The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-08-26
CHAPTER L

M J. q. ]. {. !.
Hl tSHTl u even Gramercey
4 II <SF4&s park loo k 4
t5 FL Iey5Hg{M ~ bleak and cheer.
l-<1sg FsNIkM III less s, while a
4Nsi E}eNiNNM Il brougham of ell.
! / GbllsNA-i2 & G e II tri m,
-kIENEEAI;l% n with two liv-
EM cried men on its
~ Nh box. ratified up
"A "A | M. 10 the door of a
~ 1EeT mansion jus t
~ //~y south of Irving
place. The inmate, a young man
wrapped to his ears in a huge coat
lined with sables. remained inside his
carriage until the footman's bell ring
had been answered. Then he lightly
bounded forth upon the pavement and
ran mp the stoop into the open doorway,
which was Immediately closed behind
him by another footman inside the hall.
is everything ready, Jameson"
Yes, SIR replied the man, as his
young muster slipped out OF the coat and
let its big, sunptuous bulk drop into
this third servants waiting arms. a
large mirror CLEANED opposite the form
which had thus lightly unsheathcd it.
self, and its possessor. Alonzo Lispen-
ard. gave = saUcy stare az his own pre-
sentiment. lie sew q man in the later
twenties. CT excellent height and build.
though Of moaTer personal beauty.
B. NE eyes. with 4 merry spark IN
them, and waved hair Of silky yellow
did their best Il keep the face from be
ing commonplace. An i:npuGent nose
aided ia nose with an airy. upward
slant and little arches - hlnl, either
u3ss-iL Some Of Alorzos friends used
to say that this feature accounted FOR
many Of his audaciticS.
''Ch. think I'll do" he exclaimed.
half - himself aGl hal,. IS il We're. 10
Jameson. who rrinced s2~cneiv. IF
they dom Ike me this way they'll have
% take nc al the same" lie wheeled
round On one heel arl hurried 70 the
staircase. he had reached The middle
ii IL. taking two steps 1t . 5inc. when
ne suddenly paused and called over one
shoulder:
oh. jameson. axe the carpet and the
awning out there? l forgot to notice"
No. sir; not yet. But they're sure to
DC II time. .ir. Lispenard."
AlCnso fronted the speaker and shook
win vehomence ~ appraised fcreiinger.
3D. Nov, Jameson he cried, ii anything
goes wrong today you'll rot forget il
ill -ou~ dying hour. To say that You'll
merely be discharged isn't anything.
III have you traced by detectives to the
.1t;o-Incst parts 4 the earth, and the
instant you try % get i new place
they'll prevent yor.'
T.c suca0~ upstairs again. still two
steps - = time. vkile Jameson watched
him with eyes that twiukled fozdly.
JJ,st rs he disappeared the new English
valet Fletcher. saanto-cd from back
regions. This person had a sr>er On
his cieaI-shorr upper lip Is he muttered
TO Jameson:
We'll. If ne amt one o The regular
bloomin'. lah-de-dah. st~il1e-ye-with-a-
ieatAe- kind! Iwonder how you could
stand him lCr 50 long time. l begin
to bc pretty SIRE that 1 can't"
,@nesor colored ard 5cowled. He
greatly liked his young master. To
new eyCS and cars Alonzo's manner
was 70 doubt eiFeninate. he often
chose u use the treble notes of a voice
Jhat vras not devoid Of bass ones, and
he gave to his body a too mercurial
t-virl. 70 his shoulders a too facilc
shrug. His laugh had sometimes a
girls own shriIness. and he sometimes
used his hands IN gestures that We're so
many challenges 10 dignity. But those
Who knew him best knew him for an
athlete OF skill. rider of pluck. Z keen
sportsman when l2Einess let him shoot
or hunt. and mental force replete
with every opposite ofwoEanish trends
and tastes.
The new valet had been in Office
hardy week yet, ard here was not
the first slur that his felIow-servants
had heard iall from his lips. He had
chosen q dangerous atmosphere in
which 70 vent his aversion. and this
fact was soon made clear to him in no
careful terms.
''LcOlS out, my Young spTig of con-
ecit." Erowled Jameson, whose gray !
touched little tllicEetS Of side-whisker
seemed to b:,iStle as he spoke. "or |
youu ind chat the gent you've en-
gagged with II send you flynn before |
you've had the chance to give wGrnin'. |
And without a re- incubation, too. /
Yes, sir; you needn't look sour and up
pisb, Mr.. Lispenard won't mind that 1
Z .'ou take him for what you've just /
called him you'll get so left you won't /
know Monday from Saturday week"
The new valet who was thought to /
wear steys) put a neat white hand on |
either hip. He had been il this coun-
Try three or four years. and had learned (,
not 70 sqCGnde- his rs. But IL the ex-
c-Se0ent OF rePartec he now forsook 4
Few Of them. With ''bloomin'.''
'olarsted," and II occasional bloody"
IS his recurrent adjectives, he declared
himself anxious to learn Of Jameson
Why he so admired Mr.. Lispena-d. And
Jameson swiftly told him.
Hes got his harum-scarum ways"
announced the butler, in tart semi
tone, but he's every inch q gentleman
behind EN-. dis foolin's only like the
white of an egg with big yolk TO it
When l was sick IN the hospital. two
years ago, he went to see me twice a
week and put me in 4 room that must "a
cost him a hundred dollars a month If
It cost a cent. The man that was here
just before you got drunk three times
md was forgiven, and ct last. when the
rascal stole a scarfpin worth seventy
lolars, he got his discharge, but Mr..
Lispenard shook him by the hand-yes,
sir-before he quilted these doors with
his dirty feet, and told him that he .
hoped with all his soul not goin' to {
prison this time would teach him a
essen for the ,aS4 of he l;&a r-b;r1- !