New-York tribune., 1905-01-26
The Beneficerf B1underer.
BY W. F. NORRIS.

care that he did not overslssD himself and mia
Half past six mind. not one minute later" Mr.
lawrence told the young footnan who had been
TO haul me out Of bed. for In rather heavy
s9leePer ana the chances are tnat shaIl curse you
tle.e hall sovereign Now please pear IN nllilS
that resistance or bad language on my part viii
mean nothing. 10 may be entirely dIsregarded.
The footman grinned and replied. Very good. sir
IL would have been more romantic and more suit
lorn pgh< To toss sleeplessly all the night through,
f6sr b i -. ~ oS So Pn ~ ,5 %
ana anNeties the moment mis- head touched the
pillow, and his unfaiing capacity for promDt sluH-
Der did not desert him on this melancholy occasion.
L.. Oddiy CROUCH. his next door neighoor. win far
iess excuse Tor wakefuiness. was not similarly
blessed Mr.. Muir might nave known. and indeed.
his rendered him practically Irresistible; Vet he
was suftciently enamoured OF Amy Wrey To hnd the
The girl had said that she consult her par
ents which was OF course rIdiculous out she had
never love or even Ike yOU'-w hich. besides being
on her part shirk her manifest destiny M
I III whose nature was OF a somewhat coarse fibre.
W31ld not have minded esDOusing woman who
neither loved nor liked him. what he afraid
dlsmisSlng him. and even OF making him look fool
S lSn N9w there was nothing in the world that he
9i eaded quite 50 much being made To look like
close eye before O'Clock in the morning
two hours and a haIf later, ne was roughly and
unGsTe enormously dragged from his couch.
vo NO. nc Ihe deyi III, are you and what the = do
Ior9is man man Who had thus dared TO lay violent
% t OF an hour and no time 70 lose" was the
. No mar who has been abruptly reused from pro
lSlhQ Stumber ca, be expected 10 have all his wits
conclusion that Miss Wrey had requested her
Daas 10 % rsre S9 3 h6 out 0s the He did not
w hose orders? he inquired. hOarsely.
Your own. sir. II you please" answered the foot
"oh. my own. Ell? see Thank vou very much.
he b,s PIhen5s 70 Sir Peter and tell him that
wishes with a deIicacy for which I cam thank
him enough Do you understand
but he replied. Very good. sir And as this &C.
GY senIleinat placed s0vereisn IN his hand
tt '1.VIls ne Iute tnousht that he had been
treated treated IN IN a manner which might fairly be de-
Thirty Thirty bob for one night is what call and
But what was neither good nor handsome vas
Lawrence when he was sereneIy informed tbaf n
You Internal IDIOT shouted that injured man
s6o 6od tnqa 5 II Tas OF the utmost important that
not, whether I swore at you thanked you?
what the devil you are laughing att"
u am afraid. sir" answered ths 1ootrusn, whose
deayor to smooth away an irrepressibls smile. Il
either OF you two gentlemen before i got con
FUSED between you. and believe I've sent away
MI Muir In the carriage that was ordered for
George Lawrencs's sense OF huuor got the bet
ter OF his Indignation and forced laugh out OF
him The deuce you havei' he CALCULATED. What
Well yes. sir, he didn't seem 70 be best pleased
but dda't i think M Po:hng Of that having been pre-
hope haven't done very wrong. sir?''
appear in a rather important case. and must send
Of telegTaIn at once with excuses which are not
wha1 Mr. Muir's engagernsnts may have been or
was =" man. Str Pe3sr rO s Sn- b, ds,,,,
in anticipating Mr.. Muir.s wishes. That Was the
A second Out6GTst Of hiiarity gave evidence O.
/ wont betray you You have played the very
Stupidity sun ii can't be helped. and shoul3 be
sorry TO get YOU into trouble"
me IooIInan thanked him very much and with
drew Lawrence on his side having some ado TO
Gross insOlencef' was Sir Peter Wrey's COM
fore he went downstairs to breakfast "iE or9ez
| OF asking a cad TO the house and implortng him
TO marry ones daughter. hope you're safisfef
now that you have made Amy public laughing
The disappointed and crestfaIIen Lady wrey had
no answer ready It was terribly true that Amy
most Of whom must have known only too well Whv
they had been invited to meet the proprietor OF
sting and tnexplicable rebur which had been in
tess more gracious in rn911a5 tba, So 1n'7i5
otherwise have been when he explained that as he
twenty-four hours at sheldon Park II he might
"0h. never mind about your gun" said Sir Peter
VINO overheard the young mans difhdent plea for
and I'm sure you'll use 4 70 better purpose than
taken himself on 7 hsar-calIed avav or sometime
and good Job. tOO!'
George Lawrence nice shot He
gushed himself much that day that he quite
won the heart or a country gentleman who after
all and IN spite OF the hopeless condition OF azri-
culture, retained the instincts or his class Efa
had already won somebody elss's heart. and before
the dinner hour she wise foolish enough 10
tell him
Il hate money! prefer being poor" she declared
which was no doubt a foolish thing to say
But indeed. Mrs. George Lawrence Is very
poor, her husband having by this time reached a
position Of enninenos at the bar which satisfies even
his mother-tn-law. Mr.. Muir. all the world
knows. fastened to espouse widowed marchionsss
ana Is consequently able TO look down with com
p!acent patronage upon his former fame. Proba-
ply, however. he does not know-NIr Iawrenca
herself only learned it after her marriage-to whom
ne is indebted for what he has scrupad 10 cali
an an uncommon lucky escape; In the employment o.
George Lawrence K C. there IS a butler who II
won't IN moments OF confidence and convtvfalitv -
remark that certain blunders may paw a man bat-
ter than a strict and stupid Obediencs to orders
He speaks. ne says. from personal experience and
IKE many other officials OF greater authority ana
more exalted station. he has long ago persuaded
hrnseI that success IN life has been the reward NOT
OF luck. but OF hts phenomenal sagaclty.-CThs
Taller 49,