7C',Tr i', " v Xil s THB LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCE!, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1889. ., 'V-1 ?r&;? r ,v COUNTRY LUCK By JOHN HABBERTON, Auther of "Helen's Babies," Etc. Copyrighted by the J. B. Iipplncett Company. Publisher, Philadelphia, end Pub lished, by Permission, through the American Press Association. CHAPTER XVHt THE KEW CLERK. OUR mother's out, as usual, I tup tup pese," said Mr. Tramlay te his old eat daughter, as bt came home In the afternoon and reamed depend ently about thu beuse, after the manner et family men In general when their wives are away. "She isn't back from her" ride yet," said Lucia. "Yeu knew the u s u a 1 drive always keeps her out until about 0." "I ought te knew It by this time, I sup pose," said the merchant, "and I don't be grudge her a moment of it, but somehow the house is nevcr qu ite the same when she is out of It." Lucia looked -at her father with a little 'wonder in her face. Then she laughed, net Tery cheerfully, and sal J i "Father, de you knew that you're dread fully old fashioned (" "I suppose se. Alaybe It's force of habit," Lucia still wondered. She loved her mother in the instinctive, uet ever Intelligent way of most eung loeple, but really she could net co what tlstre was about tbe estimable we- man that should make her father long te sea her every day of the year nnd search the beuse for her whenever he returned. She had never heard her father make romantle speeches, such ns nice mat ried people some times de in uet els; and ns for her mother, what did she ever talk of te her liege lord but family bills, the servants, the children's faults, and her own ailments? Could it ber she asked herself, that this matter of fact ceuple said anything w hen alone that was unlike what the whole family beard from them daily at the table anil in the sitting room' "Why arc you looking at me se queerlyi"' suddenly asked the father. Lucin recovered herself, and said: "I was only wondering whether you never get tired of looking for mother as seen as you canie borne." "Certainly net," said the met chant. "Most husbands de, sooner or later," said Lucia. "Perhaps 1 will, some day," the father re plied; "and I can tell you when it will be." "Tell," said Lucia. "I think 'twill be about the day nfter eter nity ends," was the reply. "Net a day sooner. But what de jeu knew about what home hus bands de, you little simpleton! And what put the subject into )our little head!" "Oh, I don't knew," said Lucia, dropping Veen the piano steel and making se lie chords and discords. "It came Inte my mind; that's all" "Well, I hope that some day you'll find out te your own satisfaction. By the way, I wish you'd get out of that morning gown. My new clerk Is coming te dinner," "Oh, dear I then I'll havediuwr sent up te my room, 1 think. I don't feel a bit well, nnd It's awful te think of sitting belt upright in a tleht dress for an hour or two." And Lucia whirled from slde te slde en the piano steel, nnd looked forlorn nnd cress. "I suppose it would be Impossible te dine In a dress that is net tight!" said the father. "Papa, please deu't tcase me; I don't feci a bit well; really I don't." "What is the matter, child P asked the father, tenderly. "Toe much candy? tee tow parties!" "Oh, nothing that 1 knew of." said the girl, wearily. "I'll feel licttcr when real cold weather comes, I suppose." She played with the piano keys n moment or two, and ccn tinued: I "Se you have a new clerk. I hepe he's nice net a mcre figuring machine!" "Quite a flne fellow," snld the merchant. "At least he seems te lie." "Is he have you glteu him the place you intended te otter rhilip HaynP "Yes." "The Iren business is real geed for a yetmg man te get into, isn't it!'' "Indued it Is, since iron has looked up." "And that stupid fellow might have had the cbance If he hadn't gene off home again without even calling te say geed-by!" "Just se." "Oh, I don't want te see him," said Lucia, pettishly. "I'm tired of yeuug men." "What a mercy it Is that they don't knew Itl" said her father. "They'd all go efT and commit suicide, and then merchants couldn't have any clerks at all." "New, papal" said Lucia, with a crash en the lower octaves of kcjs, followed by a querulous run, with her thumb, ever the shorter strings. "Is the new clerk an j body In particular! What is his nnineP "Philip Hayn." Lucia sprang from the piano steel and al most strangled her father with her slender arms. "Gracious, Lul" exclaimed the merchant. "Your mother's family must have descended from a grizzly bear. But w hy this excite ment P "Because jeu're a dear, thoughtful old man, who's always trying te de geed," said Lucia. "If 'tweren't forjeu that peer young man might never have a clmnce In the n erld. I think it's real missionary work te help de serving people who aren't nble te help them selves; I knew- it is, for our minister has said se from the pulpit again nnd again." "I'm real glad te learu that my daughter remembers seme of the things she hears in church," said the merchant. "Se you think young llayn deserves u chance in the world, ehl" "I only knew w bat you eursclf have said about him," said Lucia, demurely. "Geed girl! nlways take your father's ad vice about young men nnd you'll net be mis taken in human nature. Which cut of the roast chicken shall I scud up te your room!" "Oh, I'll try te ceme down, as it's only Phil; maybe I can coax Margie te help me dress." Lucia slipped slowly from the room, but went up the stairs like a whirlwind. The merchant sat down at the piano and made as dreadful a succession et noises as the much afGicted instrument had ever endured. He bad te de something. A quarter of an hour later Lucia floated down stairs iu a robe of pale blue, her face as fresh and bright ns dawn. "Sunrise at sunset!" exclaimed her father. "Well, girls are possessed te upset the natural order of thing, I suppose. But, my dear daughter, you've put the rouge en tee thick; don't you think sol" "Fatherl" exclaimed the girl, and the flush et her checks spread te her brew. "Edgar," said Mrs. Tramlay, who came in a moment or two after, "see hew foolish you were te think Lucia ill. I never saw her looking liettcr." "Yes," said the merchant, drjly; "I told her the doctor was coming. That's often enough te cure the ailmentsef some children, you knew." Then the merchant devoted ten minutes of business tact te the task of ex plaining te his wife the reasons of Philip's re turn te New Yerk; he aUe enlarged upon the Uayuten Bay Improvement company, and the prebabihty that if the Trarnlays were te build the first and handsomest beuse en the new property Mrs. Tramlay would naturally be the fashionable leader of wliatever section or sub-section of society might select the place as a summer home. Mrs. Tramlay w as in clined te be conservative en tbe subject, but wheu she learned that Marge was n stockholder and director iu the company she became quite cheerful Phil was net se happy as he should have been while en his way te the Trarnlays' He wondered hew he should be able te greet Lucia without betraying the mixed emotions which he was sure the first sight of her face wruld raue him. He had a firm conviction (!. u v euM feel awkward and net accord e 6jJi .H ingly, nna"nis"remcmDranceet' various men