Evening star., 1903-08-01
"Ar LAST, HE MURMuRED LIGHTLY AM IN GOOD SOCIETY

We do-what can we do? Poor Peggy. She'll
know IL all too soon. l must keep il from
her while | can.
one dav the Honorable Carolina was ex-
ceedingly befustered to receive formal
looking package by the post. When she
had opened it. however. she uttered a sigh
of relief 1t was brief note from the Lon
don solicitors of the new Lord SouthdoUn
stating that his client would refrain from
demanding possession of his estates until
some time during the middle of the sum-
mer.
Thank goodness calculated Aunt Car
oina, this gives us plenty of time to turn
around And now must get my wits to-
gethcr and arrange some plan Of action
Lady Carolina was good at arranging
anything. and she was past mistress in the
arr Of planning. bat the present situation
put her to it beyond any experience that
She had ever had Aunt Carolina was not
woman with immobile face, and
though she told herself that she was keep
Ing her secret we'll and safely from the
Honorable Peggy, this same Peggy finally
put two and two together.
Poor Aunt Carolina" she said 70 herself
when she found it out. what Will she ever
do?"
Now on certain memorable day in her
career. Aunt Carolina shut herself up In
her rooms in the east wing and surrepti-
tiously united a bundle. When she did so
every daily paper in the kingdom fell out
of it, and Aunt Carolina began her sys-
tematic search for profitable and dignfled
tackled n small notice in a corner attraCt
her attention. She read 1t through and then
gasred with horror.
Dear me-" she exclaimed, that any gen.
tewoman would so demean herself Wait
let me read that over again Then after
reading IL she shook her head.
NO, no, she exclaimed. that would
never, never do. | could never do IT, and
If Peggy ever found IL out"
She continued her perusal but ever and
anon she returned to that small notice.
Il wonder II 1t would be so bad" She
reasoned. Perhaps l could manage to
keep it from Peggy after all. And | could
tell her that-that they were-were distant
cousins. or old school friends-or anything -
She glanced about uncertainty. 1t IS just
awful TO think of it, but why not, after all
Needs must when-when there's Peggy to
be considered And we'll have four months
more here. and in that time why" Aunt
Carolina rose and taking pair of scissors
from her workbox. cut out the little notice.
III do 1t she continued firmly. 1T IL
awful, but III do it."
Halliburton was a young men who. for a
time at least had nothing to do He sat at
one Of the windows of his rather expensive
London lodgings, yawned once or twice or
thrice, and then rose and stretched his
arms above his head, after the manner of
young men when all alone He frowned
"Confound it," he exclaimed, this is the
Nrst time I'm many years that I've had alb
solutely nothing to do. 1 feel like Il cat in
strange garret.
He was strong Individual with a
bronzed complexion. His attire was of the
cut and fashion of the season, but there
was about him an unconventionality of
movement and appearance that set him
just bit apart from other London men.
Nothing to do for the first time in
years. he repeated. He reseated himself
Istlessly at the window and picked up a
morning paper which, with the exception
of the advertisements, he had already read
through. Under the circumstances. there
fore, he tackled the advertisements With
curiosity that would have done credit to
Il Yankee or a woman, he first examined
that column OF the paper which in America
ana IN England. too. contains personals,
spicy and otherwise: those delicate bits of
inquiry and answers inserted by ladies de-
string husbands and by gentlemen desiring
wives; 10y sportive youths. who. having
seen for the first time upon a tramcar or
coach some object of especial admiration,
seek to extend their admiration into ac-
pudintanCe, and acquaintance into friend
ship.
Half way down the column he paused
with his finger on the page. This one" he
said aloud. rs not quite nervy as the
rest. BY Jove, I'll answer one or two of
these. 1t will give a good sort Of en-
tertainment. and who Knows he added
with laugh. 1T may get me into good So
ciety. after all"
The published notice that he had selected
read about like this:
EXCLUSIVE member OF nobility will In
troduce into exclusive society gentleman or
lady OF wealth. Instruction in etiquette
Recommendation as to character required
Terms must be OF the most liberal kind
Applicants must be persons Of some refine
ment; strangers from other countries pre-
ferred. Address, Dowager. this office
This young man with nothing to do-and