Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1905-1906, 1906-02-06

"He'S a goOd-look1ng beggar, though,
only you can't depend upon him for
five minutes at a time. Hadn't seen
the family in more than two years.
Spends one night at home, and is off
again, no one knows where. Some
persons like him, b. | like man with
more stability. Not but that he has
! lis good points; but he is a born
5agabond. His brother expects to get
aim berth at Vienna and is working
'ather successfully toward that end"
[ wondered how this bit of news af
ected the groom.
| "a diplomat" said Mrs Chadwick.
That is the life for a young man with
brains. Is he a good lingust?"
/ Capital! Speaks French, German
and Spanish, besides | don't know how
many Indian sign-languages" Now 1
was patting the groom on the back.
[ sat facing the ladies, so it was i'm
possible to see the expression on his
face. | kept up this banter TIL we ar
rived at the department. l. babe the
ladies good day. | do not recollect
when | have enjoyed ten minutes more
thoroughly.
! An hour in the shopping district,
that is to say, up and down Pennsyl-
vania avenue, where everybody who
was anybody was similarly occupied,
shopping, nearly took the spine out
Of our jehu. Everywhere he imagined
he saw Nancy. And half a dozen
times he saw persons whom he knew,
persons he had dined with in New
York, persons he had met abroad.
But true to human nature, they were
looking toward higher things than a
groom in livery. When there was no
more room for bundles, the women
started for Mrs. Chadwick's apart
ments.
"where, i'll the name of uncommon
things, did you find such a handsome
groom?"
Il was rather lucky" replied Miss
Annesley in the same tongue. Don't
you see something familiar about
him?"
Warburton shuddered
Familiar? What do you mean?"
at is the groom who ran away with
u.s.
/ Heavens, moi" Mrs. Chadwick
raised her lorgnette. Whatever pos
sessed your"
| mischief as much as anything"
But the risk"
! 81 am not afraid. There was some
thing about him that appeared very
much like a mystery, and you know
how I adore mysteries"
! And this is the fellow we saw in
the police-court, sitting among those
light O. loves?" Mrs. Chadwick could
not fully express her SURPRISE ssssu~+ya
! 81 can't analyze the impulse which
prompted me to pay his fine and en-
gage him." r.
! And after that affair at the
carriage-door! Where is your pride?"
ITO tell the truth, believe he did
make mistake. Maybe hired him
! because I liked his looks" Betty
glanced amusedly at the groom, whose
neck and ears were red. She laughed.
| "You always were an extraordinary
child. l do not understand 1t in the
least l am even worried. He may be
a great criminal"
! mo, not a great criminal" said
Betty, recollecting the ride of that
morning; but a first-class horseman,
willing and obedient. | have been
forced to make James serve as butler.
He has been under the hands Of our
cook, and have been watching them.
How l have laughed! OF all droIl
scenes!"
So she had laughed, eh? Warbur-
toms jaws snapped. She had been
watching, too?
| 81 rode Pirate this morning"
You rode that horse?" interrupted
| Mrs. Chadwick.
| Yes, and he ran away with me in
fine style. If 1t hadn't been for the
new groom, l shouldn't be here, and
the dinner would be dismal failure,
with me in bed with an arm or leg
broken. Heavens! l never was so
frightened in all my life. We went
so fast against the wind that l could
scarce breathe And when it was all
over, tainted like ninny."
! Tainted! l should have thought
you would. l should have fallen off
the animal and been killed. Betty,
you certainly have neither forethought
nor discretion. The very idea of your
attempting to ride that animal!'
well, | am wiser, and none the
worse for the scare James, stop.
stop!" Betty cried suddenly.
When this command struck his
sense of hearing, James was pretty far
away in thought. He was wondering
if all this were true. If it was, he
must make the best of 1t; but If 1t
was a dream, he wanted to wake up
right AWAY because ii was becoming