The sun., 1908-07-19

narrow face. topped by a mass Of hair as
false as IL was fair, med wan think Of q
horse with It's hot weather hat on, KEN
sweeping exoitedly into the room. .
Wan important queschun, my Lud Juke, !.
abe began-this to me, reminder, 1t med
We understand that the trihing sum to be
allowed to dear Lard Roland for bis tim
porary expinses La TO be tindered In large
bills and not In gold. as we had fought
proper; but the particular pajuntry TO be
observed-shud It take place In the prisnoe
Of the servants and the neighboring pis-
santry?'
~Nope, not serf, answered. at din
ner tomorrow night wud suggist, with
just Ourselves, quite entire nous
well, we'll out her out and be just by
ourselves. thin. Over ct the Imperial cas-
tile II has been the custom from time In
memoriam for seoh trumpery tribute to be
brought by the father OF the bride selict
on silver salvo--'
Like briied prairie hen2 understand
1T shall be done. But he shud wear knee
breaches, shudn't her
-I'll wave thin, madam conceded
majestically.
hut It was plain from the meditashun that
her way on hospital cares intint, that 80 i'm
portant a detail to a wriggle funoshpn wud
not be lacking IL she had her will.
What sort Of Mrs. jolly waxwuks are you
winding up. Smithersp' demanded large
And not q bad name. eeder.. large I
replied oomposedly, "for the kind Of per-
farmanoe I'd like to have take place to-
morrow night in tho seclusun Of the family
dining room, far from the gadding crowd
For waxwuks are too didly busy with what
they have to do to give heed to anything
ilse that may be goin' on
III.
The tail candles in the apron on the ointre
Of the dining room table bunned with q
ohurchly light whin, the coffee and wine
and wallnuts being sprid and the servants
dismissed. Mr.. Mcknight solemnly stole
away.
There were six Of US who awaited with
baited breath his ooming-Mrs. Mcknight
Flossie. Dole large. Guerin and mysilf-a
combinashnn of follies. evils. sinsib!hties.
hopes and passhuns At to make stew for
the gods.
large was outdoin' hissilf In gnllantries
to the girl. arter that crank in his natur'
that med the difficult seem the more desir-
able. She was flnthest from his style. II
heI liver had amy. Shud forchune dwarf
possibilities into 30 extraordinary channel
as to sind thin floating togedder on the
matrimonial sea she alone wud be more
wretched than he. And yit, Just beouz
he SUSPECTED and had said that the poor
young thing had q sneaking fondnees for
Dole. full as poor. as young and as much
Of a thing. he In his graspin. greedy rivalry
was doing his utmost to win her for himsilf.
Just 80 men sometimes gamble fiercely
for beans or pebbles unly to t'row thin
away whin won.
Dole saw this course Of inhuman evints
even more clearly than j. from his seat next
to Guerin, and his face grew ghashly pale
where the freokles and pimples offered
chanct Hewas squummin' in the frying pan
Of jealousy. Wud he finally leap over
and let the fires Of passhun consume him
at their wi1l2
The door opened, and with stately step
and abashed face Mcknight inferred bearin'
the fateful dish. From some burlesque
source Mrs Mcknight had obtained a pair
Of rid plush knee breeches; and these he had
darned-I might even use q stronger tarm.
With the combinashun Of his driss cut, white
tie and dimund studs he was q sight that
med d commic weakly more sober than the
New England Primmer be comparison.
But IL amy lips twitched they were Jarge's
and mine; and prisintly ours. too, were dry
and stiff with fierce expectancy. Mcknight
paused beside my cheer. he raised the silver
kiver. he exposed stack Of vugginal yellow
backs OF high degree At to set q skilington
clamberin from its case.
Me Lud Jdke.' he said in mufied tones.
'the wedding tribute
Deliver it to our factor answered with
all the hot air l oud summon. the wave Of
me hand indicatin' that fought Guerin
but very small factor too.
We had had no chance to talk with the
old genealogist since his arrival, and the
to him. Now. with the silver salvo de-
posted on the table in front of his place
with the ividince Of the succiss Of his scheme
within reach OF his narvous fin gers, that sin
hilth to the bride. cried Mcknight. tucking
his legs under the boord as II glad to be rid
of thin temporarily; and with that Guerin
put down his wine glass with gulp and fol-
lowed il with quick chaser.
1 rally b'ieve that the madness which
so soon was to neck Guerin into the pun
menent seclusiop an asylum grants was
alriddy t'rillin his unaccustomed veins
Reminder he had lived the life Of mole
for / do not for mumment tink he had
liver made such q strike before-grubbin
and gropin' troo the dark and the dirt. all
light Of gold. That light now dazzled him;
IL tunned his brain even more completely
than he KEEP tlnnin' his glass.
l looked over warningly to large. but
that most unreliable Of men, wearied with
his mouldin' Of the animated putty by his
side, was ripe TO t'row all care and RESPONSE
bility TO the winds Of eTcitemint.
Go it, old truepenny!" he cried. we
must live up to the anc'cnt tradishuns OF our
race which calls for u night of beakers.
bumpers and booze. Your Grace"-this to
me, oh, Lud-.Your Grace, tarry not with
the ruby. My RESPECTED parents which
are to be. we MUST unbind sufficient to
look towards each odder troo the magic
glass which magnifes virtoos and eliminates
faults. 'Tis noblisse obliges. you know
They didn't know. poor souls-that was the
worst Of it--they believed without KNOWN.
that s, without limit. Even Mrs. Mcknight
slipped like a high checked horse, while
Ambrose strove valianty to dim his rad
junt breeohee by the scarlet Of his face.
1t was family symposium. with Flossie
settin' back unnoticed. out OF the wet.
looked on Dole, and realized that his
time Of acshun had came. Unable to form
a resolushun? There was determinashun
enough on his brow alone to cause
him to be deelin' out poison wholesale in
stead Of the brandy no was slyly slippin'
in Guerin's wine glass, thereby reducin'