The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-12-04

"Ard the girl Who played the banjo,
and"
at was great" agreed Mr.. Apps
"groat"
The largo ballroom was very full A
small ooyoy OF brightly dressed young
people how toward tho young hostess
10 complain Of her temporary absence
from tho room aud a broad-ahouldorod
Gondolier shook hands with her and
took up her card with something Of an
air proprietorship.
II thought / had left the key In tho
excuse, me" Tho young hostess
took her card from tho Gondolier 81
am engaged 90 Captain Norman. You
don't know him2 Allow me"
''Pleaso 10 meet you" said Mr..
Henry Apps. 'Ow'stho world using
your
"rhat'san original costume Of yours,
Captain Norman" remarked the Con
dolier. 81 don't know that Two ever
seen anything so daringly ever be-
FORE"
''Well, wot Of itY' demanded Mr..
Apps, with sudden aggressiveneas-
"wot's the odds to you wot like to
wear2 You needn't think you're"
captain Norman" interposed the
young hostess laughingly, "you
mustn't overdo the part. Look here.
I've put your name down for this
waltz, but if you like wen sit it out
that ia, If you promise to keep up that
diverting East End talk. like il.
Do you think you can manage to
! do SOP"
"Ra.ther I" said Mr.. Apps
"And it is q capital make up, Cap
tain Norman, she went on. "Do you
know that at first, just for one mo-
ment, thought you we're a real bur
glar."
"Fancy that, now" said Mr.. Apps.
He was relieved of seeing on obvious
way out of his difficulty. ''There's
nothing like doing the thing in
proper, striteforward wy"
"And," said Lady Staplehurst, with
her fan on his arm, as they walked
across the room, "you have got the
East End accent capitally."
'Taint so dusty, is it?"
She beckoned to the Gondolier.
"Captain Norman and / are great
friends" she said, IN an explanatory
way. she has notlbeen long home
from abroad, and he knows scarcely
any one"
mot a blessed SOUL" echoed Mr..
Apps.
'You must let me show you round q
bit, Captain Norman, said the Con
dolier, with determined geniality.
"Can you come round to my club one
night this week." vs.e.
"Whafor?" demanded Mr.. Apps
suspiciOusly.
"Why, to dinol Say Thursday"
'Eavens knows where I shall be
on Thursday" said Mr.. Apps. 81
DON'T.
"You must consider me at your dis.
posal if you require any introduce
tions. i know a good lot of people,
and any friend of Lady Staple
hursts-"
"Oh, come off the roof" said Mr..
Apps, with much discomfort, "wot's
the use of torkingY
'Tsn't it capital?" asked Lady
Staplehurst of the Gondolier, delight
, eddy. elbow much more interesting it
would be if every one would only talk
to me in their character.
, Lady Sbaplehurst rose with some
} thing of hurry in her manner and
spoke to Henry VIII.
, "What regiment do you belong TO-
Captain Norman2" asked the Con
dolier.
\ "Find out, said Mr.. Apps.
} sam too curious? know very
, little of the army, Pm afraid" Thu
Gondolier was resolved to be agree
able to Lady Staplehurst's friend. g
always dodge the army nights in tn,
} House. I suppose you know several o
t the Service members?"
81 know as many as I want to know,
said Mr.. Apps eyasively. ga man il
my position of life as to be bit care
3 full who he mixes up with, "
The hostess returned from Henri
. VIII.
, 81 can make nothing OF this man,
y whispered the Gondolier to her as h
rose. 81 think he's silly"
d "Lf you knew his qualities 20
wouldn't speak of him like that" Sh
. resumed her seat by the side of MI
e Henry Apps.
Q "Well, blow me !" said Lady Staple
/ hurst, screwing her pretty mouth i
@ her effort to initiate the Ccckney
e accent; "blow me if this amt fai
h take-I mean tike dahn, she laughed
is cts of no use, Captain Norman.
can't talk as you can"
/, cts a gift" said Mr.. Apps, "that
what it is.
d "You don't want to be introduce