THE FALLS CITY TRIBUNE , FRIDAY , FEBRUARY 23 , 1906.
SYNOPSIS.
TH13 SPENDERS.
CHAl'TEU 1. Story opens with death
of Daniel J. Ulnes , millionaire mine own
er and railroad man , at Kalso Junction
Secretary wires friends and hunt for Ulnes'
ngcd father Is begun , to acquaint him with
news.
* CHAl'TEU 2-retcr Ulnes Is found.
Mourns son's death.
CHAl'TEU 3.-Ulncs' family wants to live
In the cast , but 1'cter urges that the > sta >
In west. 'Decide on 'trip through nines'
properties.
ClIAl'TKU 4. On trip through UlntV
properties son of dcait millionaire meets
.Miss Mllbrey , a young lady acquaintance
from New York. He shows her through
mines. Dines with her family In nrtvatu
car and Is flattered b > father and mother.
CHAl'TEU 5. 1'erclval begins to fall In
love with Miss Mllbrey and Peter Ulnes ex
presses disgust at ways of easterners.
CHAl'TEU G. The Ulnes family departs
from fur west for New York. Arrives In
Chicago , where an old friend , Mr. Hlgben
" * Is met.
CHAl'TKU " . Mr. lllgbee tells 1'erclval
' how the Mllbreys , on hunt for a ilch hu >
4 band for daughter , sought to corral lilt
} won , 11cm y.
CHAl'TKU S. Mifcs Mllbrey declares she
pares for 1'erclval Ulnes , and i egrets that
she Is to try to marry him for his wealth.
Tells of father's lack of ready monej.
A servant passed the open iloot
bearing nn immense pasteboard box
with onn end cut out lo accommodate
the long stems of many loses
"Jarvls ! "
"Yes , sir ! "
"What is It ? " . '
"Flowers , sir. for Miss Avlcc. "
"Let me see and the card ? "
He took the oanl from the florist's
rnvclope and glanced at the name.
"Take them away. "
The stricken man was once more
alone ; yet now it was as if the tender
beauty of the ( lowers had balmed his
hurt taught him to hope anew. Let
* us in all sympathy and hope retire.
" * "
' * For chcorfnllcr sights we might ob
serve Lannton Oldaker in a musty
rurlo-shop , delighted over a pair of
silver candlesticks with square bases'
and ( luted columns , fabricated in the
reign of that fortuitous monarch
Charles II. ; or we might glance in
upon the Higbces in their section of
a French chateau , reproduced up on
the stately Hiverslde drive , where thev
complete the details of a dinner to be
given on the morrow.
Or perhaps It were better It ) be concerned -
corned with a matter more weighty
than dinners and antique candlesticks ,
V
"TAKE THEM A WAT. "
The search need never be vain , ever
in this world of persistent frivolity
As , for example :
"Tell Mrs. Von Geist if she can' !
come down , I'll run up to her. "
"Yes , Miss Mllbrey. "
Mrs. Van Gelst entered a momen :
later.
\ U "Why , Avice , child , you're glowing
. ' "
aren't you ?
"I must be , I suppose I've jus
walked down from Fifty-ninth street
and before that I walked in the park
Feel how cold my cheeks are Mutter
chen. "
"It's good for you. Now we shal
have some tea , and talk. "
"Yes I'm hungry for both , am
some of those funny little cakes. "
"Come back where the fire is , dear
the tea has just been brought. There
take the big chair. "
"It always feels like you like you
arms , Mutterchen and I am tired. "
"And throw off that coat. There'
the lemon , if you're afraid of cream.
"I wish I weren't "afraid of anythln ;
but cream. "
"You told me you weren't afraid o
that that cad any more. "
"I'm not I just told him so. Bu
I'm afraid of It all ; i m tired tryln
not to drift tired trying not to trj
and tired trying to try Oh. dear-
sounds like a nonsense verse , doesn' '
It ? Have you anyone to-night ? No
I think I must stay with you till morn
Ing. Send some one home to say I' ,
be here. I can always think so muc
better here and you , dear old tblnj
lo mother me ! "
"Do , child ; I'll send Sandou directly.-
"Ho will go to the house of mourn
ing. "
"What's the latest ? "
"I'njrn was on the verge of collapse
this morning , and yet he was striving
so bravely and nobly to bear up. No
one knows what that man suffers ; it
makes him gloomy all the time about
everything. .lust before I left , he was
saying that , when one considers the
number of American homes in which
u green salad Is never served , ono must
be appalled. Arc you appalled , auntie ?
