The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-06-18
A FAIR CONFEDERATE.



Station and had recognized me ~ 4 former
fellow traveller. I had asked him TO have a
sup OF ten. Mot for me. I'm like good
old Northumberland. ! am. ~ may b
'olssome.' said old Nebuchhdnezzar. when
they turned him out to arnss-.t may be
'olesome.' he says, but It amt nice.'"
Hs threw his head back and laughed and
ccuRhed very much at this. Thon he called
the buxom young lady behtnd the bal
Flossis darling. and asked her 10 Rivs him
some gin hot-unsweetsnad.
''Don's drahn it, he snid. whom she wal
putting the water in-'sdon't DRAIN H.
Give II = chawnce. II eawn't swim. you
know" Ho leaned across the counter and
spoke moro lovingly to the magnificent
young person. .Tisy. I ~. whore re you
a-aoina to next Sunday. Adsr2 Eh7 Give
10 n Of them voilets you've got"
The magnificent lady frowned ~ him
with such loftiness that l expected him to
die on the spot. But he didn't. He only
hummsd a song intended, I think. to have
a topical reference.
''Oh. her line is in the flair wy:
And since she's lived dahn our wy
Al the little domains in our alleys got tho
knock"
The lady At tho bar painted and said
breathlesaly (and with no stopa) what next
she wondered horrid fellow little loss noise
II you please you're not In a low music hall
now. He responded to this with some feel
ing that he wished to 'eaven he was.
Ho drank to \ toast of ten Thousand q
year for all OF as. and cAme over and sat
near me. He said he had nothing to do that
he should be busy. I myself had half an
hour to spare. for my train did net 20 till
ten. He said business was very slack. and
with sudden bitternsss) he said he would
be expletived II he didn't some day turn
sRlvati0ner.
some Of ~ don't seem to have What I
call not no luck. ! don't know how il ID.
jet whom you think you've kot hold Of 1
real good thing (ho added, in . honrse con-
fdentiul Whisper. 10 Jest whom you're
a;goinR to be disappointed."' ,.s
ut 10 the unexpected that always hap
pens" I quoted.
He made me repeat this remark twice,
and when he had Rraspsd its true inward
mesa he slapped mo on the knee and said I
was a fair young ~coughdrop. Then he
took of his soft cap and silently busted a
few crumbs off the marble table and put il
on again.
THE he~st.looking business ! was ever
~ Heron Court near Guilford. ! may bs a
bit o .d-fashioned in my tastes, but I've al
ways been rather partial to duchsssss. (Ho
said this with = relish a. thoueh they were
something sold in tins.) And when I saw
In Lloyd's that the young duke had gone
and married Miss Deborah CLANCY. danQh-
tor Of the we'll known rubber merchant Of
New Haven. Conn.,. and whom I saw that
and costly and the happy pair had left
town for the dukes house nsar Guilfosd
amid a shower of rico and old slippers,
then I said to myself, ! aaid. Go in and
win, my boy. and play the game off your
10 myself; 'don't have no confederates, but
jest 80 in and have q good try SO I
dressed myself up very lastly and ! went
down to Milford Station. 4
II had a Gladstone bag with mo, and in
that bag had q few necessary articles that
no one can do without. don't care how
clever You are. YOU can't do without their
helw. And I had n little monsy with me, too,
That's another thing that you want always
to have about you. Mnny's the little basi-
ness I've known spoilt just for tho want Of
q sovereign or two.
!" was walking ont ono afternoon, and I
was going down a lane pretty close to ths
grounds of the mansion. In front OF me
WAS n neat girl in gray with a bonnet. box IN
her hand. She was one Of the slim-waistsd
sort and carried herself very upright. Az I
passed her l cnuQht sight of the add sas. Il
was for tho duchess. / lifts my hat. like
this. Look
pardon me. miss.'I saws. but might
you be one of the maids at Heron Court
Well she says. I might
OH ! says. Pleasant weather ws'rs
'She said yes. II was very pleasant
weather indeed. She said (this she said in
n particularly affabls way) ahe was afraid
We should have wet before night.
Been here longT l inquiries. No, she
hadn't been there long, she said. Only
three weeks.
Come down with tn. duke. party. I
suppose?' Yes, she said, she came down
with the dukes party.
like the plsce2' She said she didn't
mind it.. l asked her a few questions about
the people. she said she could gst ON all
right with the duke. and she Was on awful
good terms with the duchess; but she
wouldn't give a dollar q gross for the ssrv-
ants. For one thing. she didn't believe
they kept a proper lookout at the place.
smoking md drinking and flirting. a bury
lar could get in at almost any moment.
"'Oh. well, miss. after ALL says. we're
none of US perfect. you know. We all
havo our little 'obbies.'
II put on my best smilo and made up my
mind to have a dash for II. I asked her
whether there was any chance Of having .
LOOK IN and q hit OF supper in tho evening.
She looked at ma very st aiQht. Then ehc
said q thing TINT knocked :ue silly.
'Say. mister she says. 'whsre dc / come
In? How much am I going TO make out Of
this little 'game?'
~ was SO astonished that / quite blushed.
I did really.
"'Well.' l says. If you are going to pu.
II IN that way, | suppose I'd bottsr sneak
out straight. I'll Rivs you twenty auid now.
and I'll give you another twsnty after it's
over.'
MAKE il thirty sovsrsiens now and
thirty after she said. and it's done
II started to argue u bit. and chs tn ned
on her heel. Here. stiody on, nv dear
says. Don't lose your temper, You've
got a good-hearted faoe. You're not going
to be hard on o poor char, are yeu. nov?
Give me a kiss and I'll give you twenty
i've
'She fred up.
lyon don't have no kiss. mister, she
says. and II you n me to help ron, You
must hand over the coin. You ken't do
bettor. anyway
II tell you she fairly surprised me. I
assure you to look at her you'd think she
WAS rs quiet q girl as ever wore shoes. She
kept her eyes-brieht black eyes sho had
fixed on my face and seemed almost to en-
JOY the corner she'd got me in.
II turned the matter quickly over in nv
mind. After, oil l knew / neodn't really
trouble about the second pay /
should be clear AWAY before she had q
chance to seq whether l put ii there or not, |
"'All right, miss,'I anys. 'don's 'nRsle;
aud don't bite n feiler's end 'alf orr. Here's
the thirty pound. What time shall l come
up7"
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