The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-03-06
SUN CECIL FRIDAY, MARCH 1896. NO

eign office and was defeated in open field
by Mrs. Cusack- -Bremmil. She heard of
the lamentable condition of Peythroppe,
and her brain struck out the plan that
saved him. She had the wisdom of the
serpent, the logical conference of the
man, the fearlessness of the child and
the triple intuition of the woman. New
er-no, never-as long as tonga buckets
down the Solon dip or the couples go
a-riding at the back of Summer Hill
wiN there be such genius as Mrs.
Hauksbee. She attended the consultation
of three men on Peythroppe's case, and
she stood up with the lash of her riding
whip between her lips and spake.
Three weeks later Peythroppe dined
with the three men, and The Gazette OF
India came in. Peythroppe found to his
surprise that he had been gazetted
months leave. Don't ask me how this
was managed. I believe firmly that, if
Mrs. Hauksbee gave the order, the whole
great Indian administration would stand
OH it's head The three men had also
month S leave each. Peythroppe put The
Gazette down and said bad words. Then
there came from the compound the soft
"pad- pad" of camels-"t thieves cam
els, "the Bikaneer breed that don't bub-
BILE and howl when they sit down and
get up.
After that, I don't know what hap
pened. This much is certain-Peythropp
sappeared-vanished like smoke-and
the long foot rest chair in the house of
the three men was broken to splinters !;
also bedstead departed from one of
the bedrooms.
Mrs. Hauksbee said that Mr.. Pey-
throppe was shooting in Rajputana with
the three men; SO we were compelled to
believe her.
At the end of the month, PeythroIpa
was gazetted 30 days. extension of leave,
but there was wrath and lamentation in
the house of Castries. The marriage day
had been fixed, but the bridegroom new
er came, and the D'Silvas, Pereiras and
Ducketts lifted their voices and Knocked
Honorary Lieutenant Castries as one
who had been basely imposed upon. Mrs.
Hauksbee went to the wedding and was
much astonished when Peythroppe did
not appear. After seven weeks, Pey-
throppe and the three men returned
from Rajputana. Peythroppe was in
hard, tough condition, rather white and
more self contained than ever.
One of the three men had q cut on his
nose, caused by the kick of gun.
Twelve bores kick rather curiously.
Then came Honorary Lieutenant Cas-
tries, seeking for the blood of his per-
fidious SON in law to be. He said things
vulgar and impossible" things
which showed the raw, rough "ranker"
below the honorary, and fancy Pey-
throppe's eyes We're opened. Anyhow,
he held his peace till the end. when he
spoke briefly. Honorary Lieutenant Cas-
tries asked for "peg" before he went
away to- die or bring suit for breach
of promise. ..
Miss Castries was very good girl.
She said that she would have no breach
of promise suits. She said that if she
was not.a lady she was refined enough
to know that ladies kept their broken
hearts to themselves, and, as she ruled
her parents, nothing happened. Later
Oh, she. married most respectable and
gentlemanly person. He travelled for an
enterprising firm in Calcutta and was
all that good husband should be.
So Peythroppe came to his right mind
again and did much good work and
was honored by all who knew him. One
of these days he will marry, but he will
marry sweet pink and white maiden,
on the government house list, with lit.
tie money and some influential connec-
tions, as every wise man should. And
he will never, all his life, tell her what
happened dpring the seven weeks of his
shooting tour in Rajputana.
But just think how much trouble and
expense-for camel hire is not cheap,
and those Bikaneer brutes had to be fed
like humans might have been saved by,
a properly conducted. matrimonial de-
partment, under the conIroi pf the di-
rector general of education, but corre-
spending direct with the yiceroy. -Rud-
yard Kipling.