The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-07-29


Horace Simpson had taken TO him
self the manners Of the Harrow and
Oxford youth. He had esehewed the
society Of what he had learned, with
parrot-like aptness, to call those "yul-
gar Americans" and had confined his
social intercourse solely to such OF the
European .haut ton" as he could man
age to scrape acquaintance with.
And this last was a somewhat uphill
task. for. Whatever else one may say
about the English, they are inclined to
view With very little favor the pos
SCISSOR Of no other attribute than
money. True. there are exceptions.
and these but prove the rule.
Ethel, who Ind grown Into . really
beautiful young woman, had followed
suit, 20 TAR as in her modest powers
lay. Such Of her school friends as
would permit the half formed &C.
quaintance TO rlpen she had retained.
Such others Of her own modest begin.
nings she had quietly but emnhatIcally
dropped. From plain democracy she
had sought the antithesis. and the leap
was all the more an earnest one be-
cause OF it. breadth.
The sImpsons--and they Ind added
their mothers maiden name md linked
It to the paternal nomenclature with
q hyphen-had been deeply bitten with
the aristocEnIle virus ana after : long
and arduous struggle had managed to
meet Lady Creech.
This titled mondaine had the mlsfor-
tune to be sIclousiy short Of patrlmony
and inordinately long OF lineage, and,
while her life of self denial hid doubt.
less imbittered her, she had a most
inordinate value OF birth and distinct
appreciation Of cash: hence HhHn Il
came her WY to pick the Granger-
Simpsons ont Of the slough Of COM
monplaee acquaintance she did Il with
a royal fayor aud for stipulated con-
sideration.
Really. ny dear Haveastlea
pronounced It N old sailors pronounce
"fo'c's'tle"- was wont 10 say,
really. Of course. they are quite Inn
possible. but the girl Is m adaptable
little thing. md may be nble 70 make
something Of her IN time. while the
boy--ah. fear shall have 10 leave
him TO you and ST. Aubyn..
do as yon Ike" replied the Enrl Of
Hawcastle. With some choIer. but
keep them out OF my way n much as
possible positively VIII moi be badg-
cred by these unbaked eoionIEts.p
''One might stand n quantity Of
badgering. Hawcastle, for 100000"
at which the genial earl would squlrm
nervousiy.
At any rate. the Simpson children
began to b seen I'm the second stratum
OF London society and mel endless
numbers Of the shopworn nobility. but.
sad 10 relate. never one Of The truly
respectable. To those who KnoW their
London there nre several myers Of no
bility. and the layer the ordinary In
dividual meets. who has no soeIal pres
tige TO begin with. II composed Of that
peculiar elass that lends Ita name to
doubtful directories. TO queer pros
pectuses. % struggling mIllInera With
an eye on the mnin chance and who
gladly extend unlimited credit 10 their
patrons IN return for modest and well
put advertisement
Strangely enough the Haweaatle-
Creech combination did not drag the
willing Simpsons Into the glitIaring
presence Of The real set.
on the contrary, with somewhat
dog In the manager policy. they aWak-
ened both the earl and hIs slsIer-in-
law to the faet that they wished no
sharers In those American daIlarH that
John Simpson had sweated his brow
for. and n consequence they pro-
posed little trip-a quiet. anIe.season
trip--to Sorrento. where not n guest
would disturb them and where mat
tiers might be given chance TO right
themselves
And there. strangely enough. the
Simpsons met the Comtesse de Cham
pIgny aud we're quite delighted to find
the gifted and brilliant Frenehwoman
an infinite Of the earl's. TIE second
morning of their arrival the gay com
tesse put IN m appearance md with a
pIOiIDi1lHI2 AaHt WIZ HSIUU17IIIH IOuk
young Horace under the wI1o.iy sfng
and marked him for her own. And
that same morning the noble earl took
his equally noble son into the shrub
berry and spoke to him.
You've gpI to do t. s. Auhyn.. he
said The family honor i II stake.
For heavens sake, marry the little
fool! WhaI # her scurrIlous name II
simpson, You can make her forget It.
We are alozy broke, my good boz. and
she has : hundred and my thou.
That vii keep rs going Tor another
year or two. ana II Helene can capture
the young ass. Horace. III force her
to divide With me-"
but It's such a beasf1y bore, gov
ernor." drawled Almeric sl. Aubyn,
and be licked idly at the Thododen.
dron bushes With his stIck.
He was 4 pale. washed out youth,
with IN inlmltable drawl md SHIN
mering Of intellect that might. II II
had been given an opportunity. have
resolved Itself into good working i'm.
itation Of brain. Te his friends he
was "that hopeless ass and to his
is Sons Fault
puck waiting naIaIIun--Hovy