Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-12-16

me the Tartar girls story. asked
him to dine to-day, but l was obliged
to leave town suddenly, and so ! had
to put him off with note. | dare
say he's still in London"
81 daresay he is" Margaret re-
peated, and rising suddenly she went
to the window.
Mr.. Van Torp rose too, and thought
of what he should say in taking his
leave of her, for he felt that he had
stayed long enough.
The prima donna was still looking
out Of the window when the door
opened and her English maid ap-
peared on the threshold. Margaret
turned at the sound.
What is it," she asked quietly.
There's Mr.. Van Torp's man,
ma am" answered Potts. "E3e wants
to speak to his master at once"
"You had better tell him to come
up" Margaret answered. "You may
just as we'll see him here without 60
ing all the way downstairs she said,
speaking to Van Torp.
You're very kind, I'm sure" he re-
piled; "but I think I'd better be 60
ing, anyway"
mo, don't go yet, please! There's
something else I want to say. See
your man here while l go and speak
to Mrs. Rushmore. Send Mr.. Van
Torp's man up, Potts." she added, and
left the room.
The American walked up and down
alone for a few moments. Then the
impressive Stemp was ushered in by
the maid, and the door was shut
again.
"Well?" inquired Mr.. Van Torp.
HAS anything happened?"
Eyes, sir" Stemp answered. They
have turned us out of the house, sir,
and your luggage is in the street.
Where shall I have it taken, sir?"
"Oh, they've turned us out, have
I, they? Why?'
We'll, sir, I'm afraid it's partly my
fault, but there must be some mis-
understanding, for I'm quite sure l
didn't whistle in your room, SIR
so am I, Stemp Quite so. Go on.
What happened?"
well, sir, you hadn't been gone
more than ten minutes when some
! body knocked, and there was the land
! lord, if that's what he calls himself,
and strange German gentleman with
| him, who spoke English Rather shah
| by-looking, sir, 1 thought him. He
spoke most unciYilly, and said l was
driving him half crazy with my whis-
! Ting. l said I hadn't whistled, and he
! said / had, and the landlord talked
| German at me, as it were sir. | said
again I hadn't whistled, and he said
l had, the shabby gentleman, I mean,
! speaking most uncivilly, sir, | assure
you. So when I saw that they doubted
my word, l put them out and fastened
the door, thinking this was what you
would have ordered, sir, if you'd been
there yourself, but I'm afraid l did
wrong"
mo, Stemp. You didn't do wrong.
Thank you, sir
81 suppose, though, that when you
put them out they didn't exactly
want to go, did they?"
"No, sir, but I had no trouble with
them"
Amy heads broken?"
mo, sir, | was careful of that I
sent the landlord downstairs first, as
he was a fat man and not likely to
hurt himself, and the shabby gentle
man went down on top of him quite
comfortably, so he did not hurt him
self either. | was very careful, sir
being in foreign country
What happened next? They didn't
come upstairs again and throw you
out, suppose
mo, sir. They went and got two
of these German policemen with
swords, and broke into the room, and
told me we must move at once.
didn't like to resist the police, sir It's
sometimes serious. The German gen
| tleman wanted them to arrest me, Sc
| offered to pay any fine there was
for having been hasty, and we settled
for two sovereigns, which I thought
dear, sir, and I'd have gone to the
| police station rather than pay it, only
knew you'd need my services in this
heather town, sir. I'm highly relieved
to know that you approve of that, sir
But they said we must turn out direct
ly, just the same, SO [ re-packed your
things and. got a porter, and he's
standing over the luggage in the
street, waiting for orders"
"Stemp," said Mr.. Van Torp, "Fd
been whistling myself, before you
came in, and the lunatic in the next
room had already been fussing about
it. It's my fault"
yes, sir. Thank you, sir"
"And it will be my fault if we have
to sleep in a cab tonight"
The door opened while he was
speaking, and Margaret heard the last
words as she entered the room.
I'm sorry" she said, Il thought you
had finished. I could not help hear
ing what you said about sleeping in
a cab. That's nonsense, you know
WELL said Mr.. Van Torp, they've
just turned us out of the one room we
had because l Whistled 'ParsifaP out
of tune
you didn't whistle it out of tune,
Margaret answered, to Stemp's great
but well-concealed establishment. 81
know better. Please have your things
brought here at once"
"Here?" repeated Mr.. Van Torp
surprised in his turn.
YES" she answered, in tone that
forestalled contradiction. eff nothins