The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-17
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garb of a clown in a. kirmess.
At the Krudener dinner. your Frau
I HuygenS, whose place was next to
Pegs, would up and leave her chair
Immediately she was seated; and all
with a lofty face as of one tnsulted
and following a great looking Of Peg
over through spying glass.
Spurred by this rudeness, Krudener
directed a servant to remove the chair
and plate and table furniture Of that
place. This was swiftly done and
next, to show his own feeling Of the
insolence under his roof. our Russian
would have the plate and the rest, in
Guiding the gilt chair, broken to pieces
in one corner of the apartment and
thrown upon the blaze in the vast
fireplace.
They have been used by that wom-
| an Of canals and gin casks, explained
| Krudener-under his exterior Of quiet
diplomacy and with his eye on Van
Buren,, 1 could tell how the Muscovite
was in a towering rage-'and l have
| no servants so low he would now eat
off that plate or sit i'm that chair Let
them be destroyed, and with them the
/ recollection of the offense to our talr
| guest, which throughout my life ] snail
deplore." With this Krudener bowed
| deeply to Peg.
"Since you say so much, Baron re-
| sponded Peg, II am driven to tell you
! that you need have been to no disturb
ance. / should have remarked that
! PERSONS going only for the relief 1t
! gave to be free of the nearness of one
| so gross
This our pretty Peg got off in
way of relieved superiority that was
! invincible; she lost nothing through the
| episode, but would gain ground there
! by for her bearing.
In my first i'll humor to see this rea-
! sonless slight put upon our Peg, l
! looked about for the rotund Herr Huy-
! gems, with a view, | suppose-although
| remember no clear plan in my an
! cry head at the time-to have his
! opinion on the conduct of that wife,
| since he as her lord would be respon-
| sibIe. He was not present, nor had
he been; it was as well. for l might
have forgotten his sacred character as
! a minister and said or done that which
should be a further and more depress-
ing jolt to the proprieties.
The General, when he learned of the
business, was even warmer than my
self. He was all for having Van Blu
rem give Herr Guygens his walking
papers and would scarce listen to less
The good little Secretary" with Peg,
herself, to aid won him from his mood
to Danish the DutChman and that Of
fensive Frau. 1t bred a sharp alarm
in the bosom of Herr Huygens, for he
would as soon lay down his life as his
post as minister, over the proud emil
hence whereof he gloated much.
An incident more to be merry with,
and one carrying within itself the ele-
ments of fair reproof, came off in the
house of the English.
BY this time your drawing room
forces had greatly abandoned the Vice
Presidents wife and the ladies Ber-
rien, Branch and Ingham, to follow
Peg. Among these, and glittering in
the van, shone the vainglorious Pig
con breast. 1t was at the dance of the
Viscount Vaughn that igeon-breast,
after deeply considering the butter on
his bread made obviously and obse-
quiously up to Pes.
In his earlier advances 1 did not see
the tinsel fellow or 1 might have inter
posed to dash his good resolves; 1 was
to first know of him in these bright
relations of friendship for our side
when l gained a glimpse of him across
the wide bail room where, with Pegs
hand held high, and maintaining
mighty respectful distance between
them as though Peg were majesty it
self, he led her through one of those
slow dances-more, indeed. like a
promenade than any dance-whiCh had
vogue of that hour.
l waited with much irritation until
the dance was to it's end and Peg at
liberty. l remembered, however, in her
defense, that Peg was not aware of
Pigeon breast for one who had sought
her harm. No one had told her of that
splendid long speech to the General
when Pigeon breast chose to represent
Mrs. Calhoun and the ladies of
Washington" which latter term, under
the scorching fire of Pegs successes,
had dwindled to a sour handful scarce
equal to the task of filling a dinner
table or constructing a quadrille.
why should you dance" said 1
when now l had gotten Peg by her
self near a window, why should you
dance with such a cobcomb?"
You mean," returned Peg, ito tell
me that he is no friend AS for that,
I've known him for an ill wisher and,
as far as his frail strength went, an
evil-doer, from the beginning"
And how would that news come to
you?" said l. Has the rogue said
anything?"
mot so fierce Watchdog, not so
fierce" whispered Peg. Folk present
are not cognizant of your mastiff sort
and might wonder to learn of it.
Wherefore, go quietly about me with
your guardianship. Peg would be
amused by the energy of my distaste of
Plgeon-bredSt. The rogue has said
nothing. l knew he was my wrong
wisher from yourself"
"Me?" cried /, And how should
you have had it from me when 1 have
not breathed of the poinjay's exist
ence?"
How? Why from your face,
where I've been long wont to read
| much more than your tongue has ever
told
What of my face, them"
And l have wished you might see it!
Whoever it was to APPROACH me, 1 had
but to watch your brow. Was your
brow frank, open, friendly, he who
came was a friend. Did you lower and
gloom hatefuly, he was an enemy who
raped at the gate. Now you gave
this fop the look of a fiend when one
day he would pass us in the square
And so by the light, or rather the
twilight of your frown, I read him"
IAN exceedingly clever" said l, half
made to laugh by the airy fashion
wherein Peg would toss this off, "all
| exceedingly clever But it brings me
with interest to my question why, then
did you honor him with a dance?'
For the same reason" said Peg
with a look of funny malice, that an
Indian scalps his foe"