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THK LANCASTER DAILY IiJTELLTOEKOER, SATtTBDAY, OCTOBER 5,
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COUNTRY LUCK
By JOHN HABBERTON,
Auther of "Helen's Babies," Etc.
bepyriga'wl by the J. B. fjnptecett Company, PnbUriian, Philadelphia, and Pvh
llshed, by Permission, through the American Press AmocUUeb.
CHAPTER XX1L
rVXXSX, OKKS ETID XOXSTZAS. I
S tbe season hur
ried toward the
Christmas holi
day, there came
te Philip Hayn the
Impression that he
was being een te
much tti publle
.with liucia. never
against that young
lady's Inclination,
that perhaps some
people were believ
ing him engaged te
her, or euro te be.
This Impression be
came mere distinct
when some of his new business acquaintances
rallied or complimented him, and when he
occasionally declined an invitation, given
viva voce, by explaining that he bad prom prem
ised te escort Miss Tramlay semewberu that
evening. If this explanation were made te
lady, as was usually the case, a knowing
smile, or at least a significant leek, was al
most sure te fellow. It began te seem te
Phil that tbe faces of the young women of
New Yerk sold a great deal men than their
tongues, and said it in a way that could net
be answered, which was quite annoying.
If he was te seem cngagad, he would prefer
that appearances might net ba deceitful
Again and again he was en the point of ask
ing the question which he little doubted
would be favorably answered, but he always
restrained himself by the reminder that he
was only a clerk en a salary that could net
support a wife, bred like Lucia, In New Yerk,
an 1 that villa plots nt Haynten Bay were net
selling as rapidly as they should if he were
te become well te de: indeed, they scarcely
were selling at all. Who could be expected
te beceme Interested In building sites en the
seashore when even In the thcltcred streets
of the city the wind was piercing the thickest
overcoats? And who could propose te a girl
while another man, even were he that stick
Marge, wasofferlngbernumereusnttentions,
all of which she accepted! confound Marge
end his money!
Thut Marge also was Jealous was inevita
ble. Highly as he valued himself, be knew
womankind well enough te imagine that a
handsome young fellow Just past his major
ity might be mera gratifying te the eye, at
least, than a man who had reached well,
who had net mentioned his age sine ba
passed his thirty-fifth birthday. He had In
his favor all the prestlge of a geed record in
society, of large acquaintance and aristo
cratic extraction, but he could net blind
himself te the fact that the j euug omen
who were most cstimnble did net greet him
as effusively and confidentially as they did
I'lill. Ills hair was proveklngly tlilti ou the
top of bis head, and farther back thcre was
n tell tale spot that resembled a tensure; he
could net quickly enter, like Phil, Inte the
spirit of some silly, luuecent frolic, and al
though he insisted that his horses were as
geed as Phil's, be could net bring himself te
extending an invitation for a morning dash
through the park, as Phil did ence or twice a
week. Se he frequently said te himself,
Confeuud the country habit of early rising,
which his thai had evidently mastered.
As for Lucia, except for the few happy
hours she spent with Phil, aud the rather
mere numerous hours devoted te day dreams
regarding her youthful swain, she was really
miserable) In her uncertain condition. Other
ghls were getting engaged, en shorter ac
quaiutance, and ten times us many girls were
tormenting her with questions ns te vvbich of
the tne was te be the happy man. Rbe de
voutly wished that Phil would tpiaU quickly,
and finally, after a long imd serlousconsultu serleusconsultu serlouscensultu
tlon with Murglc, she determined te adept
toward Phil tha tactics n hich only two or
three months before shu had tried ou Marge:
she would encourage his ilvat. With Marge
it bad had the uiiexiwctcd cflcctef making
her yield her hcait te I'iiil, en the ether
hand, it bad pel ceptibly qukleucd Mai go's
interest in her; would net u rerersnl of tha
factors bave a cei rtspendiiig result? '
She had but ene fear, but that was grow
ing intense, Agnes Dinen continued te be
fend of Phil; tlicie was no ether man te
whom whoever saw Agues appear se cheerful
and unconstrained. Could it be that tbe
heiress wns playing a deep garae for the
view? She had seui wonderful successes
made by girls ns old as Agnes, whm they bad
any money as n i &ci ve force, aud the trem
bled as tbe thought of the possibilities Agues
wm old dreadfully old it seemed te Lucia,
but she was undeniably handsome, her man- I
ners were cbarmiug, nnd she was smart be- '
yond compare. She had declared that her
interest In Phil nas only in his position as j
Lucia's admirer: but people did net always I
tell tbe truth when they wci e In le e. L'icia
herself had told a number of lies the ery
whitest of white lies about her ewnrcgatd
for Phil; suppose Agnes were doing likewisel
If she were Lucia's little finger nails made
deep prints en the palms of her hands or she
thought of it.
Bhe told herself, In her calmer moment,
that such a thought was unworthy of herntid
insulting te Agnra.w he l eally had been friend
ly and ev en affection ate te her. In wakeful
hours at night, howe er, or lu some Idle hours
during the day, she fell Inte jealousy, and
each encccsslv e tumble made her tbrnlldem
the mere heicl"ss. She tried te escape by
rallying Phil about Agues, but the young
man, supposing her te be merely playful In
her teasing, did his best te coutlnne the joke,
aud was utterly blind te the requite.
At last thcie came an explosion. At a
party which w as te Lucia unspeakably stupid,
thcre being no dancing, Miss Dlnen monopo
lized Piul for n full hour a thousand hours
it teemed te Lucia and they sat ou a sofa,
tee, that was far retired In nn end of n room
which ence hed been n conservatory. Luila
w atched for an opportunity te demand an
explanation; It seemed it nev er would come,
but finally an old lady who was the head and
front of a small local missionary effort In the
south called the young man aside. In en In
stant Lucia seated herself beside Agnes Onion,
saying, as she gave her fan u vicious twist.
"Yeu seem te find Mr. Hajn very enter
talnlngr "Indeed I de," said Miss Dinen j "I haen't
spent se pleasant an hour this season, until
this evening."
"OhP exclaimed Lucia, and the unoffend
ing fan flew Inte two pieces.
"My dear girll" exclaimed Agnes, picking
up one of tbe fragments. "It's really wicked
te be se careless."
"Thank you," said Lucia, with a grand air
for se small a wemaii. "I thought it was
about time for en apology."
Miss Dinen looked sideways In amazement.
"Tbe subject of conversation must have
been delightful," Lucia continued.
