Show 9 The Famous Novelty f VAUGHAN KESTER KESTE IE STER Copyright ht ign The Merrill Bebbs-Merrill Company CHAPTER B Bob b Yancy Finds Himself L ancy awoke from a Ion long jung dreamS dream- dream S 2 sleep ee heavy lidded his eyes lyes slid lid For a a. mo moment nent he struggled with odds and ends of memory then he lie ed the fight at the tavern the thc sud- sud attack th the fierce blows s o 0 had d dH dratt H him the knife thrust lad ad tb th There- There e bandages that now swathed iea ea J and shoulders therefore the tha th that t 11 should be he up and doing doing- vire re was as Hannibal J d pl a shadow hadow fell feU obliquely across s foot loot of If lila his narrow bed bcd and Caven- Caven I body somewhat e 4 thrust his head hud tn in In at the opening lit lie found himself looking into a pali pall of e eyes es that for the first time unit In m manlong man mana ny a along along long da day held the tho thoi i light ht of consciousness conscious conscious- I ness nebS How lIow are joti stranger he demanded I In n a soft oft dra drawl draI I Where am ni m I The words words words' were wart a whisper whipper on Yancy's s bearded lip lips Well ell sir you lU are aTe In th the Tennessee river ri fo certain Polly Tolly you ou ou jest step ter here But Poll Polly had heard Cavendish speak and the thEl murmur of Yancy's voice olce In re re- re ply Ib Now her lead head app appeared red beside her Mr husbands L La i-a i you ou are tome conic better aint you I sir Ir she cried smiling smiling- down on him Its been right smart mart of a pell trell too yes CS sir youve you've laid like ilk YOU vou was dead and ind not fo to a matter of hours either elther- but days das no How long S Well nigh on to three e weeks week They saw Yancy's e eyes es widen with a alook alook alook look of dumb horror And An you OU dont don't ln know w nothing 1 about my mj V ou you ou aint seen sen n or heard of him maam ma'am in faltered Yancy aney Polly Potty shook her head regretfully Ten Teon or thereabouts maam ma'am lie were a heap of comfort to me me- me mean an and the whisper on Yane-'s Yane s 's lips nas waa wonderfully I I tender and wistful I He eloped closed his eyes and presently lulled by the soft ripple that hat I bore boie them company fell Into a restful restful rest rest- ful sleep The raft drifted on Into the da days day's 1 heat II and when at last Yancy Yaney awoke It was to find Henry and I Keppel 1 f seated atell beside him each solacing him with a a. small email moist hand a Sirs Mrs r Cavendish e ls appeared e e I bringing Y ln Yancy's breakfast re In h her wake came Connie with the baby and the three little brothers who were WE're to be accorded the cherished privilege of seeing fleeing the poor gentleman eat Cayen Cavendish Ush presented himself lf at the opening that did dd duty as asa asa asa a door This looks like bein alive e stranger I he commented genially You all aint told me meyo yo name yet said Yancy Tancy Its Cavendish tuch Richard d d' d Kepp I Cay Cay- My j names name's Yancy B Tancy-Bo Tancy Bob Yancy rancy Mr 11 Cavendish exchanged glances with Mrs Cavendish By fly a nod of b her r tUrn aim pled chin the lady f seemed to ur urge ure e some more extended confidence COI on his part Chills and Fever seated himself at the foot of ot Yancy's Yaney's bed Stranger what Im I'm a goin to tell YOU vou you's take as bein hem said sald man to toman inan man he began with Ith the Impressive air all of one who had a a. secret of great moment to Impart Ever hear bear tell of ot lords a aNo Ii No Io Yancy was Ioas quick to notice the look of dl disappointment on th the faces of ot othis his new friends Are you ever heard of ot royalty and Cavendish fixed the Invalids Invalid's wandering glance You mean kings I shore do Yancy made a mighty mental effort Theres them Bible Elbl kings kings- ho ventured yen ven at length Mr 11 Cavendish shook his head sacred kings Are you familiar familiar fa familiar fa- fa with any of the profane kings Mr Yancy Yanc Well taking them as they come t them tem em Bible kings se seamed med to average disposed to pretty prett profane Yancy was defend this point i of or You must a heard of ot the Kings England Sho want any of yo yo folks in the war agin him Id plumb forgot why my toy daddy Stall fit St fitall all through the war exclaimed Yan iancy y The were Immensely re- re ed Now you-all you keep still said Caven Caven- dish I ant Va want Mr Ir Yancy should get the straight of this here The various or orders orders or- or of royalty are kings g dukes earls ders s r i cime and 1 lords Earls Bails ISa is Ia the third hl from the top of the tile heap but lords am aint t no noT noS S slouch T Dick ick had ought to know fo hes he's an earl himself cried Polly exultantly Sho Richard Keppel Cavendish earl of Lambeth Sho that was what he tr transient feeling was Sho and some their small of a awe e stamped itself upon faces as they viewed ed the long and ald lim Um- ber figure of their parent These here titles go to the eldest son He Ha begins by being a viscount continued continued contin contin- tied Chills an and Fever Feer It lt was my Iny great reat grandfather come ov over r here from Eng Eng- land His name Wa was was Richard Richard Keppel reppel Cavendish Cay Cay- same as mine Is I 1 He te Ie lived ed back yonder onder on the Carolina coast and went to raisin tobacco Ive I've heard my grandfather grandfather grand grand- rand rand- father tell how hol hed he'd heard folks Id t s' tins ins his father fameI was always in his licker that he was a heap better hatter than he heIe Ie seemed med and if people only the truth about him they'd respect him mo and treat him better Well sir he married and r na a faintly I t there was I. I nw mv r and l a Ia passel 1 of girls girls girls- and that crop of ch children was the only decent crop he ever neMy riz ne Mv My grandfather said he never a man man with the same aversion agin labor as his father had Folks FoUs put it down to but they misjudged him blip as come out later yet et he never let on Then one day he got his 1115 hands on a paper that had come In a ship from front England All at once he lit on something in the paper and he started up and let out a yell ell like Ilke hed he'd been shot By gun Im I'm the earl of Lambeth he says sas and took out to the nearest tavern and got bilin full Afterward he showed em the paper and they seen with their own wn e eves es where Richard Keppel Cavendish Caven dish earl of Lambeth had died In Lon Lop don My great grandfather told em that was his uncle that when he be left hoine home there was several cousins cousins but out they'd up and died so the title come t t. t I him He never done a a. lick of ot work af after after atter atI at- I ter that Im an orphan man of title now and Its It's been m my dream to take Polly PoUy and the children and go back to England and see the king about m my title Dont Don't you vou reckon hes he's got ot the notion the Caven Caven dishes has petered out Mr Yancy Tancy considered ered this likely The furious shrieking sh of a steam- steam pack packets packet's ts t's whistle broke brok in upon them J It Its s another of them all the river said Mid Mr Cavendish and tied fled to the steering oar To fo be continued |