| Show BY JAMES EnRO EL L nl G R C O o 7 liMn it I h 1 L I. I f R. R It ADAMSON AD ISON was a B short stout 1 n pompous little gentleman With J. J M his bis hands bands tucked under his coattails c coattails coat coat- t. t tails taiJ be he stood in in front of the fireplace fire fire- fireplace place and preached propriety to tobis his bis daughter The propriety one observes atone at atone atone one place may with equal advant advantage t tage ge be hc observed at another mother Etiquette Etiquette Etiquette Eti Eti- quette is always always er cr etiquette r Yes but everybody e makes friends quicker a at the seaside e pleaded plead his daughter 1 i Pardon Par on me roe I 1 haven't spoken to a l solitary individual during my sojourn here here except except of course to the landlady and on that occasion the bacon was undoubtedly burnt Youre different blurted out the girl Precisely I 1 am cun different Other people perhaps have noticed it Well Nell they have have snapped his daughter They Ray say fay Spare me Mr Adamson uplifted a 1 plump but modest hand lland My example may have ha a 1 far- far reaching c effect cf My Iy daughter obviously ob should be the first to copy it Of course he be went on i with pursed lips be De pleasant nt and genial I To whom Er Er he he pau paused d with a n slight cough and stroked the crown of his bis head for or a Do reflective r moment with moment with whomever you come in con conr contact con con- r tact tact t r Well Wen that's what I was Bras doing said the ther F. F r girl l rl when you came ume up and nd mode made such a n hias tusa 1 C I trust I am pleasant and genial he said Raid l nobody has ever er ventured to tell me to the contrary But nut I dont don't carry cury it to the extent of titling sitting the beach bench with ith and letting letting let let- on a l young man ting him hold my hand r r Why Wh of course coure not she gurgled Or holding a young womans woman's hand he added quickly with a frown which quenched his hia daughters mirth look Jook silly either way she suggested candidly r I That of course cOUtU is a t matter of opinion declared de do- Glared her father so annoyed However I desire you to put an end to your acquaintance with that young jOun man In future you will TiJI not speak to anybody to wh whom m I have not introduced you But nut you never get jet to know any young men said eaid the girl mournfully No and md for a good reason The modern young oung man mm is not worth knowing o He strode majestically towards the door Remember he said fid Truth however compels the tho admission that ehe she was keeping an appointment with Mr rr Nich Nicholson Nicholson olson a young man of a jealous disposition She passed the bm bandstand with a caution duo due duoto duoto to her fath fathers father's s oft and loudly expressed love of music As she approached the pier Mr Nicholson Nicholson Nicholson Nich Nich- olson passed out of the turnstile with a look Jook of gloom on his hia usually cheery countenance which clU caused OO her to glance ha hastily tily at the cl clock kI k I cant can't speak to you ehe she eaid said mournfully a as he greeted her ir on paused in consternation r Got the toothache Somewhat indignantly the girl explained the thereal thereal thereal real po position of affairs I am not to speak to you jOu she wound up until father knows know you JOU and introduces you to me And if T J do speak to you rou she concluded Dad will take me home at once I once I know he ho J will m The idea would be be- be began the young youn man Ive 10 got ot it he be cried with ith an an air nir of triumph The very nry thing I f. f Miss Ad Adamson reserved ed her c congratulation until she learned what it was he had got Why explained Mr Ir Nicholson he didn't reco recognize nize me that time did he be I must mako make friends with him and get him to introduce moto meto mo me have hB thought of it to you ou Idiotic of me not to before Miss H. H Adamson demurred It n wasn't the delay deJay in thinking of the idea which was idiotic it t was the thinking of it at all aU Mr rr Nicholson however er refused to allow hi his confidence nce in in his ability to overcome o her father objection to strangers and in m particular his curious detestation t on of young men to be shaken It wanted but a little effort ho asserted to break down the walls of Mr and enable hire him to creep into the stern stem fathers father's affections He lie drew a delightful picture of their smoking each others other's ci cigars and tripping gaily along Jlong the promenade with arms entwined S e. e n 0 Ye Weve not exactly made friends said Mid the young man roan when he be met the girl girt near tho the ban bandstand s nd next morning but Ive I've paved the way I think he will know me the next time he ho sees secs me If its it's any gratification to you ou remarked eli Miss liss Adam Adamson n quietly he docs does He pointed you out to me when you passed our window windo this morning No Really cried the young young man with rith a 1 pleased smile What did be he Bay my So lie He he only pointed d you out said the girl I evasively c She paused and appeared to be admiring admiring ad ad- miring mirin the back view o of a c cab Why did you tell teU him last night that he put you in mind of your own mm father she demanded The rhe young man flushed I 1 thought it would have drawn us together ho murmured It hasn't Hes He's taken it as 38 an nn insult t. t An insult HO How I lie He says says says- she checked herself Of course be he mightn't mi have been so annoyed if you'd explained explained explained ex ex- that in looks you took after your jour mother