The Julesburg grit-advocate. (Julesburg, Colo.) 1907-1972, 1909-04-30
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CHAPTER v.
spent several weeks In Sir Peter
house and strange weeks they were In
many respects. ! never had tAe Ieas,
complaint to make Of the kisdness OF
Sir Peter or Lady Hawkshav, except
that LADY Hawkshaw insisted On IN.
vesting my money. all except ten
pounds she gave me. charging mo to
be careful with It: but Sir Peter
secretly lent me considerable sum.
to BIZ repaid at my majority.
Sir Peter was actively 1t war with
all the wOmenfolk in the household,
from his lady down. except little Daph.
ne. He assumed to conduct every.
thing in large town house In Berkely
Square exactly ~ II he were on the
Ajax. ~. He desired to have ths
lazy London servants called promptly
at two bells. five o'clock in the morn
ing. and to put them to holyst0ning.
sQuilgeeing. and swabbinE OF the
decks. AZ he called It, OF course the
nounced them as mutineers. and would
have dearly liked to put them all in
double irons. He divided the scullions
and chambermaids into watches, and
when they laughed In his face. threat,
ened them with the articles OF war
He wished everything In the house
slowed away in the last compass pos
sible. and when Lady Hawkshaw had
her routs. Sir Peter. watch In haud.
superintendent the removal of the fur.
niture from the reception rooms, which
he called clearing for action, and dis
charged any servant who was not
smart at his duty. He had Q room,
which he called his study. fitted up
with all the odds and ends he had
collected during 10 years In the navy,
and here he held what might be called
drum-head court-martials. and dis.
rated the domestic stan. fined them,
swOre ut them. and bitterly regretted
that the land law did not admit Of any
proper discipline whatever.
1t may be imagined what . scene of
discord this created. although Sir
Peter was OF 30 kind and generous a
nature that the servants took more
from him than from most masters,
and. indeed, rather diverted them,
selves with his hnes. and punishments,
and, when dismissed. declined to leave
his service. much to his wrath and
chagrin. The acme was reached when
he attempted to put the cook in the
brig. as he called dank cellar which
he determined to utilize for mutineers,
as on board ship. The cook. a huge
creature three times as big as Sir
Peter. boarded him In his own particu.
lar den, and. brandishing q rollingpn
that was quite as dangerous as q cut.
lass, announced that she would no
longer submit to be governed by the
articles Of war. ~ administered by Sir
Peter. She was sustained by a vo-
ciferous chorus of housemaids and
kitchen girls who docked behind her.
the men rather choosing to remain in
the background and grinning. Sad to
say. Admiral Sir Peter Hawkshaw.
c. b.. was conquered by the virago
with the rolling pin. and was forced to
surrender to the mutineers. which he
did with = very bad grace. At that
juncture Lady Hawkshaw hove In
sight. and. bearing down upon the
company from below stairs. dispersed
them all with one wave of her hand.
Sir Peter complained bitterly, and
Lady Hawkshaw promised to bring
them to summary punishment But
she warned Sir Peter that his methods
were becoming as intolerable to her rs
to the rest Of the family, and Sir
Peter. after a round or two for the
honor Of his nag. hauled down his COL
ors. This became especially neces-
sary. as his retirement was at hand.
consequent more upon an obstinate
rheumatism that fixed itself upon him
than his age. There was doubt
whether he would get the n c. B..
which he certainly well deserved. on
his retirement; there WAS some sort
Of hitch about 1t, although. after the
capture of the two French ships. he
had been promoted to the once Of ad-
miral. Lady Hawkshaw, however.
went down to the admiralty in coach
with six horses and three footmen and
four outriders, and. marching in upon
the first lord. opened IRE on him. with
the result that Sir Peter was saletted
X c. B. the very next week.
Little Daphne. who had always sub
r,itted to Sir Peters whims. did 50
more than ever after he had bsen
vanauished by the cook: and Sir Peter
swore. twenty times = week. that
Daphne had the stun IN her to make .
sea ofncer of the first order.
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