Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-18

No, nor cried four feminine voices. |
Yes. do" muttered the duke.
he didn't wait after that. sir. He |
rowed to shore in a fash and landed |
on our land. What do you mean by !
thatr be said. madlike. My orders is
to put you of this property says
Tompkins, or to throw you IL the riv-
err Who gave these ordersT asked
Mr.. Shaw. Lord Bazelhurst, sir,
dash you'-beg pardon. sir; it slipped
out And who the devil is Lord Bs-
zelthurst? said he. Hurst said
Tompkins. He owns this ground
Can't you see the notices on the trees!
No Trespassin'T But Mr.. Shaw said,
Well. why don't you throw me in the
riverr He kinder smiled when he said
It will says Tompkins and made
rush for him I don't just remember
why l started in to help Tompkins. but
l did Somehow. sir. Mr. Shaw GOT
Don't call him Mr.. Shaw. Just
Shaw; he's no gentleman" exploded
Lord Bazelhurst
But he told US both to call him
Mister sir, as long as we lived. |
kinder got In the habit OF 1t, your lord
ship. up there That IS. that's what he
told US after he got through with u.s.
Well, anyhow, he got the start of US,
an'-there's Tompkins' eyes. sir. an
look at my ear. Then he pitched US
both in the river"
Good Lord" gasped the duke.
"Diable" sputtered the count
"Splendidr' cried Penelope. her eyes
sparkling
Hang it all. Pen. don't interrupt
the count" snorted Bazelhurst for
want of something better to say and
perhaps hoping that Deveaux might
say in French what could not be ut
tered in English.
Don't say it in French, count" said
little Miss Folsom 1T deserves Eng
| lish."
Go on. James, sternly, from Lady
Bazelhurst.
We'll. neither OF us can swim, your
ladyship. an we'd "a drowned If Mr.
If Shaw hadn't jumped in himself an
! pulled Us out AS 1t was. sir, Temp
| kins was unconscious. We rolled him
on log. sir. an got a keg Of water
| out of him. Then Mr.-er-Shaw told
| US to go 'ome and get in bed. sir"
HE sent message to you, sir" add
ed Tompkins. shivering nightly.
We'll. I'll have one for him, never
fear" said his lordship. glanctng about
! bravely. II won't permit any man to
assault my servants and brutally NAL
treat them. No. sir: he shall hear from
me or my attorney"
He told US to tell you. sir, that II he
ever caught anybody from this place
on his land he'd serve him worse than
be did u.s." said Tompkins.
He says. i don't want no BaZel-
bursts on my place." added James in
inality.
Go to bed. both of YOUR roared his
lordship.
VERY good. sir" in unison.
They can get 10 bed without your
help. dare say. Pen" added his lord
ship causticallv "a she started away
with them. Penelope blushed. and one
party went to luncheon. while the 9th
er went TO bed.
81 should like TO see this terrible
Mr. Shaw" observed Penelope at ia
BILE He's a sort of Jack the Giant
Killer. ! fancy"
He is the sort one has to meet in
America" Iamented her ladyship.
'Oh. | say now" expostulated the
New York young man wryly.
II don't mean in good society,"" she
corrected. with unconscious irony.
"Oh," said he, very much relieved.
He's a demmed cad" said his lord
ship conclusively.
Because he chucked your men into
the river asked Penelope sweetly.
shes dooced pretty. eh?' whispered
the duke to Mrs. De Peyton without
taking his eyes from his young coun
trywoman's face.
who" asked Mrs. De Peyton
Then he relinquished his gaze and
turned his monocle blankly upon the
American beside him.
Il shall send him a warning tha
he'll have to respect, cad or no cad
said Bazelhurst. absently spreading
butter upon his fingers instead of the
roll
III LII q " al iilts IA
queenly wife Aren't you going Il
see him personally? You can't trus
the servants II seems
My dear. | can't afford to lose m!
temper and engage in a row with tina
, bOunder, and there's no end of troubl,
/ might get into
Il shall see him myself II vol
won't" said her ladyship firmly. Their
was frigid silence at the table for {
full minute. relieved only when hi
lordships monocIe dropped into thu
glass of water he was trying to con
vey to his lips. He thought best q
treat the subject lightly, SO he laugh
ed in his most jovial way.
You'd better take a mackintosl
with you. my dear" he said. Re
member what he told Tompkins AM
James"
He will not throw me into the ris
er. 1t might be different If you went
Therefore / thing
Throw me in, would hep and Bs
zelhurst laughed loudly. I'm n
groom. my dear. You forget that
Is possible for Mr.. Shaw to be soused.
T He was good enough to sOuse hin
self this morning" volunteered PenC