Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1905-1906, 1906-02-09

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drop the silver ladle. Only the girl
saw this mishap. She laughed: and
| Raleigh believed that he had told his
story in an exceptionally taking man
ner. My butler quietly procured another
ladle, and proceeded coolly enough. |
must confess, however, that his cool
ness was the result Of physical eff
fort. The soup quivered and trem-
bled outrageously, and more than once
he felt the heat of the liquid on his
| thumb. This moment his face was
pale. that moment it was red But.
as | remarked. few observed him.
Why should they? Everybody had
something to say to everybody else;
and a butler was only a machine any
way. Yet, three persons occasionally
! looked in his direction: his late colonel.
| Mrs Chadwick and the girl; each from
a different angie OF vision. There was
a scowl on the colonel's face. puzzle
ment on Mrs Chadwick's, and | don't
know what the girls represented. not
having been there with my discerning
| eyes.
Once the American countess raised
her lorgnette and murmured: What
handsome butler!'
Karloff, who sat next to her, twisted
his mustache and shrugged. He had
seen handsome peasants before. They
did not interest him. He glanced across
the table at the girl. and was much an
noyed that she, too. was gazing at the
butler, who had successfully completed
hn ri All IF W
now stood with folded arms by the
sideboard. OHow | should have liked
to see him!)
When the butler took away the soup
plates, Col. Raleigh turned to his host.
George, where the deuce did you
pick up that butler?"
Annesley looked vaguely across the
table at his old comrade He had been
far away in thought. He had eaten
nothing.
| "What?" he asked
II asked you where the deuce you
got that butler of yours"
"Oh, Betty found him somewhere.
Our own butler is away on a vacation.
I had not noticed him. Why?"
We'll, IL he doesn't look like
cub lieutenant of mine I was born
without recollection of faces"
IAN orderly of yours. lieutenant,
dering fires in her eyes.
Eyes,"
THAT is strange" she unused.
Eyes; very strange. He was a dare
devil II there ever was one"
"Ah!"
YES best bump of location in the
regiment, and the steadiest nerve."-
dropping his voice.
The girl leaned on her lovely arms
and observed him interestedly.
"A whole company got lost in
snowstorm You know that on the
prairie snowstorm means that only
a compass can tell you where you are;
and there wasn't one in the troop
bad piece of carelessness on the cap
tain's part. Well. this cub said he'd
find the way back. and the captain
wisely let him take the boys in hand"
GO on" said the girl.
interested. eh?"
Il am a soldiers daughter, and love
the recital Oh OTaVe ueeuS.
We'll. he did 1t. Four hours later
they were thawed out in the barracks
kitchen. Another hour and not one Of
them would have lived to tell the tale.
The whisky they poured into my
cub"
did he drink" she interrupted.
Drink? Why the next day he was
going to lick the men who had poured
the stuff down his throat. A toddy
once in while. that was all he ever
took. And how he loved fight! He
had the tenacity of bulldog: once
he set his mind on getting something.
he never let up till he got it,
The girl trifed thoughtfuly with q
rose.
WAS he ever in an Indian fght?"
she asked. casually.
"Only scraps and the like. He went
into the reservation alone one day and
arrested chief who had murdered a
sheep-herder. 1t was volunteer job,
and nine men out of ten would never
have left the reservation alive. He
was certainly cool hand
II dare say."-smiling. She wanted
to ask him If he had ever been hurt,
this daredevil of a lieutenant, but she
could not bring the question to her
lips What did you say his name
was 7"-innocently
"Warburton Robert Warburton"
Here the butler came in with the
birds The girls eyes followed him.
hither and thither her lips hidden be-
hind the rose.
Ito be Continued.)