Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-12-07

VI thought l had left the key in the
excuse me-" The young hostess
took her card from the Gondolier. 81
am engaged to Captain Norman. You
don't know him? Allow me-"
''Please to meet you," said Mr..
Henry Apps. "'Ow'sthe world using
you?"
"That's an original costume of yours,
Captain Norman" remarked the Con
dolier. "I don't know that I've ever
seen anything SO darlngly ever be-
FORE"
"Well, wot of it?" demanded Mr..
Apps, with sudden aggressiveness-
"wot's the odds TO you wot like TO
wear? You needn't think you're"
captain Norman" interposed the
young hostess laughingly, "you
mustn't overdo the part. Look here.
I've put your name down for this
waltz, but if you like we'll sit it out
that is, if you promise to keep up that
diverting East End talk. / like it.
Do you think you can manage to
do so?"
era ther I" said Mr.. Apps.
anu ~ I'D " upy SuD-
tain Norman," she went on. "Do you
know that at first, just for one mo-
ment, I thought you were a real bur-
glar.
Clancy that, now!" said Mr.. Apps.
He was relieved at seeing an obvious
way out of his difficulty. 'lhere's
nothing like doing the thing in
proper, strlteforward wy"
"And," said Lady Staplehurst, with
her fan on his arm, as they walked
across the room, 'you have got the
East End accent capitaly."
'Taint so dusty, is ?"
She beckoned to the Gondolier.
Captain Norman and | are great
friends" she said, In an explanatory
! way. "He has not been long home
from abroad, and be knows scarcely
any one"
"Not blessed SOUL" echoed Mr..
Apps.
"You must let me show you round q
bit, Captain Norman, said the Con.
dolier, with determined geniality.
"Can you come round to my club one
night this week."
"Whaffor?" demanded Mr.. Apps
suspicously.
"Why, to dine! Say Thursday"
"'Eavens knows where l shall be
on Thursday" said Mr.. Apps. 81
don't"
"You must consider me at your dis.
posal if you require any introduc-
tions. I know good lot of people,
and any friend of Lady Staple
hurst's-"
"Oh, come off the roof," said Mr..
Apps, with much discomfort, "wot's
the use of torking?"
"Isn't it capital?" asked Lady
Staplehurst of the Gondoler, delight
edlv. "How much more interesting it
would be if every one would onl ly talk
to me in their character"
Lady Staplehurst rose with some
thing of hurry in her manner and
spoke TO Henry VIII.
"What regiment do you belong to,
Captain Norman?" asked the Con
dolier.
"Find out, )" said Mr.. Apps.
"Am L too curious? l know very
little of the army, Pm afraid" The
| Gondolier was resolved to be agree
able to Lady Staplehurst's friend. "l
always dodge the army nights in the
House. l suppose you know several of
the Service members?"
81 know rs many as [ want to know"
said Mr.. Apps evasively. ga man in
my position of life as to be bit care.
full who he mixes up with"
The hostess returned from Henry
VIII.
"I can make nothing of this man.
whispered the Gondolier to her as he
rose. 81 think he's silly"
"If you knew his qualities you
wouldn't speak of him like that" She
resumed her seat by the side of Mr..
Henry Apps.
"Well, blow mel" said Lady Staple
hurst, screwing her pretty mouth in
her effort to initiate the Cockney's s
accent; "blou me if this amt a fair
take-I mean tike dahn," she laughed.
"It's of no use, Captain Norman. l
can't talk as you can"
"Its gift," said Mr.. Apps, "that's
what it is.
"You don't want to be introduced
to anybody here, l suppose?"
"Not me-"
"You have heard Of"
She pointed in the direction OF the
Gondolier.
"All want to-"
Giles really making big name in
the House, you know. watch his
career with great interest.
"rhinks q jolly lot of hisself."
ooh, think a lot of him, too" re.
marked Lady Staplehurst pleasantly.
"And is that a Jenny sticking ont of
your jacket pocket? This is, indeed,
realism. You know how it works, 1
suppose?"
"Well, I've got kind of hidea, "
said Mr.. Apps. "Look ere. You put
this end in and"
Mr.. Apps found himself getting
quite excited in the explanations that
he gave. 1t was new sensation to
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