The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-07-18
A CONFEDERATE.

A CONFEDERATE.
"Not for me, guv'nor," he said. He had
come into the refreshment room at Euston
station and had recognized me as former
fellow traveller. / had asked him to have
q cup Of tea. mot for me. I'm like good
old Nebuchadnezzar, / am. It may be
'olesome.' says old Nebuchadnezzar when
they turned him out to grass, II may be
'olesome,' he says, but It amt NICE"
He threw his head back and laughed and
coughed very much at this. Then he called
the buxom young lady behind the bar,
"Flossie, darling" and asked her to give
him some gin hot, unsweetened.
Don't DRAIN II" he said, when she was
putting the water in---'don't DRAIN it. Give
It chawnce. 1t cawn't swim, you KNOW
more lovingly to the magnificent young
person. "Isy, sy, where re you n-going
to next Sunday, Aderf Ehi Give us one
of them voilets you've got"
The magnificent lady frowned at him
with such loftiness that expected him to
die on the spot. But he didn't. He only
hummed a song intended, think, to have
a topical reference:
4 oh. her limo is In the 1ahr wy,
And since she's Lived dahn our wy
All the little donahsin alleys got the mock.
The lady at the bar painted and said
breathlessly land with no stops) what next
she wondered horrid fellow little less noise
IL 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"
| He drank to toast of ten thousand
year for all of us and came over and sat
near me. He said he had nothing to do
that night till 10 o'clock, and then, please
CORD. he should be busy myself had half
an hour to spare, for my train did not go
till 10. He said business was very slack,
and with sudden bitterness) lie said he
would be expletived if he didn't some day
turn Salvationer.
Some of us don't seem to have what
call not no luck. don't know how it is.
Jest when you think you've got hold of u
real good thing" he added in hoarse con
fidential whisper, sis Jest when you're
a-going TO be disappointed"
1T is the unexpected that always hap
pens" quoted.
He made me repeat this remark twice,
and when be had grasped its true inward
ness he slapped me on the knee and said
was fair young coughdrop. Then he
took OIL his soft cap and silently busted
few crumbs of the marble table and put
| it on again.
1.-The best looking business was ever
mixed up in" he said slowly, twas down
at Heron Court, near Guilford. l may be
bit old fashioned in my tastes, but have
always been rather partial to duchesses.
| (He said this with relish as though they
were something sold in tins.) And when /
saw in Lloyd's that the young duke had
gone and married Miss Deborah Clancy,
daughter of the well known rubber mer-
chant of New Haven, and when saw that
the wedding presents was both numerous
and costly, and the happy pair had left
| town for the dukes home near Guilford
amid n shower of rice and old slippers, then
! said to myself, said Go in and win, my
boy, and play the game off of your own
bat. Don't have no partners says to
myself. Don't have no confederates, but
Jest go in and have good old try So
dressed myself up very Hastily, and went
down to Milford station.
/ II had Gladstone bag with me. and in
that bag had a few necessary articles that
no one can do without / don't care how
clever you are, you can't do without their
help. And l had little money with me
too. That's another thing that you want
always TO have about you. Many's the lit
tie business I've known spoiled Just for the
want Of sovereign or two.
II was walking out one afternoon, and
was going down n lane pretty close to the
grounds of the mansion. In front of me was
aneat girl in gray with bonnet box in her
hand. She was one of the slim wasted sort
and carried herself very upright. As
passed her ! caught sight of the address.
1t was for the duchess lifts my hat like
this. Look
:" Pardon me, miss says, but might
you be one of the maids Mt Heron courtf'
well, she says, / might
"'Ohp says Pleasant weather we're
having, aren't wef
"She said yes, it, vas very pleasant wealth
er indeed. She said (this she said in q par
ticularly affable way she was afraid we
should have wet before night.
| "'Been here longp l inquiries. No. she
hadn't been there long, she said-only three
weeks.
"Come down with the dukes party,
suppose2 Yes, she said, she came down
with the dukes party.
Like the placer She said she didn't
mind it. l asked her n few questions about
the people. She said she could get on all
right with the duke, and she was on awful
good terms with the duchess, but she
wouldn't give dollar gross for the sery.
ants. For one thing, she didn't believe
they kept n proper lookout at the place
While they were wasting their time in
smoking and drinking and flirting bur
glar could get in at almost any moment.
oh, well, miss, after all, says, we're
none of us perfect, you know. Veal have
our little 'obbies
II put on my best smile and made up my
mind to have dash for it. asked her
I, whether there was any chance of having a
/ look in and n bit of supper in the evening.
She looked at me very straight. Then she
said a thing that knocked me silly.
Say, mister she says, where do
come in? How much am going to make
out of this little gameP
II was SO astonished that quite blushed.
did really.
"'Well.' says, If you arc going to put
IT in that way, l suppose I'd better speak
out straight. I'll give you 90 quid now,
and I'll give you another 20 after it's over
Make 1t so sopereigns now and 80 aft
err she said, and it's done'
~ started to argue bit, and she turned
on her heel. Here, stiddy on, my DEAR !
says. Don't lose your temper. You've
\ got good bearted face. You're not going
to be hard ON a poor chap, are you nowi
Give me kiss, and III give you 25.'
'She fired up
i You don't have no kiss, mister she
says, and If you want me TO help you you
must hand over the coin. You kent do
tbetter anyway.
II tell you, she fairly surprised me. as
sure you to look at her you'd think she was
as quiet a girl as ever wore shoes. She kept
her eyes-bright black eyes she had-ixed
Inn N 10 I'D aI al ~, ant 4 h..
Icorner she'd got me in.
:, II turned the matter quickly over in my
mind. After all, knew needn't really
trouble about the second payment. !
lshould DO clear away before she had a
shcnce to see whether put it there or not.
"'All right, miss l says, don't 'aggle
and don't bite feller's 'ead 'alf orr. Here's