Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-25

that boss. The young grand duke wanted
MIN: He can say: Il am holding him fot
| Boris!''
So he says if Dan don't want the trou-
BILE, he will buy him, what's the dealers
| name?
Dan gives the address, but II can't wait
| to amuse myself this morning dan is al
| ways in hurry" Up has come mil
| lionaire New Yorker who likes Dan and
rather thinks he knows Dams ways. He
don't care. He knows" he will get his
| moneys worth.
Cantering With Dan.
II must run to the X garage, where
| the auto Of Nine. la Duchesse de x is
| kept "a gilded youth of Paris is now of
| the group. He is frantically and hopelessly
| In love with the duchess.) You know the
| lubies OF these pretty women. Ma fol. A
new Mercedes carrosserie by Rothschild,
Roi des Belges. magnificent. And now she s
going to throw it away on a mere specu-
| lator to buy new Charron! If can. I'll
stop her. But who has any influence with
that delicious young icicle." q can't stop
to analyze for you all the mingled daring
and discreet tact of this last phrase. Suf.
| nee to say the gilded youth receives a whip
stroke OF enthusiasm and new hope)
And SO he dashes off to the garage IN
buy the Rothschild- Ro i-des-Belges at twice
IT'S value,that the duchess may learn he
The New Yorker canters off with Dan
Ihey nave short conversation. The New
Yorker does not want to waste his time in
farls. we shall meet him again tonight.
| Dan Is always In hurry. At II am. he
mas returned home, been changed by his
deft valet and he hurries downtown in the
eiegant CAB put every morning at his dis
position by very, very rich old lady' and
goes to attend to her particular business.
n anybody else snaps up that Lawrence
~ L VIII take care she don't like it's varnish-
. .ns Ut soniethlhg, ne thinks as he enters
the shop OF dealer like Wertheimer, not
He talks with the party who is not Vert
Ma,1,ars Gan is fine judge of paintings
nne judge OF neckties, Bernaise sauce
stationary gas engines, Dresden china and
mint juleps.
At lunch with the great old lady he is
claiming:
Madame .sds we are going probably to steal
a March on Maxine Groult"' UIe piunges
story) ''"
It's the Lawrence?' drawls the ancient
dame.
Dear madame, straight from Blankety
Castle, Ireland. The heir dare not nut il
up for sale in London. He confided It to
his word to me and showed it to GrouIt~
pretends that Maxine pushed his way into
the private room!'' years ago the famous
collector did lift a famous Gainsborough
from the old lady, and she has never for
given it,
lady. >"o o'u
Gently. I'm not sure It's absolutely
worthy of your own collection. dear
madame. You have fifteen pictures. but ali
historical masterpieces. (True,) 1t was a
cloudy morning We must see It in a good
light. 1t ought to be brought here, TO
your gallery, to be judged
circuit, Groult!' mumbIes the old lady
(She can't spend her income, though she
tries).
He is the life of her luncheon party. No
one talks so we'll as Dan. No one has such
tact. Il put his conversation grossly, to
bring out relief. He is a gentleman, is
Dan. And. though he dearly loves madame's
unique old wines. he limits himself to three
tiny glasses of certain Bordeaux. He
must keep his head clear always. Dan don't
little he eats! Great Scott, he don't want to
set belly!
Right there, after luncheon, he will steal
ten minutes in the library to write business
letters.
Item: To the house of tombstone of Bor-
deaux, Monsieur lie Due de Maisoui will re-
new his cellars Kindly write me a few
lines about the stock you picked up at
sale.
Item to the duke: tombstone of Bordeaux
has snapped up the cellar of a great col |
lector of the south, deceased, who had a |
mania for La Rose, etc, etc. Also certain |
white Rhine wines.
A Judge Of the Values.
(The duke knows Dan is fine Judge of |
wines. Also of steam yachts cream-puffs, |
Venice point, short-horn cows, and all pre- |
cious stones).
The wines will be the best The duke
will be less robbed than If he had his |
hotel do 1t. Indeed Dan will