Show The Downfall pooh of Pembroke BY HEN RV C ROWLAND Percival P Pembroke Ph D iLL LL D shook Iris his handsome handsom Tread hoad SorrY Dudley DUdloy but Ive Iv planned d to torun torun run out to my pl place ce at Pawn Lake to tomOrrow tomorrow mOrrow You see soo I 1 want solitude to finish h my monograph on The Mum of ar let It the dead bury their dead Think how long you i be a mummy It If its a w hol e be n an Egyptian princess ss been dead dad 2000 years and nn an AmerIcan queen been bean alive tw o nty nt Y rd Id re I ve never been a success success with a edy under 1 n few thousand years ot of otage age Dudley Dudloy Interrupted tIr Mr Pem r s sadly You VOlt never got near noar enough You cant ant make pretty talk through a meg you kno know Now look here Miss lU bogged begged me to asle you I IIII Aa III n a I 1 possibly for far outpost duty It If she had wanted me meZ alp Z n cavalier I am afraid the message Would never have reached me Dud lC lea You old fox But lc or of the good times s we will have boating and tramp ing horses and dogs Children and dogs are my pet abominations I regard them both as primitive creatures of dangerous intellI intellIgence gence and ungovernable Impulses Oh go to the began bogan Mr Dudley Strong Impatiently p pI I must again decline Dupley I un understand dr that she caters to New Yorkers York ers tg and entertains but cry ery few Bos Bostonians Bostonians What kind of It a summer colony have havey you y nu got at Fawn Lake asked Mr Strong abruptly changing the conver conversation M 3 self my m Y valet t chef coachman two wo horses some chickens ns All 11 roosters Ill bet and a tomcat Any pretty sirls Mr lr Pembroke shuddered My near t neighbor Is about a qua quarter ter of a away I am a little worried asI as I understand that the cottage has been h t far Ot the summer t dont to hom Hope find It fun full or of chorus girls Well VeU Im off of Hope you oU have a ar r Oft nd summer Shaking hands with 1 hi iton man Mr Strong rushed from 1 hp room In the tho usual manner of the mf T he e following morning after n a some som 11 hat difficult but necessary argument with Ith his publishers Who were aggra dense In being brought to see seethe the vital Importance of printing the wage numbers ot of his latest book boole In the center Instead or of the upper and outer corners especially Y as halt half of the tho v had been printed In the tatter 1 ter ny ay Mr Pembroke found himself hims f on the way to the Grand Central station whence he was to take n a sleeper to toFa Fa Fawn wn Lake According to his usual custom Mr rr Pf Pembroke m broke arrived at the station before th the gates wore were opened to admit pas and while standing In the crowded room he became interested In 1 d In n a group which was occupying occupy ing the greater part of the bench op opposite opposite him Interested is ig hardly the word as Mr attention was held with the tho same same shudderIng fasci nation with which a person having an antipathy for cats might watch the ablutions of a family of kittens r The unconscious party under the cov covert co coert ert observation of Mr Pembroke con consisted consisted of rive five children all between the ages of two and len Zern years Even Een to his unskilled eyes it was obvious s that two If the children were twins the similarity of which he h contemplated with the secret marveling ot of a red In Indian dlan dian inspecting a mech mechanical toy Although there were but five fhe Mr Pembroke found it n cess ry to count them several times to assure himself lf of this fact their activity giving the Impression ot of at least twIce that num number number ber From the boisterous interest which they took In surrounding objects Mr Pembroke surmised that they were unaccustomed to travel He also observed ob observed served with silent admiration how the pretty French maid who seemed to be bethe bethe the only shepherdess or of the flock was skillfully herding them with a deft dis dispensing ensin of bonbons traIn was shortly an announced announced but being just at that instant absorbed In th the skillful teamwork of the twins who were attempting to wrest a small wicker basket from the oldest eldest a boy boyhe boyhe he utterly ignored the summons Strange sounds proceeding from the basket whetting his Interest still keen keener er he was almost capsized by a portly lady carr carry ing a hand trunk but beyond his automatic pardon me his eyes e es wore sun still fastened upon the wrestlers when suddenly the twine holding the basket together snapped under the strain the twins sprawled one way the boy another and a large fat puppy was spilled from within falling to the floor with a plop I Despite the fall faU the pup was the first to regaIn his equilibrium and promptly crawled be beneath ath the long settle upon which the entire juvenile litter gave voice Uk So a pack of beagles Unconsciously Unconsciously Mr Pembroke found himself hastening to their aid ald seeing an ex excellent tool fr the capture of the quarry in the Crooked handle of his stick At that particular moment the dislodgment of that pup from beneath the settle would have ranked even higher than the location of the page numbers of his book Before he knew it he found himself on h hands and knees skillfully ully lunging between the bags and baskets