New-York tribune., 1907-08-04

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Gru,uIci On the house %. Crampl11n. lIt
often occurs IN international, finance that the
..rlt,r- 81 activity t- from where t-eE are
imagined - be- Zach house al.i t1e c';ltil-
of ten millions nt money ur.ierNTtttr- HE COM
f.-t--r-.. ~ satellite ,lr--i~ AMI rc.E . PC us
bur--I under the T2-s o. Germany AMI France
r,.-rt..tivc.v as Ion as the p-lce ot issue ami
tho rate Of interest c'-..i be arranged II was
81 question ot only H.sIt q crrH-. Per cent ne
sultan v.t- I.v'nS IN the hope ~ ,iIt,lirytti5n
existence ~ the English Government te1cntci
..u hal: d crown per cent And tr,,-.t ier AMI
Crarur.r,,r and Lord Drncl7t.e SIT there ~ the
same table
Tic. Suppressed volcanoes were A,raHa-l
Cr.rsf,-l N and. ,-irIrt:sly. N4ur,-r toHr.irl..e-
on.. or tut.c Maurice hal deliberately tr,.et
his father, attempts o. -a-.t the conversation
away from. The. tn, absorbing, tvt,r o- cae hour
He was IN q strange f-i-rl.-e'ti5 il'}i m Ms
behavior belief his ur'-tr2-,rn| = i'T ramp
iron h,, daughter. who I'M ier7tood HIM, feared
one ot those outbreaks winch She knew So We.
The, immediate cause - the tr1t;ue was Lord
/. rl--- r-f.t- INC, -,th,e Lack ot ~ert'-t5-
ns-~ Il amused many people eNcee. .-,fl--E
hut there were Others whom II eN.e1.-,ll~'
,.\.t-rr-ttcI Nobody wJs more surprised than
Lor.i Domestic when volcanoes became active
II have, never really unicr~tooi the money
market. and So I'm 4trlit don unier.t4nt
the machinery ~ l'4n~- sad he h.iui-E n
r,-r,r,- :, a question from the NIrchi'rc@@
,hcIurr: but I was 50 busy ruSt then writing
my book On the theory OF taxation that really
hadn't time
And he looked rouni the dinner table. his
mouth slightly open IN a lJugutt smile, and ms
eve sI.l>-,~ Slipping down the ridge Of his e.
Most Of the company laughed. 70 Indicate
that p.u.a~tic's s.s..c- n; pure hUr-loT were N
comparable.
IN l'-tr1 Minister III ~-yy..yrls
lie hal Mt r,ti,ci the dark flash o.: q Se,wl
IN Cr..rurir,n's face, nor that N'r-tA wI| max
inc rl,,ti.at1rv gestures t. her bet-'thei-
"Pcrh4pS. s.ij SIT Louis Btrtrt:n. with a
naughty smile L may I've allowed u refer
Your Lorish,p for information 4b'ut the ma
chiucrv ot loan, T. a popular explanation III
TIN, mornings Daily Record
1t isn't quite nice Of vu,; u put Domestic
on T. The Record BIrtrAru." SAID Plr,ucr
the lawyer. having regard 70 It's leading ~
tltlc"
WHY" The query came from the Prime
Minister
AMI then answered Well. they accuse the
Cabinet OF helping the German neg. citations,
in fact Of TRYING To- bring about European
IN order - save their own neckS
DO they" slit Lord Domestic How
rude. Of thcrul But how ingenious | had no
dca that newspapers were So ingenious BE
sides 1T true. YOU know. He laughed. and
gazcd about him with LAZY calm
'' You want war" exclaimed Maurice. half
sprIngiug from his chair III angry protest
1t was the first volcano IN eruption. anI II
sent 4 thrill round the table.
"SonnvH murmurcd Carl CourlIulcr Sloth-
inrlv He had meant hlS dinner party u he
triumph 4 proof that Carl CuurlLuierS dinner
parties could rise superior to ~ matter what
circumstances. But ne had not expected -
hnI Il social delinquent III his own son
WHY not" asked Domestic.
'' Because war Is barbara and cruel SilI
Maurice with Indignation that was generous
but rude.
Nor,h Crlmpiron glanced at him with her
eager eyes. half aPplaudlng. half blaming him.
SO Is peace Domestic drtwlci The
brillianyc of tins cpigram dazzlei its author for
an instant. Moreover. he continued ScrI-
ousIv surprising telI2 What 4 calamity
tor the ndtlpni
Il thought Your LorlShip never iokeI."
Abraham Cramplron put III. with sudden and
startling brutality.
Ii was the bursting Of the second volcano.
CrLmpIrOuS Voice WAS naturally rLSpIng
ANY other man at the table might have made
that speech and inflicted No. wound. for If II
cruel 1t At any rate humorous. But
not Abraham CrampIrnu' The instructive
,I,tI1Itfi,rt of hriyht and ruthless