j whom be had seen behavlne awkwardly In the presence of young ladies made him qulte certain that Lucia and Margie would laugh nt him when his back waa turned. He did net realize that In meeting, as well as in fighting, tbe burden et action docs net all rest upon one person. Neither did he take into con sideration the tact which some maidens ac quire In a year or two spent In society. As he was ushered into the parlor, with a face which he was sure was sober and set, Lucia approached him with a pleasant smlleand ex claimed, as heartily and unaffectedly aa if she werea Uaynten girl: "Hew de you de, Phill I'm ever se glad te see you back again." Away went all sensoef soberness, hesita tion and doubt; the young man's soul leaped te his face, and he held se long the little band offered him that Lucia, perhaps remember ing some Impulstre demonstrations toward that graceful member, withdtew It before any attempt te release It bad begun. Then the girl began a rapid series of questions about Hayn Ferm and IU occupants, and Phil made cheery replies, and Tramlay, after gazing at the couple from the back parlor, retired te his library te indulge undisturbed in as much vigorous and affirmative head shakiDg as the situation seemed te justify. "Hew de you think you will like the iron business, Mr. Hayn, asked Mrs. Tramlay at dinner. "Greatly, se far as I knew It," Phil replied. "Up te date my duties have been te go te lunch, read the morning papers and chat with a railroad company's vice president about efT shore Ashing." "We always try te break In our young men pleasantly," said Tramlay, "se they'll be w tiling te premiso long ten ice for small meueys then we begin te put en heavier chains, one by one." "Papa's clerks have n hard time If they happen te be nice," said Lucia. "They have i te get postage stamps for Margie uml me when we happen in at the etllce, and find small change for us w hen we lese our pocket books, and take us out te lunch when we come down town and don't flud papa in, aud emetimes tbey have te ceme te trains for us .Then we've been a few miles eat of town en t visit "nd the team doesn't get in before tnik." "'1 hen I shall earnestly strive te be nice," said Phil. "There's tome down town place," said Margie, "where papa get's lovely candy a great deal cheaper than up Broadway; but he forgets It half the time, se we sometimes have one of the clerks order it sent te papa's desk that Is, clerks wbe knew hew te select candy," said Mnrgle. "My education In that I espect," said Phil, "has net been as thorough as if I could have foreseen such necessity for it; but I will re sumo my studies at once." "Are you n geed judgenf teaP asked Lu cia. "Mamma has net been quite herself since ene of papa's clerks w:cnt te Pennsyl vania te take charge of n rolling mill. The geed man used te spend hours In the tea im porters' warehouses, down near the office, searching for the kind of tea that mamma dotes en." "Yeu children are net te worry Phil with any of your trifling affairs," said the head et the heue. "I want 3011 all te understand that, liesides having n desk In my office, he is a large operator Iu 1 c.il estate a capitalist a sort of monopolist, in fact, for he Is secre tary and n director of the Haj nten Bay Im provement cempauy, w hich monepolises ene of the finest bits of shere front 011 1 he At lantic coast." "Hnyn ten Bayl" said Lucia, In wonder. "Why, that is where Ilavu I'm 111 Is." "Who chlldl" said her father; "and that flne bluff poitieu of the farm that overlooks the bay Is the company's property. You'll never again cut jour shoes te pieces en the eat stubble 011 that blulf, for when next you see the place It will be cohered by flne villas the handsomest of which you probably will seme day see mentioned In the newspapers as the country seat of the well known merchant prince, Edgar Tramlay, Uq., father of the charming" "Edgarl I'dgarPteld Mrs. Tramlay. "And, ns 1 was saying," continued Tram lay, no purchaser's tltlu will be geed without the signature nnd official seal of Mr, Philip Hnyn. Candy and Kstage stamps, indeed I Why, such n mau's time ought te be valued at about a dollar a minute." Then Phil was rich, Lucia said te herself. Khe did net much care, and she knew even less, about business details; n fortune en pnier was as geed aa any ether kind, se far ns she knew; but what she did very distinctly understand was that no ene, net een ber mother, would again hne occasion te speak of Phil as a peer man, or even a country man. Some yeuug men w he were accounted great catches were only secretaries and even assistant secretaries of ene thing or ether: she knew it, because she had seen their names in di idend notices and ether advertisements hi newspapers. Hew would the change iu his fortunes nfTect ber mother, she wondered. Mrs. Tramlay certainly was mero affable te the young man than she ever had been l fore, nnd after dinner she 01 en took Phil's arm iu returning te the parlor; the act signi fied nothing te Phil, but it set Lucia's little heart dancing ga!y. When Phil depjited, seen after diuuer, te accompany his father, by request, te a meet ing of the "Society for the Amelioration of the Spiritual Condition of Satage Tribes," Lucia lest cry little time iu signaling Margie w ith her ej cs and going up te her room. A moment later Margie bounced in, closed the deer, and exclaitncdi 'Lucia Trainlnyl I wouldn't have be llecd it if I hadn't seen it with ray own eyes. The idea of mamma, w ith the bleed of n dozen High Dutch mid Majfluncr families ln,her veins, taking the arm of a countryman!" "When there was no call for her te take any one's arm," ndded Lucia, "the affair be ing only nn ever ibiy family dinner." "'Twasslmpl (uralyzing," said Margie; "but it wasnri;,ii that e eijthing will be all right fiem thu time fcrnurd. Dear moll can imagine just hew your new vUiting cards will loe!:. 'Mrs. Philip Hayn.'" "Margie, Margie," said Lucia, iu a quick nhlsjicr, "de be quiet I don't even knew whether he really lecs me." "That's because you didn't sit nt table where ou see hit face nil the while, as I did. Besides, a stone image w euld fall in love w ith you te-night you net er levked se perfectly entrancing in all your life." Se, between all she had seen and heard, Lucia's head was crowded with pleasant dreams long before it pressed its pillow. CHAPTER XIX. HOPSS AMD FEARS, KTWEEN his du ties at the office of the Uaynten Bay Improvement coin cein iany and his earn est desire te master tbe mysteries et tit Ck ir Hayn found very 9KPrife$i little time for drop- 'vKESf avi i''u,: mt0 medy S15il-3$ reflections. Like many another young man In busi- nchs,be tecame con vinced that a great deal of telling work might be done outside of bTuiness hours; se he spent many evenings ami occasional days in endeavoring te forward the Interests of his employer, and of the Improvement company, in which Mr Tramlay was as largely Inter ested as himself He had mere than business te absorb his thougbU.fer his terk of knew ledge regarding human uature wa at flr.t entirely inadequate te the demands made upon it. At Uaynten it was a safe rule that a man whose appearance and manner were thee et a gentleman could be safely regarded as, at least, an honest man, inNcw Yerk Le found this assumption caused some cf bis plans