The Natchitoches enterprise., 1921-01-20
~ NE hne morning in the full Lon
don season, Major Arthur Pen
~ dennis (rerred on half pay)

came to breakfast at his accustomed
corner in his Pail Mall Club. HIS
were the best BACKED boots in Lon.
tt.cn. His buff waistcoat, checked era.
Evat, sp0tless linen, white gloves. his
Ewhiskers, his very cane were perfect OF
Ftheir kind.
/ He seemed thirty years old. until
y"n saw the factitiOus nature Of his
Fri !. brown hair and the crows feet
Earolnd the eyes Of his handsome face
swith its Wellington nose. His long
white cuffs showed the good sleeve
!, hGttons given him by his royal high
hess, the duke of York.
=, Through his gold double eye glasses,
he reads his letters. one an invitation
from the marquis of Steyne, one frcn
the bishop Of Ealing and Mrs. Trail
cnother from an earl and so on. and
{, l:st OF all. two others, one from his
{. v idowed sister-in-law, and the other
Q from her only child. Arthur Penden-
.nis, Jr. The first bcgs him to "come
8 Immediately" to Fair Oaks, Clavering.
: ~: Mary's. ito entreat, nay command"
!. tn. ''wretched boy" to give up his en-
E:ge,nent to marry Miss Costigan, an
actress twelve years the senior of this
.1s,d of -afal. .:.ees, ZEE -srcuzu frvM snfo
same lad beseeching his uncle to re
move his mothers objections to MS
,roposcd union with his "dear Emily,
a descendant Of the old irish royalty.
the most beautiful woman In the
world. "a love like mine, sir" writes
young Pen, II feel is contracted once
and foreyer-I shall die without ever
knowing another passion"
The major. inwardly In rage, rue
fully sends refusals to the marquis,
the earl, the bishop and other enter
tainers and takes a sleepless and tir'
ing trip in the tight, smelly night mall
coach for Clavering.
On arrival Major Pendennis Is most
affable to Pen and his mother. he
does not "entreat" or command" his
ncphew but wins the boys confidence
ind talks familiarly Of his own noble
friends and the brilliant career he has
had in mind for Pen. The major then
faces the enemy" Captain Costigan,
the half tipsy imaginative old Irish
soldier, the father and protector o.
EMILY" To him and his beautiful.
honest but dull daughter, the major II
equally suave. Beautiful she Is. with
broad brow, large melting eyes, black
.wavy hair. white complexion, rosy
!. cheeks and the arms Of "Venus."
PEN had come to see and know her
through Foker, school friend. Lad
homely and kindly. dull at his books
hut bright in everyday matters, whose
father, the great brewer, furnished
him money and Lady Agnes, his moth.
er, social position. Verses Pen had
been writing to the Greek goddess ne
now dedicntes to his new divinity.
Major Pendennis, as his next move
let's slip, in the presence Of the Cos
tigans, the fact that Pen has no means
beyond what his nn:teT allows him
ont Of her slender income. Costtgnn
is then indignant that Pen should
have had the face to offer himself 70
. his dear beguiled daughter" Pen can
not believe his adored Emily has
calmly thrown him over. Until the Coz
tigans openly "cut" him In the street.
= He almost dies. or believes he is dying
Of des7ised love, with all the symp'
toms Of sleepless nights and feverian
days, and is scarcely consoled BY hi
mother and little cousin Laura.
Laura is five years younger than
Pen. his second cousin on the side Of
hs~ mother who adopted her on the
:. desth Of y 'enfs. perhaps Oecsuss
Of 4 rOil, ~ ariy unmarr1e0 Gays
. with Laura's father.
Miss Costignn secures an engage
ment Mt a London theater through
Major Pendcnnis' influence. The nag
nett attraction helns thus rem I'd
Pen goes to "Oybricge." Then tn ouGn
For an v.ltj: tue ma jors encourage
met Pa. mn-es rich and ar1Sto81I1e