The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-04
CHAPTER xvl.-Contlnued.
With the Barbaric Hosts.


all we have right to expect that it should
be. Among the group of arrivals, men Of
his own sort. he is speaking OF the ever
shifting fashion in boards, to the evangel
of Texas oil field who haunts to the
world one of those heavy n1oustaches
spuriously extended below the corners of I
the mouth by means of the chin growth |
of hair Another. worthy tribesman |
from Snohomish. Wash, wears beard |
which, for score of years, has been
let to be it's own true SELF to express.
feariessy it's own unique capacity for |
variation from type. These two have rails
lied their host upon his modishy trimmed
side-whiskers.
you're right" says Mr.. Higbee, ami !
ably. II amt stuck any myself on this
way of trimming up a mans face. but the
madam will have it this way-says it looks
more refined and New Yorky. And now,
do you know, ever since I've wore EN- this
way-ever since had EN- scraped from
around under my neck here-T have to go
to Florida every winter-Come January
or February. get bronchitis every blamed
year
Two Of the guests only are alien to the
barbaric throng.
There is the noble Baron Ronault de
Palliac, decorated. reserved observant-
almost wistfu For the moment he is
pfcturing dutifully the luxuries a certain
marriage would enable him to procure
lOI HIS none 1dtner ana his aged mother.
who eagerly await the news of his quest
for the golden fleece For the baron con-
templates. after the fashion of many con-
scientious explorers, a marriage with
native woman; though he permits himself
to cherish the hope that it may not be
conditioned upon his adopting the man
ners and customs Of the particular tribe
That he means to honor. Monsieur the
Baron has long since been obliged to
confess that suitable mesalliance is
none too easy of achievement, and, in
testimony Of his vicissitudes, he has writ
ten for Paris comic paper series of
srimly ssatiric essays upon New York So
clety Recently. moreover, he has been
upon the verge of accepting employment
In the candy factory of a bourgeois COM
patriot. But hope has little revived in
the noble breast since chance brought
him and his title under the scrutiny OF
the bewtching Miss Millcent Higbee and
her appreciative mother.
And tonight there is not only the
pretty Miss Higbee, but the winning Miss
Bnes. whose dot, the baron has been led
to understand. would permit his beloved
father unlimited piquet at his club to say
nothing OF regenerating the family cha
teau. Yet these are hardly matters to be
gossiped Of. 1t is enough to know that
ahe Baron Ronault de Palliac when he
discovers himself at table between Miss
Bines and the adorable Miss Hiebee be-
time been his wont. He does not forget
previous disappointments, but desperately
snaps his swarthy jaws in commendable
superiority, to any adverse fate. 81. y, 5-ez
Je ne dome pas un DAMN" he SAYS
to himself. and translates. as was his
practice, to better his English-'I do not
present a damn. l shall take what it is
that it may be-
The noble Baron de Paliac at this feas
of the tribesmen VISA like the captiv.
n nj 1aI In, c1,oir, u
Inc other alien. Taunton Oldalzer, wa.
present under terms of honorable truce
willingly and without Interior motive saw
1ng-as he confessed to himself-a con
Stunning desire to see chow the other hal
lives He was no longer the hunted AM
dlsmayed being Percival had met in tina
far-off and impossible Montana; but wa
now untroubled remembering. it is true
that this stunning expedition as h
termed it. had taken him beyond tn
recognized bounds of his beloved New
York but serene in the consciousness tina
half an hours drive would land him safel
back at his club.
Oldaker observed Miss Psyche Bines an
provingy
I'VE so glad to be in New York!
she had confided to him, sitting at he
right.
My dear young woman he warne
her, you havnt reached New York vet
The talk being general and loud he Won
tured further
This is Pittsburg. Chicago Kansa
CITY. Denver-almost anything but Ne,
York.
"Of course I know these are not tn
swell old families"
Oldaker slipped his glass of old Oloroe
sherry and discoursed
And our prominent families the one
whose names you read, are not New Yor
any more. either They are rather Lor
don and Paris. Their furniture. clothn
plate,
one or the other. Yes and their manner
too, their interests and sympathies ar
concerns, their ADMINISTRATIONS
the1r-er-morals. They are assuredly n
New YORK any more than Gobelin tame
tries and Fortuny pictures and In,
Seize chairs are New York y
York. then?'
oldaker sighed thoughtfully betwe
two spoonsful of tortue verte claire.
Wen, suppose the truth is that the
Ism much Of New York left in New Yo
ASA matter of fact 1 think it died wi
the old volunteer fire department An
way the surviving remnant is &C
Real Old New Workers like myself-neith
poor nor rich--are swamped in these da
ike those prehistoris animals whose bon
we ma. There comes a time when
can't live, and deposits form over us a
We're lost even to memory" :
But this talk was even harder for NJ
Blnes to understand that the Engl
speech of the Baron Ronault de Palli,
and she turned to that noble gentlem
as the turbot with sauce Corai was sery
Inc dining room it's wall waiscot1
from floor to ceiling in Spanish oak, y
flooded with soft light from the red $
dome that depended from it's crown of 2
above the table, The laughter and t
were as little subdued as the scheme
the rooms. 1t was an atmosphere of Or,
gal and confident opulence From
music-room near by came the soft stra
of HAYDN quartet exqusitely perform
by finished and expensive artists
Say, Higbee!" it was the oil chief Fl
Texas. 'see if them fiddlers of yours ca
play Ma Honolulu Lulu!' "
Oldaker wincing and turning to Nj
Bines for sympathy. heard her say:
Yes. do, Mr.. Higbee do love tn
rag-time songs-and then have them D
Tell Me, Pretty Maiden and the Int
mezzo.' .ks
He groaned in anguish. &
The talk ran mostly on practical affai
the current values of the great staple co
modities: why the corn crop had b
light; what wheat promised to bring h
young Burnan of the Chicago Board
Trade had sbeen pinched in his own VIII
corner for four millions-sput up by
admirng father: what beef on the Il
commanded: how the Federal Oil com
ny would presently own the state of Te5