But that Isn't It. "
"Nothing has happened ? "
"Well , there'll be no sensation about
It In the papers to-morrow , but a very
dreadful thing has happened. Papa
i has suffered ono of the crueicst blows
j of his life. 1 fancy ho didn't sleep at
all last night , and ho looked thoroughly -
ly bowled over this morning. "
"But what is it ? "
"Well oh. it's awful ! first of all
there were six dozen of early-bottled
1875 Chateau Latltte that was the bit
tcrest but he bnd ( o see the rest go ,
too Chateau Margcaux of ' 80 some-
terribly ancient port and Madeira -tho
| dryest kind of sherry a lot of fine ,
full clarets of ' 77 and ' 78 oil , you can t
know how ngoniiIng It was to him
I've heard them so often I know them
jail myself. " \
"But what on earth about them ? '
'Nothing , only Cosmopolitan
club's wine cellar auctioned off. you
know For over a year papa lia.s
looked forward to it He knew every
bottle of wlno In it. He could
rcclto the list without looking at
it. Sometimes In- sounded like it
French lesson and he's been un
der u fearful strain ever slnci
the announcement was made. Well
the great day rame. yesterday , anil poor
pater simply couldn't bid In a single
drop. It needed ready money , you
know. And he had hoped so cheerfully
all the time lo do something It broke
his heart , I'm sure , to tee that Cha
lean Lafltte go and only imagine. It
was bid in by the butler of that odlou-
HIgbec. You should have heard papa
rail about the vulgar nouveaux rlche *
when ho came homo he talked quite
like an anarchist. But by to-night he'll
be blaming me lor his misfortunes
That's why I chose to stay here witli
you. "
'Poor Horace. Whatever are you
going to do ? "
"Well , dearie , as lor me. it doesn't
look as .if I could do anything but one
thing. And hero is my ardent youns
Croesus coming out of the west. "
"You called him your 'athletic Bay
ard' opce. "
"The other's mote to the point ai
present. And what else can 1 do ?
Oh , If some one would lust be brave
enough to live the raw , quivering life
with me. I could do It , I give you my
word. 1 could let everything go by the
board but I am so alone and so help
less and no man Is equal to It , now
adays All of us here seem to be con
tent to order a 'half portion' of life. "
"Child , those dreams are beautiful
but they're like those flying machines
that are constantly being tested by the
credulous Inventors A wheel or .1
pinion goes wrong and down the silly
things come tumbling. "
"Very well ; then 1 shall be wise I
suppose I shall be and I'll do it
quickly. This fortune of good gold
shall propose marriage to me at once ,
and be accepted so that 1 shall hi
ible to look my dear old father In the
face again and then , after I'm mar
ried well , don't blame me for any
thing that happens. "
"I'm sure you'll be happy with him
it's only your silly notions. He's In
love with you , "
"That makes me hesitate. He really
Is a man I like him sec this letter
a long review from the Arcady Lyre
of the 'poem' he wrote , a poem consistIng -
Ing of 'Avice Mllbrey. ' The reviewei
has been quite enthusiastic over it , toe
written from some awful place it.
Montana. "
"What more could you ask ? He'll b <
kind. "
"You don't understand Mutterchen
He seems too decent to marry thai
way and yet It's the only way I coult
marry him. And after he found rn <
out oh. think of what marriage Is-
he'd have to find it out 1 couldn't aci
long doubtless ho wouldn't even b (
kind to me then "
"You are morbid , chilu. '
"But I will do it ; 1 shall ; I will b <
a credit to my training and I shal
learn to hate him and he will have t (
learn well , a great deal that h (
doesn't know about women. "
She stared into the lire and added
after a moment's silence ;
"Oh. if a man only could live up t <
the verses he cuts out of magazines ! '
CHAPTER IX.