but the puPpy If corpulent was active rand and nimbly evading the crook made a dash for or the refuge offered of offered by the skirts of a lady seated half way down the bench Intent upon the chase Mr Pembroke failed to note the character of the Ule cover until he had bad hooked an ankle by mistake and the fair o owner ner rising In haste had tripped and fallen across the bodies of the twins knocking one of them across the pump who promptly lifted a small but penetrating voice In bitter lamentation In the midst of a babel of yelps squeals laughter and apologies Mr ears ars were suddenly assailed with the tones of the train announcer voicIng the fact that the Adirondack express was about to leave Gathering himself together irk 11 haste he prepared to charge the gates L I when he noticed a 8 lady In second mourning who was coming into th the or orbit orbit bit of activity with a a r Uld flutter r that suggested a coming into nt the flock In one hand she ehe held a mass of bills bUls and In the other a 3 mass of loose se skirts and from the frank and in innocent expression of f her big blue eyes just now brImful of distress and the prolusion profusion of ld hair Mr Pembroke Pem broke although a a tyro in such matters was able to diagnose bar at Once as the mother of the d Xo To most men her manifold attractions of face and figure would have been the first Im to Mr lIr P Pembroke it was the agonizing ag fact that she had a scant three minutes to net get her family aboard the train Olt Oh Cecile she gasped the parlor car seats were aU all taken takenA tak n r rA A guilty pang shot through Mr Pem as ho he realized that e had se secured secured cured the last Mais Maas train starts Oharo you an all here ErIc top stop that aw away y that old basket puppy j A series of splitting ive Jol tel by wild and an howls roared oared above the of the room The rhe children shrieked k d 1 j concert I I Estelle put the puppy in wIth Tab Tabby Tabby by screamed ErIc at t the tho top of n a lu lusty ty pair of lungs All aboard ro he meg mega The executive t df df lir I Pembroke Pem Pembroke broke Which had rn dc Egyptian n nand and Abyssinian AbY successes ses es which they shad had t en s ire glo rious above the ri of situa or I Ions Jons will al nays evolve the genius of administration Forgetful of precedent of established d orl order r qi tho ht he gallantly to the r rescue Pardon me madam Eric give me that basket With a quick clutch lie Ie rescued this thio shrieking puppy gripping It firmly in inthe the he classic way ay An athletic moon and he hal had caught up the smallest child and slung It to hIs should shoulder r In th iha ether ther hand h lie a get getting getting ting both In III tow and with n a brisk this way yay madam he had l ad mobilized the entire en tire Ura cavalcade r a aSling 0 s r Sling that valise vaUse around neck throw that cloak OV over r ry my y rm arm und and take those children by the hund A pup nn u In an one hand a child und under r the I flame arm a cloak over oel one shoulder and a valise vaUse slung around hi his ily gripping another au other child wh who was ivas drag ing still another and with a a magazine strongly gripped in his even eyen teeth once might have hao thought that Mr fr Pembroke would woul escape recognition recognition but alas not so o oAs As lie he pass p ping assed 1 the parlor cars happen happenIng Ing to glan glance e upward he looked straight into bite the yes of Miss Rodney RodnAY whose sacred confidence had been so lr betra betrayed ed b by Mr Dudley Stron He had u a panoramic G vision of thre three instantaneous expressions recognition bewilderment and horror Tn In his Start his grIp on the pup slightly relaxed and fearful of drop dropping dropping ping him he found it to stoop for lor an instant nn and renew his grasp D Do on papa urged the 2 earOld he bore Mr lIr Pembroke went onn on his patrician patrI patrIcian cian face y vying ing with the scarlet lining of ef the golf cape on his 1118 arm At the end of the Gar he inmost ran a against Mr r Strong Strang who was standing by th the low lower r rt step t p it emmy Y I gasp o d that hat gen tIeman who ever would have dreamed of It I Is 1 Is s my m Y twain papa lisped lis n ed the vearold Out of of th mout rs s of of babes b be bed d quoted Mr Strong sadlY hastening into the carAs car As h he tolled toiled aboard the coach Mr Pembroke was as unpleasantly conscious that the perspiration was trickling down his face also that the Infant w e bore bort was maintaining his bal baI once bY one one ha hand nd In 1 Us liis hair and the theother other on his collar Some strange in inner inner ner made him disagree I ably that th t he child retained tL a crushed chocolate in either chubby list listin in spite ot of all of which however hoever Mr Pembroke had an odd sensation of tri triumph tr which was a balm to the tho other sore ore He felt a growIng desire to know more of these groping ones whom he had rescued Unfortunately th the summer traffic had almost filled the car at and ou entering Mr Pembroke found to his 1115 di dismay may maytha tha that th l se sea we 0 sin single single gle and scattered Almost at thc same Samo moment th the train began to dra draw sow slow ly Iy cut ut of the station Where shall we sit exclaimed the pretty tty mother in