te be utterly ihat- siV Lfc m "m terea ey Tramtays mere experienced nana. Tfae railroad men wbe wanted iron, te be paid for partly by stock in their read, ha learned te distant if they' were habitually well droned and were kid gloves when visit ing Tramlay's office, but be occasionally aw hit emplevcr ncclect an appointment, even with bU family, and devete his entire time, te , seme insignificant, badly drossed tittle fellow, and even te an occasional awkward man who seemed, aahe really was, the farmea; secre tary and treasurer of a let of fellow farmer who hed planned a abort reed for their own benefit. Tbe amount or catti fbattucn nnan could pay was seldom large, but net te the probable profit en the stock which Tamlay received "te beet." CCC1VCU W DOOU I A pleasing' relief from the work of his two mn ,ilH 1 ,.. -a H .. ' offices was Phil's occasional evenings at Tram- layi home, which he had been se heartily urged te regard as his own that he no longer waited for special Invitations. In splte et his pressing duties he had dovetcd himself te being "nice," as Lucia had termed the con dition which made the family avail them selves of the services of Mr. Tranilay's clerks. He improved upon his instructions se far as always te have In his pockets enough postnge stamps for tbe gins letters, ana te see mat boxes of candies from "the place somewhere 1 down town" reached the beuse without first lying neglected for n day or two upon his employer's desk. When Maisie and Lucia were returning from a shtst visit out et town he -was at station, wharf or terry te meet them, regardless of what railway mag mag uate from out of town might be already ac cessible nt a hotel, and the patig of hurrying away afterward wns always sweetened by the gentle pretests that no subsequent con versation could banish from his ear. And yet, as he informed himself in occa sional moments of leisure, the interest that lay closest te his heart was net being ad vanced visibly. Lucia seemed always glad te meet bim, always sorry te pkrt with him; but was she net se te all mere acquaintances whose society was net unpleasing? Shenever made an excuse te cut short his conversation, no matter it he talked en subjects et which the evldently was ignorant; but bad he net always been nccustotned te patient listeners! She sometimes nsked questions that seemed beyond her taste, as the subjects certainly were beyond ber ken; but might net ordi nary human desire for knowledge prompt any girl te de the sainel Sometimes he would bitterly inform him self that of his host' two daughters nny listener might Imagine Margie, Instead of her j sisicr, 1110 uujcci, ui uis uiiwuuu. iuui&iu, whose feelings and manner and inthuslnsin lacked the restrnlnt which a year or two of society will liupose en en ebvrvlng maiden, was as artless and effusive and nffectionate as It Phil were an ideal elder brother, if uet a lever. Of ceurse Margie was net in leve with him; for was she net continually sounding Lucia's praises! Te her the tteild seemed te live and meve aud have its being solely for Lucia. Phil had never before seen such af fection between sisters, and it seemed all the mere wonderful as he recalled some frequent passages of words in which the two glrli hed indulged at Hayn Farm net a half year be fore. Margie seemed te have adopted him ns a big brother, and it wns qulte delightful, as well as a new sensation, he baviug 110 sisters of his own, but ha did wish that the same spliit net exactly the same, either might be manifested by Lucia. Anether disquieting thought came from the frequency with which Marge visited the Tramlny abode. He had heard almost tee much cf Marge before he ever saw him, but new lie saw far mere. Itsoemed that Phil never could visit the Trnmlays without cither finding Marge nlrcady there, or having him ceme in just ns a pleasant teto-a-tcte with Lucia was fairly under way. That Marge did net approve of the cordiality with which Phil was received was qulte ovldent, In splte of his impassive demeanor, nnd Phil felt nene the easier that Marge showed him many courtesies, and Introduced him qulte freely nmeng his club acquaintances. Marge ex plained that niauy of these gentlemen had money nnd might be persuaded te purclmse cettage sites of the Uaynten Bay company; but If this was his purpose w hy did he net conduct the negotiations himself I Occasion ally Phil suspected that there were dark de signs hidden In Marge's Invitations te quiet little games at the club, ana bis rattier sneer ing replies, te Phil's refusals, that all gcutle- menpiayedcardssometimes; still, such games I as be chanced te see were net for large sums, nor were they ntteuded by nny of the excite ment that is supposed te make lucxpeiieuceil players reckless. l Almest us disturbing was Mrs. Tramlay's manner. At times she wnsuffable and almost hearty In her manner tewnnl Phil; again she was reserved and distant. What did it mean! Did she dlvine his purjiosennd re.v?iititf or could it be that she was Impatient that he did net pay his court with mere fervor! Could he have overboard some of the ceuver- sntioiuef which hew us the subject, he would ' have been enlightened, jet scarcely nieru hopeful. "Edgar," said Mrs. Tramlay teherhusband ene eveuing, "young Hayn comes here se 1 much that no ene ele is likely te visit Lucia , with any serious intentions." "Well, why should theyl" asked her bus- 1 band. "Isn't he geed enough for n sen-iu-law!" "I'm net even sure that he aspires te that 1 position," said Mrs. Tramlay, 1 "Aren't you! I'm afraid, then, you'll seen . need te w ear glasses, my dear." "Don't Joke about It, please; It'aji serious subject." "Yes," sighed the merchant; "ene's first glasses" " "Yeu knew very well I don't mean glasses," said the lady, w itli seme petulance. "This is Lucia's second season, nnd desirable young men are rare. Tweuld be unfair te her te have a man dawdling about her, acting fro- , qaently ns her escort" "Assisted by her mother" "That doesn't niter the cose; it makes it all the graver In ether people's eyes." "Well, my dear, I see plainly enough that young Hayn has fixed intentions; and I'm as fully satisfied that they are entirely te Lu's taste." "Then the question Is, should It be allowed le go en!" "Why net, if tbey lote each ether, or want te! "Because we want our first daughter te make as geed a match as possible, and I don't see that the young man's prospects are very brilliant. If the Improvement ceinaiiy shouldn't succeed he'll be uething but your clerk, with no certainty nor any cxpectn- tiens." I "I feel entirely easy about the money l've put Inte the Improvement company," said the merchant, "nnd Phil will de as well as I, he hating an equal number of shares. It worst comes te worst with him fiem that siuculatien, aud he and Lu coutiuue te like each ether, I can take him into partnership. That would give him financial standing; 1 there are plenty of young mju of geed fam ilies who would pay well for such an oppor tunity, for iron U up, and te stay." 1 Mrs. Tramlay tosled her head and replied: 'I didn't ever suppese it would be necessary te set a young man upon his feet in order te get husband for 0110 of our daughters.''' "Quite right; don't suppose se yet, either, for I assure you he Is fully earning whatever it might ;no necessary te give him. I find that it makes a t cry f avorable impression upon tbe class of poeplo who visit the iron houses, or whom the iron houses leek after. He's already get two or three desirable little orders, besides being en the track of ethers." "But he's only a clerk, after all," persisted Mrs. Tramlay. I "Say but the word and 111 make him my partner te-morrow," said Tramlay, "Don't be hasty," replied the lady, In some 1 alarm. "Hels net Lucia's only chance, you 1 knew." I Tramlay looked luqulrlngly, his wlfeap- I peared embarrassed, and averted her eyes. "Obi Yeu m&an Marge, I suppose! Well, if Lu should really want him I wouldn't like, te make her unhappy by saying no. But 1 really, my dear" here the merchant put his I arm around his wife "really, new, don't j you think that a man who Was a beau et I yours a quarter of a century age Is rather ! mature te be the husband of en Impulsive , glrlP I "Yeuug wives can't livo.en impulse alone," said Mrs. Tramlay. "Mr. Marge has means." 