WITH THK UAUHAU1C HOSTS
History repeats itself so cleverly
with a variance of stage-settings an <
accessories so cunning , that the repe
tltion seldom bores , and is , indeed , fre
quently undetected. Thus , the descen
of the Barbarians upon a decaden
people Is a little tour de force tha
has been performed again and agaii
since the oldest day. But because th
assault nowadays Is made not wltl
force of arms we are prone to believ
it is no Joneer made at all ; as If hu
man ways tiad cnanged a lilt sine *
those ugly , hairy tribes from the
northern forests descended upon the
Roman empire. And yet the mere dif
ference ( hit the assault Is now mndo
with force of money In no way alters
the process nor docs It permit the re
sult to vary. On the surface all Is cor
diality and peaceful negotiation Be
neath Is the same Immemorial strife ,
the llfe-and-death struggle pitiless ,
Inexorable.
What would have been n hostllo
bivouac within the city's gates , but
or the matter of a few centuries , Is
now to select nn cxampla which re
motely concerns us , n noble structure
ou Riverside drive , facing the lordly
Hudson and the majestic Palisades
that form its farther wall. And , lor
the horde of Goths and Visigoths ,
Huns and Vnndnlu , drunkcnly reeling
in the Iltful light of camp ilres , chant
ing weird buttle runes , fighting for
captive vestals , and bickering In un
couth tongues over the golden spoils ,
what have wo now to make the paral
lel convince ? \ \ ny , the same Barbar
ians , actually ; the same hairy rude
ness , the same unrefined , all-conquer-
Ing , animal force ; u red-faced , big-
handed lot , Imbued with hearty good
naturu and nn easy tolerance for the
ways of those upon whom they have
descended.
Hero arc chiefs of renown from the
farthest fastnesses ; they and their
curious households : the ironmonger
from PittBburg , the gold miner from
Dawson , the copper chief from Butte ,
the silver chief from Denver , the cattle
chief from Oklahoma , lord of I'.OO.UOO
good acres and 30,000 cattle , the lum
ber prlnco from Michigan , the founder
01 a later dynasty In oil , from Texas.
And. for the unaesthetlc but effective
Attlln , an able fimhioncr of pork prod
ucts from Chicago.
Hero they make festival , carelessly ,
uualrald , unmolested. For , In the
lapse of time , the older peoples lnivij
learned not only the folly of resisting
Inevitables , but that the huge and
hairy Invaders may bo treated and bar
tered with not unprofltnuly. Doubt
less It often results from this am.ty
that the patrician strain is corrupted
by the alien admixture but business
has been business since as many as
two persons met on the face of the
new earth.
For example , this particular shelter
Is bulldcd upon land which one of the
patrician families had hold for a cen
tury solely because it could not be dis-
j posed of. Yet the tribesmen came ,
clamoring for palaces , and now this
same land , with some adjoining areaa
of trilling extent , produces nn Income
that will sulllce to maintain that fam
ily almost in Its ancient and befitting
estate.
In this mammoth pile , for the petty
rental of ? 10,000 or ? 15,000 a year ,
1 many tribes of the invaders have found
shelter and entertainment in apart
ments of many rooms. Outwardly , in
details Bf ornamentation , the building
is said to duplicate the Chateau Blois ,
those splendid palaces of Francis I.
Inside are all the line and color and
device of elegant opulence , modern to
the last note.
To this palace of an October evening
comes the tribe of Bines , and many
another such , for a triumphal feast in
the abode of Barbarian Silas Hlgbee.
I The admirable host if ono be broad-
i minded Is now In the drawing-room ,
'
seconding his worthy wife and pretty
'daughter ' who welcome the dinner
'guests. '
i For a man who has a fad for ham
and doesn't care who knows It , his
, bearing is all we have a right to expect -
| pect that it should be. Among the
t group of arrivals , men of his own
1 sort , ho is speaking of the ever-shlft-
, Ing fashion in beards , to the evangel
of a Texas oil field who flaunts to the
I
world one of those heavy mustaches
! spuriously extended below the corners
of the mouth by means of the chin
growth of hair. Another , a worthy
.ribesman from Snohomlsh , Washing
ton , wears a beard which , for a score
of years , has been let to be its own
true self ; to express , fearlessly , its own
inlquo capacity for variation from
type. These two have rallied their
lost upon his modlshly trimmed side-
whiskers.