"Indeed it Has," said Agnes.
Lucia looked up quickly. fortunately for
Mi Dinen, the artificial light about them
was dim.
"Yeu told me once," said Lucia, collecting
her strength for n grand effort, "that"
"Yesf
"Th&t-that"
"Yeu dear littla thlug," said Agnes, sud
denly putting her arm ube.it Lucii unl press
ing her closely ns u ujtlier might seize a
baby, "what we were talking of was you.
Can't you understand, new, why I mjejed
it se much?'
There was a tremor and a convulsive raev e
ment within the elder woman's arm, and
Lucia seemed te be crying
"Darlinx Httle girl," murmured Agnes,
kissing the top of Lucia's heaJ, "I ought te
be killed for teasing you, even for a moment,
but hew could you be jealous of mel Yejr
lever has been a great deal mero apprecia
tive: he has deu tu the honor te mike roe
his confidante, and again I s-sy it was de
lightful." "I'm awfully mean," sobbed Lucia.
"Step crying at once," whispered Agnes.
"Hew will your eyes leek? Oh. Lu, what a
lu"ky girl you are I"
Ter crying''' said Lts'-ia, after ft little
choke.
vWvfm
"for "having VucVa tnsjf Te "adore you.
Why, he think no such woman ever walked
the earth before. He worships the fleer you
tread, tha air you breathe, the rustl of j our
dress, the bend of your little finger, the"
The list et adorable qualities might have
been prolonged had net a little arm suddenly
encircled Hiss Dlnen's waist se tightly that
further utterance was suspended. Then Lucia
murmured i
"The silly fellow I I'm net half geed
enough for him."
"De you really think ter'
"Indeed I de; I de, really."
"I'm se glad te hear you say se," said tha
elder girl, "for, honestly, Lu, Mr. Hayn has
se much head and heart that he deserve tha
best woman alive."
"It's such a comfort te be told se," mur
mured the younger girt.
"One would suppose you had doubted It
and needed te ba assured," said Agnes, with
a quizzical smile.
"Ob, nel 'twatnt that," said Lucia, hur
riedly. "Hew could you think of such a
thing? But Ob, Agnes, you can't under
stand, net having been in ler yourself."
Miss Dlnen looked grave ter an Instant, but
was quickly herself again, and rspUed, with
a Isujjh, and a pinch bestowed upon the tip
of Lucia's little cart
"True; true. What depths of Ignorance
we peer old maids are obliged te grope inl"
"New, Agnesl" pleaded Lucia. "Yeu knew
I didu't mean te ba offensive. All 1 meant
we that you that I Ob, I think he's all
goodness and sense and brightness and every
thing that's nice, but and se, I mean, I like
te hear about it from everybody. I want te
hear bun talked of all the while; and you
won't think me silly for It, will you? Because
he really deserves it i don't believe there's
his equal en tbe face of the earth I"
"I've heard ether girls talk that way about
their levers," said -Vrnes, "and I've been
obliged te hope their eyes might never be
opened; but about the young man who is te
fend of you I don't differ with you In the
least He ought te marry the very best
woman alive."
"Don't say that, or I shall become Jealous
again. He ought te find some one like you;
whllel'm nothing in the world but a well
meaning little geese."
"The daughter of your parents can't be
anything se dreadful, even If she tries; and
all young girls seem te try, you knew. But
you really aren't going te be satisfied te
marry Philip Hayn and b nothing but a
plaything and a pretty little tease te him,
are you? It'sseeasy tostepattbat; se many
girls whom I knew bave ceased te grew or
impreve in any r. ay after marriage. They've
been se anxious te be cunning little things
that tbey've never beceme even women. It
makes one almost able te forgive the ancients
for polygamy, te see"
"Agnes Dinenl new can you be se dread
full" "Te see wives go ou year after year, er
listing lu being as childish as liefore they
were miirlad, while their husbands ate ac
quiring better seuie and taste eery year."
Lucid nas sober and silent for a moment;
then she said :
"De you knew, Agnes I wouldn't dare te
say it te any ether girl de you knew there
are times when I'm positively afraid of Phil?
He docs knew se much. I find him delightful
company step smiling in that astonished
way, you dear old hypocrite I I mean I And
him delightful cemauy even when he's talk
ing te me about things I never was much in
terested In. And what else is thei e for him
te talk about) He's never proposed, you
knew, and, though 1 can't help seeing he is
viry fend of me, he doesn't even talk about
leve. But it U when lie nnd pa pa get together
and talk about what is going ou in the
world that I get frightened; for he does knew
se much It l.-n't only I that think se. you
knew, papa blin'slf says se; be saj s he finds
it iej s batter te chat with Phil than te read
the newspapers. New, j ou knew, the idea
of mairjing a a sort of condensed news
paper vteuM be Jutt tee dieadful."
"Husbands who leve their wives are net
likely te be condensed newspapers uet w bile
they am nt home; but de train yourself te be
able te talk te your husband of semethiug
besides the petty affairs of all of your mutual
acquaintances. I have met some persons of
the masculine persuasion who were se redo
lent of the affairs of the day as te be dread
ful bores; if tbey wearied me In half au hour
what mnst their peer wives endure? But
don't lmagtne that men are the only sinners
in this respect. Thcre isn't in existence a
mere detestable, unendurable, condensed
newspaper thank you for the expression
than tbe young wlf who in calling and re
ceiving calls absorbs all tbe small gossip and
scandal of a laige circle, and unloads it at
night upon a husband who Is tee courteous te
pretest and tee loyal, or perhaps merely tee
weary, te run aviny. I don't wonder that a
great many married men frequently spend
evenings at the clubs; even the southern
slave ued te have tne half holidays a week,
besides Sunday."
"Agnes Dment Te hear you talk, one
would suppese you were going te cut off your
hair aud write dreadful novels under a man
nUh name."
"On the contrary, Pre very proud of my
long hair and of everything eh womanly,
especially In sw eet girls n he are in love. As
for writing novels, I'm afraid, from the way
l'v e been going en for the past few moments,
that sci menlzUig, or psrhape lectui lng, would
be mere In the line of my gifts. And the
company are going down te the dining room;
there's a march pla)ln,and I see Phil strug
gling toward you. Yeu're a dear little thing
te lMcu te me se patiently, but you'll be
dearer jet If you'll remember all I've said.
