The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-05
again tyhatin ne exclaimed. elm

looked strangely at Dayton. Ibid you
Or did you not have a talk with me at
The Athenaeum club yesterday in the
Dayton opened his mouth several
tines before he csuld9 articulate, 81
"Then who was it, Where il hef''
Lord Frampton looked angrily around.
II insist upon an explanation, sir!
Excuse me-just a few minutes-I
must finish dressing-I was and
wasn't there-Ill explain. Dayton /
withdrew to the bedroom, pulling the
portiere over the doorway,
turned n to the sittingr r '41 he stood
ashamed, repentant, honest. II am
going to make a clean breast Of it, sir,"
he said, 'sI could not keep my en-
gagement with you yesterday. I did
not wish to lose the interview. sent
a perfectly competent man thinking it
not know me or care especially who, did
the interview, SO long as it was done
properly"
4 But-where is he's. Where is hefn
Lord Frampton tapped his cane angrily
ell dom know, sir. To
This is outrageous. a person repre-
sehti nAHselI TO pe enAmofo lay
note. I don It know what demon Of ILL.,
luck possessed mel had never sub
mitted to an interview. am very old
man and in poor health. I permit no
strangers to come near me. But some-
thing-perhaps in the MOTEL don t
know-at any rate, consented to re-
someone representing himself to be him
came, and we talked for about two
hours. He was most agreeable-most
intelligent-but-he had been drinking
at least feared SOL became nerv-
GUS about the interview. He promised
to bring me what he had written last
night. AS he did not, came here this
morning, I wish to recall the interview.
I forbid the publication of word from
It is an outraged! It is scandalousl I
shall protest publicly, siri e 9
II have7no excuse to offer, SIR said
Dayton humbly. IT can only throw
myself on your mercy. But first let
me say that your interview is safe-at
least it has not been published, and will
not be-" Then he went on. to confess
ing--his love for a young American,
the impossibility Of keeping both en-:
gagements, and the impossibility Of
breaking either. "And I suppose. sir, -
he said in conclusion, 'that Carpenter
slipped away and took several drinks
before seeing you and then kept on
drinking afterward. In spite of his hab-
its, sir, there ism t man in the world
more competent to get such an inter
view than Henry Carpenter
'Hasn IT, he written on sociology"
inquired: Lord Frampton.~ He had been
interrupting Dayton g narrative with q
descending, series Of EXPLANATIONS, be.
ginning with "shockingl" and HDs-
pravedl' and "Insolentl" and ending
W1th S1Gh T3lder calculations az Most
prising! e-
"Yes,' replied Dayton, eagerly enter.
ing the opening, and hurrying on to re.
mind Lord Frampton of the titles and
subjects OF Carpenters best known es
says.
fed lord IT, Exemption EMP YES somewhat mol
trick to, play upon an old man, sirwbu1
We been young myself. You Ameri
cans! A wonderful people. sir, but. -
with sudden twinkling in his old eye
J -will you get the. young ladys'' .
~ thlnk go, said Dayton;
~ don t doubt it,, if impudence is al
effective with the ladies as it was whe1
, l was young fellow" Lord Frampto,
"Would you mind if I showed you .
photograph Of her, sir9N asked Dayton
, shamelessly using his bride-to-be as
pacifieer Of the, old mans wrath. HI
clear:eyed girl with a resolute face look Ok
ing straight out Of the picture at you.
, :" A fine American type,'' said Lor,
| Frampton. ..~,l :
The ~ talked for a few minutes O
Amerlfa, then Lord Frampton suddenl,!
ali eRer asa MS wr9ng En- and was
life. Ana Where, sir, Is that i as soc at
Of yours; this CarpenterqV"
."WeW find him" said Dayton, an,
after he had hastily taken coffee and
Fly zfs ofe nar s9e as Sns de
l ings down a dismal alley in a hous
which, had it been built Of wood instea
> Of stone, would have been obliterate
decades before. A pinched New Eng
land female face. answered the knock a
thu, door, to which the slattern in charg
. ,"W.hat do you WANT" said she i
/ pickles. voice. ~ -
: Where is Mr.. oarpenters"
THAT, g what 70 like to know" Mn
, A few minutes talk made IL clear tina
, have to look for hiIn,'' said Dayton, a
if they were sure to fnd him. And o.
r the way back to the Piccadilly.stran
, district he tried to persuade Lor
: Frampton to 20 quietly to his club an
) nNo,n said Lord Frampton Grossly
/. IT go with YOU, Really, Mr.. Dayton
. this is most extraordinary proceeding
When peace and quiet are absolute1
! necessary to me l find myself rushin
about London in search Of 2 wild drunk
spent in quiet. And now, at 90, thank
i to my accursed folly in answering not
0 from wandering American journalist
I must have been out of my mind!
r feel like pinching myself to see whethe
n I am awake. shall not leave you III
J. til we find him. / must look to m
n answer that devilish noteq"
o Toward 9 at night Dayton, in the e.
r fort to calm one of the old man g TRADE
The was very tired and sleepy-tol
him that Elsie and he were to be ma,
q ried on Monday. NAs her mother won
consent we shall 20 quietly to th
2 American consulate. I've arranged
= all with a friend Of mine.''
n "M0st extraordinaryi' muttere
: Lord Frampton. "More impudenc.
y And what an I doing here-at my age
- "Will you comet" interrupted Da:
= ton.
- .tCome! Come whereq"
e ed.
70 Lord Frampton stared. "God BILE
I: nv 6ou1l1 - he calculated tAm