Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-08


~ 9TH ideas were hateful, but he
reckoned, and with reason, that
L. II he took the first course arrest
and ignominy, and probably linz
prisonment, would be certain. whereas II
he took the second he might be able to
blum the thing out till he could devise
means of escape from the net that
surrounded him.
He determined on the second course.
The servants. and even that scare
crow woman in the feather boa, had
accepted him as good coin: there was
no reason why they should not go on
accepting him for while. For the
matter of that. there was no reason
why they should not go on accepting
him forever.
Even in the midst of his disturb
ance Of mind and general tribulation
the humor Of the latter idea almost
made him smile. The idea of living
and dying as Lord Rochester, as a
member Of the English aristocracy,
always being my lorded." served by
nunkeys with big calves. and induct-
ed every morning into his under
pants by that guy in the sleeved
This preposterous idea, more alb
sure than any dream, was yet based
on substantive foundation. In fact,
he HAD that morning put 1t in prac-
tice, 9nd unless q miracle occurred he
would have to continue putting 1t in
practice for some days to come.
However, Jones, fortunately or I'M
. fortunately for himself, was a man
OF action and no dreamer. He dis
missed the ideas and came to prac-
ttcal considerations. -4. ~
he would have to make more sure Of
= He rose, found his way into Char
. ing Cross Station Hotel, and obtained
a copy of Who's Who from the hotel
clerk. &c. 49,.
He turned the pages till he found
; Rochester. 21st Earl of (cr.' 1431)
Arthur Coningsby Delamere. Baron
Goningsby Of Wilton. ex Lieut.; Rifle
Sir Peter Mason Bart. '. Educ.
Heidelberg. Owns about $1,000 acres.
Address 10A, Carlton House Terrace.
Rochester Court, Rochester. The:
Hatch. Colney. Wits. Clubs, Senior
Conservative. National Sporting, Peli-
can.
That was only part Of the sayings
of Who's Who regarding Rochester,
Arthur Coningsby, Delamere. The
last decadent descendant of a family
years for its power, prodigality and
profigacy.
II Jones could have climbed up his
own family tree he might have found
on some distaff brand the reason of
his appalling likeness to Rochester,
Arthur Coningsby, Delamere. but this
q pure matter of speculation, and 1t
did not enter the mind Of Jones.
He closed the book, returned it, and
walked out.
Now that his resolve was made, his
fighting spirit was reused. In other
that q man feels who is going into
battle. the regardlessness OF conse-
quence which marks your true ex-
plorer. For Stanley on the frontier
Of Darkest Africa, Scott on the ice rim
OF the Beardmore Glacier, had before
comparison to those that now fronted
Jones, who had before him the West
ern and Southwestern London Dis
tricts. with all they contained in
the way of natives in top hats, ma
with tribal laws of which he knew
little, tricks of which he knew less,
covenances. ju-puas and fetishes. And
lie was entering this dark and in
tricate and dangerous country, not
do CAtlOECA hS OCdNo anu
Bibles. but disguised as top-man, o
chief.
Eurton's position when he journey
ed to Mecca disguised as a Moham-
medan was easy compared to the
position of Jones. Burton knew the
ritual. He made one mistake in it,
: It is true. but then he was able to
kill the man who saw him make that
mistake. Jones could not protect
himself in this way. even IT, the
. valet in the sleeved jacket were to
discover him in position analogous to-
BurtOn's. e.," "- -
He was not thinking of any. of
these things at the present moment,
: however; he was thinking Of lunch
con. If he were condemned to play
the part Of lord for awhile he
was quite determined to take bis
+. salary in the way OF everything he
wanted. Yet 1t seemed that to OBJ
], tain anything he wanted in his new
and extraordinary position, he would
have to take something he did not
want. He wanted luncheon. but he
did not want to go back to Carlton
House Terrace, at least not just now.
Those fiunkeys--the very thought of
them gave him indigestion-mor
than that. he was afraid of them. A
: fear that was neither physical nor
. moral, but more in the nature of the
q. fear Of women for mice. or. the sup
posed fear Of the late Lord Roberts
for cats. ,.
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