Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-04-30
q Woman' S Face
FLORENCE WARDEN

quarters of an hour" And he glanced
at his watch as he rose from his chair
and opened little cellaret which
stood unlocked on a shelf in the wall
You take whisky, doctor? / generally
take a glass of whisky and water
about this time in the evening; you
won't let me take it alone, will your
Il don't think shall let you take II
at all, Lord Kildonan," said Armath.
waite, as he took up a tumbler, into
which the elder man had poured some
of the spirit and examined it narrow
ly. Il am here as your medical adj
wiser, you know, and you must allow
me to taste this"
Certainly" said Lord Kildonan
who thought this was a joke
Armathwaite raised the glass to his
lips.
They've put it into the wrong de-
canter," he said, calmly, though his
eyes were bright with excitement;
cor. no,"-he tasted the spirit again
They've put it into a decanter that
hadn't been properly rinsed. What
/ is it they use for washing these
things? Vinegar and sand or some
thing of that sort, isn't it? can taste
the vinegar; it spoils the favour com
pletely."
Lord Kildonan took up the tumbler,
and tasted the contents in his turn.
There is peculiar favour in it;
I've noticed the same thing before
Vinegar, do you say? 1t doesn't taste
like vinegar to me-"
"In any case, you had better not
drink it. 1t might make you sick.
Have a fresh bottle opened, Lord Kill
DOMAIN rang the bell, and after some
delay the under-footman appeared.
It was most unusual circumstance
for the master of the house, who was
man of the simplest habit, to re-
quire any attendance so late, and the
lad seemed very much alarmed by
the summons. The butler had gone
to bed, he said and the keys of the
cellar were locked up in his pantry.
Lord Kildonan. who would not have
broken a dogs sleep for his own
pleasure, looked ruefully at the con-
demned decanter, and would most GER
tainly have contented himself with the
deteriorated spirit but for the pres.
ence of the doctor, who, with some
astute knowledge of men and man-
ners. said;
"You know where the butler keeps
that bottle of whisky for his own
f., drinking?"
"Oh, yes, sir" answered the lad
readily. and Immediately fell to blush
ing furiously as both the gentlemen
smiled.
well bring it, there's good lad,
just as it is"
And the young fellow disappeared
without delay.
I'm afraid Webster will think we're
taking a liberty" said Webster's mas
ter doubtfully.
ut he does, Lord Kildonan, you
may be sure he'll not rest till he has
taken ample compensation"
When the servant reappeared with
the whisky, and having put 1t softly
down upon the table, took himself off
as noiselessly and unostentatiously
as possible, Armathwaite mixed two
tumblerfuls, the first very strong and
the second very weak, and having
given the former to his host, took
the latter for himself.
"Eh. but this is stiff said the old
| Z
without disfavour you have mixed
this for a professor of medicine, and
not for student o phillogy, doctor.
! II were to drink off this, and then lie
down for an hour as ma custom is, |
should do ma more work tonight, and
there'd be some precious hours
wasted. An wi these little whipper-
snapper pretenders to science yapping
a round us, 1t i'll becomes a man wi
any pretensions to learning to gle his
time to whisky toddy and ma to word
roots"
ooh I'll see that you don't sleep toe
long. Lord Kildonan After that ex
citement about Crosmont and the ten
ANTS, you will work better wher
you've had sleep to calm YOU
nerves"
There's something in that, sale
the student. not unwilling to be con
; WINGED. And while keeping up a con
versation upon his favorite studio!
, which was little more than a mono
= logue on his sidevaried by explanation
of assent from his companion, he grad
5 Iually emptied the tumbler, and being
: as he had predicted, by that time wei
S disposed for Ills usual hours repose n
a lexcused hiself to the doctor, and re
! tired to lie down on the hard littl
: sofa in the antechamber
As soon as the curtain between tn
h two rooms fell behind his hosts retil
ing figure. Armathwaite seemed to h'
come a different man. Looking at hi
/, watch. he discovered that ii wa
seventeen minutes past ten; an
e springing up lightly in state OF hig
d excitement which there was no longe
any need to conceal, he turned up tn
4 lapn, and yopad tho room frnm end