The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-08

tlemssn, both of Eou" says kenna aston
/ found upon my table this very night, Just
come come from my sister at Ken n5i,st Win
spelled and crumpled mlssve from his
pocket aud holds II up before the four as
tonished eyes that are staring at ".
Peggy In amaze recognizes the letter she
had written to her brother the day long
since In the buttery. and which she had
taken up 10 town IN her reticue ana must
have dropped when she paid her ill-starrnd
visit 10 Kennaston's chambers in Larke
Lane
'1rrowse. the charwoman's daughter,
vowed she'd found IL a-lying in the entry
your dispute, sirs, | trust" gancng from
one 90 the other. Come, come. Sir Percy
and you, Sir Robin, whom indeed the letter
Won brought me from Lady Peggy
the other night doth most highly commend
To- my good offers, must be friends
taking hand OF each. Nor yer
Dame Rumor split W asunder with her Hes
about my little twins being up IN town:
Gadzooks, sirs, the child's not notion or
difference betwixt Mayfair and--Druiy
Lane. beg Of you Mr.. Bruminell as
with Lord Escombe, Sir Wyatt Mr. Jack
Chalmers aud others for their game, TOT
You've the graces lack IN such matters
Those two Tallants have had n difference.
aud It's you, Mr.. Brummel can set 'em
straight again"
cards. cards. Spades clubs. diamonds.
Queen OF Hearts with the toe Of his high
hecled shoe as II lies on tho floor where
it was shot from Sir Percys hand
split me! but It's them that are at ut
bottom OF every quarrel. slrs whlsk me eut
II spade, or club, or heart, provlae1
Il be n lady's, or a diamond which the
Jews have a lien on, amt the only causes
for disagreement in this world
Correct as your own toilet. sir cries
WYATT.
Nov, twas hearts Of course. damn en-.
a.. . !. y-f 1,aff
your tcmpers. hut for Gods sake. gentle
men" taking now the hand OF each when
has slipped clear Of Kennaston's fingers,
'Eethink you. II the lady, whose name
can't even guess whom you both ndore
stood here, what would her pleasure be,
Robin. my lad, answer me, for Of hraWHns
| there can be none here and lighting no
"Faithi' answered Lady Peggy. with
splendid valor and n rise In her color anu
her heels so my certain knowledge the
! iniy'd have her name put out Of the matter
| wholly, and she'd sooner die, sir than nave
! any fighting over hor preferences nN elLtt
Sir Percy. De Bohun or SIR Robin MG Nc, ,,ros
The which being taken to be, by all pres
| eut q most prodglous and amazing gehtle-
mnnlike and polite speech. Sir Percy WEEs
| fClgn. accept, mock,smile and 9oWN, Wn oD'
! NIL tho rest blew their lungs hollow ap,
! plauding and praisinE his still hated ana
| 7til suspected rival.
Peace restored outwardly, whatever else
! rared In the breasts Of the two opponents
| the gollnnts sat to their tables, kennaston
managing to whisper to Sir Percy across
! the dcnl
tered Percy. Lady hi permits me 20
| let you know she consents TO my dedi-
catin the ode to her, and Lille ut inc
corner Of Bcauford buildings In the. Strand
hath engaged to publish It at once
! But this. Lady Peggy, at a distant table:
| engaged in picduct with his grace OF
| Escomhc hears not there rings In her ears
naueht save the words Kennaston uttered
| when he came into the card room dy
| Diana hath given me leave to tell you she
"Consents!' To what else but his suit7
Which. egged on by his noble uncle, has
been pushing any time these ten years
since boy and girl Sir Percy and Lady Il
hi had ~'"-ed. ridden, romDed. qnaTreIeu MS
brother and sister together.
"ConSentsr'
II echoes and resounds In her ladyship's
head over and over again the night through,
and It's quite of piece with her mood that
she seeks out Lady Diana when tea and
cakes are passing, and. with sly looks. con
graduates her lndyship on the happiness
she has this night conferred on very gal
liant gentleman not SO many miles away!
And quite in Lady Diana's line Of reason
| Ing having heard from kennaSton that Sit
Robin has come m to town highly com
mcndcd to him by his sister and that nj
though he had been sorclv lcnlons ana dis
, traught nj the sud Sir Rooin'1 good for
| ladyShin. he still believed him In he heat
over heels In love with his twin, etc, anr
4 !
! doubtless conhded TO the said Sir Rohh
such tokens Of her favor ms tho said Lady
! Diana had that evening seen Mt to maui
e fest; never for n moment misdouhting tina
any other swain was In the supposed Rob
, ms mind any. more than he was IN her own
/; Consents"
4 Twas reverherating in Pegs ears an,
I a-knockinG at her heart FOR the hundredtl
time when returned Ia the card room. Sh
( | learned that Mr., Brummcll was invitin
e the company for the Thursday to his sea
Ivy IN hn q wnn IAN
party only: out on horseback the tweut
o miles, leaving the White Horse at 10 Il
r the morning. with luncheon en- route at III
r Merry Rabbit at Market Ossory; a loo
:, | over the stables and paddocks on arriy
, Ing MT Ivy Dene-a quiet game, maybe
= and such dinner as only, the Beau sswore
. | his country cook could get up with tn
L ride back to town 10y the light OF the nea
| fun moon.
a Lady Peggy was soon made aware thc
J | this festiyity was solely In her honor nm
v succumbed to It as cheerfully MS she might
God keep -her All the while staring
- the ribbon of her twins wig, a-longlng
, cast her arms about his neck and pray hi
| cover her up in his wraprascal and fetc
!, her home; yowing she'd run away from ri
I all the next minute, but where1 How
\ Which way could II be done so that captur
p discovery, and humiliation would not 70
r. lowl Peggy could contrive no method al
the girl was literally terrified both at II
Y prospect before her and 10y the realizatlC
l. that easy as II had been to jump into man
attire twas well-dgh impossible TO get ol
o OF It again. should she on returning
20 Peters court lay on her satin suit, wig al
II rapier and resume her Levantine gov
F. hood, pett!coats, patches and reticule, ho
l. and OF what hour OF the day or night cou
= she In safety leave the mansion and find h
IT way unsupported to the Kings Arms nj
3 the coaChI "rwould be ont of the questio
Z, servants were MP and about at all hour
3! and were a women seen emerging from h
q room, what piece OF scandal would not Il
y next day ring from one end of the town
u tother.
with Consents" tattooinG In her brai
- my lady recklessly put NIL the heart the
-, was left in her into the present moment 10
~ n hundred pounds to Escombc with "A Il
Ia grace, won i've hundred with no more ad
. laughed. drank little wine went hon
II with her host at IN the morning. and 4
heavily asleep.
y. AT OF the afternoon the Beau usual
rs held an Informal leyee attended by the mo
Ne noted Of the bucks and macaronis OF t
= town; VASTLY entertaining half hours, whel
In, while soundly abusing the uewspape
n Tor their being stuffed with lies, the co
)" pany still eagerly devoured every scrap
e gossip they contained; where the amou
u Of frizz towering above Lady This bro
was measured and scanned, the better a
So pearance Of Lady That in the new fashion
he gown discussed; and the horrid aspect
the Hon. Miss SO and Sos toupce a
10 her general resemblance 10 malt sd
UT tied In the middle talked over III