The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-30
FLIP"

ture stood at 102 degrees r. i'll the up
per room of house in Limassol.
cob, dash it all, Villiers, that's the
third time in the last 90 minutes! Fin
ish ecarte for me tonight. Let's go onto
the veranda. How hot it is, and how
old Flip is snoring-quite apoplecticv'
The speaker threw down his hand and
passed his fingers YEARLY through his
tumbled hair. His opponent, Villiers,
pushed back his hair, with yawn, and
started drumming the DEVILS tattoo OH
the table, while the sleeper snored more
alphabetically than ever, and he vino
had watched the fall of the cards fin
ished off his drink and shouted:
"Vasili!"
"Sair!''
Wake up, you child of bondwom-
an, aud bring me IL large brandy and
soda, with plenty of snow in 1.-THE
cleanest you can get-d you hear?''
Outright, sair.''
The sleeper muttered in his dreams.
Poor old Flip-dreaming, always
dreaming of that heartless Jezebel,"
said Villiers as the trio moved out on
the veranda.
Then spake he who had called for
drink and whose name was Jones-plain
JCnes-and said:
= have never quite got to the bottom
of that affair. Old Flip only spoke to
me on the subject, and that very sketch
lily, us wo were riding through the pass
to Cophino. Do you know the rights of
the matter, Fidus Achates?"
"Oh. yes. answered Villicrs.
Then tell us the story
''Wait till the drink comes and
yon We stopped your mouth with another
cigar, and then will, though its too
hot almost to parley."
AS he spoke he threw himself into all
easy chair, an example which was
speedily followed by his companions.
Presently the Greek serving boy reap
peared with the iced fluid. He did not
Immediately retire, and on Villiers an
grily asking him what he was waiting
for he replied hesitatingly in his broken
pigeon English:
Kalitsa gunia. signor, comey to me
and say, Inglcso signor, Harvey, being
here:' Me say, 'Yes Signola say,
Go telly me, signora, Inglese signora,
VANITY sec-savey?' Me say, 'Or-light,'
and go plenty quick bring soda water.
Me coming back presently after by'n'-
by, plenty quick me coming finish sig
nora!'
'Oh, get along! You ve been drink
ing too much vino, you scoundrci"
No, me no drinky vino. Me-
"OXo"' snapped Nilliers, and the
Greek Withdrew
AS he passed through the adjoining
room the sleeper moved mcasily and
mnttered Il womans name.
You heard that inquired the teller
| Of tales. We'll, that's the Keynote
| AS far as ] remember it was eight years
| ago and during Ascot week that the
trouble began. Flip had leen just three
months engaged To Lily Fame ever met
the Fanes of Ridley Manor they
| were to he married in the autumn.
Flip-yon Il hardly know him now for
the ardent, impulsivc old fool he was
then worshpcd the very ground she
trod upon, while she was nothing but Il
heartless, eraspinG. schoming '--
! Steady over the stones = drawcd the
hope of all the Jonoses.
Then Vjlliors, with short laugh:
where one would suffice. She WAS Il
woman, and can any good thing como
| from Il woman!
We'll, to tho point. For mere ca
! price, arising from an arrogant bet that
she could do with Flip as she liked. and
you know old Flips Il pretty hard nut
to crack, she told him after lunch on
the cup day that he must go abroad at
the end of the week and not return un-
| I'll week before their wedding, which
was to take place, believe, on Nov.
! 10. Or course he took it as joke, but
that night she again repeated her extrav-
agant demand, saying she was really
III earnest; that some one had doubted
IL ms love for her would carry him
such lengths ut her expressed desire.
| Did he fly into Il furious passion. as
would you or or any sane man? Eot Il
bit. Like the infatuated fool no was. he
SAID 1t was very hard. but that if she
really wished such extraordinary proof
OF the affection sho should never doubt.
and SO on. The long and short of it was
the end of the week saw him at Monte
| Carlo. OF course he went in for little
,hutter,' Just for something to do.
Equally, of course, he won. He tried
again, and again he won. Then the
fever took him, and he played.
| Ho was very comfortably off and so
had no excuse for plunging as he did.
and If it hadn't been for that accursed
girl he might have been a happy pros.
porous country gentleman today instead
OF wreck in the government service or