You're right , " says Mr. Hlgbee ,
amiably , "I aln't'stuck any myself on
this way of trimming up a man's face ,
nut the madam will have it this way
says it looks more refined and New
Yorky. And now , do you know , ever
since I've worn 'em this way ever
since I had 'em scraped from around
under my neck here I have to go to
Florida every winter. Come January
or February , I get bronchitis every
blamed year ! "
Two of the guests only are alien to
the barbaric throng.
There is the noble Baron Konault
de Palliac , decorated , reserved , observ
ant almost wistful. For the moment
he Is picturing dutifully the luxuries a
certain marriage would enable him tc
procure for his noble father and hU
aged mother , who eagerly await the
news of his quest for the golden fleece ,
'
For the baron contemplates , after the
fashion of many conscientious explor
ers , a marriage with a native woman ;
though he permits himself to cherish
the hope that it may not be condl
tloned upon his adopting the manner ;
and customs of the particular tribe
that he means to honor. Monsieur tlu
baron has long since been obliged tc
confess that a suitable mesalliance Is
none too easy of achievement , and , Ir
testimony of his vicissitudes , he ha ;
written for a Paris comic paper i
aeries of grimly satiric essays upot
New York society. Recently , moreover
he has been upon the verge of accept
ing employment in the candy factor :
of a bourgeois compatriot. But hopi
has a little revived in the noble brcas
sluco cliunce brought him and his tltli
under the scrutiny of the bewltchlni
Miss Milllcent Hlgbee and her appre
dative mother.
And to-night there It * not only the
pretty Miss Hlgbee , but the winning
Miss Bines , whoso dot , the bnron has
been led to understand , would permit
his beloved father unlimited piquet at
ills club , to say nothing of regenerat
ing the family chateau. Yet those are
hardly matters to bo gossiped of. U
it enough to know that the B.tron
Renault do Palllac when he discovers
blmself at table between Miss Bines
Md the adorable Miss Higher , heroines
V > is saturnine than has for some time
/ o his wont. Ho does not forget pre
vious disappointments , but desperately
snaps his swarthy jaws In commend-
nblo superiority to any adverse fate.
The other alien , Latinton Oldaker , was
present under terms of honorable trttco ,
willingly and without ulterior motive
saving as ho confessed to himself
a consuming dcslro to see "how the
other half lives. " llo wan no loncor
the hunted and dismayed being Per
clval had and impossible
met In that far-off
possible Montana ; but was now un
troubled , remembering , It Is true , that
this "slumming expedition , " ns ho
termed it , had taken him beyond the
rerogr.i/ed l.iumls of his beloved Now
York , but serene In the consciousness
that half an hour's drive would land
him safely back at his club.
Oldaker observed Miss Psycho Bines
approvingly.
"We arc co glad to bo In Now York ! "
she had confided to him , sitting at her
right.
"My dear young woman , " ho warned
her , "you haven't reached Now York
yot. " The talk being general and loud ,
lie ventured further.
"This is Plttsburg. Chicago , Kansas
City , Denver almost anything but
Now York. "
"Of course I know these are not the
well old families. "
Oldaker sipped his glass of old Olo-
ese sherry and discoursed.
'
"And our prominent families , the
ones whoso nnmca you read , are not
\'ew York any moro. cither. They arc
ather London and Paris. Their furnl-
ure , clothing , plate , plcturcn and fcerv-
nnts como from one or the other. Yes ,
intl their manners , too , their Interests
and sympathies and concerns , their
ashloiih and sometimes , their or
morals. They are assuredly not New
York any moro than Gobelin tapestries
and Fortuny pictures and Louis Seize
hairs nro Now York. "
"How qurerly you talk. Where Is
New York , then ? "
OldaUer sighed thoughtfully between
wo spoonfuls of tortiic verte , Halrc.
"Well , I suppose the truth is that
hero isn't much of New York left in
Now York. As a matter of fact I think
t died with the old volunteer fire de-
mrtmcnt. Anyway the surviving
remnant Is coy. Real old Now Yorkers
ike niyfcelf neither pcor nor rich 1110
swamped In these days like those pro-
ilstorlc animals whoso bones we find.
