Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-05-10

STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL.
LADY MAYBURY HAS A GRIEv
ANCE.

Lazy M2yDury (SlIIlHS uOWu w oh
other matron on a large sofa, imme'
diately after dinner):
Lady Granchester smiling at me-
Is she? have already greeted heI
across the table, and shall not smile
back at her. No. Lucy Granchestel
has played me q low-down, mean
trick, and in her heart of hearts she
knows that | shall never really and
truly forgive her. Why should I;
There is such a thing as a proper
pride. Oh, yes, know al
about the Granchester balls, and, fol
the sake of the girls, l have avoided
an open breach. | do not wish them
to suffer. but
II had dropped in at Carlton Gar.
dens and found Lady Granchester with
all her pretty court DISQUALIFICATION
people have bowed down to that wom'
an for the last dozen years! never
have been one of the courtiers. Why
should 1? Good gracious! After all
don't you know, why should oneO-
and Irving Green in the middle. with a
new American he had just brought
round from the Embassy. 1t was
young Mr.. Carpmaker. OF course, one
knew the name Of Carpmaker-the
very sound Of it makes one feel a per-
feet pauper. This, it appeared, was
the son. One had heard that the faith
er was going to buy Utrecht House
from the Duke, and one was interested
and wished to be civil to stranger In
our midst: but Lucy Granchester was
as my boy would say in his slang, all
over him.
"He was exactly like white Red
Indian. You know what | mean
straight black hair and high cheek
bones. Very reserved and shy; indeed
he seemed afraid to utter. l dio the
civil-what could not be avoided, nc
more-said l should be pleased IL he
would visit us in Hill street, and he
said he'd make a point of it. Sc
quaint! And then it was, without the
least warning, that Lucy Granchester
was so excessively rude me. I see
you're keeping up your old form, Har-
riett,' she said, with that horrid laugh
of hers-4if you know her we'll, you
know what | mean-when she wants
to be cutting Have you succeeded in
accaparering my golden YOUTH?
was extremely angry-would not you
have been ?-and | retorted. | never
have bowed my back to Lucy Gran.
chester, and | never will. L do not
accaparer people, began, but she in
terrupted me. oh. certainly not. We
all know you, Harriet. What about
Cerisier?' The girl came to me with
tears in her eyes | said, declaring
the work was simply too much, and
she was leaving you in any case. Be-
Sides said, considering the way she
turned out. you ought to thank me
not abuse me- She was splendid
hairdresser, but the whole business
was too distressing for words. Had
taken an unbridled fancy to one OF our
footmen, discovered. What that girl
cost me, in mental suffering, before
got rid of herr
you may imagine, did not stay to
be abused. Mr. Carpmaker was going
and l went, too. drove him as far as
the House of Lords. He wanted to see
the Lord Chancellor Now, like
Americans. They are so entirely
fresh and original. But don't YOU
know, one has no point d'appui tc
Judge them. One is all at sea as tc
manner, information, and that sort Of
thing. 1t may be all good style In
America-wit and high spirits-or II
may be sheer vulgarity. You cannot
pronounce. Is it not SO? In this case
naturally, coming direct from the EN-.
bassy with Irving Green. one had not
to consider. He was vouched for. II
Is so important. As my boy would
say, the all right signal had gone up
well! In the brougham. his shy
ness was gone in moment. He seem.
ed to feel that was sympathetic. and
simply prattled. Now that's one Of
your typical grand dames,' he said.
from the very top shelf oh, gra'
cious mel said, I'VE have others be.
sides Lucy Granchester.' Then he
went on. It's all so strange to me
See now, I'm at the Carlton. How
does that strike me? Why, it's nc
more than shanty sort of ho-til we
light out on, back of creation on q
summer ramble, and make the best OF
it-a picnic; but it's one of your real
old-fashioned English inns anyway. ]
don't kick at it. / want to be seeing
things. I want to see all the time.
dom care for city life; it's the same
the world over wlnt to see your wee
inteem, one of the stately homes OF
England It's that | should go in fol
II ever settled this side. Countess OF
Granchester has one-a Knockout
Green says, but it's shut up for the
winter
"He just ran on, and I was thor.
oughly amused. So entirely fresh and
unconventional Say, now, how is II
here? On our side, our real big bugs
don't know what they have got Gran.
chester's opulent. Green says. What's
he got, l wonder? My old man was
going in for something big, and
thought he'd feel his muscles. Didn't
want to jump short, so he had an &C.
countant to figure it out for him, last
fall, what he was worth anyhow. Well
1t figured up over the hundred millions
We don't think anything of that. But
1t surprised the old boy; he decided 8
quarter of it straight away to me
More than he could carry! But he
came out on top all right. and decided
me some more. So here l am, on my
own. My first business trip. There's
some big interests this side I'd like tc
pool. I'd like to take back combine
contract out of this country, and
wouldn't mind taking back wife as
we'll. Bring her across, maybe, later
and have stately home of my own