You're going te have anoble husband; de
pirpnra yeuiself te be bis companion and
equal, se he may never tire of you. Hest
of husband weary of wles who are nothing
but sweet. Even girl can't exist en candy
alone, you knen "
C11PTER XXIII,
E. a w.
HEN iron looked
up, as recorded
elsewhere In this
narrative, there
was nt tbe same
tlme much looking
by various rail
road companies.
Te some of them
the improved pros
poets of iron were
due, ethers were
merely hopeful and
venturesome; but
that portion of the general public which re
gard! a railroad only as a basis for tbe Issue
of stock in which men can speculate did net
distinguish letwccn the two.
Like Iren and railroads, stocks also began
te leek up, and Mr Marge devoted himself
mera closely than ever te the quotations
which fellow 1 each ether moment by mo
ment en the tape of the stock ticker. It
seemed never safe for bun te be out of hear
ing of the instrument, for figures changed se
suddenly nnd unexpectedly; shares in some
solid old reads about which everybody knew
every thing remained at their old figures,
w hilu temi concerns that had only just been
Intieduced in Vi'ull stieet, and wre as prob
lematic as new ecqualutances ba general, fig
ured largely lu tbe daily reports of Stock
Exchange transactions.
Mr Marge remembered previous occasions
of similar character; during tbe first of thtm
he bad lc-en a "lamb," and was sheared se
closely and rudely that he aftrward took
great Interest lu the shearing process, per
haps te impreTM aud reform it. He was net
at all misled by tha operations en tbe street at
the p-ried w ith which this story concerns It
self; he knew that some of tbe new securities
were selling for mere than they were worth,
that th prices et ethers, and the great vol
ume of transactions In them, were made
wholly by brokers who buslr.es It was te
keep item btf ere the peerje. Others, which
'WfW
sswi'W presnsafl, could luttll tfcetr kept
only ea certain ceattegeaciea.
Yet Marge, cool aad prudent though ha
was, took no Interest whatever In "securities"
that deserved their name; he devoted all his
attention te such stocks as fluctuated wildlv
stocks about which conflicting rumors, both I
geed and bad, came day by day, sometimes
hour by hour. He did het hesitate te Inform
himself that ha was simply a gambler, at tha
only gentlemanly gaws which tha law did
net make disreputable, and that the place for
his wits and money was among th stocks
which most indulged In "quick turns," and
te which the outside public the great fleck
of lambs would be most attracted.
After a careful survey of the market, and
several chats, apparently by chance, with al
leged authorities of tbe street, he determined
te confine his operations te the stock et "The
Eastern and Western Consolidated Railway
company," better known ou the street and
tbe stock tickers' topes as "E. & W," This
stock had every feature that could mike any
alleged security attractive te operators, for J
there was a great deal of It, the company was j
lermeu Dy me couseuuation, unuer tne guise
of leasing, e( the property et several ether
companies, It was steadily picking up small
feeders and incorporating them with the
mam line, it held some land grants of possi
ble value, and, lastly, some of the managers
were se brilliant, daring aud unscrupulous
that startling changes In the quotations
might occur at any tlme at very short notice
Could a gambler ask for a raorswpremislng
game!
E. & Y, seen began te justify Marge in
his choice. Fer tbe first few days after he
ventured in se It the stock crept up by frac
tions and points se that by selling out and
promptly repurchasing Marge was able te
double his Investment, "en a margin," from
bis profits alone. A temporary break fright
ened him a little, but en a rumor that ths
company was obtaining a lease of an im
portant connecting link he borrowed enough
money te buy mera Instead of selling, and
as for m wonder tha rumor proved true, he
"realized" enough te take a couple of hun
dred shares mera Success began te mani
fest itself in his countenance and his manner,
and te bis gicat satisfaction he once beard
his name coupled with that et one of the
prominent operators in tbe stock.
His success had also th effect of making
his plans mera cxpanslvs and aspiring.
Should E. & W; go en as it was going, he
must within half a year become quite well
off almost rich, In fact. Such being the
case, might It net ba a mistake ter him te at
tach as much importance as he bad done te
tbe iron business and its possible effect upon
th dower of Miss Tramlay? She was a
charming girl, but money ought te marry
money, and what would be a share of tbe
forty or fifty thousand a year that Tramlay
might make In a business which, after all,
could bava but th small margin of profit
which acttva competition would allow? Thcre
war rich families toward whose daughters
ha had net previously dared te raise bis eyes,
for their heads would have demanded a fuller
financial exhibit than be cared te make ou the
basis of the fw thousands of dollars which
he had luvested in profitable tenement beuse
property. As a large belder of IS. & W.
his position would be different; for were net
the heads of these various families operating
In E. & W. themselves I
Little by little he lessened hi? attentions te
Lucia, and his visits te the bouse became
f ewer. Te Pbll, who did net knew tbe cause,
the result was quickly visible, and delight
ful as well The only dlsqulstlng effect wns
that Mrs. Trainlay's manner pirceptlbly
changed te an undesirable degi ec. That pru
dent lady continued te Inform her husband
that there scorned te be no movement in Hayn Hayn
eon Bay villa plots, and that tbe persistency
et the young man from the country seamed
te have tbe effect et discouraging Mr. Marge,
who really bad some financial standing.
Tbochange lu Marge'a manner was per
ceptible throughout tbe Tramlay foully.
Even Margie experienced n tense of relief,
and ska said ene evening te Lucia:
"Isn't It lovely that your old beau Is se
busy lu Wall street newadaysl He doesn't
ceme hsre half as much ns he used te, mil 1
don't have te be bored by blm while yeu're
talking te PhiL Yeu ought te fit up a room
especially for me In v our new house, Lu, for
I've endured a drendftl let for your sake."
"Yeu silly child," Lucia replied; "you
might catch Mr. Marge yourself If you liked.
Mamma seems te want te have him in the
family."
"Thank you for the 'If, " Margie reterted,
"but I deti't enre for a husband almost old
enough te be my grandfather, after being
ecruttenicd te seeing a real iiice, liandome
jour;; 'nan about the house."
"no has money," said Lucia, "nnd that is
what most girls are dying te many. Papa
says he Is making a fortune If be Is ns deep
in the market as seme folks say."
