Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-09-14

SnS, uralnser, and he'd at her feet-on
ms Nhees-on his confounded knees, sirr'
. me question is, how do you propose
20 maintain yourself in the future7'' said
Mr.. Granger at this point: ,iifs under
your altered fortunes must prove neces-
sarily hard, Mr.. Peter"
And yet, SIR" answered, "a fortune
with wife tagged on to IL must prove a
very mixed blessing after ALL and then
again. there may be a certain amount OF
satisfaction in stepping into dead mans
snoes' put l. very foolishly, perhaps. have
a hankering for shoes OF my own Surely
there must be some position in life that
am competent to fill, some position that
would maintain me honorably and well: I
natter myself that my years at Oxford
were not altogether barren OF result"
BY no MEANS" put in Sir Richard;
you won the high jump, / believer"
hammer"
And spent two thousand pounds per
annum2' said Sir Richard.
"sir, 1 did, but between wbiles man
aged to do fairly well in the Tripos, to
finish new and original translation of
Qulntllian, another of Petronius Arbiter
and also a literal rendering into the
English of the Memoirs of the Sieur de
Brantome."
For none Of which you have hitherto
found a publisher" inquired Mr. Grain
ger.
Not as yet" said !, "but l have great
hopes of my Brantome as you are prob
ably aware this is the first time he has
ever been translated into the English"
Hum" said Sir Richard, "ha!--and in
the meantime what do you intend to do?"
On that head I have as yet come to
no definite conclusion, sir" answered
Il have been wondering" began Mr..
Granger, somewhat difhdently, 'if you
! would care to accept a position in my
| office TIC be sure the remuneration
would be small at first and quite insig-
| niticant in comparison to the income you
have been in the receipt Of"
But IL would have been money
earned" said 1, (which is infinitely pref
erable to that for which we never turn
hand-at least, think So"
Then you accept?"
mo, SIR said I, though 1 am CRATE
! full to you, and thank you most sincerely
! for your offer yet I have never felt the
/ least inclination to the practice Of law;
! where there is no interest ones work
! must necessarily suffer, and l have no
! desire that your business should be IN
| jured by any carelessness of mine"
what do you think of a private tutor
| ship?"
1T would suit me above all things were
| It not for the fact that the genus Boy
/ is the most aggravating of all animals,
! and that I am conscious of a certain
shortness of temper at times, which
| might result in pain to my pupil, loss
| of dignity to myself, end general un-
! pleasantness to all concerned-otherwise
a private tutorship would suit most ad-
mirably."
Here Sir Richard took another pinch
| of snuff and sat frowning up at the CELL
| ing, while Mr. Granger began tying up
that document which had so altered my
| prospects. As for Tne, l crossed to the
window and stood staring out at the eve
ming. Everywhere were trees tinted by
the rosy glow of sunset, trees that stirred
| sleepily in the gentle wind, and far away
I could see that famous highway, built
and paved for the march of Roman le-
| gions, winding away to where it vanished
over distant Shooters Hill.
"And pray" said Sir Richard. still
frowning at the ceiling, what do you
| propose TO do with vourself?"
Now, as l looked out upon this fair eve
| ming, I became, of a sudden, possessed
of an overmastering desire, a great long
ing for field and meadow and hedgerow,
for wood and coppice and shady stream,
for sequestered inns and wide, wind-swept
| heaths and ever the broad highway in
| front Thus ! answered Sir Richard s
question unhesitatingly and without turn
ing from the window:
u shall go, sir, on walking tour
| through Kent and Surrey into Devon
shire, and thence probably to Cornwall
And with miserable 10 guineas in
your pocket? Preposterous-absurd! re-
torted Sir Richard.
"On the contrary, sir" said l. the
more I ponder the project the more en-
amored Of it I become"
"And when your money is all gone
how them"
"I shall turn my hand to some useful
employment" said I; digging, for in
stance"
"Digging," calculated Sir Richard, land
you a scholar-and what is more, a gen
| tleman!'
MY dear Sir Richard" said ], that
all depends upon how you would define a
gentleman To me he would appear, OF
late years, TO have degenerated into a
creature whose chief end in life is tc
spend money he has never earned, TO re-
produce his species with deploraole
frequency and promiscuity, habitually tc
drink more than is good for him. and, be-
tween whiles, to fill in his time hunting
| cock-fghting or watching entranced while
two men pound each other unrecognizablt
in the prize ring. Occasionally he ha;
the good taste to break his neck In the
hunting field or get himself gloriouslS
shot in a duel, but the generality live or
to a good old age, turn their attention
| 10 matters political and, following tht
dictates of their class damn all reform
with a whole hearted fervor equaled only
by their rancor.'
"Deuce take mel" calculated Sir Rich
J ard feebly while Mr.. Granger buried hi
face In his pocket handkerchief.
ITO my mind" ended, the man WHIT
sweats over a spade or follows the tai
Of a plow is far nobler and higher in th'
scheme of things than any OF your younl
'bloods' driving his coach and four u
, Brighton to the danger OF all and sun
dry"
Sir Richard slowly got up out Of hi
chair, staring at me open-mouthed. "Goot
God" he exclaimed at last, the ooy'i
, a revolutionary"
! 1 smiled and shrugged my shoulders
, but before I could speak Mr.. Grange
, interposed, sedate and solemn as usual
referring to your proposed tour, Mr.
Peter, when do you expect TO startr'
! ''E,arly tomorrow morning, sir.
, 81 will not attempt TO dissuade you
well knowing the difficulty" said he
= with a faint smile, "but letter ad
dressed 10 me at Lincoln's Inn will al
! ways fnd me and receive my most earn
est attention" So saying, he rose, bowe'
I and having shaken my hand, left IN
! room. closing the door behind him.
I "Peter." exclaimed the baronet, strid
, | inc M and down, "Peter, you are fool
sir hot-headed. self-sufficient, prag
, | rnatical young fool, sir, curse mel"
az ap, sorry you should think so,