Show fO M E S f FOOL ei a I ft AnD vy las BY HeA TOD TOP tY 1 I ad 1 Colonel Holies soldier and ad- ad 1 returns to land England th tho tholand theland land lond of hIs Ills birth when war ar v ar Is is- is de dared with Holland Ho Ia comes to lodge with Ith Martha Quinn ho hostess te of the tho Paul s Head In Pauls Paul s Yard London It is difficult for tor th the colonel to secure a 0 commission In the Englith h harm arms arm because the name or of o n l Holies father of o tho the colonel Is on the wan variant ant allt for or the e execution of ot th till late king His Grace of o frIend of o the colonel prom prom locH ices Holies a position In the tho army arm I Martha Quinn proposes marria- marria to tho the colont and tells him that she Is a wealthy widow a fling lIIng to bestow butow upon him her worldly Holies 1 Marthas Marthaa 8 offer and to call CAli on Grace of or Buckingham accompanied by by Sir Harry Is hl haing audience 1 with Ith Albemarle xoi NOW GO 0 ov OX ern M flit TIU Tru sTony STORY He lie had hiltl been Instantly admitted I to to that pleasant 51 room 10 the park In w His ilic Grace of Albemarle transacted business Ide l le as tho the poles as score ero the two t Jukes dukes ultes asunder the e- e e dul Ite libertine and the dour yet iet et cordial pre pre- pre prevailed bet between een them Whilst COrl I and circumspect In his hia own 1 of life lite Monk was as Utterly wIthout i I bigotry and as utterly 1 without preJudIces on the tho score of morale Under his hia dour and for belas all that upon he could be beas beas as brave brae as a lion yet iet ct normally h was VIas of the m meekness eknes of a lamb combined d with a courteous aloof aloof- aloof I aloofness aloofness ness which v 1 It If It earned him him few tew I de de oled friends carnell him him fel fewer cr enemies As a a man gives g es SO Iho he receives and Monk being sery ery both of his love and his hl Ih lc rarely rare excited either passion in others lIe He 1 was sas as careful not tomake to tomake tomake make enemies but never at pains to make makl friends I I desire your lour our leave lease to present to your grace my very food friend Sir harry Stanhope a 0 deserving i y oung I soldier foi tot 11 whom hom I solicit your our graces grace's good offices Albemarle had heard hoard of or Sir Harry as one olle o the most dissolute young profligates about the court and observing Ing him now his gr co concluded that the tha gentleman a s ap- ap appearance ap appearance did justice to his tion reputation It was the first time that he I soldier had heard him described as a 0 a aol aol- sol dier and the description awakened his surprise But Dut of this he betrayed I nothing Coldly he ho Inclined his head In response to th diving bow with which Sir Harr Harry honored him bins There Is no need to solicit ins good offices for tor any friend of ot your our grace graces grace's he answered ered cold coldly I cour- cour cour courteous A chair your grace Sir Ir Harr Harry I Ho Re w etl the fop top to the second and lesser of ot the two tl 0 chaIrs that faced hi his writing table Will your our grace graco acquaint me how I may mayhoe base ho the tho honor of ot being being- of ot ice service bir Harry said Buckingham I leaning back In his hi armchair and nd I andI throwing Ing 0 vv one faultlessly Elu leg les over o the other oIlier desires fo toi c certain tam tain reasons reasone of his own to see sec the r-I r world Albemarle had no Illusions as IS to what those reasons reasone were toI I But Sir Harr Starry Harri Buckingham I was resuming after atler the slightest of pauses Is Is commendably moved by bythe the wish Ish to render his absence from England of profit to o Ills His Majesty In short slid said Albemarle trans translating lating brusquely for he lie could not repress a 0 certain disdain SIr tarry Harry desires an appointment nt over over- over overseas overseas seas And the character of o this thia ap- ap ap appointment 1 Albemarle inquired tonel tonelessly sly A military ch would be 1 best suited to Sir Bir Harrys Harry's tastes and Qualities He has haa the tho ads ach antage of some military experience Ho lie held for a time tune a commission In tn the Guards hoard I In In the Guards thought Albe marIe My My Godi What IL a a recommendation recommendation Aloud at length he h made answer er Very tory well ell 11 1 I hear bear application In mind your our graces grace's tion lion on Sir Ual Hair r g s behalf and andI nd I When en a IL suitable 0 position offers otters Buckingham But It If offers now Ducking Bucking ham han Interjected languidly l Indeed The Tho black brows scent up wrInkling the vy he forehead I f am sin not aware aare of ot It n There Is this command In iii nom Born Bom-ba Bom ba bay 1 which has bus fallen alien through the death of 01 poor POOl Macart- Macart nr CI 1 I lesi le S d of It last night nl at court You are fog forgetting mat I think It IL i Is an office eminently suitable to Sir Hari Han hera I Albemarle was l fro Ho pon- pon pon dered pondered a moment but only because It i t was v as e ever eser er his way a to move slowly Then he gently shook hl his head hend and pureed his hI heavy y lips I I hive hie h e also to consider your grace 1 whether hether Sir Harry Is Iii emi emi- suitable to the office and tobO tobe to ibo bO be quite frank rank and with Ith all sub sub- submission I mission I must say that I cannot i I t think hink so o 0 I Buckingham was ns taken aback I He stared haughtily ha at nt i II III I I dont don't think I understand he aldI said ald heI I I t fetched a sigh sieh and I to explain himself I For this office one office ono of I erable r wo responsibility-wo responsibility wo loquire I a I Odier s of tried expel lence Lild Sir Harry Is no doubt I I endo ed e with many commendable I but at nt hi his hia ago age It i Is ins ins- I i it that thal he lie should have e tile t he experience without which he c not possibly discharge to lO nd- nd I antage tho the onerous duties 1 would 1 await alt him or l I or Is that the only o obstacle your grace I 1 ha base hae e I not only chosen choen my man and man such s