Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-09
in my eyes, Lord Garthoyle. have had

to do my duty to call on you to d
yours she doomed more richly tha
ever. Il have come to call upon yo
to free Garthoyle Gardens from tn
presence of this person to remov
her at once"
But hang it all -
J There is no need to swear act
act" she interrupted.
I'm not swearing but how am | t,
act? It's not my business to remove
her, it's Sir Nugent Clipp's; I've M
control over her. or him.
You're his landlord"
Yes, but landlord isn't a spiritua
director. | haven't any power over hin
of any kind" I said.
It's your house Turn her out O.
1t, doomed Lady Gargery.
/ Il can't. | haven't the power"
said sharply; for she was beginning tt
(, get on my nerves
"You can't? You mean you won't
Lord Garthoyle. | see what it is y
| suspected it. You sympathize with
! this libertine Are you or are you no,
going to purge Garthoyle Gardens OF
this abominable scandal" she doomed
in a perfectly awful voice
II couldn't if tried don't you know :
! I drawled And anyhow it isn't the
kind of thing for young bachelor like
me to interfere with. It's a matter for
a woman we'll grown woman |
, said
"Am to understand that you def
! nitely refuse?" she doomed.
Yes | do I'm too shy" said.
Very good, Lord Garthoyle - very
I will
ants shall leave in body as protest
against this disgraceful state Of things,
she doomed. rising.
We'll, I shall bear up" I drawled.
They'll go On paying their rent Just
the same till their leases are up. And
then I shall always get fresh lot of
tenants All this fuss about a blue
frock and yellow hair - it's ridiculous.
1T isn't the hair - it's the principle,
she doomed; and she sailed out of the
room, rnstling richly.
or course. | was not all afraid that
my tenants would really clear out.
though Lady Gargery got furiously to
work and seven of them wrote, threat.
en1ng me that they would go. People
don't chuck away two thousand avear
for moral reasons But the Great.
Clipp Scandal ragged; and the Gardens
s1zzled and sizzled Lady Gargery
went about them in leaps and bounds.
eXhorting: and 7 had from thirteen to
twenty-five letters of protest every
day. could not understand for the
life of me what all the fuss was about.
Nuggets Colorado beauty was thcklv
chaperoned; her "Mommer' was al.
ways coming out on the balcony and
towering like SQUARE elephant round
the happy pair. If my tenants had OBJ
lected to the Buffalo Bellies habit Of
breaking cCals with her voice. when
ever she had a satisfying meal, could
have understood it. But as far as re-
spectability went Nugget had a perfect
right to have any musical comedian he
liked to stay with him - as long as
she was properly chaperoned.
When after while Lady Gargery
and her supporters simmered down
little and merely asked me to remon.
strate with Nugget, refused. I said
that if they did not really like the Col.
orado beauty's hair, they could go and
buy themselves some like it. was not
popular for quite a while. But they
were at least three of my tenants who
adonted my suggestion.
Then Lady Gargery and two unfor.
tunate married women she had drag.
ged into it went to Nugget in a lunn
and demonstrated with him He more
than demonstrated with them: he ac !
cused Lady Gargery of having been !
persistent sutton for his hand. and Of |
attacking the Colorado beauty = lady |
Of the HIGHEST character = out of zeal |
onsy. The depntation wrote me. call !
IN" on me, as their landlord, to horse
whip Nugget. refused; and the Gar
lens went on sizzling.
Then one morning | saw from nv
balcony that the fair Coloradan had
changed from the bright blue frock into
yellow one; and from the notes that
we're rushed round to me, I gathered
hat the Gardens were foaming at the
mouth. 1t was quite clear that If the
infatuated Nugget did not marry his
beauty very soon, I should have to get
lin shut up in a lunatic asylum.
The relieving point about this bust.
less was that it frightened Scruton's
,arties enormously: all the men enjoy.
ID their wives fury so thoroughly. Al
,ernon Hawk made big book about
marriage would come off
n not; and the betting was quite in
eresting
Then came the climax: and there
'ere none Of those wedding bells in it
he Gardens expected. | was stroling
ONE to dinner one evening and as |
anne to the top of the triangle, Mug
ct passed me in taxicab: he waved
is hand at me, and grinned as he
'ent by. 1t was likethis cheek for
ad been cutting him ever since his
uccesstul evening at baccarat.
| walked on confounding his impu
ence; and at the bottom of the tri
ngle | stopped before crossing the
Dad, to let four wheeler go by in
lie four wheeler sat Nugget
How - how the What the devil?
rluttered quite staggered; and then
fash Isaw it, the Nugget who had
assed me in the taxicab could not be
Re Nugget in the four wheeler There
ere two Nuggets
The four wheeler drew up to the
1rb and stopped; then Nuggets head
arne out of the window and he bawled
iarthoyle! Garthoyle!"
] turned back and went to him. y
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