The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-10
(copyrIrht, 1907. BY ". d, chapmun.)

"'Let us take a trip to Switzerland
said Indy vnndrift. And amy one who
knows Amelia VIII not be surprised e
e sp1n @a take Soody p es 70 s rvt
body at all can drive Amelia.
There were difficulties ut the outset
because we had not ordered rooms q,
the hotels beforehand, and II was well
on In the season; but they were over
come at last by the usual application
OF golden key; and we found our.
selves in due time pleasantly quartered
IN Lucerne. at that most comf 9, ,,,ni1s
zerholf.
We were square party OF four,
Sir Charles and Amelia, myself and
Isabel. We had nice big rooms on the
first iioor overlooking the lake: ana a as 5
none of us was possessed with the
mania which shows itself In the form
of an Insane desire to. climb mountain u !,
heights of disagreeable .steepness anu
unnecessary snowiness, ] VIII yentu VI g
to assert we all enjoyed ourselves. we
spent most Of our time sensibly In
lounging about the lake on the jolly
little steamers; and when we qua
mountain climb II was on the Rigi or
all the muscular work for us.
AS usual, at the hotel great many
miscellaneous people showed a burn
ing desire to be specially nice TO us;
charming humanity is, just try being
well-known millionaire for week,
and you'll learn thing. or two.
Wherever Sir Charles goes he is sur,
rounded by charming and disinterested
people. all eager to make his distin-
guished acquaintance, and all familiar
with several excellent investments or
several deserving objects of Christian
a To 1a,St Inc iy,
his brother-in law and secretary. to
decline with thanks the excellent In
vestments. and to throw judicious cold
water on the objects of charity.
almoner. am very much sought after.
Peoipe casually allude before me to
artless stories of "poor.ctrates In Cum.
berland you know. Mr.. Wentworth"
with epics in their desks, and young
painters who need but the breath of a
patron to open to them the doors OF an
admiring academy. ! smile, and look
minute doses. but never report one
of these cases to Sir Charles, except
in the rare or almost unhcard-of event
where / think there is really some-
thing in them.
Ever since our little adventure with
the Seer a, Nice, Sir Charles. who is
constitutionally cautious. bad been
even more, careful thar. usual ascut
us at table d-hotc at the weitzerhof
Ills fad OF Amelia's to dine at table
d'hnte; she says she can't bear to be
too much family sinister-locking
man with dark hair and eyes. con-
by his bushy. oyerhanging
eyebrows. My attention was first
called to the eyebrows In question by
n nice little parson who sat at our
side. and who observed that they were
made up of certain large and brstly
hairs. which Che told us) had been
cestors. Very pleasant little fellow,
this fresh-faced young parson. on his
honeymoon tour with nice wee wife,
R bonnie Scotch lassie with charm
Ing accent.
/ looked at the eyebrows close.
Then sudden thought struck M.
do you believe they're his own?" T
asked of the curate; "or are they only
stuck on-a makeup disguise? They
gan; and checked himself suddenly.
yes, l do" l answered; "the Seerw
Then. Il recollected my blunder, and
the truth, Nandrift had straightly en-
Joined on me long before to say moth
ing of our painful little episode at
Nice to Amelia: he was afraid If she
once heard of it he would hear of it
What seer2" the little parson i'm
CURED, with .parsorical curiosity.
/ noticed the man with the overhang-
start. Ctarles,'s glance was fixed upon
me. l hardly knew what to answer.
On, man who was at Nice with
hard to look ,unconeerned. "A fellow
turned the subject.
But the curate. like a donkey
wouldn't let me turn II.
Had he eyehrows like that?" he IN
angry. If this was Colonel Civ, 'the
snrate was obviously giving him .le
for us to catch him, now we might
possibly have lighted on the chance of
NO, he hadn't" answered testify
lit was a passing expression. But this
is not the man. was mistaken, no
doubt" And nydged aim t,sasjS,
,or Thg te cuIe5 h was too %
ncdding hard and looking wise. Then
h, turned to his wife and made an OBJ
vious face, which the man with the
eyebrows couldn't fail to notice.
Fortunately atG political discussion
going on few places farther down
The table spread up 70 us and 'liverte1
for / could see Amelia was boiling
over with curiosity by this time.
After dinner, in the billiard-roorl,
however, the man with the big eye
brows sidled up and hogan to talk TO
me. II he was Colonel Clay, i. was
evident he bore us no grudge "a all
for the $4,000 he had done us GU, of.
On the contrary. he seemed quite pc
pared to do us out of $1,000 more when
opportunity offered, for he introduced
himself al, once as DR.. Hector Mac
.pherson, the exclusive grantee OF ev-
tenslve concessions from the Brazilian
government on the Upper Amazons Ee
dived into conversation With me at
once as to the splendid mineral re-
sources of his Brazilian estate--tnei
silved the platinum the actual rubies.
the possible diamonds. 7 listen1cI and
smiled; ! knew what was coming. All
he needed to develop this magnificent
concession was a little capital.
1t was sad TO see thousands of
pounds worth of platinum and car
loads of rubies Just crumbing in the
soil or carried away by the river for
want OF few hundreds to work them
with properly. If he knew OF anybody.
now. with money 10 invest he could
recommend him-pay. offer nina
unique opportunity of earning, say. 40
per cent. on his capital, on uninpeach-
able security.
Il wouldn't do It for every man."
Pr. Hector Macpherson remarked,
drawing himself up: "but IL / took n
fancy to a fellow who had commapd of