The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-17
CHAPTER Y.
THE MEN OF THE RING,

THE MEN OF THE RING.
It was at the end Of my first week in Lon
as was usual for gentlemen Of that time II
they wished to figure before the public ms
v yited not only Sn the "t chief Il fIg ihRHns, m ieG " OF the IN,
day. but also those men of fashion who were
REID l TaTd ssSe and IN s ses F 81 Lothian Mrii 5l Hams.
Apreece. the Hon. Berkeley Craven, and
many more. The rumOr that the Prince was
TO be present had already spread through the
clubs. and invitations were eagerly sought.
drink h your T'S beer 'i IN future a1m - Nr. si Brewer sa s1" T.
Every BLACKBOARD in London does said he.
It was monstrop 9o.t im Hi,b Of him; hHt sons
going down To Charges street To pay jew King a
little of my interest: Are you hound that way.
Young friend at the club or in the Mali. no
doubt" and he sauntered of upon his way.
That young man is destined to take my
bad departed. He is quite young and Of na
descent. but he has made his way BY his cool
efrrontery. BY his natural taste, and by his ex,
travagance OF speech. There Is no man who
can DO impolite in 30 polished a fashion. Al.
ready his opinion ,K + quoted rv6ry IN ~ the clubs h as a
and when / am convinced that mins'is past,
ST. james street will know me no more, for II Is
But now. nephew, in that bun and blue suit
you may pass anywhere. so II you please we will
step into my yis.a.yis ana viii show you
How can l describe all that we saw and all
that, we did upon that lovely Surfing day. To
world. and my uncle might have been some
benevolent enchanter in q hlgh-collnred, long
tailed cont who Wa GIid!ng me about IN i,
bright carriages and the gayly dressed ladies
and somhre.clnd men. all crossing and hurry
YOU q turn II over with a sticS. Never had I
formed n conception of such endless banks OF
houses and such Nae sGas Sc. stream Of ne
Strand. where the crowd was thicker than
ever. and even penetrated beyond Temple Bar
me not to mention It,, for he would not WISH il
change md the bank AMI Lioyd's coffee house
with the brOwn'cORted, sharp. faced merchants
and tho hurrying clerks, the huge horses, and
the busy draymen,
that which we had left In the West. a world
~ energy and Of strength, where there was no
place for tho %lisiless and the idle. Young as
was, | knew that IL was here, in the forest
OF merchant shipping, In tho bales which swung
up to the warehouse Windows, in the loaded
that the power OF Britain lay. Here In The
city of London was the tAp-rOUt from which
empire and wealth and 50 many otfcr fnH
and manners may change, md the city bells
may ring out the hours until the c]lappers fall
from their hinges, but the spirit of enterprise
within that square mile - Two OF land must
not change, for when i withers nll that has
grown from II must witheT also.
We lunChed at Stcphens's, tho fashionable
inn In Bond street, Where saw a line OF til
hurys and saddle horse which stretched from
tho door To the further end ~ the street. And
thence we went 10 the Mall in IT. Jamcs's
Park, and thence 10 Iirookes's, the great Whig
club. and thence again 10 Walters. where the
men OF fashion used to gamble, Every where
met the Same sort OF men, with their stiT
figures and small waits, all showing the ut,
most Difference TO my uncle, and for his sake
every ,oiyility to me, The talk was always such
as | had already heard at the pavilion, talk
OF politics, talk OF the Kings health, talk OF
the Princes extravaganza, Of the expected
renewal OF the war OF horse racing, and
the ring, / saw, too, hat ~eOcentricity