The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-21

asked rather Ironically.
~ don't know, but I never felt an in
clination to drink anything but water"
George whispered in a stage aside, MY
dear, he has begun to reward you with
thunpers already. &
Sir Godfrey only laughed.
That was the explanation, of course,
but a few days afterward Madeleine spent
an afternoon with Lady Steyne, who, get
ting very hopeful now, recited her sons
virtues. Among them was total absti-
hence. Madeleine could no longer doubt.
Instantly a mischievous thought arose.
If be was SO lively on tea and water, what
would be tho result of a glass of cham
pagneP The very same idea struck George
when she told him, and a6 the first oppor-
tunity he made IN attempt.
my dear fellow . said Sir Godfrey, ST
daren't! It would be like testing some
new explosive of which one can't calcu-
late the force"
This comparison was not likely to deter
George. Feeling himself unable to work
the oracle, as he said, he urged his sister
to try. She resisted laughingly, though
as curious as himself to see the issue.
The growing intimacy which delighted
Lady Steyne alarmed Mr.. Hudson. He
gave Sir Godfrey q hint-a pretty strong
one. Now, this young man, though easy
and careless, had an intense pride of fam
lily, and at the bottom of his heart lay an
undying grievance against the men who
had not only bought the home of his fore
fathers, but had vulgarized it. Some sharp
words passed. He CHANGED to meet George
on leaving and told him. George told his
sister, requesting Sir Godfrey to wait. A
small domestic row followed, and poor
Mr.. Hudson sent an apology. Meantime
the afternoon turned out wet. George pre-
vailed on him to stay to dinner, "just to
show there uas no i'll feeling
It's the first time I have dined here"
Godfrey murmured as they sat down.
Il ask myself miserably is it to be the
lastf"
"Oh,' Madeleine cried, there's the
p~ortentl Sir Godfrey Steyne feels miser-
able. Fill his glass, George. 1t must not
be said that you were really miserable for
the first time in your life Mt our table. /
insist, Sir Geoffreyp'
'tPlease let me off. 1 don't know what
the consequences may be-"
1.-THE natural consequences of a glass Of
wine are c~heerfulness,' said George.
Drink and forget your cares"
His sister supported him with merry
malice. Sir Godfrey shook his head, but
obeyed.
Tho result was all they had hoped, and
more-for a time. Cheerfulness returned
with a vengeance. Mr. hudson himself
could not stop laughing, the servants for
got their discipline, but Sir Godfrey kept
slipping. A child would scarcely have been
excited by the amount he drank, but it
was enough to upset that ylvacious tenn
permanent. The lively mood passed, and
he talked earnestly OF the affairs or the
day-on politics, even on religion, speak
ing well on every theme.
Dinner was long finished. Madeleine
rose at length, surprised and delighted,
but rather nervous about the issue. The
others adjourned to the billiard room.
Sir Geotfrey had not seen this apartment
before. 1t was the family chapel, as has
been sald, oesecrated by MI. Hudson's Ia
ther, but Mr.. Hudson had lately refur-
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