The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1891-07-29
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Calypso Or PelaIolsl
BY EDWARD 5. vAN zrnn.
AUTHOR OF WANTED. SENSATION" 9TH
LAST OF THE VAN STACKS" "a
MAGNETIC MAN" ETC, ETC.
Copyright 1891. by Tho United Pross.l
CHAPTER ".

~ 'AVhs pRAIl LuDDtI II1I0H0 WHH r
prominent man. 1t was necessary to be IN
his company only few moments before
yon realized this. He impressed the facf
upon you; just how he did 1t was hard Ia
say. He never talked much, but when he
made remark about the weather for In
stance,-you felt at once that a powerful
brain had begotten the proposition he adj
yanced. Knowing, as you did, that he yvau
the proprietorof a newspaper, the presl.
dent OF bank, an ex-congressman, once
Minister to Portugal and the leader OF his
political party In the State you could NOT
ind 1t IN You to contradict him when he
asserted that We were sure to have rain
within the next twenty-four hours. The
fact thatthe National Weather Bureau Y,re-
dicted fair weather. for the immediate future
had not the least Significance. The Hon.
John Topper Inman prophesied rain /:
therefore, 1t was sure to rain.
Inc great mans personal appearance
added tothe prestige his reputation rayo
to his remarks. He was tall. fieshy, im-
posing; and in his eye shone the lirht az n
self-confldence fully In keeping with his
wonderful achievements.
You see Mr.. Inman was what is generally
known as self-made man. That IA. ha
had left school when he was fourteen wears
OF age and had been the architect Of bia
own fortune. Naturally he had great re-
spect for a boy who could begin HIS life
work on nothing and find himself, worth
half million dollars at the age OF fifty.
lie was broad-minded enough however. to
give some of the credit for his success 10
his ancestors and had even gone so far as
to put up the money for an Inman book of
genealogy fine engraving of the Hon.
John Topper Inman occupied the frontis-
piece OF this valuable tome.
In public life Alice Inman's father had
been strillngly successful. He possessed
in abundance those qualities that impress
the unthinking in land where the people
assume to rule. He was not great orator,
out no mad a way of saying trite things In
wise manner that carried conviction with
1T. He possessed a certain shrewdness
that enabled him to touch the weak points
OF other men In an effective way, and his
money enabled him TO oil the political
machine when ii creaked too harshlv
He was fond of flattery, and during his
diplomatic career at Lisbon he had been
charmed by the incense burned at his
shrine by the stately Portuguese. When
he returned TO his native land he issued a
general order to the effect that his news.
paper should never again attack the
monarehial system of the Old World.
Gradually this fact had leaked out and at
the time our story begins the Hon. John
upper lnman was under o political cloud.
The rnmor had gone forth that he had
abandoned the faith Of his sorefathers and
no longer believed in the ability of the
people TO rule themselves.
So much for Inman's public status. AS a
domestic man bis record was as white "a
the driven SNOW. When his wife lind died
In giving birth TO his only child he had, In
a dignilied way, shed the requisite number
OF tears, On his departure for Portugal he
had left his sister in charge OF his daugh-
ter with u fat bank deposit to draw against
for the growing maidens support and edli-
cation. When he returned from the Court
OF Lisbon no found that his daughter had
become handsome, self-willed girl, more
like her mother in appearance and dispose
tlon than her father relished.
Nevertheless, the great mans being CEN
tered itself upon his daughter and from
that time forth he devoted his life to her
happiness. Her popularity in society
pleased him, but there was one antipathy
That his temperament could not uproot.
He hated a college student. His own sue
cess both in politics and business had been
won in spite OF the fact that he had never
read Homer nor Horace and did not know
the difference between parallelogram and
q logarithm.
After the college german referred to In
the second chapter of this history, the Hon.
John Upper Inman observed change in
his daughter. She was paler than her wont
and her conversation was less sprightly
than of yore. The fathers quick eye noted
the change, but experience had taught him
that in dealing with his daughter more
was needed than when he had
the existing treaty between
this country and the court OF Lisbon. For
some days, therefore, he had eyed her eau
dously but had refrained from asking her
why her red cheeks had grown pale her
ayes dim and her white clean-cut hand
Perhaps he suspected the truth;
but, II he did, he gave her opportunity
realize this. He maintained his usual dis
Lant, reserved, pompousmanner and served
lhe soup and curved the roastas though he
were not annoyed by his waning popularity
md his daughters apparent. fondness for
Jhe ofundergraduatee. s5
One day his patience was rewarded. His
sister sharp-featured old maid, very diff
Perent In physical makeup from her BROTH
or, remarked
Cook Is in very bad way. John She
can hardly do her work / think you had
better have Doctor Moore come down and
see her" ~
Yes, do, papa" added Alice, pouring out
the coffee at Che head of the table. Mora
ooks very sickP
On tho way to his Office that afternoon
John Upper Imam stopped at the sane.
Lum OF his medical adviser
Look here, Moore" he remarked to q
Wise-loolsing little man Of science, my
laughter and cook are ill., want you to
go up to the house ostenslbly to prescribe
Tor the cook. While you are there cast
your eye over Alice and tell me what's the
matter with her. | fear she Is in bad
Way
Two hours later Charles Edgar Moore,
VI. d., thrust his insignificant person into
he presence Of the Hon. John Upper In
nan, bank PRESIDENT editor and worried
ather.
Your cook is all right" remarked the
of lotions, "but your daughter
las malaria"
When physician does not know what is
he matter with you he diagnoses your
'ase as malaria. II you die In mysterious
way he asserts that you have passed away
rom heart failure. There Is, indeed, a
vide lee-way for the man who holds med
cal diploma.
What shall do-for my daughter?"
lsked John Upper Inman anMously.
Take her at once to Europe and keep
Ter there for six months" returned the
llminntlye man of drugs, sententlously.
Then he went back to his Office and on his
looks charged the Hon. John Upper In