There comes n time when we can't
Ive. and deposits form over us and
we're lost to memory. "
But this talk was even harder for
Miss Bines to understand than the
English speech of the Baron Renault
le Palllac , and she turned to that noble
entleman as the turbot with sauce
Corall was served
The dining-room , Its wall wainscot
ed from floor to celling in Spanish
oak , was flooded with soft light from
he red silk dome that depended from
.ts crown of gold above the table. The
aughter and talk were ns little sub
dued as the scheme of the rooms. It
was an atmosphere of prodigal and
confident opulence. From the music-
room near by came the soft strains of
Haydn quartette , exquisitely per
formed by finished and expensive art
ists.
"Say , Higbee ! " It was the oil chief
from Texas , "see If them fiddlers of
yours can't play 'Ma Honolulu Lulu ! ' "
Oldaker , wincing and turning to Miss
Bines for sympathy , heard her say :
"Yes , do. Mr. Higbee ! I do love
those ragtime songs and then have
them play 'Tell Me , Pretty Maiden , '
and the 'Intermezzo. ' "
He groaned in anguish
The talk ran mostly on practical af
fairs : .he current values of the great
staple commodities ; why the corn crop
had been light ; what wheat promised
to bring ; how young Burman , of the
Chicago board of trade , had been
pinched in his own wheat corner for
tour millions "put up" by his admir
ing father ; what beef on the hoof
commanded ; how the Federal Oil com
pany would presently own the state of
Texan.
Almost every Barbarian at the table
bad made his own fortune. Hardly
one but could recall early days when
be tolled on farm or In shop or forest ,
herded cattle , prospected , sought ad
venture In remote and hazardous wilds.
" 'Taln't much like them old days ,
, Hlgbee ? " queried the crown prlnco
3f Cripple Creek "when you and mo
had to walk from Chicago to Green
flay. Wisconsin , because we didn't
have enough shillings for stage fare ? "
He gazed about him suggestively.
"Corn beef and cabbage was pretty
? oojl then , eh ? " and with sure , vigor-
aim strokes he fell to demolishing his
diet de dlnde a la Perlgueux , while a
butler refilled his glass with Chateau
Malescot , 1878.
"Well , It does beat the two rooms
madam and me started to keep house
in when we was married , " admitted
the host. "That was on the banks ol
the Chicago river , and now we got the
Hudson llowln1 right through the front
rard , you might say , right past our
Dwn yacht landing. "
From old days of work and hardshlj
they came to discuss the present and
heir immediate surroundings , social
ind financial.
Their daughters , It appeared , were
being sought in marriage by the son :
Df those among whom they sojourned ,
"Oh , they're a nice band of hand-
bakers , all right , all right , ' " assorted
ho gentleman from Kansas City. "Ono
3f 'em tried to keep company with our
Caroline , but I wouldn't stand for .
Ho was a crackln' good shinny player ,
uul ho could lead them cotillon danrcs
blowln' a whistle and callln' , 'All right ,
Upl' or something , like a ear Hlartcr
but , 'Toll mo Homolhlng good about
111 in , ' I says to an old friend of his
family. Well , he hemmed and hawed
ho was n New York gentleman , and
saR he ! 'I don't know whot..cr 1 could
make you understand or not , ' he says ,
'but no's got Family , ' jest llko that ,
bearln1 down hard on 'Family1 'and
you've got money , ' ho says , 'and Money
and Family need each other badly in
this town , ' ho says , 'Yes,1 I says , M
met up with a number of people bore , '
I says , 'but 1 ain't met none yet that
you'd have to blindfold and back Into
a lot of money , ' I nays , 'family or no
family , ' 1 HIIVH. 'And that young man , '
ho snj'H , 'is a pleasant , charming fol
low ; why , ' ho jmyB , 'ho'n the best-
coated man In Now York. ' Well , I
looked at him and 1 Hays : 'Well , ' says
1. 'ho may bo the host-coated man in
Now York , but ho'll bo the bost-bootd ( ;
man lu Now York , too , ' 1 says , 'If ho
comes around trying to spark Caroline
any moro or would bo If I hud my
way. His ehln'H pushed too far back
under his face , ' I says , 'and besides ,
1 nays , 'Caroline is being waited on by
a young hardware drummer , a good
steady young fellow traveling out of
little old K. C. . ' 1 say . 'and while ho
ain't much for fam'ly , ' 1 says , 'he'll
have ono of his own before ho gets
through , ' 1 says ; 'wo Htnrt faiu'lles
where 1 como from , ' 1 Hays. "
"Good boy ! Gooil for you , " cheered
the self-made Barbarians , and drank
success to the absent disseminator of
hardware.
