Show n n 1 LAST MAN TO ll — Continued from page 8 Which butler will! a butler’s dozen But the club treasury took on a hideous life of its own for the survivors — privy to the financial secrets of their multimillionaire employers — invested in common stocks for $5 and less a share and by 1963 the club owned the brownstone and $3 million worth of blue-chisecurities besides Today a mere two members long since retired from butting survived Both were in their 80s — William Jarvis (who had it appeared a repulsive grandson named Benzell Jarvis) and Peter Burroughs Edie’s grandfather both of ' whom lived at tke club I elsewhere lead of and own lives our and” "Ben Jarvis Miss Burroughs added grimly "apart thank goodness But under the bylaws the members must live at the club or forfeit their rights of survivorship” "Rights of survivorship?” Mr Q was sniffing like an enchanted hound dog "Do you mean to say this group of created a tontine? That wonderful old stupidity which in everything goes to the last beneficiary alive?” "Yes Mr Queen” "I’m amazed Butlers are supposed to be the most conservative group on earth” "You evidently don’t know much about butlers” chimed Miss Burroughs "They’re all born gamblers Anyway by now those two old ninnies have only one thought — to outlive the other and so fall heir to the club treasury It’s all pretty silly and it would be amusing if not ” She hesitated for the fact "If not for what fact?” "Well that’s really why I’m here Mr Queen Last ” evening I dropped by for my weekly visit to Grandfather p major-domo- s — Edie found the pair of octo" silence room” engaged in genarians in the making a great deal of what in any but butlers would have thi night uroRi 7 p m been unseemly noise "And you Jarvis " Edie heard her grandfather shout in an undertone " have a narsty mind!" Peter Burroughs was a long withered root of a man all crooked with age and he was vibrating as in a high wind " Really Burroughs ?” chortled William Jarvis Jarvis was Utile and bald and Uvid and the chortle sounded remarkably evil " Can you deny trying to put me out of the way so the club fortune can go to your granddaughter T' " can Jarvis and I do!" "Mr Jarvis really" scud Edie shocked " Nobody's trying to put you out of the way" "No indeed you doddering scullion the boot is quite on the other foot!" said old Burroughs in a refined shriek " You are planning to kill me for the tontine to pass it over to that playboy grandson of yoursH And the two old men tottered toward each other's throats Just then Benzell Jarvis arrived on his weekly visit which always seemed to coincide with Edie's and stepped between the bristling gaffers For once Edie was glad to see him (young Jarvis an exemplary Dr Jekyll in company became an instant Mr Hyde when he could catch Edie alone) "Here Edie" said Ben Jarvis who was as little and bdd as his grandfather "you take your old fool and I'll take my old fool and we'll put 'em away — I wish there were locks on their bedroom doors! — and then you ?" and me ’ 4 1963 P - You Loriiiara Co - get more real smoking pleasure from Kent than any other filter cigarette Puff after puff you get the good taste of Kent’? premium quality tpbaccos filtered through the famous "Micronite” filter FOR THE BEST COMBINATION OF FILTER AND GOOD TASTE satisfies best 10 V s But I’m cluded worried half to death Mr Queen” Edie connot mentioning the judo she had had to resort to THIS WEEK Magazine November 3 1943 i T |