The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1915-12-16

"'"' WV "Nl l"HENl new NfnNsle 70
replnce the one destroyed by the OF
pcrlmentina Bocksvorih youth. and
before ! god through wiih II had new
pulitzer ulhllck mud sppon neither
which ! needed. for the excellent
reason that ! already possessed a half
dozen OF each
Keyed up to a hlh pitch u enthusl.
Asm. ! played got Tor ten days aud
found my friend t. be- nne sports.
man. Like all Eugllshmeu. he took a
beating gracefully. but gave mu 10 un.
dersmnd that he had been having a
good deal u trouble with rheumatism
or neuritis In his right elbow on ~
last day We played be succeeded "a
bringing me 10 two down. and I've
never seen ncuritls dispersed 80 quick.
y 40 Il was In hls case remember
distinctly that be complained bitterly
Of the pain In his elbow when he start.
81 out and that be- was as No as i'd.
die at the eighteenth hole. lie even
went 20 far N 10 implorc me 10 stay
over till the next sailing Of the Mnurc.
tanla.
But took 20 the hlgh seas. Mt.
Poopendyke cabled to the Homestead
at Hot Springs FOR suitable accommo.
dations cannot remember when |
bad been 30 forchandcd NJ al that. sud
! wonder what my secretary thought OF
me. My nabit n 20 prncmstinHtc
! almost forgot 10 mention trinlng
BIZ ~ news that came 10 me the day
before sailing Elsie l!nEzard wrote In
great perturbation aud NJ almost un
feeling length 10 tell me that Count
Tarnowsy had uuarih,d the supposed.
~ mythical RolhhoyfrG TREASURE chests
and was rrputcd 10 have found gold
aud precious jewels worth ut least a
million dollars. The accumulated prod.
ucts Of n ceutury'u thievery The hoard
Of all the robher barons' Tarnowsy's,
Strange 10 say ! did not writhc nor
Snarl with disappointment and rnge. |
took the news with sang froid that
almost killed POOR poOpendyke lie
never quite got over H.
Nor was ! especially disturbed or lr.
ritated 10y the Telegram ~ coincidence
! received on board shlp from Tar
nowsy himself lie could not resist The
temptation TO gluai. ! shan not repeat
the message Tor the simuc rra son that
! do not wish TO dignity Il 10y putting
II into permanent form
We were two days oni when ! sue
ceeded In setting my mind ut rst In
rtspcct 10 Allne. Countess Taruowsy
had not thought of II before. but |
remembered all ~ sudden that ! held
decided -cruplcs against marrying a
divorced woman Oi course that sim.
pllhcd matters When une has prccup.
Cciycd notions about such matters
they AFFORD excellent material 10 fall
back upon. even though he may have
dlsrcgnrded them after fashion while
unselnshly thinking ~ come one else.
As SAY. the recollection " lhl, we'll
defined though somewhat remorscless
| principle ~ mine had the effect NJ put.
ting my mind NJ rest In regard to the
countess. Feeling ns strongly ns did
about marriage with Divorces, she be-
] came nm absolutely undesirable person
so fqr M mntrlmouy was concerned
experienced rather doubtful feeling
Of relief II WAS not so hard 10 say IL
myself that Lord Amhcrdalp WIS wei
come 10 her. but Il was very, very diff
hcult 10 refrain from adding the un
amlahle words damn him"
This rigid. pnritnnloal principle Of
mine. however did not declare against
the unrighteousncss or falling In low,
with divorce.
II have by any chance announced
earlier IN this narrative that the val
ley Of the Donau Is the garden spot oi
the world | must now ask You 10 eX
cuse the chulllcucc oi spirit thai
prompted the declaration The Warn
springs valley ~ Virginia ~ infinitely
more timctlvc to the
/ arrived there carly one bright No
ycmber morning three days after land
,ns In New YORK. You will be- rru
dered unhappy | fear by the un
nouncement that left Mr. Poopcn
dyke behind lie preferred to visit NJ
amt M New Rochclle Snd | felt TIM