Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-06-21

she uOGS not 80 LuA NltCis II II not a.
all necessary she should do this!"
Il See" says the yicar-"I quite
understand. 1t is your wish to accept
this situation, Miss Dalton?"
III is" says the vicar-'I quite I'M
de~stard. 1t is your visa to accept
this situation, Miss Dalton"
"a, is, says May, in low voice.
The vicar arises and takes turn or
two up ami down the library; then he
comes back and joins them a smile on
his face.
Then | think we may conclude the
business. | shall be happy TO engage
Miss Dalton as mistress Of Marley
School if she thinks proper to accept
the engagement"
Thank you, says May, then she
raises her eyes Il have sister--a
younger sister-she may live with
me?"
The vicar bows
"That is matter for your own de-
cision. he says. with a smile Now
let us 90 and get some luncheon You
must excuse bachelors menage
Miss Dalton. My establishment CON
sists of a housekeeper, cook and a
boy Marley is an out-ot-the-world
place. | trust you will be happy-you
and your sister. | should say Mr.
"BoXan,' says Boxall, with a grant,
"Mr. BoXall need not fear that we
shall not try to make you happy
And he takes her hand upon his arm
and leads her to the dinins-room
CHAPTER XIV.
Of all the so-called fast clubs
that have sprung into existence dur
ing the last ten years. there is no
faster club than the 'Roukery." 1t
lies in quiet street OFF st James
street. A street so quiet that the
unsophisticated and uninitiated would
scarcely believe that club Of any
sort existed there.
The usual signs of clubiand are con
spicuous by their absence There
are no huge stucco palaces, with broad
imposing porticcs and gaping win
dows; the street is composed Of half
dozen OF understanding houses built
ir the time of Queen Anne, red
bricked small-windowed, quiet and
respectable
And yet, for all its unpretending ex-
terrier, the "Rookery" is one of the
most exclusive clubs in London
II has dukes and a prince OF the
realm on its committee, and owns for
its chef a famous cook whose name is
celebrated in the modern annals Of
gastronomy.
TO be a member Of the "Rookery' is
to be one Of the select Of the &C
knowleieed upper ten, that mysteri-
Gus upper ten which rules he chaotic
mass, yclept society, and--througn
| society-rules the world
The "Rookery, in addition to being
! exclusive. is peculiar. It does NOT
open its hospitable ioors till noon
but on the other HI d. and as a mat
ter of compensation. it does not close
them till far beyond the usual hours.
You cannot breakfast a. the Rock
cry but YOU can get broilei bones
and burnt coffee at any hour OF the
night-or morning-up to, say ten
O'Clock in the forenoon.
Not only is the aforesaid prince a
member. but it has upon its list the
names of half the Household Brigade,
more than half the great diplomatists
and at least a fair moiety of the
Jockey Club.
At no club in London can you dine
so comfortably, so luxuriously, with a
certainty Of whist, Napoleon. ecarte
or baccarat to follow.
Men drop in at the "Rookery' when
they have seen their sisters and
sweethearts home from the theater
or have sat throuh a debate in the
House. However late the hour may
be, you are in time for the "Rookery.
and are sure of finding in its snug
card-room a dozen or more of genial
fellows WHO are wide awake and ready
for any excitement in the way OF
gambling you may propose.
Some men when asked why they use
} the club, declared that It was because
they could always he sure of getting a
good glass Of claret: others. because
| they always obtain the latest politi
cal news and others. because what
| ever time of night--Or morning-it
might be. they were alWays sure OF
| finding some one to take hand OF
cards with them, or to pick the grille4
bones which supply the place of break
fast and supper TO the man-about
town. who like the owl. knows nc
night
II is long past midnight-the night
en- which May had decided to accept
the situation of schoolmistress at
Warley-and the "Rookery' is at it,
height. Footmen in the gold and blue
of the club livery are hard at work
conveying the far-famed claret and
-rnla4 bones to the card-room.
Hard-workcd members Of parliament
are grouped about smoking their last
! cigar in the smoking room, harder
worked do-nOthings are ioungiug in
the Grawing-room, the hardest-workcd
Of all. the card players are playing III
the ca broom.
Baccarat, that now famous game
azalust shich the judges Of the land
have pronounced their august oondem
NATION, is ia full sway.
1t one table sat duke. a mere
Dor. s;ith q rent-rol. Of fifty thousand
year. which. large income a. it is
ts all too small for his spendthrifi
! ceb,+s. with him Is A legislator. one Oh