The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-17

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copyright. 1907 by w. G. Chnpman.)
Like most South Africans, Sir
Charles vnndrift is anything but Sc
T tcntary. He hates sitting down. ne
must always trek He cannot liye
Without moving about freely. SIX
weeks in Mayfair at ma time Is ,, as mr r,,,
.hange to Scotland Homburgy Monte
Carlo. Eiarritx, 4 won't be iim IN pc. on on
pass that in the early autumn we
found ourselves Stopping at the Metro
pole at Brighton. We were the a a,s-
enstomed nice ittlc family o Par. isoSsl
On On the first Sunday morning. after
our arrival we strolled out, Charles
4 hours allotted for Divine service-on
to the Kings road. to get a Wifi OF
j fresh air. and glimpse OF the waves ives
/ two ladies' with their. bonnets) had
gone to church, but Sir Charles had
risen late, fatigued from the weeks
tom a w,ls hsadaeh @as when in sttrib
room overnight, combined. perhaps:
with the insidious effect Of a brand ,ai,d
my evening whiskey. We were to. meet
our wives afterward at the church
lieve both Amelia and Isabel attach
even greater Importance than to the
sermon which precedess It,
Ea Ms s inqn,ringi W up and down the he
Kings road, on the lookout for boy
with Sunday papers; At last one rass-
cd "obserysTT (. n, my brother,in-law call
'.ain,t got none" the boy answered,
brandishIng his bundle In our. faces.
cave a Referee or a. Pink 'un?"
.r es whIe as aow 70 tec Pink TN is con-
siders ii unsuitable for public perusal
on Sunday morning. It may be read
h aa9or but the soe S IT, S's
send him on here at once to me-
A polite stranger who sat close to US
TUNED round With NTH pleasant affer s wo,
one?" The said, drawing cory from MS
pocket. II fancy bought the last.
There's q run on them to-day, you see.
Important news this morning from tho
Charles raised his eyebrows and ac-
ceptcd it, as ] thought Just "a trifle
Erumpiiy; So to remove the false I'm,
conversation with the polite stranger
He was n man of middle age and me.
dium height, with cultivated air anu
pair q gold reIn ss EYES d wepe
ped into talk before long about dis
tjngnished people just then. In Brlgh-
ton. II was clear at once that he was
hand In glove with many Of the very
Nice, Rome. Florence. Cairo. Our new
acquaintance had scores Of friends IN
common with us. II seemed: indeed, our
circles so largely conceded that Won
IL Md bannepal fiji than
to knock up against one another.
'.And Sir Charles yandritt. the great
African millioraire.' he said MT last,
"do YOU know anything about him? I'm
told he's at present down here at the
Metropoie.'
waved my hand toward the person
In question.
'ThIa is Sir Charles vandrift" an
twered. with pronrietary pride: "and I
am his brnther-in-law, Mr.. SEYMOUR
Wentworth"
"ol. indeed" the stranger answered,
with q curious air of drawing In his
horns wondered whether he had
Just been going to pretend he knew Sir |
Charles. or whether perchance he was
on the point of saying something. high |
~ uncompllnentary and was glad to !
have escaped 1t. |
BY this time, however, Charles laid
down the. paper and climed into our
conversation. could see at once from
sis modified tone that the news from
operations in Cioctedorp Golcondns.
fable temper. His whole manner
return to the polite stranger. Besides.
Ie knew the man moved In the hest
society; he had acauaintances whom
Amelia was, most. anxious to secure
Faith, the novelist, and Sir Richard
Montrose, the greatsArctic traveller AS |
Tor the painters, it was clear that he
and gave weekly i breakfasts to the
members af tne- Institute. Now Ame-
Tia is .particularly DESTROYS that. her
rlusiyely hnantial and political in char
acter. With a solid basis of NJ. Prs
and millionaires she loves delicate
undercurrent of literature. arr. and the
anee was extremely Communicative.
.Knows his place in society Sey" Sir |
Charles said to me afterward, land is |
therefore not afraid OF talking freely,
about their position" We exchanged
cards before we rose. Our new friends
name turned out TO be DR.. Edward
Polperro.
in practice here?" I inquired. though
his garb belied It,
"Oh not medical he answered. II
I'm an LII. D.. don't YOU know. / In 4
lerest myself in art. aud buy to some
y
The very man for Amelia's sat homesI;
Sir Charles snapped at him instantly.
I've brought my four-in-hand down
here with me- he, said, in his best
Friendly manner, and We think ofI
boiling over Tomorrow to Iewes. I'll
you'd care to take a seat I'm sure Lady
Vandrift would be charmed to see
you"
You're very kind" the doctor said,
on 80 casual an !ntroduction. I'm sure
we start from the N1etropole at
1880" Charles went on.
y shall be there. Good morning"
And with satisfied smile lie rose and
We returned 10 tn. lawn. to Amelia
md Isabel. Our new friend passed usI
,nce or t&1ce. Charles stopped him Il
Ind Introduced him. He was walking
With two ladies' most elegantly dress.
I'd IN rather peculiar artistic dresses. I
Amelia was taken at first sight by |
MS manner, 'Qne. could see at a
Elance, she said, .he was a person of
:lsture and Of real distinction. won
Ter whether he could bring the P, r,
a. tn my Parliamentary 'at home on 4
Wednesday fortn'eht?'