An old gentle genUe gentleman man who was sitting alone arose ponte polite politely lYe ly Wont you ou an your husband have h ve this seat maam he inquired then thon turning to Mr lIr Pembroke he added cl e l You an Sour our wife an the baby cn sit here an YOU cn scatter the rest ot of the young uns along the car I 1 know it is i when youre oure to o move the hull family he pursued sympathetically Oh thank you EO o much she replied with an odd quiver to in her voice Mr Pembroke feeling the need Leed of Immediate ImmE inte diate action placed the twins In rd nd seats and another passenger obligingly moving Cecile and the two other children ren were promptly installed Returning to deposit the now ponder ponderous ous with its mother Mr Pembroke vas as shocked at the unmistakable evidences of mirth about her mouth and yes eyes Arent we leaning ahead of time she inquired d glancing at her har wrist wristwatch wristwatch watch in surprise i 4 i ie iI r I e i l c i ii r I f fy fa i i it y t i ii a i 1 0 i I i t I I I f fOne 4 Ii y One Might Have Thought That Mr Pembroke Would Escape Recognition I think not he replied the tr train n nIs Is scheduled to start at 2 p pm m Why no not s she e exclaimed It ft leaves es esat at t 3 tAn An Icy wave of apprehension s wept through the laboring mind of the mis miserable miserable erable Mr Ir Pembroke The Adirondack ex p ress hO he began an faintly His voice dIed away at the look ot of horror that the tho words produced The Adirondack n Dont tell me that I 1 have bave r rushed shel you aboard the W hg train gasped sped the agonized Mr fir p Pembroke For answer answer sh she dropped her face faco into both hoth bands There was a 3 moments silence while the cold poured from Mr Pembroke in little rills Glancing at t her In alarm Ills he hear rt t sank as he noticed the con convulsive convulsive heaving of her shoulders but the sight Ight while agonizing A aroused all of hiS latent chiva rf ho began desper desperately when suddenly she raised her face tace and he saw that it was s crimson with laughter whereat he wilted back against the plush cushions numbed and speechless We were going to Boston she be began began gan when overtaken b by a fresh out outburst outburst burst of mirth that lasted until Mr Pembroke Whose knowledge of such matters was confined to theory began to t fear ar hysterIcs convulsions coma coma and death Feeling the th critical al necessity of interrupting the emotion be began to speak Madam as this ridiculous blunder was wa all due to my absurd and officious meddling you wIll permit me to telegraph tele telegraph graph to Albany for tickets on the Bps ton S Albany also to conduct you there personally I am Percival Pembroke of Bo Boston t n and it will Percival Pembroke the famous archaeologist she interrupted looking look looking ing up with a sudden aweThe awe aweThe The fame Is overrated uNo NO It she co contradicted How are to be neighbor later on you know I have taken Boul Bouler Boulder der er cottage at Fawn Fown lake and we were going up frOm Boston next week laIn I am Mrs Henry Lawton It was Mr J turn to be surprised Your husband was the late Chief Justice Lawton he exclaimed WhY he was one ot of my fathers old friends ies es she replied demurely He was twenty years yeara older than I We were w re going to visit my cousin cousinIn In Boston for three days she resumed to give m my servants an opportunity to get the thO cottage In order It was az a z 1 ther ather Inconvenient arrangement but I 1 had let my town house from the fIrst of June and I really Uy had nowhere to go Even as she spoke a daring plan was formulating In the revIving brain of the Ithe archaeologist For the first time since his liis impulsive youth he spoke without pausing to weigh his words It seems to m me Mrs Lawton that st it would greatly simplify matters If you Would wIre your Boston relatives that you have decided to go directly to Fawn Lake and then consent to occupy occupy py my cottage until yours is ready I Ican Ican can make myself quite comfortable In yours ours until It is put in order Her pretty brows puckered as she gazed meditatively at the fleeing pano panorama panorama rama without Then the mirthful gleam which Mr Pembroke was unconsciously unconsciously growing to relish returned to her blue eyes But my cottage is all fresh paint I thoroughly enjoy the odor ador of new paint remarked Mr Pembroke men mendaciously mendaciously How many bedrooms bas your cot cottage tape tage she demanded Eight Ei g gEI ht I believe Eight EI g ht Then what is the necessity y of your movIng out 7 I thought Is That the children might annoy you you she inquired maliciously No indeed Ier love children and yours are g ht and sym pathetic de boat boa t interrupted i n terru pt ed the I two J Mr eye e e caught cau s ht a cinder which did not prevent p reven this bis observing th tho e heightened color ot of his fair companion with some malIcious satisfaction Rupert that gentleman h is not your Y our papa 7 she reproved gently Why sped lisped 1 i the infant 1 The answer to this innocent inquiry a being too Intricate for lor the minds of o either the mother or the benumbed Mr Pembroke it was un Papa pursued then the irre n In Cant fant I want a dink of water Oh dear sighed the widow plain plaintively r I hate to have |