Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1909-02-25
Barbarous Impudence.

known to me. AS girl she was no
more like the typical English girl than
gypsy Is like queen. She was nine
teen years old. not very pretty. with
thin, fairly tall figure and a pair Of
eyes with which she could express any
emotion she felt or did not feel. She
was doing England as thousands of
Americans do Europe-guideboo In
hand-in company with party from
her native state. Indiana.
"Well, one morning two or three of
them. the girl--Eliza Kimball. I'll call
her-included. went to visit an English
castle near the Scotch border. There
were two other girls. an elderly man
and a boy. They walked to the castle
and stood at the gate waiting to know
II strangers were admitted; but. since
there appeared to be no gatekeeper
about. Eliza led the way In. They
hadn't gone Il dozen steps before Il man
In overals his hands covered with
black grease. came out Of basement
door and seeing the party approach
ing, waited till they came up.
"Are strangers admitted to the cas-
tie? asked Eliza.
"'Not today
"'Oh, dear. we've come all the way
from Indianapolis to see it. How dis
appointing"
land where is Indianapolis? asked
the man.
indianapolis! You don'tknow where
indianapolis IS. I'm surprised. If you
had our public school system in Eng
land even mechanic like you would
know where that is. It's the capital
OF Indiana. United States of America
"'Well. since you've come SO far to
see the castle | suppose III have to
give you chance. Come with me-.
He showed them everywhere, in
side and outside. Eliza walked beside
him, plying him with questions. She
soon noticed that any one they met
showed surprising Difference to their
guide.
"'Who is the man in overallS? she
asked OF n lackey.
"'IIe's Lord Walter Furgeson, his
Erace's youngest SON.
"'You don't mean 1t! What makes
him wear such togsT
"'He has fancy for machinery.
He's invented many valuable things
"'Oh he has Much obliged for the
information And she rejoined the
party. Sailing up beside Lord Walter,
she said:
"'Come; we've had enough Of these
musty pictures. There's not real
bright one among them. Show us
something more inspiriting.'
1.-THE young man smiled. There's
nothing here less than 800 years old.
not even the furniture
"'Well, then. think it time you got
some new things. If chair lasts
twenty years in America we think
it's doing well. We throw 1t away
after that and get new one. 1t keeps
things fresh
Everything is fresh in America.
believe
".Even we girls We haven't any
old fashioned notions. Now, in Amer
lea, if you. even in your overalls, were
to show yourself worthy, you'd be
treated just as we'll as any one
"'Would |, indeed"
"'Certainly You come to IndianapO-
! lis when I'm there. and III show you
! around and introduce you everywhere.
You can wear your overalls too
"They went through the rest of the
old pile, and at everything that was
particularly ancient Eliza would say,
| why don't you freshen 1t up? or
Cant the duke afford to buy a new
oneY or make some other equally dep
recating remark. And when their
guide led them to the gate she took
half crown from her portemonnaie and
handed it to him. He didn't want to
take 1t. but she said: Nonsense!
You've earned it. Never refuse what
you've earned honestly. That's the
way our men get rich and their daugh-
tiers come over here to marry into
your nobility and keep these old cas-
ties patched up with their fathers for
tunes
Lord Walter took the coin and
went up to his apartments to change
his costume for evening dress.
allow | did fool that American
girl. he said to his valet.
"1 think not, your lordship.' said
the valet Murphy told me she asked
him who you We're and he told her.
"The young man paused In putting
on a white silk waistcoat with gold
buttons and stared.
"'By Jovev he exclaimed, and that
was his only comment.
"He Joined party Of high bred Eng
fish girls ut dinner but he couldn't dis
miss from his mind that impudent
American girl who had dared to talk
to him, knowing his station, as If he
had really been greasy mechanic.
That night he lay awake thinking
about her thin form, her American ac-
cent and, above all. those eyes of hers
expressive brown eyes that looked so
innocent-and he tumbled all over the
bed
"Well, to make long story short, In
about two months he went to Indian
apolis, was introduced to all Eliza
Kimballs friends and took her back
with him to England.
That's what I mean by impudence
winning your men over here. You
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