Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-06-05

his faithful attendant John.
friend and servant FOR over thirty
years; shrewd, hard-hoaded man like
his master.
john said the dying man, 81 am
what is called a self-made man: I'VE
worked hard all my life to amass money
ana to what end? That It may pass into
the hands of a fool | have strlven to
live honestly. to do right as far as lay
In me, and my reward is to have bred an
only son who IS a fool
Here he paused for want of breath, and
the servant did not contradict him.
promise me that you will never leave
him, John, or he will fall among thieves"
AS long as1 live / will bide with Mas
ter Lancelot.' John said solemnly,
The light faded in the west and the old
ship owners spirit passed with it through
the golden gates.
John pondercd on these things as he
counted the forks. The scene had changed
20 Lancelot Folinbees fiat i'm Victoria
street where John had taken up his rest
dence as butler-valet to the young man
who rightly or wrongly, had been pro-
nounced fool by the person most capa-
ble of Judging.
There had been a dinner party the night
before, and John was cleaning the sever
ere replacing it in it's baize-lined safe.
Mrs. Lomax called Familiarity Daisy
very familiarly, John thought-and her
companion. Miss Winter, had been OF the
party. Now Mrs. Lomax was n pre-
possessing widow of some thirty years,
and widows-on the undoubted authority
% the immortal Weler-are dangerous;
one of them being. on the same authority,
equal to five and twenty ordinary wom-
en- in pint o. comm over you" John
had never heard of Mr.. Weller. but he re-
garded widows-or Mrs. LomaN. in par
f.aHHr FVa..- H..
Miss Winter he had no objection; she
was a quiet-lookng girl of some three or
four and twenty years, who dressed he
comingly-John had his own ideas on the
propriety Of decolette gowns. such as
Mrs. LomaX affected-but there was
took sometimes i'm the girls eyes that dis
concerted him-so clear and blue and
chi!dlike one minute, and the next brm-
ming over with the spirit OF mirth Mrs.
LomaN had adopted Mr.. Folinbee. that is
to say, she had pitchforked him into her
set-the set that is called "smart'-in re-
turn for which she allowed him 10 pay
for luncheons, dinners, theater seats in
Vulnerable, sat on the box seat of his
drag, invited her friends to parties on
his launch, called him Lance, and allowed
him to call her Daisy--sometimes. \
ring reused John from his meditations
and told hiu his master wished to rise
At breakfast Mr.. Folinbee opened his let
ters. and John passing from sideboard to
table, had ample time to study the con-
tents of one; it was a jewelers. bill for a
diamond star
when are we going to translates, Mr.
Lancelot," he inquired. Translates was
the parental rooftree near Newcastle. a
gloomy mansion in "A wel-wooded park;
and Mr.. Folinbee knew that when John
suggested an adjournment thither there
was thunder in the air.
oh al
or two" he replied absently. Yes. give
me a bit of cold pie. I-er-dare say
! things want seeing to"
"Dootess the folks'd be glad to see
their master bit more than they do
John said severely.
"D'you think they'd like to see a
mistresS?' Mr.. Folinbee asked casually
with a very slight click in his throat.
John laid the knife and fork down with
the air of man who knows the worst
and is armed.
Il don't think they'd take kinC.y to
Won woman" he said.
"Meanng-??"
"Ye ken who ! mean right weel: the
old master 'ud turn in his grave. I do
believe, If yon Mrs. Lamox was mistress
AZ Barnslates."
II think you're taking rather high
hand. don't you know" Mr.. Folinbee
said.
IT'S time some one spoke to ye; we've
neither kth nor kin to advise nor blame.
an l promised the old master I'd look
after ye."
''lIe didn't say l was to remain bach
elor all my life. did he?"
THE man was ma a fule; | hope meself
! time1l see ye the father of as bonny a
! family o. BARNS as ever man had but
] m not thinktn yon woman's the mother
| for them"
Mr.. Folnbee studied an egg carefully
| with the assistance Of his eyeglasses, ere
/ he cracked the she'll and the conversa-
ton Jagged.
Mrs. Lomax rented little house down
| the river. a charming cottage. covered
| with roses and vine. with n picturesque
| garden radiant now in its summer beauty,
a velvet. smooth lown sloping to the
river, with one great. spreading cedar
tree in the middle. and two or three
charmingly sheltered summer houses
where one might indulge In a siesta or
a confidential chat without fear of in
| terruption. One such was on the river
bank, a sort of miniature pagoda. with
carved lattice windows. 1t was a hot aft
! ernoon in mid June. Mrs. LomaX, in a
diaphanous tea gown, lay on the sofa in
her dressing room, in the shade afforded
by the sun blinds, tanning herself
You're never going out. surely Isa-
| bel?' she asked, as that young woman
looked In upon her.
| read in"
ITO breathe In, you mean. l wonder il
Lance Folinbee will come down to-day;
wrote that we should stay few d.-ys tc
get out of the dust"
Isabella looked uncertain.
He may" she said.
l can't think how you contrive to seeT
| SO cool" Mrs. LomaX moaned, dabbing
some eau de Cologne on her forehead.
81 don't contrive-it's natural"
IT'S very irritating to people who hav,
to gasp for every breath"
"You shouldn't gasp; lie stiIl anC
breathe naturally. People lose half the
things life has to give by striving after
them; 1t is better to take things quietly. o
'If you are going to talk like that
shall want to throw something at you,
Mrs. LomaX said.
Isabel laughed, a quiet. low ripple o
sheer amusement. Then she went int,
the garden, and across the lawn TO tn,
pasoda. A boat was moored to the atep.
under the sheltering trees. and the odoi