The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1913-01-30
A SOCIAL
EPISODE
BY REGINALD d. HAVEN


position had been ut the apex Of the SO.
generations. The name on the card
was Ralph Maltravers, and he who
bore It was good looking young mau
with the Anglo Saxon light hair, blue
eyes and rosy complexion. Having got
through with the formallties, he lit
pipe and sat down to n newspaper.
Half Il dozen men, smelling the odor
OF pipe tobacco. lifted up their heads.
made wry faces and scowled. A few
minutes later one of the clubs lnckeys
informed the gentleman thnt only cl-
gars or cigarettes were permitted In
the club. The stranger Immediately
put out his pipe and apologized on the
ground that he was unawar OF the rule.
Had II not been for this infringement
the stranger might have been suffered
to remain unnotlced; but. having thus
attracted attention, the members pres
ent began to ask who had introduced
a man who didn't know any more than
to smoke n pipe I'm the club. Pulsifer
came In aud. seeing the Englishman
sitting alone. sat down with him, ana
they had n long chat When Pulslfcr
left his friend several men gathered
round him and asked who had intro
duced that cad to the club. Pulsifer
admitted that he had done so himself
and explained that he had met Nal
travers IN England and found him rath-
er n good fellow In his way. He had
therefore chosen To show him some at.
tcntion This being n faint backing
the protcsters thereafter took pains to
sit with their bncks 10 the newcomer
whenever they happened to he In the
same room with him.
A New York club II no place To make
acauaintnnccs. aud MIR Mnltrayers
would not have been welcome even
had he not followed the universal Lon
don custom uf pipe smoking. But II
so happened that several Of the gen
tlcmcn present when the Englishmnn
had appeared nc the club aftcrwnrd
met him NJ a social gathering given 10y
n Mrs Ten Eyck, n sister or Lcgrand
Pulslfcr. aud there found II easier &c
show their dlsnpprovnl 0f him.
Not thnt they were 10y my means
lmpoltc. Far from IT, They were ex
ccssivcy polite. while Ia each othe'
they were extremely unceremonlous. IL
other words. they Indicated ns only
swell can Indicate that the strange
was not aud could not bc one Of them.
"Who II the fellow. Lcgrnnd, any
wuyy" asked one of them.
Pulsifcr shrugged his shoulders an
said: My dear boy. he did me n fnv0
when | wns In London. What woul
you have me de- when he comes I
American However | wish to IN
frankly In Justice Ia Mr.. Multrnvel
that he hns no desire Ia he socially r.
ceived What | hnye done for him !
that way has not been nt his request
All agreed that because n man hD
done another n favor II WIS no rens,
why the recipient should intlict a
donor on his friends There were OF
er ways of paying obligations than >
cially, aud some surprl'c was cNpres
ed that Pulsifcr who WIS himself
barrier 10 applicants Tor admission In
the charmed circle should have int
duced this man socially Ills putin
the Euglishmuu up al his club "
quite enough lIut pulsifcr said IN
all he had done la the matter
tu admit the stranger 10 his club a
hc responsible for him M his sisters
The women, though they showed
ley front To MIR, Maltravers, admir-
him. one Of them 10 whom he
introduced said that he was one
the most interesting men, cOnslderl
that he seldom opened his mouth,
had ever met Hut she was very pro
of her conversational powers, aud no
Ing pleased her better than 10 find
good listener. Even the men who G,
sldcred Mutrayers inadmissablc
clnrcd that he never said auythi
stupid. for Doe never said anything
au
one evening when Pulsifor went
the -Four Hundred club half n do.
men ran toward him from ms mi
different directions and opened fire
him
what did you mean by iutroduc
Lord Pennington incOgf"
II didn't"
"Yos you did You Introduced
as Ralph Mul,uycgs"
THAT o., uumr."
That's pretty hin. NOn had
business 10 Introduce him ~ a mob
when sou knew very well that any
us wnn' 'nv. 'H.H f'.' 20 .row
the attention his position calls
~ putting Sew York society iu
liuhi"
"'vhat dil was Il his own pspa
rrlun.t Iln came here 90 lool ,
Amrrir. lf 70 hl been known
be NH. a marquis ana uc,- 20 "a %
dom and one ot thp bissost ldl
ctat.t u England Dee wou.I have
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