Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-08-03
THE SHOP LITTER.
"6Sl Oxford stree


@Sb tened to stop my allowance if any
- more turned up. Hang me if [
a oct county court summons served
II % ~ was leaving the Senior United
IA the general, and then all the fat
@ in the fire with avengeance. He
IN have kicked me out of the house
hadn't been for my mother, who
"a me from despair.
ARut the worst has yet to come. You
IN that pretty little Nelly Lowell, the
bitter of old Lowell OF the above adj
"a and how sweet [ got on her when
/ anet at the boat race? Well, my lady
s4bcr found out that [ was carrying on
In her and put her foot down consi6-
IN. In vain l told her that [ was
IN fond of Nell, and that she would
IA lots of oof some day, but all to no
4bose. If [ persisted in dragging the
.nphter of a retail tradesman into the
miIv of Gen. Lord George Forsyth she
IN cast me off and regard me as a
81 no longer.
Now. considering that | am engaged
IsNen. and that | would marry her de-
Tia all the old Forsyth fossils in the
efld. | wasn't going to stand that, and
Hseouently | got the ancient order of
III push
$5ut I'm not easily knocked over, as
Ill know [ was not in a big drapery
ofe. when | was eXiled to America four
Ia for nothing, so | went straight to
81 Lowell and told him everything,
ii pled with a request that he would give
a situation behind his counter. The
III boy was crusty at first, but, seeing
ia was in earnest, he promised me
ID [ asked for, and said if [ did my
IN fairly for a year he would publicly
Ascnt to my marrying Nell; and here
h. quite the pushing young particle
Ia ts-the-next article counter jumper,
a a fine spree it is. No end of pretty
D. here, but mum as to that. l shall
b. the old people down upon their
lfes yet, you see. Yours eternally,
Gerald Forsyth"
''Victoria Mansions, W.
FNIy Dearest Kate-When you get this
he home at once, for something awful
i happened. Your brother really meant
siness as far as that common Lowell
q is concerned, and actually preferred
ing turned out of doors to giving her
II OF course [ was pOwerless under the
kumstances, as [ could never consent to
b. Il match.
fBut this is by no means the worst.
fald went away saying he should
ger return unless with Miss Lowell as
wife, and [ was fain to hope for the
st. thinking shortness of money would
Blk a cure; but | am mistaken. Gerald
fually went to the tradesman creature
question and told him everything, and
~ Gerald is actually serving behind
hnter in Oxford street.
4 | wouldn't believe it when I was told,
Il had the curiosity to send to LoyelPs
something for inspection, with the
b. of being able to get something out
i the person who came, and you can
Rgine my horror when [ found that the
fson in question was Gerald himself.
carried a bundle of stuff under one
~ and a yard measure under the other,
i all the world like a peddler, and he
fected never to have seen me before in
life.
4 But, thank goodness, [ was equal to
4 occasion. | did not show my temper,
II treated him exactly in the same way,
Though | was ready to cry out in my
p and veXation. Of course [ had to
II the general, and the scene he made
r something too terrible for words.
come home at once. and try and think
4 some scheme to save your distracted
Pther, Diana Forsyth"
Victoria Mansions, w.
/ Dear Sir-Mill you prepare and sub
n tor my signature at once new will,
hereby | leave everything to my wife,
th remainder to my daughter after
Rrds! Make it as short as you like, so
Fl | may have it at once, as [ am
RMouS to get the thing off my mind.
p please destroy the original will di-
ktIy you read these lines. Yours faith
liy, George Forsyth (GeneraD."
Telegram
Lady Forsyth, 6Sl Oxford street, to
F.. Lord George Forsyth, Victoria Man
bnS:
Gene to me here at once; something
pghttul has happened"
Extract from a Society Journal)
hLeptomania is a very pleasant word,
b one obviously invented by carneying
purifiers disguised as physicians as
'oduS mondi by which the aristocrat may
scape those little moral peccadilloes
Ihch are so heavily visited upon the
Pr. But there are times when even
r ingenious plea of kleptomania can be
Evanced too far, and an instance has
II come under my notice. Who can
le2N seriously of such arrant nonsense
hen | am in a position to absolutely
k'te that lady of title, the wife of
kNtmgulshed officer upon the active ser
r. list. was caught redhanded in an
Eiord street shop on Thursday with
IT, dozen handkerchiefs in her pocket :?
goeeedlngs are being taken, and the dis
'>0reN are likely to prove racy read
! Corrupt Society, June Is, 10.
"6Sl Oxford street, w.
My Dear Jack-Have you heard any
ping Particularly startling lately? But
4 You are very likely to do so, and |
laht to have Il correct version, | will
~ 1t You myself. As you know, my
'2uons are furious at my being here,
|l0 when they meet me in the street cam
pass me without showing their dis
|PProval in no marked terms. But. out
E{St as am NV p,nf har TO Zoe NOLAN