The Marshall republican., 1909-03-19
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'.~."' by FOLLY ELLIOT SEKWEu
.Iy MOLLY ELLIOT SEAWEu

OIlHllt IL Il tbChDt NOut IHhl hSlllhll5llipt
the month more or less will be of little
account; M II I fall, I shall miss the
finest chance of seeing the world | ever
had in my life. I think, sir, with diidence
l say II, that my record in the Ajax is
enough to make plain I am not shurk-
Ing the satisfaction 1 owe you, but l
would take It as a personal favor II you
would put 1t of to this day month, when
l will be in London And as shall eat
and drink of the best, tits ten to one I
will be much fater and therefore be a
mach better mark for you. I am, dear
sir, Your obliged and
"Obcdient servant,
GILES VERNON"
l pointed out to Giles that, although
the one of the letter was quite cor.
rect, the writing and spelling we're
scarce up to the Standard was more
bookish than Giles. But he replied
with some heat:
Who, while reading the communi-
cation Of a gentleman, will be so base
as to sheer at the grammar or spell
ing?" So the letter went as it was,
and in reply came a very handsome,
well.eXpressed letter from Capt. Over
ton. not only agreeing to postpone 1t a
month, but for six weeks, which
pleased Giles nightly. / wish to say,
although Giles was inexpert with the
pen, he had no lack of either polish or
ideas, and was as fine an officer as
ever walked the deck.
The matter with Overton finally set
tied, and the ship being paid off, Giles
n started for London, as happy as
two youngsters could be, with liberty
and $4,000 apiece to spend, for | &C.
knowledge that / had no more
thought of saving than Giles. We
tool a chaise and four to London
no st%age-coach for us!-and reached
there in a day. We had planned to
take the finest rooms at Mivart's hotel,
but fate and Lady Hawkshaw pre-
vented me from enjoying them except
for the first night of our arrival. Next
morning on presenting myself at the
admiralty to ask for letters-never
dreaming / should have any re-
ceived one from Sir Peter Hawkshaw,
which read:
"Grand-Nephew.-My Lady Hawkshaw
desires that you will come and bring
your money with you to our house In
Berkeley Square, and remain there.
yours, etc,
"P. HAWKSHAW, C. B."
Great was my distress when l got
this letter, as / foresaw there would
not be much chance under Lady
H~awkshaw's eagle eye of seeing the
kind Of life l wished to see. And |
was Obliged to go, for Sir Peter was
the only person on earth likely to In
terest himself at the admiralty for
me: and | might stay and wither on
shore while others more fortunate got
ships, II I antagonized him. And when
Lady Hawkshaw commanded there
was but one thing to do, and that was
to obey.
So, with a heavy heart, / took my.
self and my portmanteau and, in a
canvas bag, my 1000 guineas to the
admiral's great fine house in Berkeley
Square. My parting with Giles was
melancholy enough; for, with the
womanish jealousy Of a boy, / was un.
happy to think he would be enjoying
himself with some one else. while |
was suffering the hardship OF having
my money taken car Of for me.
Giles had no more forgotten the
Lady Arabella than l had, and, on
reading this note, exclaimed:
"Zounds! / wish Peter and Polly
had sent for me to stay In Berkeley
Square. with that divine creature un'