The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-01-21

7. This is your chance, don't let it
slip" He looked at me so steadily
for a moment that l was in some fear
he would not let it slip.
Before l had been in London a week
it became perfectly clear to me that |
could not stretch my stay out to any
thing like a period of two months; In
deed. l began to think about booking
my passage home inside Of two weeks,
! was restless, dissatisfied. homesick.
On the ninth day | sent ~Poopendyke
to the booking office of the steamship
company with instructions to secure
passage for the next sailing of the
of positive dread for fear the con-
founded American tourists might have
gobbled up all of the cabins. They are
always going home it seems to me,
and they are always trying to get on
a single unfortunate ship. In all my
experience abroad, I've never known a
time when Americans were not tumb-
ling over each other trying to get back
tain train for home, wherever that
may be. But Poopendyke managed it
somehow. He must have resorted to
bribery.
and-I was about to say interesting
letter from the Countess! 1t was a
very commonplace communication !
found on the third or fourth reading.
The sum and substance of its contents
ing to Virginia Hot Springs with The
family for a month or two and that
Lord Amberdale was to join them there.
1t appeared that her father, being
greatly ~overworked, was in need of a
Springs are especially designed to
make it easy for rich men. his doctor
had ordered him to that delightful re-
sort. She hoped the rest would put
Ltrn ~, Lsn faat ~ Onin h 40 MO q a
page or SO of drivel about Amberdale
and what he expected to do at the
New York Horse Show, a few lines
concerning Rosemary; and a brief. al
most curt intimation that a glimpse
or two of me would not be altogether
displeasing to her if | happened to be
coming that way.
It may be regarded as a strange
coincidence that l instructed Britton
that very evening to see that my golf
clubs were cleaned up and put into
! good shape for a little practice on a
: course near London, where l had been
5 put up by an English author. and who
was forever ding-donging at me to
, come out and let him put it all over
2 me-" l went out and bought a new
! brassie to replace the one destroyed
by the experimenting Rocksworth
: youth. and before | got through with
:, spoon, neither of which l needed for
: the excellent reason that l already
e possessed a half dozen of each.
Keyed up to a high pitch Of en-
5 sportsman. Like ali Englishmen, he
e took a beating gracefully, but gave
i me to understand that he had been
: rheumatism or %neuritis in his right
elbow. On the last day we played he
< succeeded in bringing me in two down
= and I've never seen n%euritis dispersed
< remember distinctly that he com
:. planned bitterly of the pain in his ell
( bow when we started out, and that he
S was as fit as a fiddle at the eigh-
: teenth hole. He even went so far as
e next sailing of the Mauretania.
$ But I took to the high seas. Mr.
s Poopendyke cabled to the Homestead
e at Hot Springs for suitable accommo.
: dations. l cannot remember when
d and wonder what my secretar!
d thought of me. My habit is to pro
t crastlnate.
n / almost forgot to mention a triflins
: before sailing. Elsie Hazard wrote
in great perturbation and at almos'
& unfeeling length to tell me that Coun
Q Tarnowsy had unearthed the supposed
d ~ mythical R~othhoefen treasure chest:
}: and was reputed to have found golt
n and precious jewels worth at least
: million dollars. The accumulated prod
II ucts of a ~century's thievery! The hoar'
4. of all the robber barons! T~arnowsy's
n Strange to say / did not writhe no
It snarl with disappointment and rage
almost killed poor ~Poopendyke. H
II never quite got over it.
y Nor was l especially disturbed o
a irritated by the telegram of condol
is ence I received on board ship iron
~Tarnowsy himself. He could not re