Mower County transcript., 1906-04-04
BY HARO Id ! Mace GRATH
Copyright, 1904, he Bobbs- Merrill Company. 81,
uthor Of !. The Grey Cloak & 9. The Pup

ndeIIlN Sompahy.sf III. M 8s s
3 q am given to understand con-
tinued, that you act as butler, be-
sides, and pass soup around the
table. z ,s... =f 4. I. N
| Silence Then heard door close,
and saw a look Of despair grow on his
face l turned and saw Miss Annesley
and Mrs. Chadwick coming down the
steps #s5s@ :":z.. z=.
why, how do you de, Mr.. Hender-
son? Mrs. Chadwick .5 Ia :. :.
| Il have already had the pleasure of
meeting this famous young orator, = .
purred Mrs. Chadwick, giving me her
hand. She was fashionable, not to
say. brilliant, intrigante knew her
to have been concerned indirectly with
half dozen big lobby schemes. II She
was rather wealthy. But she was
seen everywhere, and everywhere was
admired. She was as completely at
home abroad as here in Washington.
She was widow, perhaps 38, hand
some and fascinating, a delightful ra
contour, and had the remarkable rep
| utation Of never indulging in scandal.
She was the repository of more secrets
than I should care to discover. -
| II recall one night at state function
| when she sat between the French am
bassador and that willy Chinaman, Ii
Hung Chang. She discoursed on wines
in French with the ambassador and
Immediately turned to the Chinaman
and recited Confucius in the original
Chinese. .~."s - ..@.. ~
Not until recently did l learn that at
one time, Karloff had been very at
tertive to her.
where are you bound?" asked Miss
Annesley. + ,-,'
81 am on the way to the war depart
ment."
"Plenty of room; jump in and we
shall drop you there. James, drive to
the war department."
Ordinarily I should have declined,
as I-generally prefer to walk; but in
this instance it would be superfuous
to say that l was delighted to accept
the invitation. I secretly Rugged my
self as 1 thought of the driver
Glow is Miss Warburton?" asked
Miss Annesley. as she settled back
among the cushions.
Beautiful as ever,' replied, smil-
ing happily.
t"You must meet Miss Warburton,
Grace, speaking to Mrs. Chadwick,
who looked at me with polite inquiry
Zone of the most charming girls in the
land, and as good as she is beautiful
Mr.. Henderson is the most fortunate
of young men,
$50 Il admit. She was greatly dis
appointed that you did not meet her
younger brother First shot at the
groom. - :. .-G
Il did expect to meet him, but l
understand that he has gone on a
hunting expedition. Whom does he re-
semble?'' :,
&. Neither Nancy nor jack" I said.
"He's good-looking beggar, though,
only you can't depend upon him for
five minutes at time. Hadn't seen
the family in more than two years.
spends one night at home, and is off
agai1;, no one knows where. Some
persons like him, but like q man with
more stability: Not but that he has
HIS .soou 5.polnls, Il. Dut ne Is q -, porn
VagaDond.3 "a his prother expec;ts p'; 70 get
MIN DeErn l1 at Vienna and lssWorklng
rather successfully toward l't that end
| lWQndered@hoW this Dlt o. news al
fected the groom
"A diplomat" said Mrs. Chadwick.
That is the life for young man with
brains. Is he a good linguist ?'- '..
n Capital! Speaks French, German
and Spanish, besides don't know how
! many man Indian % sign--llanguages.' Now I
was patting the groom on the back.
! sat facing the ladies, so 1t Was inn
possible to see the expression on his
face kept up this banter till we ar
rived at the department. I bade the
ladies good day. N do not recollect
When; ! have enjoyed ten minutes more
thoroughly. - z + I. + EFsz=..>:... ..ss
| An hour in tho ghOnninp district