The Washington herald., 1913-03-23

raising my glass. being very careful MOI
| ''Bully!" cried my host, humping thu
table with his fist "James. . dozen bot
ties of SO. There's q gentleman"-nod
ding to those nearest him; you can tel
| 'em a mile on. A little shy Of strangers,'
humorousy falling into horse-talk. ''bul
he's money coming down the home
I stretch"
Then everybody began to talk at once
and I knew that the dinner proper wa
on the way.
Aren't you Just little above such
escapades as this?" asked Of the girl.
DO not make me any more uncomfort'
able than am" she begged. But hav'
ing gone into it I had too much courage
| to back down."
The true courage would have been II
give the house party"
But men always insist upon youl
marrying them at house parties"
IT see I have much to learn"-meekly
And the men are right"
What an escape ! have had!"
Meaning house parties. or that I an
a gentleman"
'If you had not been q gentleman!
has SO dubbed you. II you had not been
a gentleman
TT You had not been q lady! II you
had been a bunko- -steerer! And I still
do not know that you are not one. Do
you believe me? I kept my hand on
my wallet pocket nearly all the time"
II understood you to say that you were
poor"
"oh. I mean that am too poor to
hunt for excitement In bizarre things"
Confess that you look upon me with
Never
That in your secret mind you write
me down a silly fool"
Allow me to quote Dogberry-'Mas-
ters. remember that I am an ass: though
II be not written down, yet forget not
that I am an asst Thus. may not call
you a fool. Besides. 1t would be very
impolite.'
.You neither eat nor drink. why7"
II demand to retain some Of my self
respect
you must think US a pack of fools"
"Oh. indeed. no: only rich"
That is almost an epigram"-warn-
ingly. You will lead me to believe that
you belong to smart society in some pro-
vincial town"
Heaven forfend"-earnestly.
But speak all the thought. Nothing
prevents truth from either OF US tonight.
"Au of what thought"
We are not fools, only rich"
We'll, I lower the bucket. then: and
IL / can bring truth to the top Of the
well you will promise not to blush on
beholding herr"
1T is maddening and unhealthy to be
rich and idle. The rich and idle do
such impossible things in the wild effort
to pass away the dragging hours. So
ciety is not made up of fools; rather
knaves and madmen. Money and idle
ness result in a mild attack Of insanity.
Thanks"
You are welcome. Shall lower truth
along with the butter OF fattery?"
You may lower the butter of fattery.
So that is how the great public looks
upon us?'
Yes. in a way: while It envies you"
Il have always been rich. What Is
poverty like
1T is comparative"
1T must be horrid.'
Poverty is ugly only when man him
self is the cause of It.
Another epigram. I have always been
under my uncles care."-with the slight
est droop of the lips.
.Ah, His knowledge begins at the table
and ends at the stable: vintages and
horses. II a woman had crossed his path
he would have been a great man."
Poor Uncle Dan! To him I am his
favorite filly. and he has put huge sums
on me to win the ducal race. Everybody
says that I'm to marry the duke of Rox-
cliff"
And you?' I do not know why my
heart sank a little as / hesitatingly put
this question.
Il? Oh. I'm going to balk at the quar-
ter and throw the race. Tonight. what
would you have done in my placer
Hailed a gentleman exactly like my
self"
She dalIied with a rose. brushing 1t