With much loud talk of this unedl-
fylng character the dinner progressed
to an end : through nnlh * d'nuneuu ,
floated In 'Si champagne , terrapin um-
A CAKK WALK.
voyed by a special Madeira of 1850 ,
and canvnsback illicit with Romuneu
Contl , 18C5 , to a triumphant finale of
Turkish coffee and 1811 brandy.
After dinner the ladles gossiped of
New York society , while the barbaric
males smoked their big oily cigars and
bandied reminiscences. Illgbco showed
them through every one of the apart
ment's 22 rooms , from reception hall
to laundry , manipulating the electric
lights with the skill of a stage man
ager.
The evening ended with a cake walk ,
for the musical artists had by rare
wines been mellowed from their classic
reserve into a mood of rag-time aban
don. And if Monsieur the Baron with
his ceremonious grace was loss ex
uberant than the crown princn of Crip
ple Creek , who sang as he stepped the
sensuous measure , his pleasure was
not less. He enjoyed to observe that
these men of Incredible millions had
no hauteur.
"I do not. " wrote the bnron lo hlw
noble father , the marquis , that night ,
"yet understand their joke ; why should
it be droll to wish that the man whos3
coat is of the best should also wear
boots of the best ? but as for what
they call line promenade do gateau , I
find It very enjoyable. I have met a
Mile. BlneB , to whom I shall at once
pay my addresses. Unlike Mile. Htg-
bee , she has not the father from Chicago
cage nor elsewhere. Quel ( liable
d'homme ! "
CHAPTlO.v X.
THE PATIUCIAN8 BNTKKTA1N.
To reward the enduring who read
politely through the garish revel ol
the preceding chapter , covers for 1-i
are now laid with correct and tastefu
quietness at the sophisticated boanl ol
that fine old New York family , th <
Milbrcys. Shaded candles leave all bill
the glowing table In a gloom discreet ! )
pleasant. One need not look so hlgl ;
as the old-fashioned stuccoed celling
The family portraits tone agreeably
into the half-light of the walls , the
huge old-fashioned walnut sideboard
soberly ornate with its mirrors , Hi
white marble top and Its wood-carvel
fruit , towers majestically aloft ii
proud scorn of the frivolous Chlppen
dale fad.
Jarvls , the accomplished and Incom
parable butler , would be subdued anc
scholarly looking hut for the flagran
scandal of his port-wine nose , lit
gives finishing little fillips to the whlti
chrysanthemums massed In the centra
epergne on the long silver plateau
and bestows a last cautious survo :
upon the cut-glass and silver radlatlm
over the dull white damask. Flndlnj
the table and its appointments fault
less , be assures himself once mon
that the sherry will corne on Irrc
proachably at a temperature of CO dc
grccs ; that the Hurguudy will not fal
below 65 nor mount above 70 ; for Jar
vln wets of n palate BO acutely sensi
tive that It never fulls to record a
variation of so much as ono degree
from the approved standard of tem
perature.
How restful thlfl quiet and rcsurvo
iiftrr the color and line tumult of the
Illgbco apartment. There the flush
mid bloom of newness worn oppressive
to the rlght-mlndud. All smelt of the
; hop. Hero the dull tones and decor
ous MUCH caress and nootlio instead of
overwhelming the Imagination with
? ffects too grossly lltrr.il. Hero Is the
veritable spirit of good form ,
Throughout the IKIUHU this contrast
might bo noted. It Is the brown-stone ,
high-stoop house , guarded by a cast-
iron fence , built In vast numbers when
the world of fashion moved north to
Murray Hill and Fifth iivcnuo a gen
eration ago. Ono of these houses wan
llko all the others Insldo and out , built
of unlmaglnntlvo "bulldor'n architec
ture. " The hall , the long parlor , the
back parlor or library , the high stuc
coed callings not only wore those alike
In all the houses , but the furnishings ,
too. worn iiul to be of u smweneda In
them all , rather heavy and tasteless ,
but serving the ends that such things
iihould bo meant to serve , and never
llamboyant. Of these relics of a sim
pler day not many iiurvlvo to us , save
In thii Hhumoful degeneracy of board
ing houses. Hut In such na arc loft ,
wo may confidently expect to find the
traditions of that inoro dignified time
kept unsullied ; to find , Indeed , n wo
(1ml ( In the house of Mllhroy , a settled
air of gloom that Biiggcsta insolvent
but stubbornly determined exclusive-
ness.
