The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-31

7 "You poor. serious, pagan man"
retortcd. III you take EN- in that way
you will wreck your great idea l
will you take him to Lord Lundie's
tomorrow" said the Agent General
promptly.
81 suppose I must" I said, "if you
won't"
Not l. I'm going home" said the
Agent General. and departed Il am
glad that ! am no colunys Agent Cen
eral)
Penfcntcnyou continued to argue
about naval contributions till 2:l5 a. NJ.
though I was victor from the first
vt 10 o'clock | got him and his cor
rcspondonce into the motor, and he had
the dcconcy to ask whether he had not
! been unpublished overnight. / replied
that | waited an apology This he
made excuse for renewed arguments
and used waysldc shows as illustrations.
We burst tire within n mile Of
Crcdencc Green and to save time
| walked into the beautifully kept little
| village. His eye was caught by build
| ing Of pale blue tin. stenCilled "Calvinist
| Chapel" before whose shattered win
dows an Italian organ grinder with "A
| petticoated monkey was playing Dolly
Gray"
eyes. That's IT," snapped the ogoist
| That's the General Situation. And
| look AT those brutes," \ huge house
hold removal van was halted at a public
house. The men in charge were drink
ing beer from blue and white mugs.
| It seemed to me a pretty sight. hut Pen
| fentcnyou said it represented the Ma
| tional Attitude
Lord Lundie's summer resting place
we learned was a farm little out OF
| the village, up a hill round which curled
high hedge road. only an initiated
| few spend their holidays at CrcdenCe
| Green, and they have trained the house
| holders to Keep the place select. Pen
! fcntenvou made n grievance of this as
we VIZ 4 M the lane. followed at
distance hy tn, organ grinder.
"Suppo.e he Is having a house party?"
| he said "N1%'h!n"s possible in this
! insane land"
Just at that minute we found our
selves opposite an empty villa. Its
roof was black slate with bright un-
wcathcred ridge tilinr: its walls were of
! blood colored brick cornnred and banded
| with vcrmiculated stucco work. and
/ there were stained glass cobalt magenta
and purest apple green on either side
| and front door. 1t was forced from
the road by n low brick pilarcd flint
| wall topped with o cast iron Gothic
| rail picked ont in blue and gold
Tight beds Of geranlum. calccolaria
| and lobelia speCkled the grass plat. from
whose centre rose one of the finest arau-
carias dts other name, by the way. is
monkey puzzcr'D that it has ever been
| my lot to see. 1t must have been thirty
feet high, and It's foliage eXquisitely an
| swered the iron ratings. Such bijou
ne plus ultras, replete with all the
| amenities do not. as | pointed out to
Penfentenyou, transpire outside of Eng
land.
| \ hedge swinging sharp right tlankcd
! the garden and above it, on the slope
II daisy dotted pasture We could see
! Lord Lundie's tiled and half timbered
summer farmhouse OF "a sudden we
heard voices behind the trces-the fine,
fun tones Of the unembarrassed Eng
lisb speaking to their equlls-that tore
| through the hedge like sleet through
rafters.
THAT is not called monkey puzzler'
for nothing. | willingly concede"-this
was a rich and rolling note-"but on the
other hand"
|
implies it mi ght. could, would or should
he assembled by "A monkey, and not that
the ascent is a physical impOsslbility.
I believe one Of our South American
spider monkeys wouldn't hesitate.
by Jove, it might be worth trying
| if"
This was a Crspcr voice than the
first third, higher pitched and fun
| Of pleasant Alterations, broke in:
"Oh, practical man. there is no ape
here. why do you waste one of Gods
own days on Improbable discussion?
Give me match"
"I've a good mind to make you
demonstrate in your own person. Come
on. Bubbles Wen make Jimmy
climb"
There was a sound Of sCufilng, broken
by squeaks from Jimmy Of the high
voice. | turned back and drew Penfen-
tenyou into the side Of the Ranking
hedge. | remembered to have read in a
paper that Lord Lundie's lesser name
was Bubbles"
What are they doing?" he said
sharply Drunk"
"Just playing. Superintendent vi
tally, you know Wen watch EN-"
answered. The noise ceased
MY deliverer'' Jimmy gasped. The
ram caught in the thlcket and-Im the
only one who can talk Neapoltan!
Lego my collar" He cried aloud in
foreign tongue, and was answered
from the gate
IT'S the Calvinistic organ grinder" l
whispered | had already found a prac-
ticlblc break at the bottom of the
hedge They're going to try with the
monkey. | believe"
/, "Here-let me look" PenfentenyOu
nung himself down and rooted till he
too made a peep hole. We lay side by
side commanding the entire garden at
ten yards range.
You know emf" said Penfentenyou.
by sight only, The big fellow in
fiannels is Lord Lundie; the yht built
one with the yellow beard painted his
picture at the last Academy. He's a
gWpll II A lanes InVallp"