The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-01-10

wife after dinner.
"He is" said, "a thorough gentleman
could see that at once. 1t turns out that
he knows the Amesburys in London. He
spoke Of the Countess and Of Lady Julia and
Lady Peggy in way that showed he was
really intimate with them. He seems to be
in first-rate society He is, as thought, one
OF the D'Alemberts whom / knew; first
cousin to Ambrose D'Alembert of the Artil-
lery.'
Mrs. Sullivan told me at the tennis club
this afternoon" said my wife, that her
husband thought that he knew Mr.. D'Alem-
bert. His face seemed quite familiar"
"That's just like the Sullivans," ! said,
"tpying to scrape connection with a man
just because he owns motor car. From
what saw Of him this afternoon, should say
that it's most improbable that Sullivan could
ever have met him anywhere" !"
Mary Goulding told me" said Mandie,
my eldest and only grown-up daughter, " that
her father seemed to recognize Mr. D'Alem-
bert, too. 1t was something about his eyes,
she said"
"Goulding," said severely, "knows that
D'Aembert is the name of the Bishop of
Sudbury. He shook hands with that bishop
once at church congress, and I've no doubt
he's most anxious now to prove that he's an
old family friend of the D'Alemberts"
1t turned out afterwards that Jefferson also
thought he recognized D'Alembert at
tached no importance to what he said. Nei-
ther he nor Sullivan could explain how they
came to be familiar with D'Alemhert's face
Gouldng's bishop theory was of course
absurd My own opinion is that they all
pretended to recognize him because they were
jealous Of my knowing his first cousin. They
wanted to put themselves on level with me.
Mr.. D'Alembert was extremely civil and
agreeable to every one. He Joined the tennis
club, although he did not play himself. He
invited us all TO dinner several times. He
organized picnios, and always conveyed some
of the party in his motor car to the scene OF
the festivities. He ultimately gave dance
1t was at the dance, which took place early
in August, that he first paid marked attention
to my daughter Mandie. She is good-look-
ing girl and was the only young woman pres
ent who was dressed like lady Goulding's
two daughters appeared in clothes which
would have suited second-rat barmaidS
Mrs. Jefferson, whose children are still in the
nursery, had dress which | suppose she
thought fashionable, but which my wife very
properly described as indecent. Mandie wa:
quietly and, at the same time, handsomely
dressed We got the frock from a Londor
shop which was having cheap sale and my
wife, who is very clever, altered it SO that i
fitted
My wife came home one afternoon from tht
tennis club and walked into my study. saw
at once that she was seriously annoyed abou
something put down the magazine wa
reading and asked her what was wrong.
Mrs Sullivan" she said, chad lette
from her son this morning.
"The Office boy" said "WellF"
lie says that the D'Alembert he knows il
London"
81 don't believe" said, that he know
any D'Alembert. He may perhaps have seel
man Of that name from across counter"
lie says" went on my wife, " that thi
D'AIembert, whoever he is, has turned on
10 be fraudulent bankrupt, and has run
away from his creditors, or from the law, Q
whoever il is that such people do nun ava
. from.
don't see began
Mrs Sullivan. sad my wjie, limited Z
; me that well, that Alffc5 We had "a
into the way of speaking q Mr D'Aiemher
as Alfred when we were alone that II