The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1908-03-15

| Ing that famous ale honorabiy known
as Fokers Entire. He had married
Lady Agnes, sister Of the prominent
and penniless Earl of Rosherwood. 20
one OF whose daughters young Foker
had been engaged since his chiidhood
This kindly scion Of the ale brew
ers and earls was hail Fellow Wen
met with everybody. He called his
noble uncle ''oid cock" with the same
unassuming simplicity with which he
| addressed the famous coal HEAVIER who
had whipped the Shropshire One. He
dazzled Pen by giving an order for
| dinner OF turtle and champagne. which
| little feast was wound up with
visit to the play where the wonderful
Fotheringay was performing The
| Stranger"
In the grand scene all the house was
afrectsd. Poker wept piteously into
huge yellow silk handkerchief. As for
Pen, the whole theatre reeied before
! his sight 1t was something over
whelming, maddening, delicious.
He rode home in a whiri. and with the
| first touch Of dawn he awoke to the
same madness. Hardly had he eaten
breakfast before he was or again on
the mare and riding madly to Chat
teris.
| There Foker did him the inestinaabis
favor Of introducing him to the Fother-
ingay's father. Captain Costigan, once
| Of the Foighting Huntherd and Third"
and o Costigan of Costigantown. The
| Captain was attired In extremely shah
by garments and gave Pen military
salute with very dirty and broken
| glove. He wore a high stock, stained
and SCARED. His dress coat was but
| toned up tightly where there were butt
| tons and his once handsome face was
coppery from much whiskev.
! In the brief morning of life Costigan
| had been the delight Of regimental
\ messes and had the honor of singing
at the tables of the most illustrious
generals and commanders In chief. He
spent his doubtful patrimony with
speed and drank many times more than
was good Tor him. After retiring has
| tily from the army he kept anoat in
mysterious ways. ready to drink with
any man and indorse any mans note,
and always ready to keep at the pathos
Of his own sentimental songs which he
sang admirably,
The Captain was much impressed
1 with the grandeur Of the Prince Of
| Fairoaks and the lavish way in which
that royal heir spent money. To Pens
wild delight he invited him to his home.
where he had the honor Of meeting the
| peerless Fotheringay face to face. She
looked even more handsome on the
stage than on. Indeed. she was one OF
| the beauties Of her day: and later when
she made her grand success In London
the whole town lay at her feet.
| Small wonder, then, that PENS heart
nearly choked him and that his knees
| trembled under him. He scarcely heard
\ her speak. 50 overwhelmed was this
poor lad with love and confusion. The
Fotheringay looked at the rosy,
| freckled, frank, good natured face. the
honest blue eyes and the innocent con-
fusion of the lad and mentioned In a
rich, deep, melancholy voice that the
weather was very fine. Subsequently
| she added to the conversation by an
nouncing that II was q bit warm.
The truth was that Miss Costigan
was invincibly stupid, but poor Pen
rode home that night saying aloud to
the. sky and the trees: How heauti-
| full she Is! How simple and how ten
deri How we'll she talked! Emily!
Emily"
Now the mare had her work cut out
for she had to carry her young master
daily to Chatteris at her best speed.
Night after night Pen spent watching
breathlessly for the appearance Of En-
| lily on the stage. Hour after hour he
spent listening to Captain Costigan's
tales Of His Royal Highness the luke
OF Kent and paying for the old toper's
whisky. He wrote verses. sonnets.
/
invincible stupidity made her invinci-
bly, good natured. received them with q
kind smile. and after PENS departure
would say: poor lad. They're very
grand. but what they're all about I'm
sure don't know"
Put them with tn hother letters.
Milly darling" said Costigan with a
wink. 'sir Poldoody's PONIES was
nothin to this" And Milly would lock
them up while debating whether she
should have mutton chops or breiled
kidneys for luncheon.
OF course Pens infatuation for the
actress could not long remain a secret.
All Chatteris was talking of 1t and
soon HeIen's kindest friends fastened
to tell her of it.. not forgetting to put
the worst possible construction upon
1t. Old DR.. Portman came to the
house and upbraided him in his moth
er's fearful presence. When Pen raw
ed about her goodness and declared
that the Costigans were fully as good
as the Pendennises. having been kings
in Ireland. the old doctor burst out:
why. you don't mean to say that you
want to marry herr
ON that Pen put on his most princely
| air and asked vehementily: what
else, DR.. Portman could be my desire?"
whereupon Helen threw herself on her
sons shoulder in an excess Of iov and
cried, II told you. Doctor. that he was
not what you thought"
Utterly routed. the doctor could only
gasp, send for Major Pendennis.
ma AM"
That poor old buck received the news
with horror. He thought how people
would laugh at him were his nephew
to marry a tragedy queen. He groan-
ed at going to the country in the height
Of the London season. Ruefully he
wrote off refusals to the Marquis of
steyne and Lord Deuceace and all the
other notable ones who had invited him
to their festivities. He ordered HIS
valet to pack his belongings and re-
signed himself piteously to martyrdom.
He arrived barely in time. for Pen
had almost won his mother over. The
wise old man of the world wasted no
time with the lovelorn youngster. Like
an old campaiEner he sailed at once
against the key position. which was
that weak and maudlin fortress, the
castle Costigan.
Though he shuddered at the sight and
odor Of that alcoholic soldier. he bluffiy
declared himself comrade- in-arms with
him and soon managed to convex the
information that Pendennls was but a
poverty stricken Prince who would
have nothing at all till his mother died
and then only FIVE hundred year
Captain Costigan arose in lion-like
wrath and called down the imprecations
Of Heaven on the imposter who had
trified with the affection Of his inno-