Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-02-08


capable Of accomplishing great deal IN
. very short space " tia.s. Between
then and the day hxsd for his vi<s's bsn
he ought 70 be able 70 pat through .
cer.zia nslsrsoas design which had just
suggested itssh To hin-
To do him justice. be did not lsek like
. nxn who was In the habit at entsrs<sn-
ing nefSr1ous desisnA HIS haus eyes
conveyed ga impression Of honesty, while
the SCI Of his lips seemed to indicate .
philosophical and easy going disposition.
Hrs present situation. however. wse Of .
nature 70 disturb the serenity Of the
calmest philosopher. and be had quite
made up his mind 10 effect radical
change in IL.
HE first step was 10 have himself driven
to certain club. and to inquire for Lord
George Curtis. who. he was informed
presently, was IN the cardroon, but
would be with him in few minutss-
Indeed. he was not made to wait long
before Lord George. = well preserved
man Of forty, came down the staircase
Mr. Wiliztfs advanced and said: BOW
do you dc. Lord George Curtis. If con-
venient shoaid be glad TO have a word
or two with you upon matter Of bust
ness"
Certainly" answered the other, lead
Ing tho way into small unoccnpied
ROOM en- the ground floor. Wont ven
sit down. Perhaps Won sre related 10
my friend Mrs. Nill.tts. Of Peat street. !"
''Moys or less sir I have the honor
90 be the lRdy's husband. although we
are running separate establishments for
the present. l understand Won have been
OF great service 10 Mrs. Willattz, pre-
senting her 10 your aristocracy."
'.Oaly too delighted. aEn sure. to
have been Of any little use"
And" continued Mr.. Whats imper-
turbably. lit has come 10 my knowledge
that your services have received liberal
remuneration"
The smile faded from Lord Georges
face. IL am surprised" said that
q third person should have been told Of
what ! was assured would remain a
purely confidential Transaction; hat,
since that promise seems 10 have been
broken, had better, perhaps, mention
to you that the sums 70 which You allude
represented loan. not a remuneration.
A short while ago happened. unlnckily
for myself, 10 be in financial difficulties.
and Mrs. Whats very kindly offered
me temporary assistance. OF course
couldn't possibly have accepted"---
'.ExcuSa lne-" INTERRUPTED Mr.. Willafts;
"this is irrelevant In the course OF
business Mrs. Whats drafts had TO
pass through my hands, otherwise /
should no. have known that she had
drawn any in your favor. have no re-
marks to make upon the question OF loan
or payment. But presume l may say
without offense. that from what ] have
heard your financial difficulties are not
yet entirely at an end, and
"You may say nothing OF the sort.
SIR" interrupted Lord George in his
turn. 81 owe no account of my actions
to you; nor. TO my best belief, does Mrs.
Willatts, whom / have always under.
stood to be a lady of independent means.
If your object in requesting this inter
view was to cross examine me you WI
gain nothipg by protracting e."
Mr. W;llatts remained seated my
object" said he calmly and deliberately,
twas not TO be ofensive-quite the re-
verse. / am not here to sit in Judgment
upon you English aristocrats. l am a
simple business nan, Lord George. and
/ have a simple business proposal to
make to you. Mrs. Whats. believe,
intends to give bail on the twenty-sixth
of this month"
Lord George stared and nodded.
'Well, myself have it In conte,npla-
ton to give ball on the same date
That bail is going to cost more than any
ball that has ever been given in tnis city
for the last ten years. and it is going,
hope. to te graced by TIE presence oi
their royal highnesses the Prince and
Princess OF Wales, aud all the mos,
prominent members Of your London 30.
ciety, and from what have heard and
read about You believe you are ths
man to assist me. For yorr assistance
am willing to pay you q much larger
sum than you have had from Mrs. Viii
latts, and / may add that, if you are
successful, shall consider the money
well spent and we'll earned. Excuse my
bluntness, Is you know I am quite un
accustomed to civilized ways of doing
things. Now, sir, what do you says"
Lord George hardly knew what to say
he was in debt, and had before this had
recourse to divers expedisnts for raisins
the wind which had been at least as dis
creditable as that now suggested to him
Moreover, he was so well known and *
popular that he had little dorbt OF hi
ability to earn Mr.. Whats check. Al
the same time he felt some natural com
FUNCTION about betrsying the lady who's
cause he had hitherto esponsed.
at is very short notice." he said a
length. There is an empty house In
Grosvenor place. and. assuming none,
to be no object. dare say could man
age to secure every body for you ercep
the royalties, who are ont of the ques
ton. But couldn't yen fx rather latsl
dEtcs-
Mr.. Willatts made gesture Of dis
sent money In no object he replied
land a. my wife hasn't ccnfTived 70 &c
the royalties ] can do without them
though should be glad IL you could en-
gage some sort of serenity for me BIZ
need not point cut 10 you that thsr'
wonld be no sense in my giving bal
unless gave it on the same night q
hers.-
After some further discussion Lort
George agreed to accept the part IS
signed Il him Ee knew. IL his inter
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