Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-07-12
PROVING His THEORIES.

Wanted-Valet; must have good refer
ences. Apply A. ID. Goodman. Kings
Road, Chelsea.
Such was the advertisement which
appeared in several London dailies.
At 10 o'clock the same morning a
short, thick-set man, with an ex.
tremely red nose, showing that he
had been high-liver in the servants
hall, knocked at the door of the
house on Kings Road. A neatly at
tired servant girl, with muslin cap
perched on her pretty features ap-
peared on the threshold.
lis Mr.. Goodman in?" asked the
caller.
HE is" responded the girl, with
several critical glances at the man,
who stood before her.
~ should like to see him on bust
moss"
"Step in"
The visitor was ushered into q
bright front room.
What name shall / say?"
"Mr. Smiler."
The girl disappeared. Then the
man began to examine the apartment
In leisurely manner. Several hand
some paintings and quite collection
of rare bric-a-brac bore ample testi-
mony to the artistic propensities OF
the master of the house.
"Some swell, evidently" muir
INJURED the man with the red face.
The girl reappeared.
master wants to know what S
your business"
81 called in reference to an adver-
tisement for valet"
"Ohv" She tossed her head and
again vanished. About five minutes
elapsed and then the girl entered the
room.
"You can wait here" she said.
master isn't up yet
For forty minutes the visitor was
left to his reflections.
"Must be some blooming sport, "
he commented. Then the door
opened and a tall, pale gentleman
entered the room in languid fash
ion, picked up the morning paper
and carelessly scan ned the contents,
as though oblivious to the presence
of the visitor. He read the telegraphic
news and then the local. The SER
want brought in tray upon which
reposed breakfast bacon, eggs, a cup
of coffee and rolls. The gentleman
put up his nose and said:
Jane, take away these dishes.
Leave the coffee"
The servant obeyed.
His appetite isn't good to-day"
commented the caller. The gentle
man slipped the coffee with apparent
relish, read again the cable article
from Paris and finally lighted cigar.
All this time the visitor remained
standing respectfully. At last he
ventured to cough, and the gentle
man, turning to him, remarked:
"Aw-you called about the adver-
tisement %
Yes, SIR"
Where are your references ?"
Here, SIR" and he took from his
pocket bulky package.
well, / don't care to see them.
II served last the Duke Of"
What the deuce do / care whom
you served? Will you accept guinea
a week and expenses?"
Eyes, SIR"
Every WE'LL we leave tonight for
Paris. See that everything is ready"
With that the gentleman tookaup
his hat and cane, and strolled ont OF
the house in a leisurely, half-bored
way.
HE is rum un." commented the
visitor.
Two days later the gentleman
and his servants were
quartered in Paris. The for
mer has rented magnificently fur
nished house in fashionable part
of the city. Try as he would, Smiler
could learn little OF his new master.
He came and went. He usually ar
rived about in the morning and
sometimes Smiler had to put him to
bed. He got up anywhere between
10 o. clock and noon. Sometimes he
breakfasted heartily; at other times
he merely slipped his coffee. Smiler
was commissioned to buy tickets for
every fashionable event from the
opera to the races, and he always
came and departed in private car
rage, quite an elegant equipage.
About this time the Partisan news
papers were agitating the remarkable
tests in spiritualism given before en-
inent gentlemen by peasant woman
in Milan. The psychological society
was in session in the French capital
and the comments on TIE feats per-
formed in Italy were made more in
teresting by the presence Of a
renowned English mind reader. This
gentleman showed great aptitude in
ferreting out criminals. and his accu.