Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-05-05

scope OF his endeaNOr you Will DC apie W
form some opinion when l assure you he
modelled himself upon me-"
bowed over my brandy.
81 am a scholar, yet | employed him TO
read aloud to me, and derived pleasure
from his intonation. talk as a scholar,
vet he learned to answer me in language
as precise as my own. My cast oil gar
ments fitted him not more irreproachably
than did my amenities of manner. Divest
him of his tray and you would find his
mode of entering room hardly distln
guishable from my own-the same urban
ity, the same alertness OF carriage, the
same superfne Difference toward the weak
er sex. All-all my idiosyncrasies l saw
reflected in this my mirror; and can you
doubt that was gratified? Hewas my alter
ego, which makes it the more extraordi-
nary that it should have been necessary
to marry him to the cook"
"Look here" | broke in, "you want
butler"
"Oh, you really grasp that fact, do your,
he retorted.
"And you wish to get rid of me as soon
as may beS"
Il hope there is no impoliteness in com
plimenting you on your discernment."
"Your two wishes may be reconciled.
, Let me cease to be your burglar, and let
me continue here as your butler"
He leaned back, spreading out his fingers
as If the tables edge was harpsichord,
and he stretching octaves upon it.
, "Believe me-" | went on, ''you might do
! worse. | have been a denny of Magdalen
college, Oxford, in my time, and retain
: some Greek and Latin. I'll undertake to
! read the Fathers with an accent that shall
= not offend you. My knowledge of wine is
. none the worse for having been cultivated
. in other mems cellars. Moreover, you shai'
= engage the ugliest cook in Christendom, Be-
" long as Pm your butler. I've taken IA lik-
ing TO you-that's f1at-and apply for the
i post"
81 give $40 year" said he.
J. "And Pm cheap at that price"
II He filled up his glass, looking up at me
Il while he did so with the air of one digest
,s ing problem. From first to last his face
" was grave as a judges.
ia awe are too impulsive, | think" was his
"a answer, after minutes silence, and your
te speech smacks of the amateur. You say
n Let me cease to be your burglar, and LEI
me be your butler The mere aspiration
"a is respectable; but a man might as wei
"a say. Let me cease to write poems. let M
I paint pictures And truly, sir, you i'm
r. pressed me as no expert in your trade, bu
no a iourneyman housebreaker, If ! may sa
80"
ia "On the other hand" l argued, econ
ia slider the moderation Of my demands Tina
To alone should convince you Of my desire
turn over a new leaf | ask for a month
"a, trial; if, at the end Of that time, | don
a, suit YOU shall say so, and I'll march froI
II YOUR door with nothing in my pocket bu
NV months wages. Be hanged, sirl bJ
ro when reflect on the amount you'll hay
To nav to get me to face to-nights storl
again. YOU seem to be getting off di
IN cheap cried |, shaping my palm on u
table.
,vs "Ah, il you had only known Adolphus
nor he exclaimed.
Now the third glass Of clean spirits hi
m, always "A deplorable effect on me. 1t tur
me from bright to black, from lightness
~ sDirits to extreme sulkiness. have do
more wickedDess over this third tumbl
than in all the other states OF comparati
inebriety within my experience. So now
nm glowered at my companion and raped o
a curse.
ear Look here; / don't want to hear a
Set more Of Adolphus, and I've pretty Gle
nj notion of the game you're playing. Y
~ want to make me drunk, and you're rea
ar to sit prattling there till | drop under
table"
boz "Do me the favor to remember that y
Mis- came and are staying at your own invi
tha ton. As for the brandy, | would remi
.av- you that ! suggested milder drink. 1
some Madeira"
He handed me "a decanter as he spoil
,r ~ and / slowly poured out a glass.
evt "Madeirap said /, taking gulp. Us
it's the commonest kind Of Marsalav'
CT Ihad no sooner said the words than
rose mn and stretched a hand grave
across to me.
&, 81 hope you will shake it," be sa
" "thouRh as a man who after three glas
,,,,, of neat spirit can distinguish between \
deria and MARSHA, you have every right
400 refuse me. Two minutes ago you olCl
- To become my butler and | demurred
"a now beg Of you TO repeat that offer.
j the word, aud / employ you gladly; J
Ia shall even have the second decauter (g
80 uine Madeira) to take TO bed with you.
vo,, We shook hands on our bargain, a
! at catching up candlcstick, he led the "
pen from the room.
con. Picking up my boots l followed b
the along the passage and down the sill
,our staircase. In the hall he paused to sta
AVE on tiptoe and turn up the lamp, which
feel burning low. As he did so | found TIM
AS fling a glance at my old enemy, the mast
] re- He lay as l had first seen him-a stui
3. | dog, II ever there was one. Decided
ltler thought |, my wits are to seek to-nigf
ssed and with the same sudden susplc
duct made me turn to my conductor, who
ex. advanced to the left hand door and
-ried waiting for me, with hand on the knob
nrch Zone moment" said; this is all
dis pretty, but how am to know you're
rae sending me to bed while you fetch in
err the countryside to lay me by the heels'
on "pm afraid" was his answer, you n
icul- be content with my word, as gentlen
lear that never, tonight or hereafter, WI
breathe syllable about the circumsta
istol of your visit. However, il you choose
ever will return up stairs"
ton. mo; I'll trust YOU" said l; and
me, opened the door.
yc,ur 1t led into broad passage, paved
man, slate, upon which three or four 70
make opened He paused by the second
ushered me into a sleeping chan
He which, though narrow, was comfort
and enough-a vast improvement, at any
err of on the mumpers lodgings had been
and to for the many, many months past.
"You can undress here" he said.
There sheets are aired, and I'll fetch nights
re for one Of my own"
"Sir, you heap GOALS Of fire on me"
s"To believe me that for ninety-nine OF