Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-03-08

stone IIe Was generally long way
behind with his bills No matter how
much money he had. he spent IL quickly,
and found himself In debt. lie gave a,
an excuse that no Observation-Disclosures
no had thought one hundred dollar'
would do tho work of two; but II would
not, and at the end Of his first year In
New York hs was hopslcssly In debt
Ills income was i've thousand dollars.
and be- lived ai the rate % twenty.
A day or two after the hall. he dropped
IN at the Office of Tho Dawn on his way
ap town 10 take Rush out TO dinner with
him. lie was dressed In the latest
fashion. and he appeared to advantage
In his fne clothes Rush. 20 whom
John was always an object of interest.
noticed that he hal all the manners of q
Inan-about.town. that he wore curious
,ings and dressed In the English style.
ile seemed very glad Ia sec Rush again.
and was Interested In his work. Ile
lsked 10 lie introduced 90 two OF three
incn In the room. and u was all Rush
could do 10 keep him from inviting them
out to dinner A. they were men Rush
scarcely know. he winkcj at John not
Ia ask them when he saw that he was
preparing 20 do -: but bc could no, pre-
vent his taking them over to tho Astor
house 10 have something to drink.
After parting aiTectionaiely with them
ON tho Astor house stsI,s, John called a
cab that hal hccn waiting for him. and
they drove 10 Tho Club. where be had
ordered dinner especially prepared and
served In q private room. Rush asked
wha, tho place was and was told that il
was "Our Club a. Col Mortimer en-.
tered Oh. room at this moment. he sup
Io-~l John meant hi- and the oolonel's.
AMI took u for granted that u was n qucs.
tionabie place OF the latter would not
have anything to do with H. Rush do
spiS~d Col Mortimer. and was never
morc plcas~i than when he found it Was
hc whom ho had knocked down az tho
masked hall lie wanted Ia confess the
deed at once. but John. In whom he con.
lld.d. trgg~l him not To. saying u would
ls fatal a. h. interests Rush did not
tell John who the lady was whom Nor.
timer hal annoyed. and his brother asked
no questions
Il ~as very annoying 90 Rush that
Col Mortimer was guest nj this little
dinner. but thcrc was nothing Tor u and
he had to h. polite on his brother. ac-
count. Mortimer could bc very agrcoa.
bIe when he tried. and this was one of
tho occasions on which be had laii him.
self out 10 pleas. lie told amusing an.
ccdoic. Of the war and ~ the world. and
Rush was entertained In spiisof himself
Hes not h II bai fellow. sai,i John.
when Mortimer left tho rUom for . no.
ment. "You will Ike him letter when
you know him h.ticr.-
IT. VASE o'cklrk when this little dinner
came io an end. Fortunately u was
I.ush's night od a, the Office. Tor ho did
not feel very much like working for three
or four hours over dcsk In q stufiy
room. John proposed that they should
walk around Madison square. and the
thrcs sauntcrcl cut On their way they
stopped at a florists. where John ordered
q basket 81 pink and white roses.
"for the samo PARTY. sirr' asked the
lorist
"yo.. and scnd them at once, please"
answered John. And. taking = card
from his card case. ho incloscd u In q
small envelors and addressed IT, Tho
thrc. walked on again When they
rrached Union square. John said. a.
though -ciEcd by sudden inspiration.
Lets ~ to ,he opera IL IL Faust to-
night. and there IL good ballet, you
know. I'm moro than fond ~ . good
ballct.-
Rush was at flrst ready 90 embrace hLs
brother for the suggestion. bat he could
not b.ar the idea % going Ia so Helen
Knowlton. particularly In such role as
Marguerite. In company with Col. MORT.
mcr: - he answered!
Were no, drcssci for tho opera, John;
IN We were. l shoui L. delighted 81 go"
"IIang drcss'" answered John. "Well
buy admission tickets. and stroll In the
lobby till the ballet comes on. Here's
Fourteenth street. Left ~lc~l. r,arch'"
They were soon inside tho lobby, and.
10 John. delight, the cors de halle, was
Just coming down the stage. They
stepped inside the glass doors and formed
part % the crowd % men who fringcd
the wall.
was there ever more delightful waltz
music written that that of "Faustr'
Rush thought not: and think 10, too.
Tho dancing was encor-d. and Leoni.
the premiere. came tripping down 20 the
foo,lights to bow her Acknowledgements
of the applause An usher jostlcd against
Rush as he hurried down the aisle. bear.
ing aloft q basket u pink and white
RISES. Leoni bowed low over the iiow.
crs, kissed them. and backed with the
awkward steps Of halle, dancer To tho
wings
"Lconi gets basket like that every
night" Whispered q coniiding usher In
Rushs ear. "Some fellers dead goneon
her. no mistake"
"who Ia the manY' asked Rush, know.
ing very well who had sent the nowcrs
IL don't know: but they say he's pow.
crful rich. and would marry Loni u
she'd have him. She won't have any.
thing else. he can bet his life on that. "
And the usher stopped talking TO join In
the applause as Helen Knowlton came
down the stage.
need hardly say that Rush was inter.
ested In the ushcr's Information lie
could not help smiling at tho idea OF
John marrying the ballet dancer with
his engagement TO Amy Bayliss on his
hands lie didn't even believe that he
knew her. but merely thought Il was one
Of his fancies 20 b. known as patron
Of tho ballet 20 the extent OF sending
flowers TO n premiere danseuse The
dancing was hardly over. when John
proposed going. and, as Rush was his
guest, he had TO go too. though he did 10
with great reluctance John suggested
that they should return to "The Club"
and to The Club" they accordingly re.
turned.
There IL some interesting playing
hero of an evening" said John. as they
entered the gilded saloon; 'you will 10
amused 10 watch IL. Thc-e fellows play
high some nights-ch. colonely'
The colonel smiled. and they saun.
tered up 90 the table and watched tho
game In progress. A. II grew exciting,
John said that he would throw tj on
tho rel. "just for the fun Of the thing
and the red won. lie left hi money
there, and still won.