The record-union., 1897-01-31

would NlIIlnSIy reOulIQ the whole of the
Abbey You, sir. are my hobby. and
the more people you alarm the better /
will be pleased
"Bandy no words with me- thou var
let, replied Sir EuStace, rising and
drawing himself ito his full hight. while.
to increase the effect. he passed with
some difficulty to an older and more
stately diction, ''or by the kings throne
thou shalt rue the day when thou didst
venture 10 thwart-''
He ceased to rack his brain with the
effort to remember any more words
of his period for he was ANNOYED to
find that Mir. Pilkington was busily
taking down his threats in a notebook.
The compiler of the treatise entitled
The Unseen Seem was meditating a
footnote upon the archaic Use of the
word thou" instead of you" and Siv
Eustace relinquished his efforts to hor-
rify him. With a respondent shrug
of his cloak the cavalier folded his
arms and passed through the wall
This is all / could have wished. -
said Mr.. Pilkington, as he lit his can
die. Il shall have them fairly on the
rampage next week. 1t will amuse me
TO hear Kettlewell explain 1T ALL"
Among the departed Damerels there
was deep CONSERVATION upon hearing
the cavaliers report. They had OBJ
served previously that Mr. PiIkington
seemed more pleased to see them than
most people, but they We're surprised
that this was because they were upon
such obviously friendly terms with
him. Tonight they had been plotting
some of their most gruesome tricks. and
We're pleased with the chance of show
ing what they could do in the way of
horrors when they We're ON their met
tie. When they heard that all this
kind of thing was worse than futile,
since 1T would merely crafty their enc
my. they were almost in despair.
He'll never gibber." groaned the ca
Waller, and as to his hair standing
on end, he hasn't got any"
Then" firmly said the Culloden Da-
merel, who was in the chair I'VE must
run the strike on different lines. Not
one of us, if he holds out against our
just demands. will be seen in the abbey.
nor will we utter a sound"
That's a dull kind of strike said
the Damerel who bought himself
borough in George II. s last Parliament.
L move, Mr.. Speaker, and, having been
a member, permit me to add an Illus
triouS member, of the House of Com
mons, l shall command a due share of
your attention.
Dry up, you ass" put in the cava-
lier, with little of the delicate courtesy
which history attributes to cavaliers.
II Il
ing modern forms of abuse, and he was
still feeling rather ruffied. Il move
that you be not heard"
Small breezy interludes like this soon
passed over, for upon the main question
before the meeting the Damerels found
themselves unanimous, and the next
evening Sir Eustace was again told off
to announce to Mr.. Pilkington the alter
ed plan of campaign upon which they
had decided.
I'VE felt that our negotiations last
night" he admitted were not salts
factory, and, recognizing the impor-
tance of the principle for which we are
striking, we contemplate other meas
ures''
"A withdrawal from your present pO-
sftion," replied Mr. Pilklngton, lis all
that [ require. l shall not push my
advantage, if I may thus describe it,
further than is necessary. Things shall
go ON as heretofore"
You mistake me-" said Sir Eustace;
things will not go ON at all unless
you make the requisite concessions. We
shall refuse to walk in the abbey or to
be observed by any mortal eye. Not
even the anniversary of the violent ter
mination of our respective careers Will
induce any of us to take so much as a
stroll in the passage"
MIR. Pilkington's face became instant
ly serious at this menace to his fondest
hopes. Without, however, allowing his
disappointment to transpire more than
he could help, he stroked his short
Whisker obviously
THAT will be inconvenient, L con-
fess,' he said at last. Il am filling the
abbey next week with visitors, and l
was hoping that you might have eX-
tended to my fritnds some of the at
tentions with which you have hOnored
me. L looked for your aid in enter
tanning them. But to give up the inn
I have at some expense ad-
ded to the house would be too ridicu-
lous. l cannot agrae to it
Then" said the cavalier, 1--WE shall
strike
Will the men, 1 mean will you, go
cut in a body?" asked Mr.. Pilkington.
Hardly that" replied the specter
with a quaint smile. we could not
that however we'll we were or
ganized."
My expression was unfortunate.
What I mean is, are you and all your
ancestors and descendants in this con-
founded union?"
Spare your epithets,' remarked the
g ghost quietly. This talk, though l
seem to have now got the better of you,
is still a business discussion. AS to
the union, l shall give you no confiden-
tial statistics about our numbers, but
l think they are sufficient for our pur-
pose"
Dear, dear.'' said Mr.. Pilkington.
his hands in despair How
you are with your unions and
Now. come. do be reason
able. Let us have few demonstrations
next week
Not one"
Not even chain or two rafting on
the stairs?" pleaded Mr.. Pilkington.
That would be better than nothing"
Not a link" said the specter decided
y. ''The chain business is done by one
Of our most energetic members. He is a
priest who was starved to death in the
cellar the year before Magma Charta,
and he rattles his fetters as a perpetual
protest against such treatment. Though
not a true Damerel, he has pledged him
self not to rattle again for the present"
Really it is too bad sighed Mr.. Pilk-
ngton; Il shall miss his clanking very
much