Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1905-1906, 1906-01-25

right, Chuck? Jack, you are a lucky
dog, If there ever was one. A hand
some wife who iores you, a kid, a fine
home and plenty Of horses. l wonder
if o married her for her money!"
Jacks eyes narrowed. He seemed
to muse, Eyes. I believe l can do 1t
as easily as I did Is years ago."
DO what?" / asked.
"Wallop that kid brother of mine.
Bob, | hope you'll fall desperately in
love some day, and that you will have
a devil of a time winning the girl. You
need something to stir up your vitals.
By George! and | hope she won't have
a cent of money"
"Lovable brother, that" Bob
knocked the ashes from his cigar and
essayed at laughter which wasn't par
ticularly felicitous. ~'Supposing l was
in love, now, and that the girl had
heaps Of money, and all that?"
And all that" mimicked the elder
brother. What does and all that
mean"
"Oh, shut up"
'~' A'Pt '" "AS - ~ -
serves you right. You've made more
looking rufian!"
Then he switched over to politics,
and Robert became an interested lis
tener. Quarter of an hour later the
women returned, and certainly they
made a picture which was most sat
isfactory to the masculine eye. Bob
jumped to his feet and kissed them
both, a thing | lacked the courage to
do. How pleased they looked! How a
loves flattery from those she
loves!
Well, William is in front with the
carriage; the women are putting on
their cloaks, and | am admiring the
luxurious crimson fur-lined garment
which brother Robert had sent to Nam
cy from Paris. You will see by this
that he was not altogether a thought
less lad. Good-by, Mr.. Robert. l
leave you and you guiding-star to bolt
the established orbit: for, after this
night the world will never be the same
careless, happy-go-lucky world. The
farce has its tragedy, and what trag-
edy is free of the ludificatory? Youth
must run its courses, even as the gay,
wild brook must riot on its way to join
the sober river.
dare say that we hadn't gone 20
minutes before Robert stole out to tn e
stables. only to return Immediately
with a bundle under his arm and a
white felt hat perched rakishly on his
head. He was %chuckling audibly to
himself.
"It will brighten the girls half to
to death. A gray horse and a bay; oh,
I won't make any mistake. Let me
see: I'll start about IL O'Clock. That'll
get me to the spot just as the boys
leave. This is the richest yet. I'll
wager that there will be some tall
screaming" He continued chuckline
as he helped himself to his brothers
perfectos and fine old Scotch. 1 don't
know what book he found in the pri-
vate case: some old ~rascal's merry
/ tales, no doubt: for my hero's face was
eve in repose.
We had left Mrs. Secretarv-of-the-In-
terior's and were entering the red
brick mansion on Connecticut avenue
Carriages lined both sides of the street,
and mounted police patrolled up and
down.
Poor boy!' sighed Nancy. Il won
der If he'll be lonely. It's a shame to
leave him home the very first night
why didn't he come. them
Mrs w. shrugged her polished shout
ders.
ooh, my cigars and Scotch are fairly
comforting" put in Jack, complacent-
ly. Besides. Jane isn't at all bad
looking ,"-winking at me. What dc
you say. Charlie?"
But Charlie had not time to answer
The gray-haired. gray-whiskered am.
bassador was bowling pleasantly to
us. A dozen notable military ant
naval attaches nodded; and we passes
on to the ballroom. where the or
chestra was playing "A Summer Nigh
|, in Munich" In a moment Jack and
, his wife were lost in the maze o
, cleaning shoulders and white linen
, 1t was a picture such as few men
r once having witnessed 1t. can forget
Here were the great men in the srea
world: this man was an old rear-ad
miral, destined to become the nation
, hero soon; there. a famous general
, of long and splendid service: eele
brated statesmen. diplomats, fnan
ciers: a noted English duke; a scion O
the Hapsburg family: an intimate O
. the German kaiser; a swart Jap;
Chinaman with his peacock feather
: tens of men whose lightest word wa
listened to by the four ends of tn
world: representatives of all the grea
= kingdoms and states. The presiden
and his handsome wife had Just LEI
as we came, so we missed that for
mality, which detracts from the pleas
: ures of the ballroom.
"Who is that handsome young fel
u low over there, standing at the sid