"I hepe he is," said Margie. "He ought te
have something besides a w oeilen f ace, nnd a
bald brad, aud the same set of speeches and
manuers for all occasions. Whit n splendid
sphinx hen euld mnke, or an old monument I
May be he Isn't quite nntique enough, but for
vivacity b Isn't nny niore remarkable than
a stene statue. Just think of what Phil has
saved us from I"
And still E. & Vf. went uj. The discovery
of valuable mineral deposits en the line of
ene of its branches seat the stock flying up
several points In a siugle day, and seen after
ward a diversion of seme large grain ship
ments from a parallel line helped It still fur
ther. That the grain w3 carried nt a les
did net trouble any one probably becuuse
'only the directors knew it, nnd it was net
their business te make such facts public. And
with each rise of tbe stock Marge sold out, se
as te bave a larger margin with which te
operate.
At tbe first of the year E. & Vf. declared
a dividend se large, for a security that had
been far below par, that even prudent In
vestors began te crowd te the street and buy
the stock te put Inte their safes. Tb effect
of this was te send shares up se rapidly nnd
steadily that Marge had difllcuity In repur
chasing at the price at which be sold; but he
did se well that mero than six thousand
shares new steed lu bis name en the leeks et
his broker.
Six thousand shares represented about bait
a million dollars at tbe prlce which E. & W.
commanded. Marge admitted te himself that
it did net mean se much te him, for no liau
net a single certificate In his pecket or any
where elie. But what were stock certificates
te a man who operated ou u margin? They
wrcre geed enough for widows and orphans
and eter people incapable or unwilliun te
watch the market, ana who were satisliea te
draw annually whatever dividends might
chance te be declared. Te Marge tbe stock
as it appeared en hit broker's books sigulfied
that he had cleared nearly fifty thousand
dollars en it within two months, and all this
money was reinvested en margin in tbe
same stock, with the probability of doubling
itself every month, until 13. & V should
go quite a nay beyond par. Were It te
creep up only 5 per cent, a month It had
been delrg mero than tw ice as well he could
flgure up n cool million of gain befere the
summer dullness should strike the market.
Tlin be would sell out, run ever te Eurepe
and talon rest; he felt that he would bave
earned It by that tlme.
Of ceurse there was no danger thut E & W.
would go down. Smart, n he, in tb pai pai
lance cf the street, was "taking care of It,"
bad publicly said, again and again, that E.
&Y. would rraeh IV) befere summer, and,
although Smart nas ene of the younger men
In the street, he bad engineered two or three
ether things in a maimer nhiih had mode
elder operators open tuelr eyes and cnecu
, books. Smart's very name nxmed te bred
luck, his prophecies about ether ma etnents
had been fulfilled, he evidently bad bis own
fortune largely Invested In 12. & W se
1 what mero could auy operator Ok? Even
1 new the stock was bard te get ; Inwvters who
nanted small quantities bad generally te bid
above tbe market quotations; and even when
a large block changed hands It depressed quo
tations only j fraction, which would twmore
than iccevcred within t'venty-feur hours.
Marge's margin nas large tneugh te protect
him egalnst less, even should a temporary
panle itrike tbe market end depress ev cry
thins by sympathy, indeed, some conserva
tive brokers told Marge that be could safely
carry the stock en a much smaller margin.
Better men have had their heads turned by
less success, and forgotten net only tender
I sentiments but tender vows, 60 it is no wen
der that, as his financial standing Improved
dally, Marge's Interest In Lucia wtakeueiL
The countryman might have her; there was
as geed (Ha in tbe sea as that be bad hoped
te catch net only as geed, but a great deal
better. He would net break old friendship,
he really esteemed theTramlayj, but friend
ship was a near enough relationship.
CHAPTER XX3X.
tr.es toots stux jnasta.
ELL, my dear,"
said Tramlay te hi
wife one evening In
late winter, "th
spell Is broken.
Three different peo
ple have bought
building site of the
Haynten Bay com
pany, and a num
ber of ethers seem
Interested. There's
been a geed deal et
money mads this
winter, and new people seam anxious te spend
It. It's about time for us te be considering
plans for our villa shl-'
"Net until we are sure we shall have mero
than three neighbors," said Mrs. Tramlay.
'Besides. I would first like te have some cer
tainly as te hew large our family will b this
summer J"
"Hew large? Why, the same size as usual,
I suppose. Why shouldn't it be I"
"Edgar," said Mrs. Tramlay, impatiently,
"for a man who has a business reputation
for quick wits, I think you're In seme things
the stupidest person who ever drew breath."
Tramlay seemed puzzled. His wlf finally
came te his aid, and centinued:
"I should like te knew If Lucia's affair Is
te dawdle along as It has bean doing. June
is as late In the season as Is fashionable for
weddings, and an engagement"
"Oh I" interrupted the merchant, with a
gestur et annoyance, "l'r heard th cus
tomary talk ..bout mother lave, and believed
it, up te date, but I can't pesslbrr bring my
self te be as anxious as jeu te get rid of our
Messed first beru."
"It Is beciia (lore her that I am se desi
rous of seeing ber happy snd settled pet te
get rid of her."
"Yea, I suppose r; and I'm a brute," said
tbe husband. " seli, U Phil baa been wait
ing until he ibenldbe certain about bis 'awn
condition financially, be will net need te wait
much longer. I don't knew whether it's
through brsin. or tact, or what's called lov lev
er's luck, but b's been doing se well among
railroad people that In common decency I
must either raise bis salary largely or give
him an Interest In th business."
"Well, really, you speak as If th business
depended upon hta."
'Ter a month or two he's been taking all
tbe orders; I've been simply a sort of clerk,
te distribute them among mills, or find out
where iron could b badforthes who wanted
It In hsjte. He's after an order nowfrem
the Lake and Uulfside read that I let him
attempt at tlrst merely te keep him from
growing conceited. It seemed tee great and
eV.cult a Jeb te place any hope en, but I am
beginning te bait believe be'U succeed. If be
does I'll simply be compelled te give bun an
Interest In the business; if I don't some of my
competitors will coax blm away from me."
"Whstl after nil you hav den for hlraT
"Tutt tut! the favor is entirely en tbe ether
side. Had some outsider brought me the or
ders which that boy bas taken, I would hav
had te pay twenty times as much In commis
sions as Phil's salary has amounted te. What
de you think of 'Edgar Tramlay & Ce.' for a
business sign, or even 'Ti amlay & UayuT "
"I suppose It will have te b,"ald the lady,
without any indication of gratification, "and,
if It must be, tbe sooner the better, for It
ivtn't help making Luela's position mero cer
tain. If it doesn't de se at ence, I shall be be
lieve It my duty te speak te the j eung man."
"Deu'tl don't, I Implorel" exclaimed tbe
merchant. "He will think"
"What he may think is of no consequence,"
said Mrs. Tramlay. "It is time that he should
knew what city etiquette demands."
