Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-29
The Argus Daily Short Story
An Unadvisabe Connection-By Martha v. Monroe.
Copyrighted. 1911. by Associated Literary Press

abolished by the English people. Young
TweeZerdale was as poor as a church
mouse, but had such talents for enter
tanning people that he retained his So
cial position. He could sing q comic
song better than any man in London
and gave infinite delight at fashionable
functions by the revival Of dance
popular in the early years Of the nine
teenth century called the highland
fling. In the garb of a Scotsman he
would give this dance to perfection.
Lord TweeZerdale was by these light
representations with difficulty main
tanning himself in the London drawing
rooms, while Mildred Strang was en-
deavorfng to arrange for putting off
her gambling debts until her marriage
or when she should receive her inherit
ance. They met, and the result was
case Of love at first sight.
Tweezerdale's uncle, John Foster,
who had made large fortune on tbs
London Stock Exchange, had prom
ised his nephew that if he would be
have himself and settle down he would
leave him the bulk of his fortune with
which to re-establish the former splen-
dor Of the earls OF Tweezerdale. But
thus far the young man had shown no
sign Of meeting the requirements. He
seemed more disposed to pay his way
in society by singing a comic song or
dancing a highland fling than by main
tanning a steady gait and rehabilitating
the family name.
There is nothing so well calculated
to settle young man as love, prOvid-
ed that love IS in the right direction.
Tweezerdale's love for Mildred Strang
set him to thinking. Supposing he and
she settled down together. His uncle
would at once turn over sufficient prop
erty to match that which would cpme
to Mildred on her marriage. There
would be no reason why his uncle
should object to Mildred except her
gambling debts, and these might be
concealed from him. Her fortune
could be relied on to win him to the
plan.
Tweezerdale proposed to Mildred
that they should thus unite their for
tunes. 1t did not occur to him that both
the estates were I'm the bnsh." Mil
dred threw herself into his arms and
told him how happy she would be to
do her part restoring the glory of the
earis of Tweezerdale. Young Tweezer-
dale responded by expressing his Joy
at being able to pay her gambling
debts
The transports over the two settled
down to business, or, rather, what they
called business. But one item of seri-
GUS Importance engaged their atten-
tion-Mlldred's gambling debts. Twee-
zerdale arranged a plan for putting
them out of the way until after the
nuptiaIs and the double accession to
fortune. He had a bank account.
True. It was usually overdrawn, but
he would get money from his bank to
pay Mildred's most pressing debts by
giving a draft on Paris. Before the
note was due in Paris he would meet
# with one On New York The New
York matter would be arranged by one
on London. Thus he would keep chas-
ing 1t around Ike dog running after
his tail TIL the day of the wedding.
The draft having been sent out on
its first journey, Tweezerdale went 10
bis uncle and announced his proposed
marriage with an American heiress, to
be followed by his settling down-no
more comic songs. no more highland
fling. Miss Srrang was without re-
proach in London society, and her for
tune would be forthcoming on the nup-
tial day. Mr. Foster, who was a bust.
ness man. told his nephew that he
would look into the matter and let him
know.