Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-03-03


only two that are proper. the man
haitian and the martini"
Make zee martini: know heem.'
But cocktails ought not be mixed
before serving"
4 say. make zee one cocktail. -
colby and skeptically. II test heem."
Warburton made one Monsieur
slipped it slowly. making a wry face.
for, true Gaul that he was. only two
kinds of stimulants appealed to his
palate, hQueurs and wines He found
It as good as any he had ever tasted
Yer good '-softening. "Zare ees
zen, one ting Eat all zee Americans can
make, zee cocktail? 1 am educate:
I learn. Now leaf me till eight. keen
zee collect head. and Monsieur Pierre
turned his attention 20 his partridges
James went out of doors TO get a
breath of fresh aid and TO collect his
thoughts, which we're wool-gathering.
whatever that may mean. They
needed collecting. these thoughts of
his. and labelling. for they were at al
points OF the compass. and he was at
a loss upon which TO draw for support
y.
no possible way Of escaping except by
absolutely boiling; and he vowed that
he wouldn't bolt, not if be stood the
chance Of being exposed so times over.
he had danced; he was going to pay
the fiddler like man. He had never
ran away from anything. and he wasn't
going TO begin now.
At the worst, they could only laugh
at him; but his secret would be his no
longer. ASS that he had beenl How
TO tell this girl that he loved her? How
TO appear to her as his natural self?
What chance ne had wilfully thrown
away, He might have been a guest
tonight; he might have sat next 60
her. turned the pages of her music.
and perhaps siehed love in her ear. all
OF which would have been very proper
and conventional An. IL ne only knew
what was going ON behind those Ned
iterranean eyes of hers. those heavenly
sapphires. Had she any suspicion7
No. 10 could not be possible: she had
Inundated him too oft,1. 20 suspect
the imposture AlacEaday!
Had amy one else applied the dis
reputable terms he applied TO himself
there would have been a battle royal.
When he became out OF breath. he re-
entered the house TO have a final look
at the table before the ordeal BEGAN.
Covers had been laid for y: immac-
ulato linen. beautiful silver. and spark
ling cut-glass. lie wondered how much
the girl was worth. and thought of his
own miserable $4,000 the year. Truc
his capital could at any time be con-
vorted into cash. some $4,000. but II
would be no longer the goose with the
golden egg. a great bowl OF roses
stood on a glass center-piece. AS he
leaned toward them to inhale theirper-
fume he heard a sound. He turned.
She stood framed in a doorway, a
picture such as artists conjure up TO
Mt in sunlit corners OF gloomy studios;
beauty, youth. radiance. luster. happi-
ness. To his ardent eyes she was SUI
premely beautiful. How wildly his
heart beatl This was the first time he
had seen her I'm all her glory. His
emotion was so strong that he did not
observe that she was biting her neither
Lip.
rs everything well. James?" she |
asked, meaning the possibilities Of ser |
vice and not the cardiac iutranquility
Of the servant.
Very well. Miss Annesley. with a
sudden bold scrutiny.
Whatever il was she saw I'm his eyes
II had the effect OF making hers turn
aside. He grew yisibly nervous.
You haven't the hands Of a servant.
James. quietly.
He started and knocked a fork to !
the floor.
They are too clumsy" she went on
maliciously.
Il am not a butler. Miss. I am a |
groom. I promise to do the very best I.
I can" Wrath mingled with the /
shame on his face.
"a man who can do what you did
this morning ought not to he afraid of I
a dinner-table"
There is some difference between a |
dinner-table and horse. Miss" He |
stopped 10 recover the fork while she |
touched her lips with her handker- |
chief. The situation was becoming /
reason, she was quietly laughing at |
him.
Never put back on the table a fork |
or piece of silver that has fallen to
the floor" she advised Procure a |
clean one"
yes. Miss" Why in heavens name !
didn't she go and leave him in peace? !
And be very careful not to spill a |
drop OF the burgundy IL is rs. and |
a particular favorite OF my fathers"
Seventy eight AS If ne hadn't had |
many a bottle of that superb vintage |
during the past ten months, The |
glands in his teeth opened at the mem
DRY Of that taste.
James. we have been in the habit |
OF paying on the servants on this day |
Of the month. Payday comes especial
ly happy this time. II will put good |
feeling into all, and make the service
vastly more expeditions"