"But it Unt necessary, is it, that be should
knew bow matter-of-fact and cold hearted
we city people can be about matters whlcb
country peeple think should be approached
with tbe utmost bsart and delicacy? Don't
let him knew what a mercenary, self servlng
let of wretches we are, until he Is se fixed
tbat be can't run away."
"Edgar, tbe subject is net one te be joked
about, 1 nssuroyeu."
"And I assure you, my dear, that I'm net
mere than half Joking net a bit mero."
"I shall nut say mete than thousands of
the most loving and discreet mothers have
been obliged te say lutUntlar circumstances,"
said Mrs. Tramlay. "If you cauuet trust me
te discharge this duty delicately, perhaps you
will have the klnduess te undertake It your
self." "The very thing!" said Tramlay. "If he
must have ui(pleas.iut recollections of ene of
us 1 would i.ither it wouldn't bi hU mother
Inlaw The weight of precetleut Is against
jeu, don't jeu knew) though net through
nny fault of yours "
"Will jeu serleuslj' premise te speak te
himl At once? this very week?"
"I piemLe," said Ti amlay solemnly, at the
same time wickedly making a number of
mental letcrvutiens.
"Ihen if thore should be anymlstake It
n ill net be tee late te recall peer Mr. Marge,"
said Mrs. Tramlay
"My dear wife," sold Tramlay, tenderly,
"I knew Marge has some geed qualities, but
I beg you te lemembcr that bj- the tlme our
daughter ought te be in the very prime et
her beauty and spirits, uule her henlth falls,
Marce will be nearly "0 v-cais old. I can't
bear the thoughtef eurdarling being deemed
te be nurse te nn old man Just when she will
be most fit for the companionship uud syta
athy of a husband. Supjiose that ten j cars
age, when you Iraastcd jeu didn't feel a day
elder thiiu when jeu wvre 2), 1 hail been
twenty yeura elder than I am new, and hang
ing like a dead weight about your neckl Be Be
tneen us we have had enough te de in bring
ing up our childreu piuperly; what would
you have done had all the responsibility come
upon you alone? And jeu certainly don't
care te think of the Probability of Lu being
left a widow before she fairly reaches middle
agel"
"Handtome widows frequently marry
again, f ;tcially If their first husbands wer
well off."
"Wife!"
Mrs. Trumlay looked guilty, and avoided
her huU mud's ej'e, She could net avoid his
eucli cling arm, though, nor the meaning of
his voice ns be said:
"Is thcre no Ged but society I"
"I didn't mean te," wbl.pered Mrs. Tram
lay. "All mothers are looking out for their
daughters; I don't think tatbirs understand
hew necessary it is. If you liad shown mere
Interest iu Lucia's future I might net have
been se anxious, rathcrj never seam te
think that their daughters ought te have
husbands."
"Pothers don't like girls te marry befere
they nre women," said Tremiay. "Even
new I wish Lu might net marry until sbe Is
several years elder "
"Mercy!" axr.WresJ Mrs. Tramlay.
"Would you want tbe peer child te go
through several mers-ycai set late parties,
aud dancing, and drtulngi Why, she'd bo be bo
cemu desjicrate and n ant te go Inte a nun nun
niryer become a novelist, or reformer, or
something "
"What I Is secitty really se dreadful te a
young glrlf asked the huiband
"It's the most tiresome thing In tbe world
after the novelty wears off," said Mrs. Tram
lay. "unless sliu Is fend of flirting, or gets Inte
ene of tbe prosy sets where they talk about
I nothing but books end music and pictures and
j blue china nnd such thlugs "
i "Live and learn," quoted tbe merchant.
"Next time I b-comaayeuuginannndmarry
I I'll bring up my family in the country My
1 sUUr bad at least bersss and treei and bb ds
and (lowers and chickens te amuse them, and
net one of them man led until ilia was twenty
five "
Mrr, Tramlay maintained n discreet sUmce,
for, except their admiration for their broth
er, Mrs. Tramlay bad ucver been able te find
a (elut of contact in her slstcrs-In-law. Tratn
I lay slew ly I jf t the room and n ent te his club,
informing himself, as be walked, that thcre
were times iu which a man really needed the
society of men.
Meanwhile, Pbll bad for tha twentieth
tlme been tletctcd with tha purchasing cft
clalsef tbe Lake and Gulfiide tallread as'
dtsagrecabla aud suspicious a ceuple as he
had ever found umeng Haynten' assortment
of exTXTt grumblers. Had be lieen mere ex
perienced In biuinert he would have been le
hopeful, for, as everybody who was anylmdy
In the Iren trade knew tbe Lake and Uulf
side had planned a branch nearly two bun
' dred miles long, and there would be forty or
fifty thousand tens of rails needed, every
body who was anybody hi th iron trade was
i trying te secure at least a portion et the
I erdsr. Phil's suggestion that Tramlay should
try te socure the contract bad affected the
merchant about u a preposition of a child te
bujld a boute might neve deiK . '" h 3te!4
approving ttie young man's spirits, he had
consented, and had himself gene, se far as te
gt terms, for portions of the possible order,
from men who were looking for encourag enceurag encourag
saent te open their long closed mills.
Unknown te th merchant, and fortun
ately for Phil, one et the Lake dud Gulfslda
purchasing nvuts had years befere chanced
U tw a director In a company that placed a
small order with Tramlay. and, remember
ing and Ukm; the way In which It bad been
tilled, was predisposed toward the home's
new representative from tha first But
Tramlay. net knowing this, laid everything
te Phil's luck when the young man Invaded
the whist room of the club, called Tramlay
nwny from a table Just as cards had been
dealt, and exclaimed in a hearse whlspcri
"I've get It I"
"Get what!" asked tbe merchant, net ever
pleased at the interruption. Phil stared se
wlldlj that his employer continued! "Net
the smallpox, I trust. What Is It? Cant
you speak?"
"I should think you'd knew," said the young
man, loeklug sotnewbat aggrieved.
"Net Lake and Gulf side I"
"Exactly tbat," said Phil, removing his hat
and holding it just as ha remembored te have
seen a conqueror's hat held In a colored print
of "Gen. Scott entering the City of Mexico."
