Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-05-20

glittering shimmering thing that
huttered whitley in the air. 1t was
Lady Arabellas satin petticoat; and,
halting before the door, the drummer,
with a great flourish, pounded the
lnocker. On the porter's responding,
the two marines handed the petticoat
in with ceremony to him, directing
him to convey it to the Lady Arabella
Stormont, with the compliments of
Lieut.. Giles Vernon of his majesty's
service This the man did, and was
almost torn to pieces by her for doing
so, though in what way he had Of
Tended l know not to this day. 1t was
trifling thing, and made laughter for
us all (including Lady Hawkshaw), ex-
cept Arabella She seemed to hate
Giles with more virulent hatred after
that, and tried very hard to induce
Lady Hawkshaw to forbid him the
house, which, however, Lady Hawk
shaw refused to do.
Neither Giles nor | had by any
means forgotten our appointment to
meet Capt. Overton on the field Of
honor; and as the time approached for
the meeting, Giles sent very civil
note to Overton, asking him to name
n gentleman who would see me to ar
range the preliminaries, for I would
never have forgiven Giles had he
chosen any one else. Overton re-
sponded naming Our old first lieuten-
ant, Mr.. Buxton, who happened to be
in London then, and was an ac-
quaintance of his. believe Overton's
object in asking Mr.. Buxton to act for
him was the hope that the affair might
be arranged; for from what had
heard of the deeply religious turn
Overton had taken, l concluded the
meeting was somewhat against his
conscience. But the indignity of
blow in the face to an officer could not
be easily wiped out without an. ex-.
change of shots, My principal was
much disgusted when Mr.. Buxton was
named.
81 know how it will be, Dicky," he
growled. You will sit like great
gaby, with your mouth open, imagin-
ing the tavern parlor to be the cock
pit of the Ajax. Mr.. Buxton will talk
to you in his quarterback voice, and
you will be so frightened that you
will agree TO use birdshot at 40 PAGES,
provided Mr.. Buxton proposes it."
This / Indignantly denied and swore
would meet Mr. Buxton as man to
man. Nevertheless, when we were
sitting at the table In Mr.. Buxton's
al Joi, ,cr.a T ho1
predicted. forgot several things that
l had wished to. say, and said several
things l wished l had forgotten. Mr..
Buxton did not let me forget, however,
that he had been my first lieutenant,
and I was but a midshipman. He
called my principal hot-headed jack
anapes before my very face, adding,
angrily:
"But for him | should have been
| first on the Indomptables deck" To
all this / made but feeble protest;
and finally it was arranged that the
meeting should take place at a spot
very near Richmond, at eight O'Clock,
on the morning of June 20.
When the date was set, and the ar
rangements made, I began to feel
very much frightened. Not so Giles
| There was to be a great ball at AL
macks on the night of the 28th and
Giles announced that he was going.
| 1t was a very special occasion for him.
| because the Trenchard, whom he still
called the divine Sylvia, and professed
to admire as much as ever, was to go
| that night. She was then the rage,
and had a carriage, diamonds, and a
fine establishment, yet | believe her
| conduct to have been irreproachable.
She had long been consumed wiA q
desire to go to Almack's, but up TO
| that time no actress had ever yet en-
| joyed the privilege. 1t seemed gro
tesque enough that young midship-
man, of no more consequence than
! Giles Vernon, should succeed in carry
ing this through. But such was actual
| ly the case; and Giles accomplished it
by that singular power he possessed,
| by which no woman could say him
nay. He worked with much art upon
those great ladies, her grace of Au-
chester and Lady Conyngham, and got
| IhCLh plSuSSu W II. VI COulSe, Ihe
most violent opposition was devel-
oped; but Giles, who had a perfect
knowledge of the feminine heart, man
aged to inspire these two ladies' with
the wish to exercise their sovereignty
over Almack's by doing what was
never done before. Having led them
into the fight, they had no thought Of
running away; and the result was in
Vulnerable heartburnings and jealous
les, and meanwhile a card for Mrs.
| Trenchard.
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