The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-05-05
The Man on
the Box
4 BY HAROLD MacCRATH
Author Of The Grey Cloak, 1.-The
Puppet Crown"
CHAPTER V.--,'oSr,xrtp.
Copyright, 1905, The Bobbs.Mesri!l Company

and toward the nall.
MY dear fellow, your wife wouldn't
believe me. no matter wha, said
against your character. Isn't that
right, Chuck? Jack. you are lucky
dog. If there ever was one A hand
some wife who loves you, kid, a fine
home and plenty OF horses. wonder
if You married her for her money!"
Jacks eyes narrowed. He seemed
to muse. Yes. believe | can do i:
as easily as 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
devil of a time winning The girl You
need something to stir up your vitals
BY George! and hope she won, have
a cen, of money"
"Lovable brother. that" Bob
Knocked the ashes from his cigar and
essayed at laughter which wasn't par
ticularly fclicitous. Surprising was
in love. now and that the girl had
heaps OF money. and all that?"
And all that" mimirked the elder
brother. What does and all that
mean?"
"Oh. shut up"
We'll. hope you are in love II
serves you right. You've made more
than one girls heart ache. YOU good
looking rufiian!"
Then he switched over to politics,
cn1 RNhnrt ;,>t
tcner. Quarter of an hour later tho
women returned. and certainly they
made picture which was most sat
'sfartory to the masculine eye. Bob
jumped to his feet and kissed them
both. thing lacked the courage ~
do. How pleased they looked! How IL
woman loves nattcry from those sha
loves!
Well. William is in front with the
carriage: the women are putting On
their cloaks. and ! am almirinE tie
luxurious crimson furlined garment
which brother Robert had sent to Nam
cy from Paris. You will see by this
that he was not altogether Thought
less lad. Good-by Mr.. Robert. 7
leave you and your guiding-s,ar to bolt
tho established orbit: for. after this
night the world will never be the same
careless happy-So-lucky world. The
farce has its tragedy. and what trag-
cdy is free of the ludiicatoryo Youth
must run its courses. even as tho 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 the
stables. only to return immediately
with bundle under his arm and n
while felt hat perrhcd rakiShly on his
head lie was churkling audibly to
himself.
ut will brighten the girls half to
to death A gray horse and a bay; oh
| won't make anv mistake. Lot mo
see: I'll start about 12 o'clock. That'n
get me to the spot Just as the boys
leave. This is the richest vet. I'll
wager that there will he some tall
screaming" He continued chnckln%
as h" helped himself to his brothers
perfoctos and fine old Scotch. ! don't
know what book he found in the pri-
waite case: some old rascal's merry
tales no doubt: for my hrro's face was
never in repose.
We had left Mrs Secrctary-Of-th the In
teriOr's and We're entering the rcd
brick mansion on Connect lieut. avenue.
Carriages lined both sides of the street
and mounted police patrnllcd M and
down.
Poor boy.' sighed Nancy. ~ won-
der il he'll he lonely It's shame TO
leave him home the very first night"
"Why didn't he come then?"
Mrs. w. shrugged her polished Shout
ders.
ooh. my cigars and Scotch are fairly
comforting" put in Jack. rOmplaccnt-
1y. Resides. Jane isn't al all had
looking. winking al me- What do
You say. Char'c?"
But Charlie had not time to answer.
The gray-haircd. gray WHISPERED am
bassador was bowling pleasantly to
us. a dozen notable military and
naval attaches nodded: and wn passed
on TO the ballroom. where the or
chesra was playing "A Summer Night
in Munich" In a moment Jack and
his wife were lost in the maze of
cleaning shoulders and white linen.
Tt was a picture such as few men.
once having witnessed II. can forget.
Here were the great men in the great
world: this man was an old rcar-ad-
mfral. destined to become the nations
hero soon: there. a famous general.
Of long and splendid service: cclc-
brated statesmen. diplomats. finan-
ciers; a noted English duke: a scion OF
the IFapsbnrg family: an intimate Of
the German kaiser: swart Jap a
Chinaman with his peacock feather;
tens Of men whose lightcst word was
listened to by the four ends of the
world: representatives of all the great
kingdoms and states. The president
and his handsome wife had just left
as We came. so We missed that for
mality. which drtracts from the .,lcas-
ures of the ballroom.
"Who is that handsome young fell
low over there, standing al the side
Of the Russian ambassadors wife,"
asked Nancy. pressing my arm.
"Where? Oh. he's Count Karloff
(or something that sounds like it),
wealthy Russian. in some way con-
nectcd with the Russian government;
diplomat and capital fellow, they
say I have never met him.
Hello! there's stunning girl right
next To him that haven't seen before.