Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-03-05
CHAPTER x-contInued.

Adrienne Lescott nodded. Her eyes
were sweetly sympathetic.
TITS the hardship of the conditions"
che said, softly. Those conditions
will change"
A man had come out onto the YER
anda from the inside, and was ap-
preaching the table. He was immac-
ulately groomed, and came forward
with the Difference of approaching a
throne, yet as one accustomed to ap-
OF pleased surprise.
The mountaineer recognized Far
bish, and, with a quick hardening
of the face, he recalled their last
meeting. If Farbish should presume
to renew the mountaineering under
these circumstances. Samson meant
TO rise from his chair and strike him
in the face. George Lescott's sister
could not be subjected to such meet
1ngs Yet, it was a tribute to his adj
vancement in good manners that he
dreaded making a scene in her pres
ence, and, as warning, he met Far
bish's pleasant smile with look of
blank and studied lack of recognition.
The circumstances out of which Far
Dish might weave unpleasant gossip
did not occur to Samson. That they
were together late in the evening, I'M
chaperoned, at a road house whose
reputation was socially dubious, was
=, he n
Dish was keenly alive to the possibil-
aties of the situation. He chose to
construe the Kentuckian's blank ex-
preston as annoyance at being dis
covered, a sentiment he could readily
understand Adrienne Lescott, follow
dng her companions eyes, looked up,
and to the boys establishment nodded
TO the newcomer, and called him by
name.
"Mr. Farbish," she laughed. with
mock confusion and total innocence
OF the fact that her words might have
meaning, don't tell on u.s."
Il never tell things, my dear lady"
said the newcomer. II have dwelt
too long in Conservatives to toss
pebbles. I'm afraid, Mr.. South, you
have forgotten me. I'm Farbish, and l
had the pleasure of meeting YOU
he paused a moment, then with
pointed glance added-"at the Man
haitian club. was it not?"
at was not" said Samson, prompt
ly. Farbish looked his surprise, but
was resolved to see no offense, and,
after a few moments of affable and,
it must be acknowledged, witty con-
.versation, withdrew to his own table
where did you meet that MANI"
demanded Samson, fiercely, when he
and the girl were alone again.
"Oh, at any number OF dinners and
dances. His sort is tolerated for some
reason" She paused, then, looking
very directly at the Kentuckian, in
CURED, "And where did you meet
him?"
Didn't you hear him say the Man
haitian club?"
Eyes, and knew thai he was ~
Ing"
Yves, he was!" Samson spoke, con-
TemptuOuSly. never mlnd Wnere IL
was. 1t was place got out of when
I found out who were there"
The chauffeur came to announce
that the car was ready, and they
went out Fsrbish watched them with
q smile that had in it trace of the
sardonic.
The career Of Farbish had been an
interesting one in its own peculiar and
unadmirable fashion. With no advan-
tages of upbringing, he had neverthe-
less so cultivated the niceties of social
usage that his one flaw was a too
great perfection. He was letter-per-
feet where one to the manor born
nuight have slurred some detail.
He was witty, handsome in his sat
rrnine way, and had powerful friends
in the world of fashion and finance
That he rendered services to his
plutocratic patrons, other than the
repartee Of his dinner talk, was'a thine
-aguely limited in club gossip, anc
that these services we're not to his
credit had more than once been COL
sectured.