Something of this air , too , may bo
noticed In the surviving tenants of
these inistoro relics , Yet It would
inrdly bo observed In this house on
his night , for not only do nrrlvlng
guests bring the aroma of a later
irnHpnrlty. lint the henrta of our host
ind hontonn beat high with a now
inpe. For the fair and sometimes un-
ortaln daughter of the house of Mll-
iroy , after many omlmnm muttorlngs ,
lolnys , and frank rebellions , has de
clared at last her readiness to bo a
red It to her training by conferring her
amlly prestige , distinction of manner
and clmrina of person upon ono
quipped for their suitable mainten
ance.
Already her Imaginative father Is
avishlng in fancy the mouldlcst wlno
olhu-H of continental ISuropc. Already
ho fond mother ban idealized a IIOU.P
n "Millionaire's How" east of the
ark , whcro there Bhnll bo twenty sor-
ants Instead of three , and there shall
ease that gnawing worry lest the
roacheroim north Betting current
iwcop them west of the Park into ono
) f those hideously now apartment
IOUBCB , where the halls are done In
narblo that seems to have boon sliced
'roin u huge Hoqucfort cheese , and
where one must vie , perhaps , with a
shop-keeper tor the favors of an Ir"-
reverent and materialistic janitor.
The young woman herself entertains
irivatoly a state of mind which she
: inn no Intention of making public. It
IB enough , she reasons , that her action
should outwardly accord with the best
traditions of her class ; and , indeed , her
family would never dream of demandIng -
Ing mare.
Her gown to-night IB of orchard
green , trimmed with apple blossoms ,
a single pink spray of them caught In
tier hair. The rounding , satin grace of
tier slender nrniH , sloping to the opal-
tipped fingers , the exquisite line from
ear to shoulder strap , the melting ripe
ness of her chin and throat , the tender
pink and bite of her fine skin , the
capricious , Inciting tilt of her small
head , the dainty lift of her short nose ,
these allurements she has Inventor
ied with a calculating and sattsflo I
eye. She Is glad to believe that there
Is every reason why It will soon bi
over.
And , Hlnco the whole loaf IB notor
iously better than a half , hero Is the
engaging son of the house , also firmly
bent upon the high emprise of matr.-
mony ; handsome , with the chin , It may
be , slightly receding ; but an unexcelled
leader of cotillions , a surpassing polo
player , clever , wlnprrig , and dressed
with an effect that ban long made him
remarked In polite circles , which ro
mere money can achieve. Money , in
deed , if certain Ill-natured gossip of
tradesmen bo true , ban been an Incon
siderable factor in the encouipassmenl
of thin sartorial distinction. Ho waits
now , eager for a first glimpse of tha
young woman whose charms , even by
report , have already won the best de
votion ho has to give , A grievous er
ror It Is to suppose that Cupid's ar
tillery is limited to bow and arrows.
And now , instead of the rude com
mercial horde that laughed loudly and
ate uncouthly at the board of the bar
barian , we shall Hit at table with people
ple born to the only manner said to
bo worth possessing ; If wo except , indeed -
deed , the visiting tribe of Bines , who
may be relied upon , however , to be
have at least unobtrusively.
( ( . 'out ! nurd Next W ; 'k )
A H&bit To Be Encouraged.
Tliu mother who has acquired tlm
huliit of kei'plni ; on hum ) u holllu of
ChamherhilnV Cou 'l ) IfamiMly , envvs
lici'Fclfu limit amount of unciislnors
arid unxiuiy. CoiiL'lib , c > ld tind croup
to which children an * susceptibli ) arc
quickly cured by lit uf > e. It counteract -
act * any tendency of a cold to re-tilt in
pneumonia , and If elvt'ims goon us the
the first hymptotiift of i-roup appears , It
will pruvunt the uttuuk. This remedy
contains nothing injurious and mothers
( ive it to little ones with u feeHni * of
perfect i-ecurlty. Hold at Korr's Drujj
Store.