Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-03-02

with Mrs. Casendish BY a nod OF
her dimpfed chin the lady seemed to
urge some more extended confidence
on his part. Chills and Fever seated
himself at the foot OF Yancy'g bed.
Stranger, what I'm asgcin' TO tell
you. you'll take as be.n' said mar to
man." he began, with the impressive
moment to impart Ever hear tell
OF lords?"
mo" Yancy was quick to notice
the look OF disappointment on the
faces Of his new friends.
Are you ever heard Of royalty?'
and Cavendish fixed the invaiid'a
wandering glance.
You mean kingsr"
II shore do"
Yancy made a mighty mental EFFORT.
There's them Bible kings" he
ventured at length
Mr.. Cavendish shook his head.
"Them's sacred kings, Are you IA
miliar with any OF the profane kings.
Mr.. Yancy?"
We'll. taking them a they come,
them Bible kings aeemed to average
pretty profane." Yancy was disposed
to defend this point.
"Yeu must a heard of the kings OF
England. Hho'. want any Of yo' folks
in the war agin' him7"
I'D plumb forgot. why my daddy
at all through the wart" exclaimed
YaHcy. The Cayendishes were I'M
msnsely relieved.
Nov you-all keep still" aafd Cav
endish. II want MT. Fancy should get
the straight ii this here! The vart-
GUS orders III royalty are kiugg. dukes.
caris and lords. Earls Is the third
from the top OF the heap, but lords
amt no SLOUGH"
'pick had ought to know, To- he's
an earl himself" cried Polly exultant-
~.
"Sho,, Richard Keppal Cavendish.
Earl OF lambeth Sho', that was what
ne wan! Shot" and some transient
feeling OF awe stamped itself upon
their small facea as they viewed the
long and timber figure OF their par
ent.
these here titles go TO the eldest
o n He begins by helm a %viscount, ("
continued Chiils and Fever. 1T was
my great grandfather come over here
| from England. His name was Rich
ard KeppeI Cavendish, same as mine
ia. He lived back yonder on the Caro-
lima coast and went to raisin' tohac-
co. I've heard my grandfather tell
how he'd heard folks say his father
was always hintin' In his lieker that
he was a heap better than he seemed,
and ii people onry Knowed tre tr1sA
about him they'd respect him mo-, and
mebby treat him better. Well. sir,
he married n riz a family; there
vas my grandfather and 8 passed. OF
girls--and that crop of children was
the only decent crop he ever riz.
Ny grandfather said he never
knoWed a man with the same aver
sion agin labor as his father had.
Folks put it down to laziReas, but they
miaiudgsd him, as eone out later, yet
he mover Let on.
Then one day ne got hia hands on
a paper that had come acrust IN a
ship from England. All at once, he
lit on something in the paper. and he
started up and let out q yell like he'd
beer shot. Hy Gun. IN 1v Easi CT
LAMBETH. he says. and took out to
the nearest tavern aud got biiin, full.
Afterward he showed 'em the paper
| and they seen with their own eyes
where Richard Keppel Cavendish,
Earl OF Lambeth, had died in London.
My great grandfather told ,em that
was his uncle: that when he lett
home there was several couains-but
they'd up and died, so the title conle
to him He never done a lick of WORK
after that.
I'm an orphan man OF title now
and It's been my dream to take Polly
ana the children and go back o Eng
land and sec the king about my title.
Don't you reckon he's got the notion
ths Cayendishes has peterea out7"