1 "Net te any great extent, that any ene has been able te discet er," iutci ruptcd the mr- I chant. I "And he has social os!tien, which" is of I mere importance lu New Yerk than any , thlnz else." continued the wife. "lid knows many preuiineut pteple whom we de net, and If he were te marry LucJa it would improve Margie's opportunities. We liaven't gene into society as much as we should, and I'm afraid our daughtm will have te suffer for it." "Pcn't trouble jjjju: tad wjtb any mdi trans" wild tbe hiKband, witti mere tbau bti usual earnestness. "Ulrls like our bless tnrmt went cetna te tnake bail matches." "Besides," said Mrs. Tramtay, rctraehig her thoughts "Mr. Marce doesn't leek the least bit old; he Isnottlie kind of man te grew old. I can't fee that he appear a day elder than he did years nge." "Hless your sentimental heartl'' said the merchant. "He doesn't, eh I Well, it docs you credit te think se, and It doesn't make me jealous in the least," "If the company succeed," continued Mrs. Tramlay, "Mr. Xtnrge will be as much the gainer as you or young Hayn, won't het'' "Certainly." JUPUUnn vu limb II1UVI1 UCUCI this young man you're se fend of 1" IIV.. I U. .Iu HKl.t..M .11. "Then he'll be that much better off than "Yes. If he does nothing foolish In the mean time; but I have my doubts et the financial stability of nny man who can't pass a stock ticker without looking at It. Wall street exttts solely for the purpose of absorbing such men's meney." "Mr. Marge is no feel," said Mrs. Tramlay. "He's no wiser than some veterans who have had te leave their millions In the street aud live en their children forever after." "The Improvement cemjviDy has only about forty ncrcs, 1 lielleve you said!" "Just forty." "And two thousand an acre is the mostyeu hope ferP "Yes." "That would be eighty thousand dollars; four Inte eighty gees twenty tunes, nnd" "If I'd known you'd such a head for busi ness I would have asked you te put n house keeper In charge et the family, se I could have your services nt the elllce," said Train lay. "Twenty thousand dollars would be very little for a young man te marry en In New Yerk and in our set." "Twenty theusaud, and a salary which 1 must seen Incroase In slmple Justice; also, expectations from his father's estate In the ceurse of time. I don't remember te have told you, though, that the young man was long headed enough te suggest that hl fa ther should buy options en the continuation of the rldge there are sevcial hundred acres In all, distributed among different funns nnd the old fellow has worked it se skillfully that tve have the rcfuvil of It nil, for a year, at a trifling outlay in meney. There's genu ine city business capacity In that yeuug man' head chl" "It appear go," Mrs. Tramlay admitted. This ndniissieu might hive been et great comfort te Phil could he have heard It, but as he nevcr rocelved any information, except through his alternating hopes and suspi ciens, he was obliged te remain in doubt His principal hope, aside from that based en Lucia's willingness te doveto nny amount of time te him, was obtained through the manner of the head et the family. Tramlay was communicative ns who merchants usu ally are te thelr empleyes; he was nlse con fidential; evidently he trusted Phil Implicit ly, for he told the new clerk nil his business expectations nnd heC9, Instructed him care fully regarding every 0110 tt lieui the young man was le see for business purpej, and threw much Important weik upon him. It seemed lmpossihle te lulsco'ustrue the puriKre of nil this; nt the very least, It Implied a high order of respect; aud the respect of n jieshible father-in-law was net an ally te be under rated. Besides, Tramlay frequently put Lucia in his charge when she was out for an even ing; and this Implied n still higher order of trust. But, of tcr nil, the hope that were strong est nnd most nhlding wcie formed In the Tramlay parlor, while Lucia was apparently only acting the part of n listener. The young malt occasionally found himself expressing hU own opinion f reely, end te great extent, en subjects that Interested him, and the flew of language wns Interrupted only by badly concealed yawns from Mrs. Tramlay aud Margie. Where te them could be the Inter est in the latest campaign aijnlnst the Indi ans, or methods of ventilating school looms, or the supposed moral purpese underlying England's continued occupation of Egypt! Such questions were fit only for man, thought Mrs. Traiulay and her second daughter: the mother sometimes said, nfter excusing her self from Impromptu lectures 011 th or kindred topics, that the young man from the country loved te hear himself talk, and Mar gie half believed that Tlill only began what fne denominated "harnugues" in order te clear the room, se that he might have Lucia te himself. But te all that Phil said, no matter hew heavy the subject, Lucia listened patiently, attentively, nud often with nuairef Interest, Sometimes she attained sufficient grasp of a statement te reconstruct it, iu words, though net lu facts, and return it te the original maker, who In the blindness of bliss immedi ately ntti United it te I.ucla'n mental siqici 1 1 erity te the remainder of the family, Ilud hoseeiiher nfterward perplexedly pinching her brew ns she uppealed te cyclopedia or dictionary te make his meaning clearer, he might haje revised his opinion ns te her In tellect, yet he would have lieen the surer of what te him Just then wa9 mere desirable than the cellective Intellect of the world. CHAPTEU XX, AN OLD QUC..T10V IlKrEATKb. It. MAHGH had breathed n gentle tlghef relief when In heard of Philip Ilnyn's sudden do de do parture from the uiutreHills: had lie known the cause of the young man's exit lie would lu gratitude hat 0 giv en a line dinner te thomalegosslpwho had said in Phil's heal lng that Marge was te marry Lu cia. Net knowing of this rumor, he called at the Tramlay nbode, ostensibly te invite Lucia nnd her mother te the theatre, und from the minmr of the ladies he assumed that Phil, with the ever confidence of youth, had propeed and licen rejected. Marge's curiosity as te what the head of the family could want of the young man was nllajcd by Mrs. Tramlay's statement thatthevl.lt was due wholly te her husband's ridiculous man ner of Inviting each country acquaintance te ceme and see him If hoever reached New Yerk; his subsequent hospitality te Philip was only for the puriose of keeping en geed terms with seme old fashioned people "be might seme day again be useful as hosts, and who could net be managed exactly as pro fessional keepers of beanliug beuxis. 