The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-12-10
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rests and magic red fluids In cleaning
glassware would he open 70 him
He followed james to the door.
He paused there ms the luulsY drew
open th" great mahogany pnrtal fur
him 10 pass Into the ycslibule.
EnSoHu TIC wrought iron gates ia
th" darb Highway Glncb Riley aud hi~
twn pnls casualty slrolIcd lingering
under their coats the inevitably fatal
wenpoHa that were to MAKE the re
| ward of the rap doll theirs.
Fuzzy stopped Mt The nilIiouaire's
door aud bethnuGht himself Like liz,
| tic snrtIs III fuiStietuc on II dead tree.
| certain living green thoughts and Nom
cries began to decorate his confused
mind. lEc was quite drunk. mind you.
and the present was beginning 10 fade.
Those wrenths and festoons Of holly
with their scarlet berries making the
| great hail gay where had he seen such
things before? Somewhere he bnd
known polished floors and odors Of
| fresh flowers In winter. and and some
ono was singing IA song in the house
that he thought he had heard before.
some one singing and playing n harp,
or course it was Christmas. Fuzzy
thought he must have been pretty
drunk TO have overlooked that.
And then he went out OF the pres
| emit and there came back to him out
Of some impossible. vanished and ir-
revocabIe past n little, pure white,
transient forgotten ghost, the spirit OF
noblesse oblige, Upon 0 gentleman
certain things devolve.
James opened the outer door. A
stream OF light went down the krav-
eled walk to the iron gate. Black RI
ley. Mccarthy and "one Ear" Mike
| saw and carelessly dreW their sinister
Gordon closer about the gate.
With n more imperious gesture than
James master had ever used or could
ever use Fuzzy compelled the mental
to close the door Upon gentleman
certain things devolve, especially at
| the Christmas season.
1T is cust-custormary he said to
James the Mustered. when n gentle.
man calls on Christmas eve to pass the
lady of The house. You undstand7
shall not move shtep till pass com
prmeuts season with lady the house.
/ t'nd'standr'
There was an argument James lost
/ Fuzzy raised his voice and sent II
through the house unpleasantly. did
not Say he was u gentcmau. lie wns
oil fvur foI 1. "a
ghost.
n sterling silver bell rang James
| went back 10 answer If. leaving Fuzzy
In the bail James explained some
where To some one
: Then he came and conducted Fuzzy
into the library.
The lady entered moment later
She was more beautiful and holy than
any picture that Fuzzy had seen She
smiled and said something about u
doll Fuzzy didn't understand that
He remembered nothing about doll.
A f0atlnan brought in two small
glass"s of sparkling wine ON n stamp
I'd sterling silver waiter The lady
took ane The either was handed 10
| Fuzzy
As his fingers closed on the slender
glass stem his disabilities dropped from
him for one brief moncnt lie straight
encd himself. and Time. SO disobliging
80 most nf lis. turned backward to ac-
commodate Fuzzy
Forgotten Christmas ghosts whittier
than the false boards Of the most opu.
lent kriss kringle were rising In the
fumes Of Grogun's whisky, What had
the millionaire's mansion to do with
long, wainsedtGd Virginia hall where
the riders were grouped around sill
yer punch bowl drinking the ancient
toast of the house? And why should
/ the patter Of the cab horses hoofs on
the frozen street be in any wise re,
lated to the sound Of the saddIed hunt
ers stamping under the shelter Of The
west yeranda? And what had Fuzzy
to do with any of IT.?
The lady. locking at him over her
glass, let her condescendng smile
fade away like II false dawn. Tier
eyes turned serious. She saw some
thing beneath the rings aud Scotch ter.
fiNf 'htFFNN1iF' ttAstA Sfl6 VIII wv hlNiHt
stand But IL did not matter.
Fuzzy lifted his glass and smiled
vacantly.
''P.pardon. lady," he said. "but
couldn't leave without exchangifi'
compliments sheason with lady th'
house. Gainst principles gentleman
do sho"
And then be began the ancient salu-
tation that was n tradition In the
house when men wore lace rufIles and
powder.
THE blessings Of another year.
Fuzzy's memory failed him The
lady prompted:
--"be upon this hearth
THE guest stammcred Fuzzy
"And upon her who continued the
lady. with leading smile.
ooh, cut II out" said Fuzzy. illman-
neredly II can't remember Drink
hearty"
Fuzzy had shot bis arrow They
drank. The lady smiled again the
smile of her caste James enveloped