t is respectable. Blar-
naby'S puissant hriliiance may cast dark
shadow. but it is genius of sort, and that's
something TO point TO, anyway. But he's
so CoufOundedly tricky. You never know
where You are. and just when you are GER
tain he's clean knocked out, he comes up
smiling and a victor. | shouldn't wonder If
the Laramie affair doesn't turn up the best
trump of the suit. If it does, Blarnaby will
be our second Washington, the deliverer
of his country from its most danger
Gus enemies, those within its own house
hold. Here am |, posing as reformer, a
friend of the working man.
and all that so t of thing-can l afford to
give the cold shoulder TO one who is actually
doing what I only talk about. And here's
another thing: Blarnaby appeals to my
sense of patriotism to checkmate the odious
plottingS of the alien rabble who want TO
involve our country in rows all around by
joining him in multiplying the bands, COM
merCial, social. and political, which unite
Us to our kinsfolk in Great Britain. How
can | with decency refuse my help, Why.
the crowning happiness of my public life
will be the satisfaction | shall feel in hav-
ing shared in effecting the closer union OF
the old land of our fathers with ours,
Well, | mustn't be rash What droll little
puSS that Genie is -
The object of Blarnaby's call upon Hogg
we are only able to guess ut from their
thoughts Nor would we be justified in
wasting time on that interview while other
matters of more Importance await us. Up
to now we have been watching what Blair
naby and his friends have been doing since
his return from England. The Scheme has
been fairly tiOated. and for the present let
us leave it TO the chances of wind and
wave. We want TO know what::Mr. ,,Blarnaby
went to England for, and what he gained.
SO we will go back a few months to that
bright morning of promise in June, when
room on the Esthetic was stuffed stupidity
full of flowers natures perfect handiwork
forced into hideOus artificial floral piece
in honor of the Hon. De Witt
NJ. Blarnaby.
This was not his first trip. He had been
TO England before. The first time he went
as one of party of friends, including one
or two literary persons, simply as holiday
makers, and to realize the fascination of
treading on the hallowed ground OF history.
Next time he went with business in his |
eye, planning investments. studying the
ebb and flow of money markets, and making |
friends in the tents Of Mammon. He had |
crossed the ocean several times since then, |
and it miniStered agreeaoly to his 'self-ap- |
probation rs he found himself received by |
an overwhelming circle with the courtesieS |
due TO distinguished American states |
such he was taken to be. He |
made his way readily enough, for besides |
the iuexhaustible stock of classical quota |
lions and illusions which every ex-senator |
feels bound to trot out in conversation, |
Blarnaoy had u rich store of funny stories, |
which even the most Puritanical of our |
take pride in accommodating. On |
The strength of these treasures of memory |
ne had built up even in his own land q |
wonderful reputation as a dinnertable wit, |
so that the proser English folk naturally |
ooked on him as a prodigy of Yankee |
cuteness.
But Blarnaby was not content with his |
triumphs The trading community We're |
very well in their way. He felt perfectly |
If home among them. had no fault TO find |