1 But Marge's curiosity was reareused the very day after he received thU quieting In formation, for he chanced te meet the mer chant with the young mau's father, and wns introduced te the latter 1 Instantly the old question returned te his lips, "What can Tramlay want of that fel low i" Again hi s curiosity subsided, when he learned of the cettage city project, and, while agreeing te assumea quartir of the ex ex pense of thu enterprise, he complimented Tramlay en liis ability te find something te , profit by, even while ostensibly enjoying an occasional day rest In the country But when, a day or two later, Phil reapjieared and was presented te him as the old farmer's representative ai the real holder, in fact, of I a tult quarter of the company's ste:k-Marga I looked suspiciously at the merchant, and asked l.imwlf- .. ' "What can Tramlay want of that follewP Heaweuing areerdhnj te the pi inciples ou which many Miiall leal citntti companies or rorimratiens d vl (nng a patent re formed, Muigesoeiilnformol hliwulf that Trnmlny, who sbrew-ducss he bad always held lu high l erpect, preferred the son te ftie father, ui being the easitr victim uf the tire The processes of frightening out or "freezing out" 1 an Inventor r fanner whn bad put hi prep I irty In the hand of a stock company wre 1 net entirely unknown te Maig and he tint- ! urally assumed that thej wiutd lwuuier of application te u gren young man hi. Philip than te u clear headed old man n Parmer Hayn teemed te be Hut if the rurul ele-iieut of the company was te lede- 1 spoiled ct iU own, Marge proieaod te k-e tbat net ull the spoils should go te the merchant. Hew tetter could he improve bii own posi tion w ith Trnmlay than by making himself the merchant', supu ler in flnuel He would have the udvantage of bblng able te watch Phil closely, and of knowing first when he uubt le inclined u sell out at a sacrifice, should the tnung man, like meit of his age an! extractien. detelej) an liisatlabls appetite for clly joys that cost meney, be, Marge, would rheerfimv suppl) htm with money Trout tune te inii". taking Ills stock us I security, ami fmie da til'; merchant would I suddenly find hl-nstlf b-atcje l!e"nRame, Tbe wve fhairln tf such a- ! 'j- Ami UP?' the deliberate Marge te take a shin)', Lettlo of champagne with his midday luncheon a luxury which he uually reserved until oven even lng at the club. But again he was startled when alight bended friend complained that, although the said frleud's father had been premised a place for his son lu Tramlay's office when the ireu trade should leek up, Tramlay had taken In n countryman Instead. Ills own eyes anon confirmed the Intelligence, and, as Tramlay made no cxplanattoiver even mention of the fact, Marge again found himself asking: "What can Tramlay want of that fellewl" Evidently it meant cither business or Lu cia. Perhaps the merchant during the long depression of the Iren trade had borrowed meney of tbe young man's father, or was new borrowing of htm, te avail himself et his In creasing opportunities. (Marge had the city mau's customary but erroneous impression as te the bank surplus of the average "well te de" farmer.) If Trnmlay were merely a bor rower, except against notes and bills receiva ble, iron had net looked up enough te Justify a prudeut man lu becoming the merchant's son-in-law. If there had been such transac tions, perhips a share of the business wns te pay for them. Inquiries et his hauling ac quaintances did net make the matter clearer te Macge; se he resolved te doveto hlmelf te the new clerk, as he could safely de in his ca pacity of co-director of the Improvement company, The young man had considerable self possession, Marge admitted te himself; but what would It avail against the flne met heds of a man of twlce his years, alt spent among men who considered it legittmnte business te pry Inte the business affairs of ethers! 80 Marge began operations nt once; no time was te be lest. He bad no difficulty In making his approaches, and his courtesies were se deftly offered that Phil could net help accepting many of them and feellug grateful for kindness rendered. The young man's suspicions were seen disarmed, for, llke houerabltt natures In general, he abhorred suspicion. That tliere was a purpese In all of Marge's actions Phil could net nveld be be llevlug, but little by little he reached the con clusion that it wns simply te ferwnrd the Improvement company's prospects. As Marge himself said, Phil knew the ceuipany's laud thoroughly, and was the only jicrseu who could talk of it intelligently. Any vestiges et distrust that remained were swept n way when Marge succeeded lu having the privi leges of his club extended te Phil for three mouths, pending application for admission. It was u small club, and exclusive; Phil heard it named olmesf reverently by some young men who longed te (ass Its pertahi, nud among Its members were a few men of n social set mere prominent than that In which the Trarnlays moved. Te Marge's delight, Phil liegan te spend meney freely nt the club; Mnrgu bad seen ether eung men de likewise, mid there was but one end te be expected If their parent are net rlclu Phil drank no w ine, smoked no cigars, ) ct when he thought It proper te give a little diuuer the best that the club's caterer could supply wns en the table. He did net sccui te have any ether oxnslve habits, except that he dressed se carefully that his tailor's bill must be large; still, a man who gives dinners at clubs must have plenty of meney. Frem being a seurce of gratification, Tlill's free use of money began gradually te cause Marge dismay. Where did it all ceme from! Ha could scarcely be earning It in his capacity et junior clerk In an it 011 house. Could It be that Trnmlny had him In training for the position of son-in-law, and was paying the cost of Introducing him favorably te the notice et seme pels of New Yerk society te whom he could net present hhunt his own house! Suchncouise would be qultojudlcieuj in n father desiring wider acquaintance for his daughter wheu she should beconie a brhle; but, If it ically were being pursued, would he, Marg, ever hear the cud of the rallying te which his own part lu the pregramme would subject hlint There was mera torment In this view et the cex) than Marge had ever experienced lu his life before, and it reblicd him nt times of his habitual expression te an extent that was uotlceable and made hint the subject of some club chat. Ne matter hew cxclusiveu club may bene nutter hew careful in the selec tion of its members that none hut gentlemen may be upon its list, it cannot prevent n small, gradual, but distinct nnd puisisU-nt t'K5r,lKntlen of gossips fellows wIicae ener gies, such as they are, tend solely te Investi gation et the nlluirs of their acquaintances. Theiewas uet an hour of the day or night wheu several of these fellows could net be found at Marge's club, lounging ns listlessly nnd Inconspicuously nssemaiiy incurables at a hospital, but Marge knew by experience