The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-23

race. he SmOOth0d his Imperial anu |
right, but there was something lacking
in. his makeup, that indefnable some
thing which is always found in the true
servant servility. There was no hui
rnility here, no hypocritical meekness,
no suaavity; there was nothing snug
something grimly earnest, which was
not to be understood readily. M. Pierre,
having always busted himself with
soups and curries and roasts and sauces,
was not profound analyst; yet his in
stinctive shrewdness at once told him
could he ever be made into one. Tho
voluble enough in his kitchen, M. Pierre
lacked expression when confronted by
any problem outside of it, Here was
the regulation swallow-tail coat and
trousers of green, the striped red vest,
and the polished brass buttons; but the
"Diable you luke right. But, no, |
can not explain. Eet ees on zee tongue,
but eet rayfuse. Hal hat eet! You
| lack vat say call zee real. You make
me link uf re sairyant on zee stage,
sonnet ing beetair, off; eh?' This was
i During tbs speculative inventory,
| Warburton IS face was gravely set; in
deed, it pictured his exact feelings. He
was grave. He even wanted Pierre s
approval. He was about to pass thru
pass thru it. There was no deceiving
his colonel 8 eyes, hang him! Whatever
had induced. fate to force this old Ar
gus-eyed soldier upon the sceneq He
glanced into the kitchen mirror. He
instantly saw tho salient flaw in his
dress. It was the cgavat; Tie it jas
he would, it never approached the like
ness Of the conventional cravat Of the
waiter. It still remained a polished
cravat, worldly crayat, the cravat
seen in bathrooms, drawing rooms,
in the theater stalls San and ,bq bsiI'
Oh. for the ready-made cravat that
| hitched to the collar button! And then
there was that servants low turned
down collar, glossy as celluloid.> He
felt as diffdent in his bare throat as
a debutante feels in her first decollete
ballgown, not very well covered up, as
it were. And, heaven and earth, how
appallingly large his hands had grown,
expose him9 Would he keep silentY
This remained to be found out: where
in lay the terror Of SUSPENSE,
HRemembair, went on Monsieur
/ Pierre after pause, feeling that he
had duty to fulfil and a responsible
ty to shift to other shoulders than his
own, "remembair, eef you spill zee
soup, I keel you. You carry zee tu-
and sairve. Zee oystaires should be on
zee table tree minutes before zee
, guests hat arriv'. Now can you make
zee American cocktail9'
II can''-with ghost Of smile.
"Make heem with a pompous
wave of the hand toward the favorite
/. lng HWhat kind9n
tails; Mvo asn f 5j3 Ee7 zare more cock
"Only two that are proper, the Man
haitian and the martini.o !,
"Make zee martini; I know heem: .
"But the cocktails ought not be
mixed before serving.'
) II say, make zee one cocktail -
coldly and skeptically. ~ test heem. u
Warburton made one. Monsieur
? for, true Gaul that he was, only two
| kinds Of stimulants appealed to his pal
ate, liqueurs and wines. He found ii
= good as any he had ever tasted.
8 ever good ''-softening. "Zare
| ees, zen, one ting Eat all zee Ameri-
r cans can make, zee cocktail? 1 an
3 educate';- I learn. Now, leaf me til
r eight. Keep zee collect head;' and
Monsieur Pierre turned his attention
8 to his cartridges.
, James went out of doors to get g
breath of fresh air and to collect his
l thoughts, which were wool-gathering
4 whatever that may mean. They need
. ed collecting, these thoughts Of his, anC
!, labelling, for they were at all points Of
1 the compass, and he was at loss upo1
n which to draw for support. Here
= he was, in devil Of fix, an(
n NV oh AL Io14 h.
l., vowed that he wouldn It bolt, mo-
o if he stood the chance of being ex
posed fifty times over. He had danced
d he was going to pay the fiddler like g
a man. He had never run away from
anything, and he wasn't going to be-
! gin now.
. At the worst, they could only laugh
0 at him; but his secret would be his NJ
/ longer. ASS that he had beenl How
to appear to her as bis natural self
d What chance he had wilfully throw
r away! He might have been a guest to
?. night; he might have sat next to her
It turned the pages OF her music and per
haps sighed love in her ear, all Of which
would have been very proper and con
O ventional. All, if he only knew VIVA
e was going on behind those Mediter
ranean eyes of hers, those ,heavenl,
+ sapphires. Had she any suspicion?- No
=. it could not be possible; she had hu
initiated him too often to suspect tn
>. imposture. Alackaday!
!, Had any one else applied the dis
I reputable terms he applied to, himsel
=. there would have been a battle royal
When he became out of breath, he re
ia entered the house to have a final loo]
-. at the table before the ordeal began
d Covers had been laid for twelve
q immaculate linen, beautiful silver an
# sparkling cut glass. He wondered hoy
n much the girl was worth, and though
Is Of his own miserable forty-fve hundre
~ the year. True, his capital could a
~ any time be converted into cash, som
seventy-fve thousand, but 1t would b
~ no longer the goose with, the golde
- egg. A great bowl Of roses stood on
- u glass centerpiece. AS he leaned toWar
II II them to inhale their perfume he hear
II a sound. He turned.
~ She stood framed in a door way,
- picture such as artists .conlure up.
j., 1T in sunlit corners Of gloomy studios
~ beauty, youth, radiance, luster, happ
ness. TO his ardent eyes she was 81
nremely beautiful. How wildly hi
heart beat! This was the first tim
81 he had seen her in all her glory: Ill
q. emotion was so strong that he did nc
ze observe that she was biting her nethe
oe WIs everything well, JamesYn 81
IN ice and not the cardiac intranqullllty
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