The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-02-23

beloved child. He had heard The whole
story, and, to my confusion, insisted
on going over all the details befor,
Allcrton, even to my heroism, as he
called it. i'll knocking down that big
bully Of a cabmal. l was confused,
yet couldn't shake him off. He was
persistent. He was abject. He begged
to meet my friend, to present his, 20
open champagne and drink eternal
friendship. He would change the name
of his chateau-the rotten old rookery
from Beau Rivage to Belle Alliance.
He would make this day a fete in the
calendar of the Lascelles family. And
then it began to dawn on me that he
had been drinking champagne before
he came. / did not catch the name of
the other gentleman, n much younger
man. He was very ceremonious and
polite, but distant. Then, in some
way. came up the fact that had been
trying to get cab to take me back to
barracks, and then Lascelles declared
that nothing could be more opportune.
He had secured a carriage and was
just going down with monsieur. They
had DIES affaires to transact at once.
He took me aside and said: In proof
that you accept my amende, and in
order that L may make to you my per-
sonal apologies, you must accept my
invitation So GO with them / did. l
was all the time thinking of Grams
mysterious note bidding me return at
taps. i couldn't imagine what was up,
but / made my best cndcavors to get a
cab. None was to be had, SO
was really thankful for this opportun-
ity. All the way down Lascelles over
whelmed me with civilities. and could
only murmur and protest, and the
other party only murmured approba-
ton. He hardly spoke English at all.
Then Lascelles insisted on n stop at the
Pelican, and on bumpers of champagne,
and there, as luck would have it, was
Doyle-drunk, as usual, and deter
mined to join the party; and, though l
endeavored to put him aside, Lascelles
would not have it. lie insisted on be-
ing presented to the comrade of his
gallant friend, and in the private room
where we went he overwhelmed Doyle
with details of our grand reconcilia-
ton and with bumper after bumper of
Krug. This enabled me to fight shy
of the wine, but in ten minutes Doyle
was fighting drunk, Lascelles tipsy.
The driver came in for his pay. say
ing he would go no further. They
had a row. Lascclles wouldn't pay;
called him IN Irish thief and all that.
l slipped my last V into the drivers
hand and got him out, somehow.
VI. Philippcs, or whatever his name
was. said he would go out-he'd get
cab in the neighborhood; and the next
thing l knew Lascelles and Doyle were
in fury of row. Lascelles said all
the Irish were knaves, and black
guards and swindlers, and Doyle STUN
bled around after him. Out came pis-
toll. Out came knife! / tripped
DOYLE and got him into chair, and
was so intent on pacifying him and
telling him not to make a fool of him
self that didn't notice anything else.
/ handled him good-naturedly, got the
knife away, and then was amazed to
find that he had my own pet paper
CuIjtT lA-CLli SAAioC dAQ
make up. 1t was all mistake
said Lascelles. But what made it a
worse mistake, the old man would
order more wine, and with it brandy.
He insisted on celebrating this second
grand reconciliation. and then both
got drunken, but the tall Frenchman
had Lascelles' pistol and / had the
::uife, and then n Ca b came, and, though
ii was storming beastly and / had
Ferry's duds on and Larllin's best tile
and Pierce's umbrella, we bundled in
somehow and drove on down the levce,
leaving Doyle in the hands of that
Amazon of wife of his and couple
of doughboys who happened to be
around there. Now Lascelles was all
hilarity, singing, joking, confidential
Nothing would do but we must stop
and call on lovely woman, 4 belle
annie. He could rely on our discretion.
he said. laying his finger on his nose, and
looking sly and coquettish. for all the
world like some old rouc of French
man. He must stop ana see her and
take her some wine. Indeed he said,
mysteriously, 1T is a rendezvous
TO Biz CONTINUED.