Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-02-18

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With moral delinquency, am apt to LEI 4
my indignation get the better Of mef' !
mot at ALL answered heartily, refill :
ing my glass.
IL appeared that another reply would !
have pleased i'm better
| "H'm. | was hoping that perhaps .
| had visited his offeuse too strongly As a !
clergyman, sou see, ! wns bound 10 be ,
severe, but upon my word, sir since be !
went have felt like man who has lost a
/ limb
lie drummed with his fingers on the
cloth for a few moments and went on
"One has natural disposition to forgive
butlers-Phuraoh, for instance, felt II,
There hovers around buffers that peculiar
atmosphere which Shakespeare noticed as
encircling kings-an atmosphere in which
common ethics lose their pertincnce. But
mine was a rare bird-a black swan among
buffers. He was more than butler; he
was "a quick and brightly gifted man. OF
the accuracy of his taste and the unusual
scope of his endeayor you viii be able to
form some opinion when | assure you be
modelled himself upon me-"
bowed over my brandy.
Il am "A scholar yet | employed him TO |
read aloud TO me, and derived pleasure |
+, from bis information. | talk as a scholar |
yet he learned TO answer me In language
, as precise IA my own. My cast Off gar
ments fitted him not more irreproachably
than did my amenities of manner Divest
him OF his tray and you would find his
mose Of entering n room hardly distin.
guishable from my own--the same urban.
, ity, the same alertness of carriage, the
same superiine Difference toward the weak
, er sex. All-all my idiosyncrasies saw
reflected in this my mirror; and can you
!, doubt that was gratiieds He was my alter
!, ego. which makes il the more extraordi.
4 nary that II should have been necessary
" to marry him to the cook"
Look here" | broke in, ''you want n
2 butler"
y "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 In no impoIiteness in com.
q plimcnting you on your discernment."
- Your two wishes may lbs reconcied
n Let me cease TO be your burglar. and let
- me continue here as your butler"
-. He leaned back, spreading out his fingers
m II the tables edge was a harpsichord,
= and he stretching octaves upon 1t.
n believe me-" went on, you might do
- worse. have been a DENY of Magdalen
l., college. Oxford. in my time, and retain
~ some Greek and Latin I'll undertake 70
i. read the Fathers with accent that shall
80 not offend you. My knowledge of wine il
a.. none the worse for having been cultivated
:, In other mem cellars. Moreover. you shall
- engage the uglicst cook In Christendom q.
long MS I'm your butler. I've taken Xix
ing to you-that's fiat-and apply for the
- post"
IA II give Gao year." said he.
- And Pm cheap at that price"
ma. lie filled up his glass, looking mp at m,
Of while he did 80 with the air OF one digest
his ing n problem. From first TO last his fac,
he. was grave a. judges.
eIy Eve are too impulsive, think" was hi
III. answer, after minutes silence. "and you
nee speech smacks of the amateur. You say
o,n let me cease To be your burglar, and lie
~ me be your butler The mere aspiration
Ii respectable; but man might as wei
tho say, Let me to write poems. let m
mi paint pictures And truly, sir, you i'm
/ pressed me as no expert in your trade, bu
mr., a journeyman housebreaker, IL | may sa
h. so"
ION the other hand,p | argued, icon
III. slider the moderation OF my demands Tha
III alone should convince you OF my desire {
~ turn over new leaf ilsk for a month
trial: II, at the end of that time, | don
,,.r suit you shall say SO, and I'll march fruu
- your door with nothing in my pocket bu
II my months wages. BE hanged, sri bu
when reflect on the amount you'il hav
I'M / To pay To EAh ilit III AiAeG hIDTI
again, you seem 10 be getting of dir
cheapf' cried |, slapping my palm on til
, N table,
..Ah, il you lind only known Adoiphusl
i've he exclaimed,
oor Now the third glass of clean spirits ha
always Il deplorahle effect on me 1t turn
nnt me from bright to black. from lightness
spirits to extreme suikiness have dor
,ha more wckedness over thi. third tumble
inebrieiy within my experience. So now
glowered At my companion aud raped OF
,on a curse.
Look here; ! don't want 10 hear an
tear more OF Adolphus and I've a pretty elel
l., notion Of the game you're playing. Yo
antt want 10 make me drunk, aud you're read
! Of 20 sit prattling there till | drop under Il
ar table"
do me the favor to remember that yo
,ker came and are staying at your own inyit
ma sion. As for the brandy, would remin
,hs you that suggested milder drink. II
ray some Madeira"
lie handel me q decanter as he spok
and slowly poured out q glass.
ar >, ''Madcifa" said |, taking gulp. zig
newt n's the eommenest kind of Marshall"
had no sooner said the words than
Il rose up and stretched hand grave
across to me.
II hope you will shake it," he sni
4, "though as man who after three glass
: - OF neat spirit can distinguish between NJ
,,a. deria and Marsala, you have every right
refuse me Two minutes ago you Offers
- 20 become my butler and | demurred.
-. aow beg OF yon to repeat that offer, II
sa,i The word, aud / employ you gladly. ye
- shall even have the second decanter tge
- uine Madeiral 10 take 10 bed with you.e
- We shock hands on our bargain. ar
itor. catching up cAnuleslicA, ne led the W.
You from the room.
at Picking up my boots | followed hi
1pen along the passage and down the silei
con. staircase In the hall he paused TO stan
the on tiptoe and turn up the lamp, which W
fcur burning low As he did so found time
have ding glance MT my old enemy. the masti
feel He lay as ! Ind first seen him--a stuff
As dog, IL ever there was one. Decidedly
! re thought |, my wits are TO seek to night
:. ] and with the same sudden suspicli
ltler mnae me turn 10 my conductor, who b.
ssed advanced 10 The left hand door and "
duct waiting for me. with hand on the knob
ex- Zone moment ! said; this Is all We
ried pretty, but how am to know you're n
arch sending me TO bed while you fetch In !
alsr the countryside to lay me by the heels9.
arae- I'm afraid, I" was his answer, You mu
ler- he content with my word. as gentlema