The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-27

experience.
"Oh, I'm glad to hear that"
answered; II was afraid you'd beer
worrying yourself"
''Worried!' he exclaimed; my dea,
boy, don't know whether I'm stand
ing on my head or my heels" lHe gave
one that ldea.) ''This is the first morse
of food that's passed my lips for TWEEN
ty-four hours"
At this moment the nurse appeared
at the top OF the stairs. He flew to
wards her. upsetting the lemonade il
his excitement.
''What is it?" he asked, hoarsely. SIS
it all right?"
The old lady glanced from him to his
cold chop. and smiled approvingly
They're doing splendidly," she an.
swered, patting him on the shoulder
in a motherly fashion. Don't you
worry"
II can't help it, Mrs. Jobson," he re.
piled, sitting down upon the bottom
stair, and leaning his head against the
banisters.
"Of course you can't" said Mrs. Job
son. admiringly; land you wouldn't be
much of man if you could
Then it was borne in upon me why
he wore his hat, and dined off cold
chops in the passage.
The following summer they rented a
picturesque old house in Berkshire, and
invited me down from a Saturday to
| Monday. Their place was near the
river, SO slipped suit of fannels in
my bag, and, on the Sunday morning, l
came down in them. He net me in the
garden. He was dressed in frock
! coat and a white waistcoat, and no.
ticed that he kept looking at me out Of
the corner of his eye, and that he
seemed to have trouble on his mind.
The first breakfast bell rang. and then
he said:
You haven't got any proper clothes
with you, have you?"
Proper clothes!" 1 exclaimed, stop
ping in some alarm. "Why. has any
thing given way?'
''No-not that" he exclaimed; II
mean clothes to go to church in
Church, said. You're surely not
going to church fine day like this. /
made sure you'd be playing tennis, or
going on the river. You always used to-"
YES" he replied, nervously. Ticking
a rose bush with twig he had picked
up; you see, it isn't ourselves, exactly
Maud and I would rather like to; but
our cook, she's Scotch and little strict
in her notions"
And does she insist on your going
to church every Sunday morning." /
inquired.
We'll" he answered. ''she thinks it
strange if we don't. and so we general
~ do, just in the morning-and even
ing. And then in the afternoon few
of the village girls drop in. and we
have a little singing and that sort of
thing. 1 never like hurting anyone's
feelings. if can help it
l didn't say what thought Instead
said:
I've got the tweed suit I wore yes.
terday. can put that on if you like"
He ceased Ticking the rose bush and
knitted his brows. He seemed to be
recalling it to his imagination.
No" he said, shaking his head.
I'm afraid 1t would shock her.
Its my fault, I know" he added,
rerorsefully. l ought to have told
you"
Then an idea came to him
Il suppose" he said. you wouldn't
care to pretend you were i'll, and stop
in bed, just for the day"
explained that my conscience would
not permit my being a party to such
deception.
No. thought you wouldn't" he re-
piled. Il must explain it to her. 1
think I'll say you've lost your bag l
shouldn't like her to think bad of US"
Later on the fourteenth cousin died,
leaving him large fortune lie pur-
chased an estate in Yorkshire and then
became a county faIauy," aud then
his real troubles began.
From May to the middle OF August
save Tor little fly fishing which gen.
orally resulted in his getting his feet
wet and catching cold-l:fe was fair
II peaceful; bat from early autumn 20
tate spring lie found the work decided.
~ IAc W a. h STOUT IMAM. con-
stitut;opaily nervous of firearms, and
six-hours' tramp with a heavy gun
across plowed fields in company with
crowd of careless persons who kept
blazing away within an inch OF ether
peoples noses harassed and exhausted
him He had 10 get ont OF bed at four
on chilly October mornings 70 go cub !
hunting: and twice week throughout |
the winter-except when blessed |
frost brought him brief respite he
had II ride to hounds. Then he usually /
got off Win nothing more serious than /
mere bruises and slight conclusions OF !
the spine. which he probably owed 20 /
the fortunate circumstance of his being 1
little and fat. At stiff timber he shut
his eyes and rode hard: aud ten yards /
from a river he would begin TO think /
abor.t bridges
Yet he never complained
IF you are country gentleman. he !
would say. You must behave as conn !.
try gentlemen. and take the rough with +
the smooth
As iu-fase would have il chance /