that these were the only fellows weith going te if he wanted te knew nil that was lielng snld about a inemlicr, pnitleularly if It was un complimentary. And new, lonfeuiul them, (Kissibty they were talking about him, and intlniatiug that he was being used te Impiute tbe standing of his own 1 h nl I Still, as he Informed himself, all his annoy ance came from u mere supposition, which might be entirely without foundation, Per haps the yeuug man had means of his own, hu had net looked llke it when he first n cared iu New Yerk, hut appearances some times were deceitful Marge had heard Train luy allude te Phil's father ns an honest old farmer te whom fertune had net lieen nny tee generous, but perhaps be had been estl mating the old man's possessions only by New Yerk stamlurds; w as it net the fat mlug cl.tsi that originally took up the greater juirt of thu government's great Issues et bends! And, yet, If the young man had money of hU own or of his futhei's, where did he keep Itl nail hoever displayed u check, te Indi cate his banking place, Murge would linve found ways of nscei tabling the size and im im ture of bis account. Hut, though he hail sev eral times seen Phil pay bills which were lather large, the rettlements weie always made with currency. Was it possible, Murgs nsked himself, that the traditional old stock ing was still the fuvorite bank of dceslt for tin ruial cerninuuitv? It mlcrht hate re iki veil his mind te knew that the country man's customary method, tth'.nlie has meucy, In te carry n gi cat deal of currency, and that Instead of making payments by check he draws bank notes with which te pay. And se the weeks went nn, nnd Marge did uet accomplish an) thing that he bad Intended when he lx'gan te doveto himself te the ) eung man from the country, Phil bonewed no money, squandered nene ntcaids, did net 111 n Inte dissipation, offered 110 confidences, and, ultheugh entirely approachable was as se cretive almut his jxifceiiril affairs ns It he hud been bnern te tllence. Even en the sul Ject of Lu:la, which Marge had cautiously 1 approached several times, he talked with n calmness that made Marge doubt the endeiic of his own senses. Phil did net even wince when Marge reminded him of the heiwi he knew of that would match Marge's own, the 1 reason assigned being that the sleighing sea son was coming nnd he would Ixi likely te frequently take the ladles of the Tramlay family out behind two horses. On the con trary, Phil had tbe herse found and sent te New Yerk nt hU ewu expense, saying he could make himself eviu by selling, In case , the animal did net picas! Marge, The herse arrived, he pleased Marge, who was delighted with the Impieshieii the new team made upon the family and his acquaint ance generally, Phil Included. Murge was I net equally pleased, however, when within a I few days Farmer Hayn sent his son u pair of black horses, which, though of no bleed in ' -articular, had a quality of spirit and style net te be exiectcil of high born animals long accustomed te city lavements nnd restricted te the funeral gait prcscriW by park com cem com mlwieiiciV regulations. With their equally untamed country broil owner te drive them, tbe span mated qulte r. situation, and, te Marge's disgust, theTrumlays seemed te pre fer them te the pair en which he had Incurred 1 extra ntjense for the sake of Lucia and her mother. His plain foiled, his weuduriugs unan swered, his direct questions evaded, his en emy icrsisthig In acting euly as u friend mi,;lit uct, und the father of his Intended uveiduig 11U.11II011 of Phil se carefully as te exclte suiplclen, yet inviting Maige te his heu as freely as uvtr, the man of the world was uirnble te reach any fixed decision, and was obliged again nud again te repent te himself the question. "What can Tramlay want of that fellewP CHAPTER XXI. IIAYMOK ROCbES ITEELr. One et tbe blisful joeis!uii of the man et mature year u thu elf control whlrli iarM ltn ikjwjisei thu necessity uf ceiiHuiiiliig time und vitullty lu profit prefit prefit Ieh cxcltcitK'iit. Farmer Hnyn, returnliijf I te bin native village, bad n great Ucul mere 1 en hi mind than Phil when that ye.uli pie- tedei hliu a few day before. It Is into that rhll was bemoaning what he believed te be the less et n sweetheart, but the old man's thoughts were equally full of the possible gain of n daughter an earthly possession he had longed fcr through many ) ears, but bean denied. He bail nlie n large and premising bind speculation le cngnge his thought a speculation which, npiMircntly, would bring the family mere gain In n year than three generations et Heyns bad accumulated Inn century. He was plannlug mere enjoyments for his gray bnlrcd, aoniew hat wrinkled old wife, should the Improvement company's plans succeed, than nny happy youth ever devlsM for his bride, nud be knew exactly hew they would affect the geed wemana iirlvllege which Is frrqucutlydenied the now new iy made husband. And yet his mind nnd ceuntenance were as aercne nnd tindlsturlxxl as if he were merely looking forward te the (icaceable humdrum of a farmer's winter. The nppearance of fields nnd forests jast which tha train hur ried him did net depress him ns they did his son; n shabby farm house merely made him thank heaven that his own was mere sightly and comfortable; n bit of plne barren 01 scrub oak reminded bint, te bis great satis faction, that his own woodland could be trust ed te pay seme profit, te say uething et taxes and Interest, hveii swampy lowlands caused his heart te warm with prlile that his strong arm and stronger will had transformed simi lar begs Inte ground mero fcrtlle thati soma te which nature had been kinder. Ner did he Iemj his serenity when the na tives came down en him llke n famished herde of locusts nud demanded news of what was going en in the city. He cheerfully told them pearly everything he knew nnd parried undesirable, questions without losing his tem per. He pointed with prlde te lilt subsoil plow nnd his wife's uew bread pan, und told hew the lenses In his new spectacles hail been made te equallze the strength et his eyes, In ttcad of being both alike, ns in the glasses et the t lllage store. lie hail heard all the great preachers, had n geed square talk w Ith the commission merchant te whom most Uayn Uayn eon fnrm products went, seen evcry thing that the newspacrs advertised ns wonder fully cheap, bought seme seed eats larger than any eter seen In Uaynten, get a Sun day hat which was neither tee large nor tee small, tee young nor tee old, nud added te the fundi' collection of pictures n photo graph of the Washington monument and an engraving of the "Death of Pi esldcnt Gar Geld." Hnyn ten nnd Its environs simply quit rred w Ith excltrjneut ever nil the non-s and per suiial (ireieity which the farmer brought back; but It cxci-icneed deeper thrills when the old man told his neighbors that he knew of nplnn by which they might get lid of their ridge laud for nn amount of meney the mere Interest of which would bring them mere profit than the ciem coaxed from that thin soil. The plan would IhmicIU them still mere should Iholnltcr'spieJect succeed, for a let of cottagers would tuaken brisk cash inntket for llie vegetables which Hajliten ground produced se easily, nnd which tiny ti tan fnriners moaned ever