Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-03-19
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CHAPTER XIII.
DusINEss FIRST.

CHAPTER Kill.
BUSINESS FIRST.
The manager II Messrs. Drummond.
Coutts 4 Barclay'a Limited, received Col.
ond Kelmsc0tt with distinguished consid.
Grafton. A courteous, cOnciliatOry sort OF
manager, with his close-shayen lace and his
spotless shirt-front.
Give minutes, my dear sir?" he exclaim-
blandly into the leather-covered chair.
"Half IN hour II you wish 1t. We always
have leisure to receive our clients. Any
| service we can render them, we're only too
happy. ARyt ~. !. . v.r, n.cn,,.r H. ofh,.,.
ness" Colonel Kelmscott answered, hum.
ming and having with obvious hesitation.
1T isn't quite In the regular way Of bank.
ing, / believe. Perhaps, indeed. / ought
rather to have put it into the hands Of my
solicitor. But even If you cam manage
the thing h az yourself r.x s. y find may 6 be able Snr e S.pIs put !
| can get II managed elsewhere"
The manager bowed. His smile was .
smile Of genuine satisfaction. Colonel
Kelmscott of Tilgate was in q most gracious
humor. The manager, with Difference, held
himself wholly at his clients disposition.
So the COLONEL proceeded to unfold his
business. There were W young men,
now knocking about town, ofthe names
of Guy and Cyril Waring--the one q jour
nalist, the other q painter-and they had
rooms in Staple Inn, Holborn, which would
doubtless form a sufficient clue by which
to identity them. Colonel Kelmscctt de-
sired a,nobtrnsively to know where these
| young men banked--if, indeed they were in
a position to an account; and when it was
found out. he wished Messrs. Drummond,
Coutts & Barclay, Limited, to place q sum
ofmoney at their banker to that credit,
without mentioning the name OF the per-
son SO placing ii, as we'll as to transmit to
them a sealed envelope, containing in
structions as to the use to be made OF the
money in question.
The manager nodded q cautious ~acquies-
eence. 70 place the money to the credit of
the two young men, indeed, would be quite
in their way: but to send the sealed envel-
| ope without being aware Of its contents or
the nature Of the business on viii h it was
dispatched, would be much less regular.
Perhaps the Colonel might find so re other
means Of managing without their aid that
portion OF the business arrangement.
enough with this modest point of view. It
amply sutficcd for him ifthe money were
paid to the young mems credit, and q re-
ceipt forwarded to him in due course, UNI
der cover OF a number. to the care of the
| bankers.
Every we'll, y the manager answered, rub
0AAb A1tS ttAtbSN3 cul NOIlIt-.
dental clerk will settle all that for you. A
most sagacious person our confidential
clerk. No eyes, no ears, no tongue for any
thing but our clients interests"
The Colonel smiled, and sat o little long
er, giving further details as to the precise
amount he wished sent, and the particular
way he wished to send 1.-THE whole sum
10 be, in fact. twelve thousand pounds.
amount of the purchase money of the Dow
lands farms, whereof only six thousand had
% yet been paid down; and that six thou
sand he wished to place forthwith to the
credit Of Cyril Waring, the painter. The
remaining six thousand, to be settled, as
agreed, IN five weeks time, he would then
make over under the selt-same conditions
to the other brother. Guy Waring, the
Journalist. 1t had gone q trifie too cheap,
that land at Dow!ands. the Colonel opined;
but still, i'm days like these he was very glad,
indeed to find a purchaser for the place at
anything like its value.
II think a Miss Ewes was a fortunate
bidder, wasn't she?" the ana asked,
just to make a certain decent show of in
terest in his clients estate.
Yes, Miss Elma Ewes of keuilworth,"
the Colonel answered, letting loose for a
moment his tongue, that unrnly nie,.lber.
shes tile composer. You knOw-writeS
songs and dances; remotely connected with
Reginald Clifford. the man who was COVER
nor 81 some Yves, Indian Dntch-oven-St.
4 " = ~ vi vi = v uOWil
our way, and hes q neighbor of mine at
Tilgate. Or, rather, she's connected with
| Mrs. Clifford. the governors wife who was
Ofthe younger branch, q Miss Ewes OF
WOrthing. daughter of the Ewes who was
Dean OF Dorchester. Eima's been a family
name for years with all the lot OF Eweses,
good, bad. or Indifferent. anne down to
them, don't yon know. from that Rouinan-
| ian ancestres.."
Indeed. the manager answered, now
beginning to be really interested; tor the
CliftOrds We're clients, too. n it behooves
= banker @ know everything about every
body's business. $50 Mrs. Clifford had an
actress who wa. a Roumanian, had she?
Well, I've noticed at times her complexion
looked very southern aud gyIey.like--dis-
tinctly nn-Fsnglish.H
.Oh. they call it ~Ronmanian,' Colonel
Aelnlscott. went OH III u confidential tone.
more and more conversational; they call it
R~oumanian, because it sounds more re-
| spectacle: but l believe, ii you go
right down ~ the very bot
tom OF the thing, il was much
more like some kind Of Oriental gypsy.
IN George the Seconds time, was ainbassa-
dor for awhile at Col,>tantinople. He be-
gan life, indeed, / believe, as q Turkey
merchant. Well, at Pera oise day. SO the
story goes,--yOuH find 1t all III Horace
Walpoie's diary-he picked mp with this
dark-skinned gypsy woman, who was .
wonder. nj creature in her way; q sort of
mesIntrie surccrcSs, who belonged to s0nle
tribe oil tar Eastern serpent-chariners. 1t
seems that women III this particular tribe
were regularly trained by the men to be
capering prie>tesses-or ioriune-tellers. II
sxtraordinary sacred antics Of :
mystical kind. much after the
fashion of the howling dervishes. How
ever that may be. Sir Michael. at any rate.
pacing the streets Of Pera, saw the wonian
that she was passing TAR, and fell in love
with her ontwright at sorae dervish enter
tainmefat. Hut being = very w~eif-beliaycd
old man combining . liking for Orientals
with j British taste Tor the highest respect
ability. lie had the girl baptized aud made
into a proper Christian first; and then he
married her otf-hard, and brought her
home with him as my Lady Ewes to Eng
land. She was presented at Court to
George the Second; and Lady Mary Wort
ley Montague stood her sponsor on the
occasion"
sBut how did it all turn out?" the man
ager asked, with an air Of intelligent his
t0fiCal interest.