Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-02-10
ting, one more glimpse OF him she

ting, one more glimpse OF him sne
adored?
at that hour, when Mr.. Brummel
and his guests were doing honor to the
supposed Sir Robin, the real baronet
was called upon to receive two most
lamentable looking blackguards WHO
followed the boots up to the gentle
mans room. unheeding both remon-
strances and ugly words on the way
thither.
At sight of Mr.. Bloksey and his COM
panion in arms, each lame. bound up
and wound mp of leg and back, with
their bonnets pulled down over their
brows, Sir Robin skipped from his easy
chair, with gasp. half terrified at the
appearance, wholly eager to learn the
outcome of the plot.
"'Tis DONE" both nodding in concert,
"and," adds, Mr.. Bloksey, we're both
nigh done too. Wot with bullets apiece
hinside of us from the gentleman's pis-
tolls, and wot with gettin' our hcyes
knocked hout of us and most bein
caught by the watch when we was
a-lowerin' Lord Covers heir hinto the
Thames, we're ERE, Sir Robin McTalt,
to 'umbly remind you that we wants
| more"
The baronet shakes his head, hand 5
| thrust in pockets clutching purse and
pence.
"Oh, no." answers he; "the job was
| paid for in advance, my good men. Not
another groat will you GET
Very good" murmurs Bloksey,
turning ON his slipshod heel. We'll
| just go down to the roundhouse, and
| if it turns out as your loldsl1ip gets
hadmissTon to the Tower free you
needn't be too much surprised. We
doesn't mind a-tellin' low we saw you
a-priclin' Sir Percy de Bohun last
night and a-weightin' of his mangied
corp and a-throwin' of the same h:lte
the river at the old Dove pier! Oh. no
we doesn't!" This ut the doorsill
What! What, you knavcs Here
come back! Come back, l say
shrieks the terrified little gentleman
Selling a shoulder of each and forcing
them into seats.
After which simple application Of
primary methods Mr. Bloksey and hi.
friend find no difficulty whatever in tn,
way of wrestling from their patron an
other f1O0, with>wlfich they make off
again and again rehearsing to him how
great risks they had run in decently
interring the body of his hated rival
Il "A
stretched himself and yawned.
Twas an AFFECT soul, one of thos,
creatures born of Il good and homes
stock on either side which sometime
cumher the earth as if in rbald jes
against the accepted laws of birth ant
breeding.
With no misgiving save that of pos
sibie detection Sir Robin, now that TIL
even had been disposed IF at i'm OK
pense of 100 guineas, fe,l nothing
not iubilant. and on the morrow Pre-
ceeded TO order him Il suit of satin
in crimson, hat of the latest fasllicl
rutilcs, cravats. silk hose. a muff am
a lot of other fallals at NJ. Jabot'
in Holborn. For the baronet. freet
as he fancied. of his enemy and fee
ing positive that Lady Peggy woul
soon, out of the overflow of her vas
affection for him, contrive messag
: through her obliging Mr.. Incognito. dc
sired to be equipped in the latest mod
for that summons to his lady's pre-:
ence which he believed must ultimatel
and perhaps presently arrive.
1t is true he expected that his Ell
trance into tire the gay world effu s;-slatiieo,
which lie promised himself By alal {
!, introduction should be at Vauxlal
) might be Il bit hampered by the Il
counts he must hear of the sudden di
t appearance of Sir Percy de Bohun, b,
this seemed tritie in thcs path of
a gentleman for whose sake Lady pege
Burgoyne had come up to town. r
' NAMED invisible, employed an lnco
1 nito as Mercury, and of whose nam
' albeit falsely. the prints had mac
most marvellous mention.
ITO aE voNtiNtED.