New-York tribune., 1897-01-31

baronetcy conferred upon him seemed too good to
be true The whole housen%.a ~as II deterrsS
that the Sccasfn quite demanded the P-ttlng on OF
our very incest dresses to come down to breakfast
IN Alter na IS we nd all said evegrythng nice to him that
we could think Of he made KIND OF nt.le speetn
rehearsed 1t before the lookingg glass all the time
for breakfast. But Jack waited to say this until t
after papa had left the room. II was SUCH nice
BIT as impressiveIy as If there were reporters in
the room taking down every word he said He he
Majesty had thought iii 10 confer upon MIN
could not help remembering that sentence. /
a double pleasure to him because we all could
share It," He spoke about the dignity of our rev
tonate about mamma. Papa then went on and
spoke about ''the great comfort II was 10 MN u, 20
the noT title e after nS him This made mamma apply her
handkerchief to her eyes, while Jack looked ex-
sbot ont his cuffs and said. mNhe~ah-hoped
the day would be long delayed before that nap
pened" Altogether as have said before. Il was was
over Jack went himself and brought up some
champagne, and We all drank papa and mammas ma.
when were all so agreeable to each other. and
so. pleased with every one all roundnexcept II
turned as a member os Parliament with ma
jority Of nearly 200, after being defeated In the
same constituency four times In succession.
1t was certainly most exciting mornias NO
thought of attempting TO- eat ANYTHING Ike
morning papers. Papa had sent for a copy OF each
read through the list of baronetcies in each one,
and all the little paragraphs about papa; trying TO
decide which one would be best TO send-marked
with big blue crosses-to our relations o. course
1t could not be expected that papa could let such
a good opportunity OF making his family more
jealous than they were already go by unheeded.
Mamma gave her vote in favor Of what papa
called "a scurrous rag belonging to the opposite
paper or It's politics. she chose 1t simply because 1t
mentioned whom papa had married; and nothing
pleases mamma more than to see her family men,
TONED In connection with papa's affairs
Soon after breakfast congratulatory kilograms
aferwara afs u1 they poued n bu that was not
quite correct They came from friends. constitu-
ents andI nearly said relations but our relations
did not wre-they wrote most gushing letters--so
saving fvepence each as Jack remarked. 1t was
not the slightest good trying 10 settle down to
anything Every one seemed infected by the
reality OF their new position: even the servants
seemed conscious of a kind Of reflected glory. and
los, no opportunity Of addressing mamma as Your
Ladyship." AS 1t was New Years Day the Stock
Exchange of course closed. so Jack had not to
90 off as usual to business but stayed home all
the morning. Maud aftcrward told thai she
had-on going quietly into the smoking -room-dis-
covered him lying back in the most comfortable
chair in the room. with one OF papas biggest cigars
aeR pD denes nhp dos
wonder at IT. after his remark TO papa At
breakfast such proceeding would appear most in.
wondering how much more money papa would
allow him. now he would have to live up to the
title.')
Mamma soon began to arrange in theory for
large reception, which she says I'VE shall be
obliged to give early in the season in honor OF
papa's title" She means it to be huge affair,
know by the way she talked to papa about 1t
being Just little family gathering you know. my
dear-perhaps including one or two of the most
prominent members of your constituency" This Is
the way mamma always leads up TO her parties.
which invariably end by being too big crush for
any one 10 see any else. Mamma began at
once making lists Of whom she means to invite.
Certainly 1t IS little previous to begin writing
lists OF guests. but they sure to be altered
and realtered any number of times. perhaps
mamma Is wise in taking early an opportunity
of starting them. About 1870 papa said "he would
go down TO his club and see II any one was about"
1Jack said this being translated, meant being