moth moth- er He said too you trod on hia his toes seven se times Did you ou No he cried indignantly Not as ns man many manyas as that But why did you tread on his toes toed at all Well Ven you see that's the idea You tread on ona ona a l mans man's toes and then of course you apologize and then thell drift naturally into remarks about American boots and Protection our corn orn cures curea and walking matches Any subject that comes apt But Dut objected the daughter papa says you yon O began talking to him about the way Billingsgate porters are me used to talking taking Er E yes Er yes admitted Mr r Nicholson stroking his chin You see Ete h he carried on a good deal and md his hig language suggested that subject He's Hes not a 3 very cry friendly man mon is he not he-not not effusively cly so A I 1 mean I bought him a program and he was walt quite snappy Let me s see sec Was that before or Ot after he threatened to call a policeman Just before His Hia tone conveyed a suggestion suggestion U tion of a feeling of injury I went away just after If Id I'd only been able to render him some little service now nosy it would have been different Late that afternoon Miss Adamson hidden from view b by the ticket office stood at the end of the thc pier and watched the coach disgorge e it its t passengers passenger l. l She saw w her father ather clamber down and set pet off n with th a gloomy countenance in m tho the direction of their Jod lodgings ings Finally Mr Ir Nicholson Nich olson alighted and came towards her with what mn may have been unerring instinct or arrangement He lie did not appear to have had an enjoyable outing Well Wen she he cried eagerly Ah h Au h snarled Mr Nicholson He seemed r I It IS Iq r S f. f q I. I I L A Ar I t S I r r I-r a 1 cl A J YI T J n 1 I r i 1 Ic I t V q Il J I J IL AP IJ 1 t. r V L l I I Ife r 1111 I 7 J f lr a. a r n rl s d tc Ih fe r c Jt ji l iq n I In f i w 1 I 1 ll lU II III I I jf r i f Ill fl I fl i 1 ti t tIan Dr f if Ian LA r It lr ra 1 j y fl OAH c QS Zb Yo HZ I Ol Y r f A EC J H r r 4 Say f Il 1 a aI I almost bad It was quite evident e that their little plot had bad failed But what happened When hen he Ilc found he hadn't his purse pune what did he do o Gave Ga Game me in charge grunted the young manAt manAt manAt man At least if he didn't exactly do that I had to let myself be searched Sr Said ll Id I'd been following him about for days anybody co could E see ee I was x wasa a l pickpocket by the shifty look Jook in my eyes Miss Adamson stamped with exasperation And the trouble I had to get hold of his purse without his knowledge Who ho lent him the monC money in the end enel Nobody He lie had bad a 1 fiver in his hig pocket q 9 Early the following morning anyone going in inthe inthe inthe the direction of Walmer Waimer would hive have become spectator of a n curious C little scene A short stout little gentleman purple with anger was standing standing stand stand- ing up to his waist in the thc sea gasping inarticulately inarticulately lately and a looking discomposed looking young man- man Mr l Nicholson to wit wit who who stood at nt the edge of or the beach was making timorous offers of ono one boot and a n shirt Can I go o home in a boot and a shirt was one of or the elder cIder gentleman's coherence The young mans man's feeble tentative c offer of a A. 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I U tt ft t j. j U I l II 11 1 fur 1 tr 1 t. r n newspaper w pa er called caned forth an explosion of wrath th which seemed the precursor of a fit of apoplexy A newspaper Can you imagine me mc in a newspaper The young man said Mid ho he could not He Be said lid it regretfully his imagination nal on to play play- around the subject ho he sniggered and thereby drove o the bather to tho the verge serge of lunacy Shrinking Shrinking Shrinking Shrink Shrink- ing app appalled led from the gust of passion which whirled maelstrom like around him Mr Nicholson Nicholson Nicholson Nich Nich- olson offered to obtain a supply supply- of clothes and before his bia offer could be refused set out hurriedly hurriedly hurriedly hur hur- in the direction of the town I told the tramp man be he explained ined to Misa Ii Adamson as she was making up a 3 p parcel of clothes to ste steal them and bring them to me The running away with them altogether was wa quite his own idea One comfort 1 l didn't girt Tt him the dollar in advance While he was hovering ho fearfully like a somewhat somewhat some some- what plump merman on the edge of the sea cea Mr Ir Adamson began to see things with remarkable remarkable remark remark- able clearness dearness The e effect of this brain disturbance disturbance dis dis- dis was to some e extent tent noticeable in th the thankful almost grateful air nir with which he received received received re re- re- re the clothes from the hands of Mr Nich Nich- olson obon It became strikingly apparent when he be sought out his daughter on his return homeI home I am not not he said wholly an idiot Well bell eU perhaps not not admitted his bin daughter So when a series of or mishaps befall me mc bringing bring bring- jog ing in in their wake a certain young man apparently the rev imperfectly desirous of playing C 4 J t R ble as aa most people of drawing certain siong Yes said id MUs Mi 3 Adamson glancing nervously nervous nervous- ly out of the window Therefore desiring a peaceful holiday I Ishall Ishall shall be glad lad to make the acquaintance of thi this young O man without delay The Tho sooner theo the cr the You understand nd Yes papa said Miss AdAmson aa M she sho went over o and tapp tapped d at the window |
