The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-02-06
@uIs LAST VICTIM.

OF Collector Campbell, Lucy's tather.
He tore it open and read with mingled
establishment and rapture: s.'
1.-The governor general. wishing to thank
Lett. Wallace for sllis public; service this
daya done. begs the pleasure of his com
pany at dinner at my table. Eight sharp!
= :, Hector CAMPBELL.
'"VVhat next?" cried OUR friend, glee-
fully. But he lacked time for the ex-
preston of his feelings. He had barely
time to give himself an extra brush
up before presenting himself to those
eyes-not Lord Mayo's--which had
heen his loadstars ever since they first
smiled on him. ,..'., =
He reached the door of the roof that
sheltered her and the governor general
just-and only justin time to save his
reputation for punctuality. Naturally,
his lordship led the way to the dining
room with Mrs. Campbell. AS natural
,ly the aide:de-camp-Mr. Au -Revoir-
followed wfth%Lucy. = Hence; Capt. Wal
lace grumbled not at having to bring
up the rear with her father, especially
when he found himself seated straight
in front of her, with no envious epergne
to debar him from gazing his fill. The
reader may deem it strange that he
felt perfectly at ease in the presence
of the governor general. But the fact
is that Lord Mayo was a perfect master
of the art-if art it be-of making peo-
pie feel at home with him. On this oc-
casion he laid himself out without any
effort to draw Charlie OUT And he
succeeded SO thoroughly that the
young man caught himself repeating
to his lqrdship, ,:.:::across the walnuts
and wine," that confoundedly polite
form of refusal: ''Sir, have the honor
to inform you," ETC., which he vowed
he had seen so often that he knew it
by heart.
Charlie spent a most delightful even
ing, the more so because Lord Mayo
carefully omitted to mar it by thank
ing him for his public service. He was
man who CARED more for substances
than for FORM. And SO Charlie found
next morning, when, as he sat at break
fast his factotum brought him q let
ter to this effect:
LEAR DIN. L nave lHc uOHOE " 1HAO1
you that have forestalled any request on
your part by entering: your name on the
lis: st candidates for the vacant post in
the green cloth Office, where it stands at
the head of the list All good luck to you!
Yours sincerely. MAYO"
what triumph" cried Charlie in his
joy, and was rushing off hatless to
Lucy's fathers bungalow to pour
forth his hearty thanks, when his
friend, Capt. Bosanquet. caught him
by the coat tail and asked him: mad
man, whittier away?"
The mailman tore himself free at
the cost of his coat and forged ahead,
but only to run bolt into. the arms of
Aidesde-Camp .Au Revoir, who. briefly
informed him that Lord Mayo had
quilted the bungalow at five .. m, after
a cup of coffee and hard biscuit, and
that he-Au Revoir-was to rejoin him
that evening at the bungalow of Col
lector Munro, Is miles farther north.
A twelveIhonth later Collector
Campbell resigned and sailed for Eng
land with his wife. But Lucy staid' in
India--Lucy still. but Campbell no
longer. That name she had snapped
for that Of old Scotland's darling hero.
of whom she thought highly, and still
more highly of Chamber Jour.
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