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Show A HUMDLED DANDY. Tk llMtlUM Trlrk l-Ujsd tTMn lllm ly Ircl llamlolpli I linrrhlll. At an entertainment once, where Lady Itandolph Churchill was playing on the piano, say Knte I'leld'a Washington, Wash-ington, a toll youth vn observed paying pay-ing a languid and rather insolent attention atten-tion to the music, standing close enough to tho performer to havo his comments easily overheard by her. "Lord Handy" was close at hand, too, and presently heard the vapid youth remark: "Deuced One music, you know, hut it lacks weal soul It lacks weal soul." To tho critic's astonishment, a muscular young man, with a big mustache, whom ho had not noticed before, whispered in his can Tom shilling IW wallop tho life out of you!" He hastened to withdraw, but without discovering the Identity of tho author of tho menace. Tho noxt day, to his delight, he received an invitation invi-tation to thoChurchllls' home, which ho accepted with avidity. On entering tho house ho was met by hla threatening neighbor of tho night before, who, ho at mice dlseernrd, must bo Lord itandolph itan-dolph lie proceeded no further than tho entrance hall, for Churchill beckoned beck-oned to tho drawing-room, and mil floated Lady Churchill. "This fed v has come to apologUe to you for his remarks re-marks of last night," hissed Lord I! n-dolph n-dolph "Now," to thoatiangrr, "do n on your knees!" Down went tho dan 'v, lisping out the most abject plea for l jr-giveness. jr-giveness. Then ho was turped o t to a footman to be put ignomlnioiv ly out' of the door, yvhlle the hoot followed hlfretreating fliTiro with, a roar of do-rlslve do-rlslve laughter ii 1 |
