The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-01-06


Perkins could go hang. My lady sim
ply pattcd her faithful servant AND
companion on the back and said tina
she should miss her when she died.
The day on which my lady was t.
begin her yachting trip dawned auspi
ciously She had looked into her heart
She had felt the stir and tiutter of low,
and romance. She had heard that one
lady had said that she was old enougt
to be the counts grandmother.
She looked into her glass and indig
nantly repudiated the SANDER. Not q
gray hair in her head; not IL wrinkle o,
her face: not wabble to her knees ~.
she stood there and felt how good IL
was to be young again. Even he.
worst enemy must have been forcc,,
to admit that day the complexion jusl
finished by Perkins was Il three-A
brand, and that the movements of thu
old dame around the room had all Thu
litheness of girlhood.
After the midday lunch she became
petulant and nervous and finally drova
Perkins away to sit by herself. She
thus secured an interval in which tC
pack small trunk with the things she
would need aboard the yacht. At ths
dinner hour she had the meal served
in her rooms. She ate sparngy, but
drank rather more than usual of hel
favorite brand of Wine 1t is needless
to add that the bottle passed through
the hands of Perkins before taking ita
place on the table
Half an hour after dinner my lady
felt dlowsy and retired for nap She
then have plenty of time to turn the
key OH the unsnspecting Perkins.
Her ppffs were laid aside for the
noncc, her complexion secured against
accident, and she laid her head on the
pillow and fell asleep like tired child
or grandmother However. when
the count drove up soon after 10
o'clock he found my lady ready and
waiting. and the drive TO the quay was
quickly made.
En- route he wanted to inquire if
there had been much trouble in dis
posing of the Watchdog but as his
companion seemed disinclined for con.
versation he decided to let the point
| stand over until later They went on
| board the yacht at once. and my lady
was handed over to the care of the
stewardess. She might have inquired
If the rest of the party had come
aboard yet but she didn't. She didn't
| seem to care.
The count and the captain had had
their morning cocktails and We're hun.
grily awaiting the appearance of my
lady and breakfast, when she sailed
| into the cabin after night of sleep
broken at intervals by chuckles that
seemed to chucile of their own &C.
cord
She had smile of serenity on h,
face. and she sat down to the tabl
with good appetite. The captain.
DOTTED his cap and made his bow. The
count started to do the same thing but
caught his breath and then yelled.
1t was Perliins-Perkins the jewel
| Perkins the Watchdog Perkins the all
around best ever. She was calm. She
was tranquil She was very much al
home
She excused the absence of my lady
on the grounds of q very pressing en
ga%en"nt and promised. as her sub
stittte. to enjoy every hour of the trij
so kindly planned and so auspiciously
begun
1t WAS a breakfast With firecrackers
and Roman candles tied to it. Ever,
minute or two there WAS IL swapping
and cracking. and every minute oil
two something would so off The
count cursed and raved and tore his
llalr, the captain grinned and chuck
led and Perkins said she hadn't en-
| joyed a breakfast so much in many
moons.
1t was soon discovered that she anG
the count We're not en- rapport and
coundn't view matters in the same
light. In fact. they speedily decided
that they didn't want to be founC
drowned in the same Mediterranean
sea If the disappointed and cursing
man had had Perkins affair on the
desert or on some lonely mountain
neck. but on the yacht there We're re
straints.
OF course the craft put back Whel
Perkins reached the hotel she founC
my lady in tears and her complexion
ruined for life. The count left Nice
the same evening without having
called: the captain of the yacht hat
no news for reporters. and to this day
there are not half dozen people who
can elevate their eyebrows and lool
knowingly when certain name i
mentioned.
Perkins did not take advantage o
the circumstance as another might
She simply used the incident as leve
when she wanted to cut short anothe
filtration. After she had stated he
case With the force and clearness O
an attorney ut law she would hold VI
foreiinser and conclude with
Cut it short. my lady. may no
be there next time to doctor your win,
and take your place, and then VIVA