"Hurrah l" shouted the marcbant, dashing
te the fleer th cards he held. This move meve
msnt eliciting an angry pretest from the
table, Tramlay picked up the cards, thrust
them into the hands of a lounger, said: "Play
my band for me. Gentlemen, I must beg you
te exeuse me; sudden and important bust
uess," seized bis hat, and hurried Phil te the
street, exclaiming:
"Sura there Is no mlstale alwut it? It
seems tee geed te be true,"
"There's no mistake about this," Pbtl re
plied, taking a letter from his pocket, Tha
merchant hurried te ths nearest street lamp,
looked at th written order, and said
"My boy, your fortune Is made. De you
' realise what a great strek et business this
in -'"I
hope se," said PhiL
"What de you want m te de ter yeul
Name your terms or figures."
Phil was silent, for th very geed rsssert
that be did net knew hew te say what w-ss in
his heart
"Suppose I alter my sign te Tramlay &
Hayn and make you my equal partner I"
Btlll Phil was silent
"Well," said the merchant, "It seemed te
me that was a fair offer; but if It doesn't
meet your views speak out and say what you
prefer."
"Mr. Tramlay," said th young man, try
ing te sneak calmly, but falling most lament
ably, "tbey say a countryman never Is
satisfied in a trade unless be gets something
te beet"
"Very well. What shall It bef
"Millions svery thing; that Is, I wish you'd
give me your daughter tee."
Th merchant laughed softly and shook his
head. FhU started and bis heart fell.
"I don't see hew I can de that," said Tram
lay, "for, unless my eyes deceive me, you al
ready hav her."
"thank heaven!" exclaimed Phil devoutly.
"Se say I," th merchant responded.
CHAPTEIl XXV.
raw. aeain.
NE of the penalties
of success (accord
ing te the success
ful) being the ma
lignant envy of
these who have net
succeeded, it Is net
surprising that In
lime there began te
creep Inte Wall
street some stories
that E. & W. was
no better than It
should be, nor even
quite se geed, and
that there was no
r An c,n wli V f t, j.
r.KVH .. M j ... w
stock should be se
blgb nbeusollder securities wre selling be
low par.
Th management, ntalited by the cntlra E.'
& Vt'i clique, laughed all such "bear" stories
te scorn, and vv hen scein seemed somewbat
Insufficient they greitly Incicuscd th volume
of sides and maintained the prlce by the fa
miliar, simple, but generally successful ex
pedient of buying from ene another through
iiiiny different brokers In the stock market
'Ihouear party rallied within n day or two,
nnd returned te thocharge with nn entirely
new set of lies, besides nn accidental truth or
two; but the E Si Vf. clique was something
et a liar itselt, and nrrnnged for simultaneous
delivery, at different points en the street, of
a let of stories se full of new minera! develop
ments en tbe line of the toad, and se many
new evidences of the management's shrowd shrewd
neui, that criticism was silenced for a while.
But bears must llve as well as bulls, and
the leuger they remain hungry the harder
thyoie sure te fight for their prey; reths
street was seen favored with a f reih assort
ment of rumors. This lime they concerned
themselves principally with the alleged bad
condition of the track and l oiling stock In
the west, and with doubts as te tbe mineral
deposits said te have been discovered. The
market was reminded that ether railroad
remtKinIvs, by scores, had made all sorts of
brilliant discoveries and announcements tbat
had failed te matcrialixe, and that seme et
tlicse reads had born managed by bands tbat
new scctned te be con ti oiling E. & W.
Then the E. & W, management lest Its
ordinary temper nnd accused the bears of
malignant falsehood. There was nothing
unusual lu this, In a locality where ue en Is
ever suspected of telling the truth while he
can make anything byljing. When, how
ever, E. & W. Issued Invitations te large
operators, particularly in the company's
stock, for a special excursion ever the read,
with opportunities for thorough investiga
tion, tbe bears grewled sullenly and began
te leek for a living elsewbti e.
The excursion start was a grand success In
the ej s of Mr. Marge, who made with it his
first trip In the capacity of au Investigating
Invester. Thers wero men en I lis train te
whom Marge had In ethor days scarcely dared
te lift his eyes In Wall street, yet new tbey
treated him as an equal, net only socially but
financially. He saw his own name In news
papers of cities through which the party
passed; his name had appeared te pilot be be bo
fero, but only among lists of guests nt par
ties, or as usher or a bridegroom's Kit man
at a wedding net as a financier. It was
gratifying, tee, te have presented te him some
presidents of western banks who joined the
party, and be namul te these financiers as
one of the most prominent Investors In K.
& W.
He saw mere, tee, of hU own country than
ever before; his eyeu and wits were quick
enough te make him enter heartily Inte the
spirit of a new enterprise or two which soma
of the E. & W. directors with tbe party were
projecting. It might retard a little bis accu
mulation of E. & W, stock, but tbe difference
would be In bis favor in tbe end. Te "get iu
ou tbe ground fleer" of soma great enterprise
bad been his darling Idea for years; be had
hoped f or It as unw eai j Ingly as f or n rich wlf e ;
new at last his dcslre was te be granted; tbe
rich wlfe would be easy enough te find after
he himself beceme rich. Unaccustomed
though be was te slumbering with a Jolting
bed under blm, his dreams in the sleeping car
wero rosier than any he had known since the
hair began te grew thin en the top of bis bead.
Hut as the party began te leek through the
I car windows for the bears of the Recky
mountains the bears of Wall street began te
iudukie in !ernleIeu activity. They all at
' tacked E. & W. with entirely new lets of
stories, which were net denied rapidly enough
for the geed et the stock, for seme of the
mero active managers of the E. & Vf.
clique were mere than a thousand miles
away. Dispatches began te hurry westward
for new and bracing Information, but the
whole excursion party had taken stages a fen
hours befere for a three dajs'tr te see
teme of the rich mining camps tewTm.li E. fi
W. lied premised te build a branch. Ne an
swers Uing received, E &W began te droop;
as seen as It showed decided signs of weakness
nnd twined te have no friends strong enough
te support it the bears sprang upon it en
mave and proceeded te pound and scratch
the life out of It. It n as granted a temporary
breathing spell through the assistance of some
opi-raters iu ether stocks, who feared their
own prepcrtlss might ba depressed by sym
path j, but iu seen ns It lecame evident that
13. & W. was te Im ths only sufferer all the
bulls lu the market sheathed their horns In
bears' claws and assisted iu the annihilation
of the prrotrate giant who had ue trUuds.
