Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-12-26

Special Correspondence.
London. Dec 7.--All you can say |
about the Marquis of Downshire Is that
he looks the part The marquis, OIL
course, ~ the artless young hopletlah
who explained TO a jury the other DAY |
bo,v Ills sweet innocence as to the ma
t,,re of a bill of exchange led 10 ms
narting with about s2S750 and whose
other confessions as to his Ignorance U.
the sordid details OF business chileu
forth such merriment as mas not pre-
vailed in the recorders court doi many
day. A,t.,o
oo,,ntenance. and as he sat in the court
nrrnyed in long, velvet-trimmed biack
overcoat which narrowed beautifully at
M. waist idly caressing his light anu
slightly upturned mustache, ana listen
ing languidly to what was gong on
about him, he reminded one OF nothing
SO much as the youthful arlstocrat IN
THE Toreador' VINO sang bVely-
lody's Awfully Good to Me- The mar
nuls too. believes or believed before lie
WAS rudely disillusioned-the world TO
Ia neopled entirely by phlanthroplsts'
IA when Arthur Sebright, a Willy per-
nonage whose intellect has Deen LOT
some years his chief source OF revenue,
told the nobleman that he had geher.
ously bought some shares Tor MN Whlen
MARQUIS had to do to get IL was 10 sish
A couple OF little documents, his lorushlp
wrote his name with as little hesitation
aa N ne merely had been signing WINE
check In his favorite Piccadilly club
evidently the marquis didn't sign ms
full name. for, had he done so ne Woulu
have had so much time TO thlnk apouV
the transaction that It's shauyhess psVp-
ably would have appealed even 10 nun
His lordshlp's name liz Arthur WIS
John wellington Blundell TTumbell HUI
And besides being sixth marquis, WIN
100 900 acres he IL Vicount HIS
borough, Baron Hill, Viscount kilWafin'
yiscount Hartford and two or three otl-
or people. The first marquis was colon-
ial secretary during the American lseN
olution, His astute descendant owns y
I,ondon house and three magnlnceh'
country homes and is a member OF thrs,
~ the SWEETEST clubs In London ne
married an honorable's daughter.
When the marquis discovered tha'
the supposedly harmless little docu'
ments he had signed were two pills o.
exchange for S2S,15O each, and that o,,'
Of them had been negotiated, ne wa
real cross, and. after seeing his son
eitorn rather timidly brought the SUI
which has resulted in Mr.. Sebrlgnti
finding steady employment for the mex
wear and half and In the revelation
the world at large OF how much IL !
nossible for an English nobleman o
n NOT TO know about business.
Really II was primitive enough htu
device by which Sebrighti VINO If on
tyuicAl Smooth proposition OF lmmhe
ulate dress and winning manners, sue
ceeded In making the marquis CIV
up." The two men met In casual wa
nj a fashionable restaurant where IN
Young nobleman was passing the tim
nlea sanity with feminine acqualnl
ance. only a week later-qulte by acc
dent of course, Sebright happened o
The marquis I'm another place OF goo
cheer. but this time the marquis wa
dining alone ana so Sebrght took u
other chair ana told the nobleman
the kindly turn he had done MIN IN u
goodness Of his heart,
The shares which Sebright accomm
datingly had sold for the marquis pel
EFF were, II seemed, In compaf
which ne was ON the point OF launcAlt
called the Credit Foncier' Ana atv
the marquis had signed the two bil
OF exchange which, as he explained
court. he Thought looked Ike checks
he got p letter from Sebright, acknoW
edelng the receipt Of two acceptanc
NJ e5 $50 In purchase Of 1860 preferr'
shares of CT each. But the marqu
heard no more from Mr.. Sehright abo
the tidy little profit of $4,000 that III
posedly was in hard cash somewhere
Perhaps there may be somethl