Evening journal., 1892-08-19

Inc COlol Qoil suit lily CllllitAlOus
he said, viewing his head and neck.
"The coat viii not button over my man
" chest, and / shall have to make it fast
with a lanyard he took view of
the rib region. sThe tails are simply
ridiculousH-he twisted about 20 bring
the glass TO bear upon them. "In short
and he ran the bit of mirror up and
down-'I am . scarecrow, cap-a-pie.
Liberty herself would not know me.
Pretty costume to go and see a lady in!
Confound womenl Why will wives
break husbands hearts? Why will girls
grow up beauties and heiresses and be
come bats for brutes. All, Miss Lucy
Brothertoftl You do not know what an
inglorious rig Peter SkeTett is submit
ting TO for your sake. And the worst is
to come. Alas, the worst must comet"
He hoisted the looking glass and gazed
for a moment irresolutely at his face.
There, in its accustomed place, sat the
mustache, blond in color, heroic in curl,
underscoring his firm nose, pointing and
adjoining the handsome yisage
Skerrett gazed, sighed and was silent.
Nerve him, hbertyl Steel him, chiv
alryl
A hard look crept over his counte-
nance.
He clutched a short blade, pointless.
but with an edge trenchant as wit.
It was a razor.
Slashl And one wing Of the mustache
was swept from the field.
Behold him, trophy in hand and mis-.
cradle that he has won It'll
viii resolution carry him through a
second assault? Or will he go one sided,
under one nostril a golden wreath, I'M
der the other bristles for six month?
slash The assassination is complete.
ut will take gallons on gallons of
this October TO put me in good spirits
again says the major as he rode away.
The mellow air, all sweetness, all
sparkle and all perfume, flowed up to
his lips generously. He breathed and
breathed and breathed again of that
free tap, and by the time he reached the
rendezvous was huoyant as ever.
The orderly, Brothertoft, was await.
ing him and sat patient, but no longer
respondent, looking through bulky
Highlands as if they were the noun
tains Of a dream.
Jierck Dewitt and his three were sky.
larking in a pumpkin patch. Twenty
years ago we saw the same three strad
ding and squirting to1nbstones in the
Brothertoft manor graveyard, the day
Of the last Patroon's funeral-the da,
when old Van Courtlandt made g Del
phic Apollo of him, and foretold, ami'
general clink of glasses. that marriage
of white promise and black perform
ance
"The child is father Of the man," an'
the four boys have grown up as thei
fathers children should.
Jierck Dewitt has already shown him
self, and related why he is not fully ~
to his mark of lnanliness.
When he caught sight of Major Skier
rett he dropped yellow bomb. charged
with possible pumpkin pies, which h
was about 70 toss at the head of one o
his men, and marched the file up TO b
reviewed by its leader.
Number one is Ike Van Wart, Major,
says Jierck. "1is eyes are peeled, i
there's any eyes got then bark off in tn
whole thirteen"
Ike touched his cooked haiti was hi
only bit Of uniform-ano squared shout
ders 10 be looked at.
He was a lank parsonage, of shrewl
Jut rather sanctimonious visage. Wa
made him . scout. Fate appointed hin
une prong Of Major Andres bootjacl
But elder and chorister were written O
his face and he died elder and choriste
Of The First Presbyterian Church c
Greenburg, in Westchester.
Right about face, Ikew says Jiercl
"Forrud march, old Sam Galsworthy
He's grit, if grit grows. His only faul
is he's too good natured to live"
Old Sam stood forward and laughed
As he laughed the last button few o.
] his uniform coat. 1t was much too lea
a coat for one of his increasing dian
eter, and the exit of that final butte
had long been merely a question of tint
Right about face, Sam" says the fl
gleman. "Forrud march, Hendrecr
Canadyl He looks peaked, major. Ill
, fathers n root and Injun doctor, and
D never had much but pills TO eat until
D ran off and joined the army. But
s stump the whole thirteen to show me
y wirier boy or a longer head. He'll
in congress before he says Die throug
S that nose OF his'n."
Hendrecus Canady in turn toed Il
e mark for inspection.
I "Now, boys" said Skerrett, 81 lii
j. your looks, and / like what Captai
= Jierck says Of you, You know WIFI
e we've got to do, and know it must
3 done. You'll travel, scattering, accor'
y ing to Jierck's orders, and rendezvoI
l. before lnoonrise at his fathers barn {
the manor. Sergeant Lincoln goes wit
g me. JierclS will name a place whei
/ he'll meet me at sunrise. We shall hay
a all day tomorrow TO see how the lar
lies and the night to do our job i
l. Now, then, shake hands around and I
" aheadp
PART THREE.
t. CHAPTER l..
81 Breakfast at Brothertoft