The excursion parly returned from the
mltes iu high spirits; even the president et
the company drOstfd helmd no -hiss that
V
th property was se rich. He predicted, an!
railed all present te remember hi words, that
th information he would send oartwenld
"boom" E. & W. at least ten points within
ten days. Marge's heart simply danced with
in htm: If it was te be as tha president pre
dicted his own hoped for million by the be
ginning of the stagnant season would b
nearer two. He smiled pityingly a Lucia's
face row before him; hew strange that he
had ever thought seriously of making that
rhtt his wife, and being gratlfld for such
dowry as th Iren trade might allow her
father te give I
Tha stage stepped at a mining village,
twenty miles from the station, for dinner.
The president said te the keeper of ths llttls
hetel:
"Is there any telegraph station hereP
"There's a telephone, 'cress the read at tbs
store," said the proprietor. "It runs into ths
bankln' beuse at Big Steny."
"Big Steny r echoed the president "Why,
we've done some business with that bank.
Come, gentlemen, let's go across and find out
hew our baby Is being taken care of."
Several of the party went, Marge being
among them. The president "rang up" th
little bank, and bawled:
"Get any New Yerk quotations today?"
"Yes," replied a thin, far away role.
"Hew's the stock market!"
"rretty comfortable, considering."
"Any figures en E. & W'.P
"El," was ths only sound th president
could evelv from th noise that followed.
"UmphT'sald ha; "what doe that meant
'El' mutt be 'twelve' hundred and twelve.
Still rising, you se; though why It should
hav gene se high and se suddenly I don't
exactly sea. Helle," he resumed, a he turned
again te tha mouth piece; "will you give me
these figures again, and net quite se leudl I
cant mak them out."
Again th messag came, but It did net
seem any mero satisfactory, for tbe president
looked astonished, and then frowned; thsn
b shouted backt
"There's tern irdstaksi you didn't est th
right letter. I said K. At W. Eastern and
Western. Ona moment Mr. Marge, won't
you kindly take my placst My hearing isn't
Tarykaen,"
Marg placed th receiver te bis ear, and
shouted, "All right; go ahead." In two or
three seconds he dropped the reetlvar, turned
pale, and looked as If about te fall.
"What is itr asked several voices in chorus.
"ns said, 'E. & W. I dsad as a smelt;
knocked te pieces two day a0.' "
"What Is It quoted at newf" aaksd en,
quickly.
Tru eneugh: who could want te knew
mere than Marge? It was In a feeble volea,
though, and after two or three attempt te
clear his threat, tbat b asked i
"Hew did It close tc-dsyf
Again, as tha answer came baalc, Marg
dropped tha receiver and acted as it about te
fan.
"What Is IU" Speak, can't you,!"
"Thirty -soree I" whispered Marg.
Thar was an outburst of angry exclama
tions, net unmixed with profanity. Thsn
nearly all present looked at th president In
quiringly, but without receiving any attempt
at an explanation, for th prssidsnt was far
tha heaviest owner of E. & W, stock, and
hs looked as stony of face as if ha had mddsn
ly diad but netlscted te close his eyes.
Marg hastily sought tbs outer air: It
seemed te htm b would less his reason It h
did net get away from that awful telsphen.
Thirty-seven I be knew what that meant; his
margin might hav saved his own stock had
the drop been te a little below par, but it had
tumbled mera than bait a hundred points, se
of course bis brokers had closed th account
when the margin was exhausted, and Marg.
who a fortnight before bad counted himself
worth nearly a million dollars (Wall street
minions), was new simply without a penny
te his credit te Wall street or anywher elss;
what money he chanced te have iu his pocket
was all bt could hop te call his own until
the first of th next month, when th occu
pants et his tenement houses would pay their
rent
It was awful; It was unendurable; h longed
te scream, te rave, te tear his hair. H
mentally cursed th bears, tbe brokers, th
directors, and every ene else but himself.
He heard some of his companions In the ster
bawling messages through the telephone, te
ba wired te New Yerk; these were veterans,
who assumed from past experletic that a
partial rceeveiy would fellow and that tbey
would partly recoup their losses. But what
could be de? There was net en earth a par
son whom ha could ask, by telegraph, for th
few hundred dollars necessary te a small
speculation en the ruins.
He heard th outburst of Incredulity, fol fel
low ed by rage, a the passengers who had re
mained at the little hotel received the uuoi uuei uuoi
pected news, whlcb new seemed te him te b
days old. Then be began te suspect every
body, even tbs crushed president and direc
tors. What seuld be easier, Marge said te
hlmself , than for these shrewd fellow te un
load quietly before they left New Yerk, and
then get out of reach se that tbey could net
render any support lu csse of a break I Hs
had heard et such things before. It certainly
wsa suspicious tbat th crash should hav
com the very day after tbey get away from
tbe telegi apb wlrse. Likely enough tbsy new,
through their brokers, wer quietly buying
up all tli stock that was being offered, te
"peg it up," llttl by little, te where It bad
been. The mere suspicion made blm want te
tear tbem limb from limb, te erganlz a
lynching party, after th fashion of the ter
ritory they were Ip, and get revenge. It net
Justice.
It was rather a dismal party that returned
te New Yerk from the trip ever ths E. Ss
Vf. The president, fearing Indignant west
ern Investors, and still mera the newspaper
reporters, whom be knew would He In wait
for him until they found bun, quietly aban
doned tbe train befere reaching Chicago, and
went eastward by soma ether route. A few
of tbe mere hardened operators began te en
courage each ethti by telling of ether breaks
that had been the making of the men they
first mined, but they dropped their consoling
reminiscences when Marg approached tbem;
tbey bad only contempt for a man who from
bis manner evidently was se completely
"cleaned out" as te be unable te start again,
even in e small way, The majority, how
ever, seemed as badly oft a himself. Seme
et them were se depressed that when the
stock of cigars provided especially for the
excursion was exhausted they actually bought
common pipes and tobacco at sray station,
and Industriously poisoned the Innocent air
for hundreds of mile.
This, then, was tbe end of Marge's dream
et wealth I Occasionally, In ether days, he
had lest small sums In Wall street, but only
be and his broker knsw et It; no one ever
knew in what line of stock he operated. But
new why, ha1 net bis name been printed
again and again among tbose of E. ev. W.'s
strongest backers? Every one would knew
of bis mlsfortune: be could no longer pese as
a shrewd young financier, much leu as a
man with as large an Inceme as he had time
te enjoy.