liecnuse they could tietnt piesetitsell Ilia surplus nt nny price, much less nt the flguren which their agricul tural newspapers told them were te be ob tained in large cities. Would they take ten dollars per aero for their ridge land, the money te be forfeited unless the remainder of two hundred per acre were paid within n year! Would they! Well, they consented with such alacrity that thefnrmer seen had turn He te New Yerk for mere currency. Before Thanksgiving day the Hnynteii Bay Improvement com pany controlled n full mile of shore fretit, and there was mere money In circulation In the village than could le remembered exeppt by the eldest Inhabitant, who wns reminded of the geed old times when lu 161,1 n pri vateer, built nud manned In Hay uteu's little bay, had carried n I Ich prize into New Yerk and ceme home te sjiend the proceeds. Small mortgages were paid off, dingy houses npieaied III new suits uf paint, several mothers iu 1st nel beuyht new Sunday dresses, tw e or three funnels gave their old horses' and seme money fur better ones, the nUle of one church wnsrnrpcted nnd another church obtained the bell that for tears had been longed for, n veteran mster had fifty dollar added te his salary of four hundred n year, and get the money, tee; several families liegnn te buy (ni ler orgaiiseu the Installment p1uu;one farmer indulged lu the pruvlentl unheard of nxtinvagaucoef taking his family, consisting of his wife mid lilmvlf, te New Yerk tesjiend the winter, and another dedlcatml his newly found money mid his winter enforced lehmre te the leprchcnsible work of drinking himself te dentil. "An' It's nil en account of a gill," Farmer ! Hayn would lemnik te his wife wheneter he ! henid of any nuw movement Hint could lie (raced te the caw of the local money mat ket. I "If our Phil hadn't get that Trnmlay gal oil ' I the brain lust summer, he wouldn't have geno te New Yeik te visit; then I wouldn't have 1 ! geno te leek for him, and tbe Improvement I j company wouldn't have lieeu get up, nn' ' Phil wouldn't have hatched thu brilliant Iden 1 of buy In' what did he call V-mt eh, e, op- I tlens buyln' options en the rest of the 1 Idge, I nn' there would hnte Iwcn no lefrcslilu' 1 shower of greenbacks fnllin' llke the rain ' I from heaven en the Just an' iiiijmt nllke. it I reminds me of the muss that folks gut into in the old country ever that woman Helen, whose last nanie I netei could find out. Yeu j remember It 'twns In the book that young minister wn had 011 trial nu' didn't exactly I like left nt our house. It's lust another such case, euly a geed deal nioie pioper, this net bcln' a heathen land, All oil account of n gall" "If It Is," Mrs. Hayn replied ou ene ecca sien, as she took In r hands from the dough j she was kneading, "an' It certainly leeks as it it was, don't you think it might be only 1 fair te allude te her mere respectful! I don't ilkotehcarn yeuug woman that our rhll' likely te marry spes.0 e( as just "turn tram lay gal.'" "b'pese, then, I iiiciitleuhcra jeurdaugh-tcr-ln-lawl But ain't it odd that nil the changes that's ceme te as,s lu the last month or two wouldn't have happened nt nil it it hadn't been fur Phll'd U-iu' smitten by that gull As thu Scripture says, 'Beheld hew great 11 mutter 11 little tire kindlith.' Fer 'lire' rend 'fp-irk,' or sparkln', nn' the text" "Reuben!" exclaimed Mrs. Hnyn, "don't take liberties w Ith the Werd." "It ain't no liUrty,' tald the old man, "Like enough It'll read 'spark' in the Het Led Edition." "Then wait tilt it does, or until you're one of the revisers," said the wife. "All 1 Ight; mehbe It would a as well," the husband admitted. "Meanwhil", I don't mind turnlii' it off an'cempariu' it with an ether texts 'The wind blewcth where it llst tth, but thou canst net tell ivhciioe it cometh or whither It gecth.' The startln' up et 1 In j nten an' uf Phll'a attachment Is a geed duil llke" "I don't knew that that's exactly reverent, either," said Mrs, Hatn, "ceuslderlu' what toilers lu the Boek. An' what's geln' en iu the iielghberhcxxl don't Interest me as much ns what's geln' en in my own family. I'd llke te knew when things li cemin' te a head. Phil ain't married, nor evcu engaged, that we knew of; there ain't no lets beln' told by the company, or If there are we don't hear about it." "An' there's never any bread being baked while vou'rekneuding the dough, ehl lady. Yeu rt member the assage, 'first the blade, then the ear, then the firil corn in the earl' Mustn't leek for fruit iu the blossemm' time; eten Jesus dldu't flud that when he looked for Itou a fig trce ahead of time, you knew." " 'Pears te me you run te Scripture mero than usual this meniln'" said Mrs. Hayn, efter putting her pans of dough Inte the even " What'n started ) out'" "Oh, only little kind of iiwuktiilu', I s'liose," said the old man, "I cant keep my mind off of what's geiu' en right under my etcs, an It's se unlike what niiyWy would have exiectcd that I can't help geln' behind the n tunu, us tbey Usui te say ui euiics. An' when I de that time's only ene way of seeing 'em, en' I'm glad l've i;et the eyes te no 'cm in that light." "Se am I," said Mrs. Hayn, gently but successfully putting a tleury impression of four fingers and n thumb en her husljand's head. "I s'em It's 'cause I'm se tired of waltln' that I don't loeknt things just as you de. 'Pears te me there's nethln' tbat comes up, en' that our heal U get set ou, but vt hat we've get te wait for. It gets te be awful tiresome, after yeu've been at it thirty or forty years. I think Phil might hurry up matters a little." "Mebbe 't Isn't Phil's fault," sus;e.ted tha farmer. , , "Well," said Mrs. Huyti, with a flash be hind her glasses, "I don't see why any go! should keep that boy ft-waltiii.lf that's what you jneaii." "Don't, eh P drawled ths old man withe, ' queer smile nnd n quizzical leek. "Well, T s pene he is n geed deal mero takln' than hte father was." "Ne such thing," snld the old lady. "Much obliged; I'm a geed deal tee polite te contradict when you're se much In ear nest, you knew," Iho rl 1 man replied, "But If It's se, what's the reason that you kept hlra wnltln'l" "Why, 1 It wns you sc I 'twas the way of It was shot" An 1 Mrs. Hayn sud denly noticed that netted geranium In the kitchen window tioedjd n ilad xt removed from its base, "Yes," said her husband, following her with his eyes. "Au' I supp-e that's Just about what Phil's gal weul 1 say, if any one was te ask her. But the longer you waited the surer I was of you, wasu't II" "Oh, don't ask questions wheu jeu knew the nnswer ns well ns I de," said the el I lady. "1 want te see things ceme te a head; that's all." "They'll come, they'll come." said Iho old man. "It's try In' te wnlt, 1 knew, sccin' I'm deln' some of the waltln' myself, but 'the trj In' of your faith werkcth patience,' an' 'let wtlcuce have her rfect work,' yeJ remember." "More RcrlpturcP sighed the wife. -'YeuTe gcltin' through a powerful sight of New Test ament this mernln'. Benben, nn' I s'jiose I deserte It, seeln' the way 1 foal llke llghtln' It. Buts'jiose thisceiiliany siioculatlendout ceme te anything then I'hll'll be n geed deal wussefT than he is uew, won't he! Yeu re member theawtul treuble Deacon Trcwk get into by belli' the head of that new fongled slump and stene puller cempiuy, that