New-York tribune., 1910-10-09

mantel, prints upon the Cars gray walls
and a wide windOwseat looking over ter
race and harbor.
The late Mr.. JudsOn's rooms, sir. ez-
planned the man. Miss Na-l.e-that Is
Mrs. GarriOtt. sir-had them ranged for
YOU" He was lingering the straps Of the
new masters suitcase.
GarriOtt had a vision Of this magnificent
Individual hauling out of its hiding place the
kind of ragged shirt he had sometimes worn
in the West. and with an invo,-r,ary gesture
stopped him. What are you to.ag:
The man Strengthened. VIII YOU not
dress now, sir?
GarriOtt laughed He suddenly rernem-
bered his linen was new. Oh. very We'll
What's your name?
''Tibbott, sir. l drew Mr.. Jui-0n's bath
and laid out his dinner clothes -Jr fifteen
years. His valet, sir; yours too. | nope
Shall draw it now. sir2
The prospect appalled, CARROT. He had
lived in a small hotel in a Western town
where a dress coat was either an object oil
suspicion or of amusement. He lad always
had one; but in the little u---taCturnS
city he had kept it in his trunk. Ee couldnt
repreSS a smile when he thOug what OH
JamisOn would say when he knew BROOKE
had man to LAY out his clothes anu
draw his bath. TibbOtt eyed the ne"
master impassively. Twenty wears VIE
Oliver JudsOu had taught him never to oe
surprised at anything. So he c-pa-Ned 'IT
valiSe and then silently crossed the room anu
turned the spigOtS IN the bath.
1t was clear that unless he made leclar4-
tiOn of independence TibbOtt would arrange
a schedule as immutable as time. For tne
present he yielded TO the inevitable, Ht a
cigarette, walked over to the window. anu
looked out over the lovely LClscaPe-
Straight before him, rolling gently 20 the
blue harbOr, lay a lawn cut through the VIZ
gin woods and bOrdered on each side by
heavy hedge of rhOdOdendrOns lust coming
to bloom. a path wound through the trees
at the left. and down near the b0a-r0use he
could make out the lines of several crai,
mOOred close TO the jetty. When Ilooo''
came into the room again Carrot queS-
toned him.
what boats are those, TIbbott3"
Boats. sir2 \ slOOp. power boat. and
some launches, | think Mr.. Judson was
very partial ro the water. s.~- Had ID
bo-- added. for bathing as U~. -~ -liIng.
he could not have looked a- his master |ltn
more eloquent eye
And the little house % the .s-t- .A-
tinued GJrrOtt.
"That-ycS, SIr-thdt the Ac-- -..~l--
er's cottage.
HIN. Do YOU know how many .-Ean,S
there are
..Nlore than twenty. I'm sure; thirty
persons, perhaps. sir, with the codcHu--1 and
chauffeur Miss Natalie-that Is. A.rs. Gar
riott. sir-she has always run the place gen
erously; though. rs | sometimes says Co. the
hOusckeeper
THAT Will do, Tibbott" broke r Gar
riott. You may go. I'll ring. Blythe way.
what rooms do all these doors lead e..
This, sir. TO the guest chambers. 'ad'-
eating; the one 20 the left 90 Che c -ctnS
room; the one beside me here -o thc ..-r,-o'
TO Mrs. Garriott'S private suite. tie pu'
his hand on the knob and turned i-, buzz tAt.
door would not open. Il did not Sro"
Brooke flicked his cigarette ou- "t tnf,
window That Will DO, Ti5hotc. he S,'id
quietly -.,.
Thank YOU sir. Is there anything e-seS
Mo- roarcd GaTUOtt.
And the man. with another rcprolcAIHI
look in the direction of the bathroom van
iShed into the hall.