Would tbat be bad net been se conceited
and carclcti as te tneiitalb give up Lucia,
who new, for some reason, persisted In ap
pealing in his mind's eycl Had he given
half as much attention te her as te E. Ss Vf.,
she might new be his, and their wedding
cards might be out. And Iren was still
looking up, tool Hew could any ene net a
lunatic have beceme se dovetod te chance as
te threw away a certainty for she had been
a certainty for him, he beheved, had be
chevn te realize. Alasl with her, as nith
II. & Vf., he had been tee slew at realizing.
(bndHilnl nut fititurJuy.
agricultural Mens of a Cnlil Winter.
A cold, hard winter Is predicted by nn
riculltirnl Bern. "It will lm tough tliii
winter," eald a grizzled old fanner in
tow ti ene day this week. "1 uieun tlint'a
wlut the winter ia geins te be."
"VliV
"I'll Cell jeu why. It) the first place,
jiiU try the bkliu of jour fruit. You'll
11ml that your nppiua end peaches nnd
grjpft nnd nil ether fruit, home grown,
are thicker nml tougher ekinuctt thsn
ferjeniH. That'll e::u sign, Last winter
it vv aa different. Apples nml ether fiuit
were be thin skinned it was hard te
gather without bursting it, uuil you rec
ollect Ihu winter wim oxtmerdinarily
mild. Cern ii another weather sign
baird. Hew is corn? Why the huifc en
the cara U thicker nnd ttrenger than I
have emi for yea-. Wheat aud rve
stravv-are tougher, " v ii wiiiurand the
seed pods ere l r protected thea
Usurf!.'' yepYjch -i ii.) L7IT.
DECORATIVE FURNITURE.
Article tthleh Would De Jlaeh
a fUwra Attractive.
t
The following sketches are from Hs
or air. w. Timtns, the well known
uter te The Londen Cabinet Maker. 1st flg.
1 tha leading line of the wall bracks sl
(lap table are Angle-Moresque. Tha
two rem screen is somewhat
no.
character. Tbs two first article would par
lisps took best finished In a cream colored en
amel, with geld leather paper at th back of
the bracket, and lb screen might perhaps b
produced In a bronze. Th panels of this te
be of tainted Jspsnese silk with a datner
colored border. Tbe transparent painted afik
panels are dainty in coloring and vry ef
fective., and while tbsy are also remarkably
cheap, they mak a pleasant change from t
recently much used French cretonnes. '
In Pig. 3 a suerle of decorative furniture
ts illustrated
which might almost n ne
scribed as a substitute for th cabinet
low top with tbe overhanging shelf above,
tbe side brackets and the curtalas, ars, all ff
thorn, attractive features which trait ta
thing above the oemmonplsce class of geed.
In point of detail It Is refined, and If finished
In cream, with geld leather paper at the
back and pal blus curtains te the front, ft
iV
no. a nst
trnnlil mslfA n rhnrmlnfr llttla Item of rfvaw- w '
lng room furnltuitv-net only artistic In ap-
penrnuce, uut iiw buiiicivdm row in n tv ,,-.
de iiepuiar. ''
Iu the next n-eun (Pis. HI Is shown a nnanttt:
Jr.BBSW j JS
L :,.
little table of a decidedly novel fertn.;iUf-
apparent purpose Is for tbe display of "art ;j
pottery, uut it mignt aise come in useiui ;
"five o'clock" tea table. Here Is adopted thaji
Moresque style. Tbe cheval seraaa ekewa in v
the sketch Is decidedly novel, th cesnpsetely.te
circular sneii bting a cnang from Me e
what old fashioned drop hlf which ha I
ti loner tuccnsful. The introduction of
round shelf, though. Involved ptcrftn v$
through tbe screen, but tbe pretty llttl ew-,' ti
tnins nt tbe baek could be mad te fall' right.1
across the opening when the screen Is te ba't
used as a protection from the flre. This 4&
elan, though r.et altogether Inelegant, is Tet'iV,
manifestly Inconsistent throughout; silll. t
r-ittiuwl nrrlifTAV fttirl sua OM-tMlalv mrllMtm ;
r ---- - , - .. ..
',X iV
i J. -m
5 W;,i MwBw rmk kU
- fj9j Ife JaHssfei? &
no. a -a
shclt with the portiere at tbe back, are pretty 1
features and novel, nnd well calculated teft--
canuveie me icuuuiuv muv, wrvaiu mr
a met and rose colored silk would mak an 4U
rtr,rr,t,f Infn mitilimtlrm tftr ttllfl ftM-MM. .iff
Mm 1 U..I.1 ..!!- UIU ... I S.a V& :
next sketch (Fig. 4) is nsltber a small cabinet f '
4I1U UTUIJU OIMIIO TfUlU UKUV .M''',
nor a tauie pernnps is sueuiu ue ngwtsj 'a .
called a wratnet. It Is designed In tha Jan- -,,
aneta style, and the sides are Intended te
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pierced right through In tbe characterises ";ij
manner. jv urvsewe incruaia uvuiimwiswt-. i
' ly few substitutes for tbe old fashioned low ,
' whatnot, and a variety of some such ceatrlv- 5S
once as tills would be acceptable. Thei
flower vate stand et tbe aids is decldeaJy
Egyptisn In manner, and It produced In
no. 4.
black with red llnss would be both srybek
and effective. Tbe majority of tuck standi
rest rreteutmede much taller than ths
one, though a small arrangement of this i
small bracket has been brought out te sop sep sop
pert ta'h alternate angle,
Tliy Hamilton Fought Burr,
Hamilton's son, Philip, a few years bsv
fore, while defending hi father front
IKlitical attacks, had become embroiled
in a duel. He had met his antagonist at
Weehawkcn, opposite New Yerk, and
been killed. Hamilton at tbia time wm
se impressed with the noxious influence
et the cede that he published n pamphlet .;
ULrmuak ik. . :3
But thcre were many reasons why M vri
was difficult for him te decline te meet m
Burr. He had formerly eanctlenea tm j, g
practlce lie new cenuemnea Dy serving v
ns second te Cel. Laurens la a duel with JS
Ucn. Lee. His own eon had fallen tkM $
vears befere in (as it was considered at ,y-
thetime) a vindication et hit father V--'
honor. He was prominent a en nap. .
rant for the first office In the gift of the
neeDle. Today a duel would deubtlean :
decide the question against iilm. Tnee'w
he regarded a refusal te light a fatal, te
his chances, tlittl lie possessed n oer eer
tuin moral btrength, often deficient in
seme of the Hamilton, he would hava
acted upon his convictions, no waa tee '
weak te de fill and accepted th chal-'
lcnce.
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