The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-30

all dancing and the music playing like everything. Come, come and talk to the Duchess said Sam. "Oh, nop' said Jemmy. Nonsense" cried Sam, you i are misss; this is your house, and he took Jemmy on his arm and led her to
 where the great lady sat in state.
 "Ma'a am,'' said Cox, me and my missis are proud of having the honor of seeing | you"
 The Duchess-a tall red haired grena- | dier of a woman-did not speak, only glared. "The young ones are all at 1t" went on, the rrepressible Sam, and so we thought we could come and sit down with the old one. You and me. maam, are too stiff to dance" "Sir-r-r-r-!' said her grace. Perhaps you don't know me- said Cox, but my name Is Cox and this is my house and, dash it. mo- body has introduced me-so give me your hand, ma am.' He grasped the hand of the Duchess and shook it cordially.
 Then there was a scene The Duchess screamed for her son, up scuffled the other old dowagers. Lady Aurora North pole cried out, Mama! Mama!" Where's Tufthunt?" screamed her grace. He promised me that not a soul in this house should speak to me" Tuft- hunt a society agent who had been at considerable expense to bring the Duchess there began to expostulate, My dear Duchess Don't dear Duchess mel cried her grace. Didn't you promise they should not speak? Call my people, Tufthunt Follow me, my children. My carriage"
 | Then others began calling for their car riases, too, and soon the house was de- serted except for few of the men who | liked the wine and 'roared fit to split, as Cox said, at the little joke. "Oh.
 Sam," cried Jemmy, why did you take
 me lack to them? l had been there be-
 fore and they sent me away; only asked
 the Duchess if she did not like rum shrub better than your Maxirinos and Curasosos, and would you believe it, they all burst out laughing and the Duchess just told
 me to keep off and not speak until I was
 spcSen to. Imperance! I'd like to tear ] her eyes out.'
 l Jenlmy's ball and dinner had been a | failure But the spirited woman was not one lo give up when she had set her heart :. upon anything. Captain Tag suggested that the family go down to Tuggeridse- | viie-and they did. There was no lack of company there It seemed as if the whole | county focked about them and ate their
 dinners. Jenny made Sam join the coun- ty hunt-which he was allowed to do upon the rayment of 50 guneas Captain Tag l sold him a hunter for 100 guineas. Sam, Of course, saw nothing of the hunt eX- | cent the start, came a bad cropper and r rode back to his lodge gates upon donkey he hired of a dustman
 Being a country gentleman has, after all, its disagreeabe sides if you try to
 do the whole thing. Many people think 1t is easy-and inexpensive. Let them try 1t orce that's all Captain Tagrag, Baron
 von punter and Count Mace seemed to have settled down at Tuggeridgeville as
 in permanent home They managed the | social end of the business for Mrs. COX | and played billiards with Sam. Jemmy 1 and Sam, by the way, had now suffered l another change of name and became MT.
 and Mrs Coxe-Tuggeridge-Cox
 | Sam was considerable of a billiard lplayer-and fancied himself d better one 
 than he was. He was always beating the Count. the Baron and the Captain. One night when Jemmy was gone up to Lon- don for the opera the four, at the sug- geslion of the Baron, who declared that the tables at Tuggerdgevile were vile, went to place selected by the competent nobleman and there began game which proved to be a memorable one in the his- tory of Samuel Coxe- -Tuggeridge-C Coxe. Esq
 They had some champagne and then
 they went to play. Five to four on Cox!'' screens out the Count. Done and done, '' says the other nobleman. '.Done," saya the Count Done" says the Baron San,
 was playing match game with the
 Baron, and he beat him in the twinkling