Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-10

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He had run forward with much warmth,
and was shaking the hand Of a singular look
ing person who had just entered the room.
The newcomer was a stout, square-built
man, plainly and almost carelessly dressed,
with an uncouth manner and a rolling gait.
His age might have been something over 80,
and his gwarthy, harshly featured face was
already deeply lined either by his years or
by his excuses. | have never In all my life
seen a Countenance in which the angel and
the devil were mere obviously welded.
Above was the high, broad forehead of the
philosopher, with keen, humorous eyes look
ing out from under thick, strong brows. Be
low was the heavy jowl of the sensualist,
curvlng in a broad crease over his cravat.
That brow was the brow of the public Charles
Fox, the thinker, the philanthropist, the
man who rallied and led the liberal party
during the twenty most hazardous years of
its existence. That jaw was the jaw of the
private Charles Fox, the gambler, the liber-
tine. the drunkard. Yet to his sins he never
added the browning one Of hypocrisy. His
vices were as open as his virtues. In some
quaint freak of nature two spirits seemed
to have been joined in one body, and the
came frame to contain the best and worst
man Of his age.
'i've run down from Chertsey, sir, just to
snake you by Ine manu-, anu 10 lndht SURE
that the tories have not carried you off,
"Damnation, Charlie. you know that | sink
or swim with my friends. A whig l started
and a whig | shall remain"
| thought that | could read upon FoNs
dark face that he was by no means 80 conf
don't about the princes principles,
pitt has been at you, sir, | understand
Eyes, confound him! | hate the sight Of
that id sharp-pointed nose Of his, which
he wants to be forever pOking into my affairs.
He and Addington have been boggling about
the debts again. Why. lock We, Charlie, if
Pitt held me in contempt he could not behave
different"
gathered from the smile which fitted
over Sherldan's expressive face that this was
exactly what Pitt did do. But straightway
they all plunged into politics, varied by the
drinking of sweet maraschiDo, which a foot
man brought round upon n salver. The king,
the queen, the lords and the commons were
each in succession cursed by the prince, in
spite of the excellent advice which he had
given me about the British constitution.
why, they allow me so little that l cant
look after my own people. There are a
dozen annuities to old servants and the like,
and it's all | can do to scrape the money to-
gether to pay them. However, my'-he
pulled himself up and coughed in a conse-
quential way-"my financial agent has ar
ranged for a loan. repayable upon the kings
death. This liqueur isn't good for either of
us, Charlie. We're both getting ID stout. y
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said Fox.
81 am blooded fifty ounces a month, but
the more | take the more | make. You
wouldn't think to look at us, Tregellts that
we could do what we have done. We've had
some days and nights together, Charlie"
Fox smiled and shock his head.
"You remember how We posted to New
market before the races. We took a public
coach, Trege!lis, clapped the postillions intc
the rumble, and jumped onto their places
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A ID fellow wouldn't let us through his
turnpike. and Charlie hoped off and had his
coat off In a minute. The fellow thought he
had to do with a fighting man, and soon
cleared the way for u.s.
by the way, sir, speaking of fighting
men, l give a supper to the fancy at the
Wagon and Horses on Friday next" said my
uncle. IF you should chance to be in town
they would think it a great honor il you
should condescend to look in upon us"
I've rot seen a fight since | saw Tom
Tyne, the taller, kill Earl fourteen years ago
l swore off then, and you know me as a man
OF my word, Tregellis. OF course, I've beer
at the ringside incOg. many a time, but never
as the prince Of Wales"
I'VE should be vastly hOnorei If you would
come incCg, to our supper, sir"
:. "Well. well, Sherry, make a note Of It
Well be at Carlton house on Friday. The
prince can't come, you know, Tregellis, but
you might reserve a chair for the earl OF
Chester"
Sir. we shall be proud to see the earl OF
Chester there" said my uncle.
by the way, Tregellis," said Fox, there's
some rumor about your having a sporting bet
with Sir Lothian Hume. What's the truth
of it,"
"Only a small matter of a couple of thous
to a thou, he gives the odds, He has a
fancy to this new Gloucester man, Crab
Wilson, and I'm to find a man to beat him.
Anything under twenty or over thirty-ive, at
or about thirteen stone"
you take Charlie Fox's advice, then, -
cried the prince. when it comes to handi-