didn't mil any te speak of. Everybody cnmeOewn en him, nn' called bim nil sorts of names, an' said be'd lied te 'cm, an' they would 1,0 te the Iioerhouso bcc-uisoef the money they'd put 11 li en his advice, an' " "Phil won't have auy such treuble," said the farmer, "for nobody took stock ou bis ad ad vlce. Tramlay get up the cetnany Iwfere we knew uii) thin' nlxnit it, nn' nil the puffin' of the hud w ns done by him. Boldes, there's nobody In it that'll suffer much, even If things comes te the w ust. Except one or two dum mies clerks of Tramlay's nlie were let in for a share or two, Just te make up a beard of duters te the legal sire, what share ain't held by Phil and Tramlay nn' that fel ler Marge belongs le a gal." "What! Luclal" "Ne, no another gal; racbbj I ought te call her a woman, seeln' the's putty well along, nltheugh mighty handsome nn' smart. Her name's DI11011, nn'Tiamlsy Joked rhll about her ence or twice, makiii1 out she was struck by him, but of course that's nil non nen kuu. She's 1 Ich. an' gut mouey te invest eveiy ence in a while, nn' Tramlay put her up te this little operation." "You're sure she nlu't interested In PhllP asked Jim. Hayn. "I't'e seen no end of treuble made between young folks hy.ga.te Hint's old enough te knew thtlr own minds mi' smart enough te use Vin." "Fer goodness' sake, Iu Ann I" exclaimed Itmnlil fnmier "rIVi tie.ii nu talk, nnvbml woulds'iiesothatlnthobigcityuf New Yerk, -Sill where eter a million woplallve nnd n mill- "J-l 1011 mera ceme 111 ireui mil mu -jiuuv-i uvi 3 i .. week, there wasnt any young man Ter rellts ""it,' te get Interested In but our Phil. Roelly.eld ""Si lady, I'm beglnnlii' te Iw troubled about you; tlinf erf f,f fjkll' I Itnl'a errirmln' lint nllllh time hi you makes me areaiil that yeu've get .Tggi 11 Mini o-(irieo 111111 s gni, iu jinvuii wn- . rc ' pridein our seu, sol tlu' him nbuvenll ether 'j-; mortal belii's, se far as pnythlu's concerned 'fii J thai can make n young man Interesthi','' ,f J IVV-ll I? ....M Wfm lint,!! nftAP ItniUPMlMv HM linking the matter ever, "ff It'use I re-ckeu r it'll have te stay se. I don't b'lleve there s any hepe of forgiveness Ter anytliln' u heaven's going te held an ehl woman te ac count for becJu' nil the goal there Is In bar first lierii. 1 hain't been down te Yerk ray wlf, but seme of Yerk's )eung sprigs hare erus i eung sprigs nave T,; iu tlma mi' another, en' It,' 1 of tha hull let, I should "J---3 Phil would be te all the''x been down here, enu t they're fair samples 1 I 1 nk n ticht of our Pi I would be te all the v. tlly gnls like the shmldeT of a great rock In a .-$fc,-j weary land." . ?.! "Who's ndreppln' Inte Scilpture newf EUt.l1l 1 U U1U llll IIIVI , I1IU,UK, l-F UN W H- J could leek his wife full III the face. H1 "Scripture ain't n bit tee strong te use , rreeiy uuetli our run my rim," saiu me mu s,a umnmi. tuitlibii' linr ciMTtnclps f e the ten et ,'K her bend nnd iH-ginnlii: le walk the kitchen, fleer. "All the hephi', en' fearln', and waltln', an' nui-sln', nn' tcachln', an' thlnkhi', an' prayiii', that that boy has cut romes huiryln' Inte my mind when I think about him. If 'here's anythtti' he ought le be an' lui't, I ' don't sen what It Is, nu' I can't tux) where his mother's te blame for It. Whatever geed there Is in 1110 l've tried te put Inte him, an' tthatevcr I was lackln' In l've tried te get for him eluowheio. Yeu've Iwen te him ev'rytbln' a father should, nn' he never could have get along without you. You'te been lets te him that I uever could be, he bcln' a bev. an' I nevcr ceae thankln' heaven for it; but whenever my mind get en a strain.' nbeut him I kind e' get us mixed up, an1 feel ns if 'twas me Instead of him that was takln' whatever hapjicuud, nu' the longer tt lasts the less I enn think of him nny ether way. There I" The old farmer rose te his feet while this speech wns underway; then he removed bis hat. which he sldem did nf ter cemln? Inte the house, unless reminded. When his wife -ggs concluded, he took both her bands and drepjicd Uvii his knees; he had often dene it I i-f ere years before, when et crcoine by' her jeung beauty but never Iwfore had he done It with se much et revei cure. CbtKimirif tier! Satuv 'an. OBSERVATIONS ON WHIST. Hunie et tliB lllnlrultirs About I'laslng Tour limn Well. There Is nothing which taxes the ability of a whist player mero than the playing of peer hand. With a goal hand nn Ignoramus may win the game, hut it trkes ability te win witba poerone. This Is wlitre the strat egic foice of Ihu whUt plajer Ij brought Inte play Sometime, n hen the pla) lng of 0110 curd may or may net make the game, established rule is thrown aside, and a sub sub liuie nerve Is shown Then again, the player holding ioer canU Is often allwl upon te threw the lead Inte hlijui titer's hand or te keep the liud out of lilsepimneiit's baud. In Older te de this he uu) ! obliged te lend fiem u (licit suit, or te threw 011 u high card second hand In brief, the plajer with a I-xr hanil phijsnch tensive gnme. Heis, se te sieak, nt bay, hut If, nt n critical mo ment, he can step In nnd aid hit rtner, the gnme may still Ik) sated. Siippofe, for In stance, that you held the following baud; 0, 7 nud 8 of hearts, 0, 8 and l of suies a, 7, I and 3 of diamond, and 8, i and -of clubs. Your partner, II, turnsupn small hnart, and I), 011 ) our light, leads u small spade. Yeu put en the 8 second huud (net Jho 0, as the play In this case may sate your partner a geed card) ;0 takes it with tbe 0, and leads back it small diamond, which you take with the u. New liere comes, the sjlnt, and (t Involves ngieat principle Yeu have the lead, and yeui, partner ha given no Indication that he wants trillion. True, he luwi't had a chance te signal, but that 111 1U1 no difference. Yeu can't take it for grantL Yeu can, however, uriive at a conclusion D's long suit Is spades, CTs I diamonds, and neither of them want huiiisled Yeu bate but three truinis la jour hand New thu Inference is that your (Mrtnir ha ut least four, nud the probability is thut he bui lite. Yeu can de uelhing jeursclf, and your play Is te threw the lead Inte his linuil. Your long suit Is the diamond, and If you had led erlglnall) jeu would have plnted the 3, but new jeu hate geed naeii te u ke that your irtner ha. hearts and clubs. Yeu don't dare te day trumps Ui-uuse)eur inference lliil J our (tinier liui Ilvoeruiore of them inn) net be trua Therefore you lead the highest club jeu hate thlgheit from usuit of three), und the dunces are )OUr mrtner ill ms-ui e the trick. Then if he has u geed hand In- nny pet the trumps out and save the gnme If he ha.n't n geed hand it is hktnnvuiiy, bilt )OU hate had the satis faction of pla) lng your ban I for all It was BOrtl, . Tem Lansike. Mrs. SallliTJoyTVIiite, ofTlie Bosten Herald, cbiuw tlie distinction of beinj lliu first vveruun journalist toliavoapo teliavoapo toliaveapo i.stfon upon u Bosten newspaper. Mrs. White besatther jouniulUtie career in ISO'J, and lias been steadily at tferk ever since, pepping only Ions enough te get tuanicd. Hut home is In Ashereft, ju . out of Uoten, where she livt In tt hoase 200 vers old. Mrs. White U the presi dent e." the New England Women's Vifm SVtf tittle J- e as "sfcTffi & iS j;t
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