Gunnison news-champion., 1908-08-28
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never quite knew how il vas that
took Vincent wifh ms. except thai We
both needed holiday at the same
time and the same kind OF holiday ap
pealed 10 us both Ninceuts whole
name and title Is Lord wilfred Vim
cent for he is tn. younger son uf the
old duke Of Totten. Men of his own
age call him Freddy" bat ! call him
Vincent or Wilfred. because ! con
slider cartailed appellations undignified.
Vincent Is an artisi-that Is he calls
himself one. his friends call him "A
dabbler In art lie doesn't really go
IN for II seriously. you know but he
did little sketches of COWS and that
sort of thing rather well. ] fancy. So
we agreed that our aim was to find
little old village. far away from
London and get rooms in some old
farmhouse My idea was that Vincent
would go out and paint the cows while
] would lie in the hammock and the
old lady would bring me buttermilk.
Wilfred had an idea that he. too.
would like to spend a good Bit of his
time in hammock. but with this diff
Itffn'ts lldt iHt iduN btdulli
daughter was to bring him lemonade.
But | pointed out to him that the
chief reason that | was running away
from town was to get rid of the
debutantes. and therefore he'd have to
leave the fair ones out Of our air castle.
Our plan was just to bask in Nature.
and We had six weeks to bask in. The
a( tn, rx
much Of Wilfreds time and he doesn't
do anything else except "dabble." OF
course, being a younger son, he hasn't
. shilling of his own. but the old duke
makes him q comfortable allowance.
because he dotes on Wilfred as much
rs he detests his eldest son, Edmund.
the heir 10 the dukedom. So. when
Vincent complained of feeling "all run
down" it was easy for him to get six
weeks on. although. as ] tell him. he
has been getting six weeks of" ever
since he left Oxford, two years ago.
He isn't "a yet.
Nevertheless, Vincent is one of the
best little chaps in the world. ] don't
mean that he is undersized. for he
stands six feet two in his stockings, /,
but is so good natured. so jolly and
amiable and straight-well-jus natur.
ally nice. don't you know-that every
body is ''just crazy about him." as the
American girl ! met last summer used
TO say. and all the men. young and old
alike. have gotten to calling him ''lt-
tie Vincent or Freddy" from his
Eton days, just by way of endearment
or course. I'm much older than Vim
cent-to be more exact there's a mat
ter of 12 or Is years between us-but
must say / can't help being drawn
10 him. I've known him ever since he
was born. and then, you see. we're
both Oxford men. belong to the same
clubs. and. of course, Terhune is as
old a name as Vincent even II 1t hash I
any handle to it. and. If | do say it
there's never a dinner given in Lon
don town that Archibald Terhune i,
not invited. But. somehow. in this. m,
tenth season. | became utterly wear,
Of the limelight. the dinners, the balls
the match making mammas tfor ] an
an eligible bachelor. and. most o
all. the debutantes. with their edu
Gated smiles and cultivated stares.
felt that | must nee from London I,
escape. and thus. as Vincent is al
ways ready for a holiday. We foun,
ourselves one fine day well started OF
our jurney. We had taken the nool
train for Kingsbridge. and changing
there were to go on to Cuppstone
which an artist friend OF Vincent's ha,
Cd 70 ho y,la
We were looking for.
Jolly lark this" said Vincent, afte
We had been some time on our way
''only hope Cuppstone and Damer'
farm will be what we want. Graham
cracked it up to the SKIES
That's the trouble" l complained
when a things talked up too muc
it's sure to disappoint one"
Wait till you see it. old pessimist, :,
said Vincent. with a cheerful grir
IT'S got cows which provide butte
milk and art. and I've got some len
ons in my grip for the lemonade. tn
only thing that troubles me is tn
landlady's beautiful daughter. Ii
afraid she'll be a minus quantity
Then he put his feet across on m
side of the carriage and lit . mast,
smelly. old pipe. That's the wor.
Of Vincent; he's SO young he doesn
think how a thing like that may e
on ones nerves. But l wouldn't hui
his feelings for anything. and SO I ha
to let him smoke.
About three O'Clock IN the afte
nocn. when We had left the comfor
able carriages Of the main line IL
the ramshackle ones OF the branc