uCh a 0 man as I have haie described described- described I but I base havo ha e already at read offered and lie he has already accepted the commis commit commission commission s sion tio So that post rost can no be b longre e considered vacant But the commission was as signed only last night by b li 1 His Hh Majesty Majesty- signed Majesty signed s In n n blank as os I 1 havo hao reason to t o know kno True But nut I am JIm nono none the le less s pledged l-am l expecting at ot any mo- mo mo m ment ilent moment now flow the gentleman upon whom w-hons the appointment 1 Ii already I td Buckingham did not miot dissemble hl his annoyance May one 0 his name he he asked and lie Question was aa a L demand Alb Albermarle hesitated He Ho r raI- raI real tIme tho to Holies Holles In iii nam nam- nam- nam all I ing naming juncture him at this unfortunate to junc ture Ills His nime n would not he be kno known knon n to your our grace grace Ho Ito Is a cly 0 whose merits however are aro fulls l known n to me and I am persuaded I that a fitter fitter man for tor th the office could not be found But some some- thIng somethIng soma dc's els cIs will ivill no doubt offer within a few V days da s and then Buckingham Buckingham Interrupted him bins ar- ar ar something It 18 1 i not ot a question of some some- thing else elso grace crace but of this I have bave already obtained His Ills Ma- Ma Ma jesty jetty Majesty s a sanction If y our grace Ma-I Ma re- re reQuire re require Quire quires requires Ishall more explicit Instruction I Ishall Ishall shall be happy to obtain you His Majesty's s comman commands s In writing was sins checkmated lie HI sat there grim and Impassive 0 as If he were ere carved caned of or stone But hIs mInd was as a IL seething cauldron of anger It was always alays thus The places of trust the positions de- de demanding de demanding manding experienced heads and I de-I hands that England Englan might ht be served to the best advantage by her most moot meritorious son on sons t were ere constantly being away upon the worthless parasites that flock flock- flocked flocked flocked ed about lecherous Court And Anil ie e was as the tho more an angered here herc his hands were ere 14 tl d against resistance by tho the very Identity of the man he was WaR appointing Had It HadIt been a II question of any other man of Relies Holies soldierly merit but butof butof butof of such mien uch antecedents as would per per- per mit permit the tho of his name he would clap on his hat hilt an I step across to the palace to argue arcue the tho matter mailer with the tho King And he would know how to conduct tle tho argument so ao as to prevail against the place place insolence oti of I BuckIngham But as os It was he ha vs was forced to that he could heI I do none of this without perhaps hellos Holles ana and bringing bring heavy I censure fruitlessly upon himself the King I would cry Do you ou tell me m to my face that ou prefer tho the son of a re cl e to the friend of my friend t And what should h he answer the then thea Ho Ito lowered lo hi his eyes ces c e The Th cons com com commission mission which Wt was wac the tho subject of this discussion lay there thero on the tho Ible abie before him tho the space whIch the name namis of Randall Holies Holles was Intended to occupy still standing I He lie was M defeated and hOI he had had ho-had best be t for the lie cake ake of as much as for tor his own accept the tho without further I mc sit I He lie took up a pen dipped ed It and drew the tho ho document to him i j Since you ou ha have base e His authority there can In ill I of course courso no further question Rapid Rapidity It his quill slid and spluttering across acrons th the sheet he filled In the name nanie of Sli Sim Harr Harry bitterly cOnsiderIng that th t i lie he might as ns profitably ha have base e filled In Nell Gwynn's He dusted the thick writing with pounce and r p I offered It without another word But his looks bolts were heavy heaT Buckingham rose roso smiling and Sir Hairy bounced up with witti him smiling also aho For FOI tho ho first and last time In the course of that short hort interview w Sir Harry larry spoke Your graces grace's devoted devol d ser I ho he professed sed himself bowing ant and smirking I shall stud to dis- dis disI discharge dia-charce dia I charge my office and andI I to allay aUay any qualms m my youth south maY leaNo In your our graces grace's aces ace's mind And youth louth said sO to I ure Is isa laa a 0 fault that time Invariably cor- cor corrects corred cor corrects I corI red Albermarle rose roe slowly slow to his feet and the tho others bowed them themselves I seh selves es out of Ins lS ims presence Then e e sat meat do down don n ain again he hev heavily v- v vII II ily ily took hit his head In his hands and softly loosed an nn oath Holle came an hour later ra- ra ra radiant radiant diant with e expectation a sty 81 s youthful-looking youthful commanding fig C lire Ire In iTs hi lila his red coat ceat to be crushed by the news thit th hint him fortunes fortune's tool fool ain ap-ain as ne s Pier ever P r But lie le bOI bote I It well ell on the face of him I 1101 however er deeply the lion hon honas as i cas as usi Into his Ills soul It sins as Albemarle t who tho ho Inveighed e hed In most Unmeasured terms term ar the cur cur- cor corrupt rupt Influence of lh the Court and t he havoc was as working It it Ima a I ma men man n for this thie or- or f flee orlee lee and ind they ha have hate e constrained ms me meo t o rive lye It to a L a dolly 11 In a Q cock da cock Holles 1 remembered Tuckers Tucker's de- de do de of the present govern govern- government government government ment and began to realize at la last t ho host rl right ht ho he was as and how josh josh- fled fled f led ho and hIs hla hl associates s mIght mic be of their conviction that the tho pee peo- peon peo no n vicie el e I meady to In t ne and aDd sweep s Augean stable clean Ifan was as s seeking el ln to corn com comfort fort tort him with lIh fresh hope No doubt something el else e would offer soon Continued In lii Our tt Nc-tt Issue U |