Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-05-20

J"i'rn y ana 10 administer cunning
lr.lUch of tie cosmetics she had crst-
while bought of the players apotheca-
y in DI;lry lane.
Hut homcWard way there could be
none Just yet for Beau Brummel had
made proposition OF most lively af-
fair. which indeed he had already set
afoot. for the celebrating of Sir Robin ;
restoration to his friends by the timely
arrival and proWcSS of Sir Percy. This
WAS nothing else than going to NauX-
hall by water on Tuesday night and in
masks. ~ score of ladies and gentle
men had been hidden to join. including
the Ladies' Diana and Biddy, the Hon
orahlc Dolly, the Misses Lowell, Lady
Chelmsford, with Lady BrookwOod tC
act as duenna for the unmarried fair.
In vain Lady Peggy protested; swore
she could not, would not. These gen
tlcmen would not take no for an an
sWer, and once again her ladyShip per
ccivcd, as she reluctantly accedcd to
the masquerade, how far more difficult
twas TO be out of brooches than into
'cm.
Percy was 70 be there; at least he
was invited. So much she knew from
Mr. Brummel and as Lady Diana was
positive TO come up TO town for such a
novelty as n party in masquerade of
course her sutton was certain to attend
her.
Very we'll. Why should she, whose
whole life was 10 be passed in the com
pounding Of cream chooses and the Wis
iting of poor old women. not give tC
herself one more cause of vain regret
ting. one more glimpse of him she
adored?
At that hour, when Mr.. Brummcl
and his guests We're 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 rcmon-
strances and ugly words on the way
thither.
At sight of Mr.. Blokscy and his COM
panion i'll arms, each lame, bound UP
and wound up of leg and back, with
their bonnets pulled down over theii
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 botl
nigh done too. Wot with bullets apiece
hinside of us from the gentleman's PTS
, tolls, and wot with gettin' our hcyes
knocked bout of us and most bcin
caught by the watch when we was
| a-lowerin' Lord Covers heir hinto the
Thames, we're ere, Sir Robin McTart
to 'umbly remind you that we wants
more"
The baronet shakes his head, hand,
thrust in pockets clutching purse and
pence.
"Oh, no." answers he; "the job wa:
paid for in advance, my good men. No
another groat will you get"
VERY good" murmurs Bloksey
turning on his slpshod heel. "We'l
just so down to the roundhouse, ant
II 1t turns out as your lordship gets
hadmiSsiOn to the Tower free yoJ
needn't be too much surprised. We
doesn't mind a-tellin' 'ow we saw yot
a-prickin' Sir Percy de Bohun las
night and a-weightin' Of his manglet
corp and a-throwin' of the same hint,
the river at the old Dove pier! Oh, no
We doesn'tw This at the doorsill.
"What! What. you knaves! Here
come back! Come back, l sayv
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 his
friend find no difficulty whatever In the
way Of wrestling from their patron an
other f1OO, with which they make off
again and again rehearsing to him how
great risks they had run in decently
interring the body of his hated rival
Once rid Of them, Sir Robin rose
stretched himself and yawned.
Twas an abject soul, one of those
creatures born Of good and homes
stock on either side which sometime.
cumber the earth as II in ribald jes
against the accepted laws of birth ant
breeding.
With no misgiving save that of q pos
sible detection Sir Robin, now that thi,
even had been disposed of at an ex
pense Of 100 guineas, felt nothing Il
not jubilant, and on the morrow pro
ceeded to order him a suit Of satin,
In crimson, hat Of the latest fashion
ruffles, cravats. silk hose, muff an(
lot Of other fallals at NJ. Jabot'
in Holborn. For the baronet, freed
as he fancied, Of his enemy and feel
ing positive that Lady Peggy woul,
soon, out of the overflow of her vas
affection for him. cOntrive a message
through her obliging Mr.. Incognito, de
sired to be equipped in the latest mod
for that summons to his lady's pres
ence which he believed must ultimatel,
and perhaps presently arrive.
1t Is true he expected that his en-
trance into the gay world Of fashion
which he promised himself by way O
Introduction should be at Vauxhall
might be a bit hampered by the &C
counts he must hear Of the sudden dis
appearance Of Sir Percy de Bohun, bu
this seemed a trifle In the path Of
gentleman for whose sake Lady Pegg,
Burgoyne had come up to town, n
NAMED invisible, employed an Incoe
nito as Mercury, and Of whose name
albeit falsely, the prints had mad
most marvellous mention.
Now, Sir Robin had not seen tn
tenth part Of these last. No, not an,
of 'em, in truth, save the one he ha,
shown to her ladyship the evenin,
they had encountered each other at tn
Dove pier. To be entirely candid, 81
Robin was an Indifferent scholar; writ
he could not; to read was q plagu,
which he willingly deputed, when i
was necessary, to his former instructor
that patient, worthy man, the vica
Of Friskingdean, incumbent of the liv
ing next Robinswold.
This one was even now, so Sir Rob
In had got word, up in London to con
suit a great man for the benefit of hi.
eyes, and twas presently agreed be
tween 'em at the Bishop, where til,