The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-06

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| a mistake ana you'd be the bfidesre
Lord F'rAnfptoii smiled, then cfilit
| then laughed. But they were Jul
CarpehtAr's lodgings-their fourth T
Yes. Carpenter had returned, had sta
/! ed In about an hour before, and
now upstairs. His wife opened the
| There he lay upon the bed, his cl
| torn and mud bedaubed.
| "Roll I'm on the floor" suggested
eldest boy, LET me throw water on
marin always does; don't YOU. mas
All, Including the renowned phiioso
who used his cane vigorously as a
| Joined IN the effort to revive the drt
man. When he at last opened his
Dayton said: .'rlere, here, CarpI
where's that Interview" and kei
shaking him to prevent his lnpsii4
the stupor.
Pocket, mumbled Carpenter. !
gran, Of man. or Frampy passe31
hot. Gran'Fol' man, 1Trampy-'.i,,s.
Dayton reached into the inside n \
of the coat and drew out n note Ii l -
'Ea!" Ol,9F,rampy clutched It,,
his eyeglasses and GLANCED ofr-
pages. Yea this Is 1t. I never one
to seetit.j Bless me, what a nelieffd-
Dayton gave Mrs. Carpenter a soon
ION account he said, for lack zee
other Disguise Of the charity, "a,Pie
lie comes around tell him I wanRlee
him. ~ -a5,s me
Dayton ana Lord Trampton In
| away, sn-
Where shall 1 set you down, shy
Dayton. s..
Lord Trampton gave the numb is 81
private hotel in Dover street. ThcHH,,a
In silence. for ten minutesr thh,,oo
philosopher chuckled. Dayton gla -
him furtively. He had been dew
plan for approaching the subject =
MISUNDERSTANDING he could lndul
Frampton to give up tho notS
When the old man chuckled ag,
ventured to speak: =
Twill you forgive me, sir?" ia,
Forgive YOU, you young raii nc
oughtn't but--it Is certainly veryI.ns
lous-how my friends. my read y =
over. the world, would laugh If thu .r
know what I've been doing" He Gin
again. q nd
sulato on Monday at ten-to tho.
ding7'''' lns Is
THE spirit OF adventure has ga
my blood. Yes--I'll be thcre-if 1ne
die Of the reaction" .o
And that interview-" "
''There-there! Not word aboulee-
I'll overlook it," IT,
but n1ean-it's a great Imports
to asl, it-only-" p
Lord Frampton turned in&the cafe
looked at Dayton's calm, earnest r.
amazement., "You don't mean, my
sir, that you are daring to ask mi
no. it's impossiblc-even you won
dare! I" ss5
''But, sir, It seems a, shame for v
have all this annoyance for nothin
can transcribe tire notes and have
stYpewritten and bring them tosyou.J
IL you are not dissatisfied. you can tear
up. orSuse them for some other purpl
Lord Frsmpton was laughing.
always held'Lsaid he, that surprisinI
suits were to come from your&ra CO u
the political, social, and geographic
ditions of the New World. Butt
say
And" pursued Dayton, II could I
-, "a
and I'm sure, it would be a great
The Antricans are tremendous adm
and readers OF your work.
Yes-I have been much gratifled at
sales of my books over thero--far b
than here. Butt Is tempting fat
Dayton was discreetly silent.
Aemericans! Lord Frampton exclal
hnmorously, as he after a few min
handed overt the note book. tive res
my reputation from drunken man
z to give 1t intniFthe keeping OF a hal
scarum rascal who Is probably crazcd
by-she IS a devillsh pretty girl, ~
t1an!'' ,:g *, Il u.
but wait tll1fyou see her on Arond
said Dayton, I'll call with the copy
what hour III the,Snorning q 5. 4,
IT shall rise late. I need rest
at H.
And at that hour the next morn
saturday-Daytop brought the typewr
interview. Lord Frampton was loo
fresh and cheerful.
How do YOU feel, sir?'' inquired
ton.
81 ought to feel done. But the IA
I never felt better. think It did
tgood-stirred mo up. Astonishing /
! be out of my mind! rs
81 Lord Frampton sat at his desk. reat
making slight changes. nodding appr'
"a most interesting young man. he n
bled. in spite OF his bad hab!ts-mos
telligent. I certainly talked surprlsi
well-blessa me! had no idea I had
that so effectively" II
Are you satisfied to have It go, I:
asked Dayton, when the old &philoso
had finished W Y i-+.---r-.s..
II think SOL think SO.
"And I'll see that you get a copy {
and also all that is said about It In
American journals 55s 7
On Monday, at the appointed hour,
Lord Frampton as one witness and
consul general as the only other. Da
and Elsie were married. Lord Fran
was more than cheerful-he was gay.
had come with his top hat little
on his head. and notioeably tilted to
side.
"oh. I almost forgot" said Da.
Here's a cablcgram from the oflic'
your interview.
Lord Frampton read:
dayton Carlton, London:4 Fran
stuff bowling success. congratulat,iol
'-"Howling" Lord Framptor
pented the words as II he dol ishte