Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1906-11-08
CHATTER I.

,,,lred 10 force with clamor and blair
,as ,rumpets and glittering gorgets
a. drawbridge and portcullis. Rather
m, halfway lies through one Of those
m,nv little doors. obscure. yet easily
..c.ssible. latchless and boltless. to
,hieh the average person gives no
,,rticular attention. and yet which In.
,,dsbly lead Ia the very heart ~ this
csstie Detachable The whimsical
,hstelaine Of this enchanted keep In
.ht goddess Circumspeciion has no
,,rt In her sfaiu. nor caution nor
,,.e,icality: nor does her eye linger
nos the dullzrd and the blandcrer.
| tnarlnstion solves the sccrc, fiddle.
ara wit 10 the guide that leads the
.eslsr through the viAdins bovilder.
ING lAbyrinths
And uers 10 something in being
id,s. too
n had not gone Idly into Mou-
s,iu's cellar for dinner that night, 7
should have missed the most engaging
adventure that ever fell to my lot IL
= second nature for me TO be- guided
b. impulse rather than by reason
reason ls always % square toed and
impulse Is always 10 allurlng You
Ill mud that nearly all the great
CAPTAINS -sre aud are creatures OF
impulse nothing brilliant IL ever
achieved By calculation All this 10
not ,o say that am . great captain:
10 orsred only to Inform YOU that
az often impulsive.
Times. four days old and II !
hadn't illen upon IL TO pass the
ts,rn udi minutes betsceu ny order
4. .ervice Of u. I shouldn't have
the Acquaintance OF the police
ln HAT pretty little suburb over In
New Jersey: nor should ! have met
n, chanting Blue Domino. nor
.rI tate have written kismet The
or....art never has any fun IN his
cy.e Boz, has no surprises
Is| Hcen away from New York
'.. ...,rA weeks. and had returned
O.. .H.f afternoon Thus the spirit
o. unrest acquired BY travel was sull
... m, q vas nearly holiday week.
. .Ha., conRcniA friends ! might
I... called upon. 10 while away the
s,.n|ns acre either busily occupied
pth shopping or were out OF town
,rf 7 d,termlned not 10 go to the club
49, %, bored b. some Indifferent bill
lard PLAYER would dine quietly
u.t,n 'o some light music. and then
q. fl. the thcater ! was searching
ths theatrical amuscments whcu the
.p..,i, column indircreutly attacked
on. e,e 30 not know Why % h. but
na.. o. vhui"-ose contempt For the
sll..Isd soci,ty columns Of the daily
newspaper Boz Nov York MaNhap n
b.. .,.au., DO not belong
read this paragraph With = shrng
49, .fat one vith smirk J Nas 10
au manner surprised At the announce
mont that Mise lliEh.Culiurc VAS 10
ina fo vrd tho Duk. Of lmp"cuno J
bad always been certain This girl
sUnH DO some such fool thinr That
N- I,phrn Bonds sAs giving u ARE
SOL dinner at tho Waldorf prior 10
h.. departure 90 Europe interested
ut .uriorit, not ir the least d'gre"
u sould bc all the same to me u sh"
ns,ef came back None Of the Ni-h'
pAsh, uttlc.tattlc interested me. in
IA There Was only one little siI
uu, paragraph that really caught me
on Friday night ithaI is to say. ne
uleht ~ IA, adventures In Blankshirel
ne Hunt club vas To give CHART,
ra~merad. dane. This grasped my
sd,,nturous spirit by the throat and
refused 10 LET 80
The atmosphere surroundinE The
paragraph vas spirituous With en-
ohantment There was genuine
novelty about this dance Two PACKS
~ pla,inE cards had been sent out NJ
tickets. one pack 10 the ladies aud
one 10 the gentlemen Charming idea
wasn't ~ These CARDS were 10 be
shown At the door. together with Ten
Collars. hut were - &c retained oy
ne recipients till two o'clock tsuppeI
time. at which moment everybody
was 10 unmask aud take his partner
Who held the corresponding card, In "a
supper It's newncH strongly appealed
10 me. ! found lnNs'I i'aVlHh '"'
paragraph over and over.
uy Jove. what an inspiration
knew the Blankshire Hunt CLUB
Nth It's colonial architecture, It's great
ball room. It's quaint hrepiacer' i''
stables and sheds. and the fame oi ITS
chef II WAS one ~ those great coun
try clubs that keep open house th'
year round II stood back from me
sea about four miles and was Nlthir
Ave miles of the village. There wa'
fine course inland, a crosS-countN
going of not less than twenty miles
shooting box. and excellent goi
links In the winter IL was coy u
the summer " WAS ideni
was intimately acquainted with th'
clubs VI r. H., Ted ~ Hamilton W.
had done the Paris Ierlin run IN my
racing ear the summer before. II
hadn't known him so we'll ! migh
SIN have been In lurancc vile. mex
door to Jail. or securely inside. ! nae
frequently dmcd With him at the chl'
during The sumner and h" had on're'