Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-02-13

longer / know he'll overeat nlmSeli'
Well, you'd better brace yourself up for
blow, because married mean to be some
day. Who knows but what you'll beat
me In the racer"
"I?''
"Wby notP When Duvernay died, Ma.
bel became widow"
That" said Cambel, lis the usual SO.
quence of events.
You know she never wanted to marry
him."
$50 1 was led to understand some five
years back. Yet marry him she did never
theless and that after due publication OF
banns. might remark, Elsie, that that
humming bird you were interested In Is
still goreing himself out of those red flow
ers Just on the other side Of you"
"Some creatures never know when to
stop. Now. I do" said Miss Kildare
That's the bell for dinner. l must go
and tidy myself.
Meanwhile certain Mr. KentWilliams,
a young gentleman Of England who was
throwing poker dice at the bar with two
friends for anteprandiAl cocktails, was
looking at the subject from different
soign of view. He was young gentleman
who had not made conspicuous success
Of himself in England and had been de-
ported to Florida with a view to extract
Ing a fortune from orange growing. AS
on reaching the spot he found this was
difficult of achievement, he wisely did not
worry his brain with any vain attempts,
but was content with living In inexpen-
sive retirement for nineteen-twentieths OF
each quarter and poisoning out during
- II, tt- 1ty-in ~ M
the allowance which reached him from
home And with him We're two others
who had been softly nurtured and who
were also taking their quarterly nip OF
standardization.
Il tell YOU" said Mr.. Kent-Williams,
'she's clinking fine specimen, that Kill
dare girl, and, by Jovel / ought to be
Judge II any one Is now here. Look-three
sevens, first shot Good I'll keep these
and see If 1 can't rattle out another.
She'll go to England and marry duke as
sure as fits, don't you know. wonder II
Cambel will hitch onto the other sister.
Looks like 1t, his coming here after the
Duvernay beast turned up his toes. never
could stand Duvernay. Not varsity
man, don't you know, and hadn't been
anywhere to school. Simply bit OF
money and thought he could swagger on
that. By Jovel two bullets. That makes
me full house, and I'll stand on 1t. Col
lar the box, Willie, dear boy, and beat me
II you can"
mo-" said Willie, scooping the dice
into the leather box and thoughtfully stir
ring them before he emptied onto the
pewter counter. II don't think-ar-Du-
vernay was anybody. / didn't know him
here, but I-ar-don't recollect meeting
him at the club or anywhere before we
came out--by ged look there! Fours, first
shotl OF course the Kildares are all right
as far as family goes. But they re poor as
regards overwhelmingly dollar. II 1t
wasn't for that, by ged / wouldn't mind
going In for the fair Elsie myself. Wob-
inson, old chappie, take the box and ag-
tate. You won't beat my four ladies"
II WISH" said Kent Williams medita
lively, II knew what Cambel was going
to do. Mabel Duvernay's a charming
woman, and she's got at least $500 year.
1 don't want to make a fool of myself II
Cambel's still in the running. And, by
Jovel know She IS as fond OF him as ever.
That beast Duvernay used to twit her with
it when he was in an extra vile temper.
go Slow advised Robinson, land
hang back for bets. Here. Ican't improve
on two pairs, SO you and / throw again
Here's the box. BY the way, why not ask
Cambel YOURSELF You knew him well
enough at Cambridge, and you aren't shy"
I'm not shy, dear boy, and used to
know Patrick Cambel well before came
out. He's devilish genial fellow SO long
as you rub him the right way, but !
shouldn't like to cross question him too
much about Mrs. Duvernay. You see, don't
you know, he was most Internally struck
on the lady before she was married, and
he's one of those fellows with a long men,
DRY who don't forget. Now, !, dear boy,
have been in love with heaps Of women in
my time, and they with me, but when
they gave me the chuck, or / got tired of
Them l didn't break my blessed heart, or
play the goat, or do anything of that kind.
l simply went on to the next caravan,
which is devilish comfortable amuse-
ment But old Pat isn't built that way.
He's one of those fools who would get
gone on woman and keep her in mind
for years and years afterward Mighty
dreary sort of game to my way of think
ipg-by Jove! four kings! If you beat
those, dear boy, may live on sweet pota-
toes and mullet all the rest of my life
"Oh, Lordr' said Robinson, $500
years., 500-one could pig along with
that very comfortably in lots of places.
What unlucky brutes some of us are oh,
curse It'll just my form, two pairs again.
We won't prolong the agony. My shout.
What1l you fellows have!"
They drank their cocktails and went
into the vast bare dining hall where a
shining negro waiter supplied each with a
tumbler of iced tea and two dozen oval
dishes of comestibles.
"Cambel seems thick enough with the
Kildare GIRL" Kent Williams observed.
but of course be knew her when she was
q kid, and they'd have heaps to talk about.
What do you think, Willie?"
How should / know, dear chappie?
I'm not one of those thought reading fell
lows. But perhaps she's-ar-telling him
about her sister. Girls always try and
run fellow for their sisters if they can't
get the fellow-ar-for themselves.
Here waiter" shouted Robinson,
"what did you bring sweet potatoes fort
Nobody ordered them. Take the id
things away and vary them The wait
er grinned and vanished with the dishes,
and Robinson set to savagely tearing at a
tough beefsteak with silver bladed
knife Moneys run out" he grum-
bled, land back we go tomorrow to live
like wild beasts in palmetto shuck on
that accursed food and nothing else. be-
lieve that foul grinning Niger knew and
brought those sweet spuds here Just to in
suit us. I've a great mind to break his
beastly neck"
What's the use of getting hot over it
this weather?' said Kent Williams. IF
you did break the niggers neck, it would
not add to your income, and that's the