The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-01

my name in lcttersl Then pcrchance IA
stnnd my chance; but as It's" Pegs twin
feiches a sigh that sends the water splash
Ing about the wlnestained floor
AS Ills, SIR, counsel me, an love me.
shall ne me to Keunaston and wait upon
Write her a letter of Are and sword,
and blood and famine; stun 1t full OF oaths,
protests. suicides, murders, as is Christ
mae pudding Of pluns! There's quill Ink
"Iil do it and send it by Grigson on my
fastest horse this day; should have the
answer before Friday"
aye You should" allows the host with
evident reservation. Now, for Gods sake,
sir, stop cacklng and let me finish my
Which he d!d a-sitting in hts bath, while
Grgson dressed his wig
The toilet and the letter, and the poem
were all three finished at once, and, WITH
out more ado Sir Percy dispatched his
man with the missiye TO Lady Peggy.
Come not back until you deliver u in
person." quoth the lover; an you show
yourself minus an answer III ship you to
the colonies hv the next packet
After seeing him Oft the two young men
renalred to the coffee house they fire.
quented, and there the first news that
greeted them was an account, exaggerated
TO the last degree, as was the fashion OF
those tfmeR as well as these, OF Lady D.
w adventure with footpads In Lane
park where her chair crossed en- route
TO her nantua makers; OF how Sir R-n
McT-t had rescued her ladyship and her
ladyship's Abigail from the clutches Of
these Williams ut the hazard OF mis- own
life; had. single handed, put tho whole
gang 20 flight; and this, although suffering
from severe wound In the right wrist,
the which this gallant young scion OF a
noble name had received In an anair OF
honor with Sir Ply De I'm only that very
night previous" In point OF fact, gossip
cried and print set forth that the town
Met whose fame as buck and man Of
fashion VAS 40 less than his expertness
OF the saving II beauty In distress For
be II known that no other parsonage than
apon Sir Rms mould be begging from him
the pattern of his eravat and the mode
OF his knot. That Sir R--n was now
guest at Mr.. BIS home, ana, being mp
IN town for the season, let Indies fair
beware and set their most adorable ps,
for twas well understood 50 hne young
gentleman was nowhere else TO be met
with, nor one OF such courage and skill
AT cards, saddle, or the dance,
The which as he read II gave Sir Percy
no great food for concentration, but the
Of melancholy, from. which no EFFORT OF
his companion could arouse him. Like
the walls the llve;ong day, and far into
s turn, HiS ana SS1 esds Himself Vita re-
silent jealous fury as each new entrance
TO the coffee room gave his own particular
The real little Sir Robin, meanwhile, on
his Journey down to Kennaston IN search
OF Ny Lady Peggy, had got some three
hours start OF the faithful GrigsOn, and
even now, he for the nrst time Ia his
life. stood In the long, bare drawing room
OF Keunaston castle tiptoeing 10 the mir.
ror, pulling his wig this way and that IN
Instant expectation OF behodlng the Oh
iect Of his passion and rcwarding her for
her devotion 20 him. 50 manifested IN the
person OF the gcntlemanly 'lncognlto" of
hts last nights experience,
Hark! Yes, her footsteps on the stair,
the swish OF female garments q halt at
the door Sir Robin minced the length OF
rhe room and. reaching the entrance, found
himself face 20 face with Choekeyi
Your naiatreBA bud. your nixtresai