The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1903-11-07

beautiful in it.
"Then,'' says Dick, says he, Il sup
pose may go in and sit down for little
while without any loss to my dignity
And in with the servant-maid he went,
and the servant maid told her mistress all
that had passed, and the mistress she was
astonished, and when she came into the
grand receiving-room where Dick was
lounging on a sofa of silks and satins, with
his feet on another silk sofa, she was very
humble indeed, and quite backward in
such great mans presence.
And Dick, seeing this, shook hands
with her right heartily, and told her to
make herself at home, and be in no way
shy in his presence, for he always made it
a rule to accommodate himself to any sort
of company he happened to fall in with,
even the most humble, and she thanked
him, and tried to make herself as much at
home as she could, and Dick began put
ting all sorts of questions to her, and, when
he had questioned her to his heart con-
tent, says he "Of course, you know
who | am ?
"Well, indeed says she, and she
blushed for shame, II am sorry to say that
| do not.
''Oh, then,' says he, you will know
when | tell you. am Lord Thorny
eldest son and heir, and, Of course, you
have often heard of my father, Lord
Thorny p
And she blushed again twice as much as
she blushed before, and she said she was
very young and not very long home from
a convent school where they did not know
or hear tell much of the great people OF
the world, and she asked that she might
be excused on that ground.
"Ah," he said, ''surely, surely, you
will be excused on that ground, and don t
apologize, | beg of you. And, further
more, I beg you will not be a bit more
uneasy, now you know the great man |
am.
But, for all that, she was double and treble
as uneasy, and she was glad when her father
came into the room, and she introduced
her father to him, and she said to him that
this was the eldest son and heir of the
great Lord Thorny.
And her father, who always wanted to
pretend to know every famous and great
parsonage, said that this was great honor
the gentleman had done him in coming
into his house to rest himself, and he
begged that, if he remained in Dublin, he
would come often.
And Dick said that he thought them
exceedingly good and kindly-hearted peo-
pie, and very decent indeed for their sta
ton in life, and that he would have a
pleasure in dropping in any time he felt
that way inclined. "And, by the way, -
says he, getting up on his feet, and putting
his hand in his pocket, "by the way [ find
that | have left my purse at home on my
bedroom table in the hotel, and, as never
like to leave house without small ac-
acknowledgement to the servants, [ will thank
YOU to lend me one hundred pounds till [
come again.
And the Lord High Mayor thanked
him for the honor he did him in borrowing
money from him, and he put his hand in
his pocket, and took out one hundred
pounds, and gave it to Dick, and Dick
asked would he kindly send in the SER
wants, and the Lord High Mayor went to
the kitchen, and told the four servants to
wipe their faces and come to the parlor,
for there was a great gentleman their wait
ing to see them. And they did as they
were bid, and, when they went into the
parlor, Dick handed them fve-pound
note each. And then he bade good by to
the Lord High Mayors daughter, and
went away.
And, when he was gone, the Lord High
Mayor and his daughter could do nothing
for wondering at the wonderfully wealthy
man Dick was, and the Lord High Mayor
advised his daughter to set her cap for
him; and from then see did nothing but
titiyate herself for the next time he was to
come.
And indeed it was not long until he
came again, and he gave five pound note
to the servant girl who opened the door
to him. He had long chat with the
daughter, and she was making herself
very agreeable entirely, and not bit less
agreeable did Dick make himself, but be-
fore he left that evening he told her he
would like to do her father the honor of
borrowing another couple of hundred
pounds from him, for he said he forgot his
purse again, and was that stupid that he
would forget his head if it was not well
stuck on his shoulders.
The daughter said the honor was great
and her father made him take five hun
dred pounds this time, as he said he might
want it before he got home. Dick said it
was all the same to him, and he took the
five hundred pounds, and made an appoint
| ment to come and dine with them next
evening. And before he left he gave
every one of the servants ten pounds each
and the CONSERVATION of the Lord High
Mayor and his dauohter at the wonderful