Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-02-25

happen. That person must either be
more committed-must, in fact, be
not only an accessory to what we have
done or propose doing, but must be
our actual accomplice-or else we must
protect ourselves from the possibility
of that person doing us mischief or of
turning informer by taking the one and
only effectual way of shutting his
mouth. lubbock has been with me
for four years, and | can go bail for
his trustworthiness. I've sounded him
and find him ready and eager to be
elected. He will be distinct acquisi
ton to the council, for an ADLER fellow
or a man of more resource | don't
know. Are you or are you not willing
that he should join us? l don't want
to force my candidate upon you against
your own judgment or your will, so
if any of you have anything to say
on the matter l hope you will not hes
itate to speak out"
"All I've got to say" said Number
Six, lis that I'm glad to hear that the
chaps ready to become one of us. |
don't fancy having people knowing as
much about me as he does. unless they
are all in the same boat. What do you
say, mates?"
My colleague and myself asserting
to this view, lubbock was summoned
and informed of the decision of the
council. He was a short, squat man,
the grossnesS of whose appearance did
l.,
of fine speech and fine manners. His
lumpy, bridgeless nose, deep-set, pry-
ing pigs eyes, coarse-grained. and
pimply complexion, and huge mouth,
that when he grinned stretched al
most from lobe to lobe of his Tapping
elephant-ears, seemed ludicrously out
of keeping with his mincing way of
speaking. Being always self-conscious
in regard to his superiority, and anX-
ious to impress everyone with his
aloofness from the common and Oh
less herd, he accentuated the aspirate,
and the ct" in such words as "often,"
as aggressively as if they were testi-
monials to his own education and
breeding. The effect of this was height
ened by his habit of introducing into
his conversation-no matter how irrele-
vantly-any grandiloquent phrase or
high-sounding word which he had
picked up, and probably only imper-
fectly understood.
Il am happy, gentlemen, to be thus
honored," he said, with a series of
stately bows. 1T has from time inn
memorial been my hearts wish to be
a member of some such honorable So
ciety. But have for long entertained
grave apprehensions ("grave apprehen-
sions," l may remark, was a phrase
which had ppeared-apropos of the
health of some distinguished invalid
in the papers that morning), yes, I
have, | repeat, for a long time enter
tanned grave apprehensions that
should never find myself thus favored,
and | thank you from all my heart"
Spoken like an orator of one of
the good old immoral times" said
Hall, slapping lubbock on the back
Nov, if you'll sit down, I've got one
or two matters of business that I'd like
to put before the council of which you
are now a member"
There was a nasty CLEAN in Hub
books little eyes, which told me that
the fact of his being ridiculed was
neither lost upon nor relished by him,
but with a smile which displayed an
eXpanse of false teeth, reminding me
of the keyboard of q piano, he bowed
affectedly and relapsed into a seat