Show COUNTRY LUCK By JOHN HABBERTON Author of Helens Babies Etc I Copyrighted Ui9 J BUppmcott Coipany PuKsaen i t and Pub J listed by Permission through the American L > ciiuu J I its as expensive as that Im not going said Phil looking v ry solemn and beginning t reconstruct the demolished 1ack Yes you aro sir Ill have you understand under-stand youre not much over age yet anthi got t mind your old father Now let that corn alone I it wont stay down sit on it this ways And suiting tho action to the word the old man scrawled at ease on the fallen fodder dragged bis son down after him and said You shall have a hundred dollars to start with and afterward if need it more aftrrd yon ne as 1 know you nil The first thing to do when you get to the city i to go to the best looking clothing store you can find and buy a suit such as you see well dressed men wearing to business Keep your eyes open on men as sharply as If they were bosses and clothes were their only points and then see that you get as good clothes as any of them It dont matter r much about the stuff but have your clothes fit you a cut like other p pies I dont want t put on city air sid PhiL Thats right tnats right but city clothe and city airs arent any lore alike than j country airs a good manners You may b the smartest brightest young fellow that ever went to York as of course you are L bi my son but folks at Yorkll never find Q i out if you dont dress properly that means dress a they do Ill trade watches with you t trade back after the trip mine i gold you know Youll have to buy a decent chain though I wont take your watch father I cant thats all about it Nonsense 1 of course you can if you try It isnt good manners t wear silver watches la the city But your watch Phil could get no further for his fathers gold watch was yen erated by the family n if it were a Mayflower May-flower chair or the musket of a soldier of the Revolution Once while old farmer Hayn wa young Capt Hayn of the whaling ship Lou Ann he saved the crew of a sinking British bark Unlike modem ship captains who do not own their vessels he we went in tho boat with tin rescuing party instead of merely sending it out and he sufTeicd s much through exposure strain and the fear of the death which seemed impending that he abandoned the sea is soon thereafter is possible pos-sible Nevertheless ho thought only of the work before him until ho had rescued the imperiled crew and stowed them safely in his own sip The circumstances of tho rescue were so unusual un-usual that they formed the subject of long columns i foreign newspapers and in a few months Capt Hayn receded through the > state department at Washington a gold watch with sundry complimentary papers > from the British admiralty The young seaman sea-man never talked of either his neighbors > frt learned of the presentation by conning their favorite weekly newspapers neverthej less I tho papers were framed and hung m the i young captain bedchamber and however carelessly he dressed afterward nobody ever saw him when he had not the watch i hu pocket Father said Phil after some moments spent in silence and facial contortion I cant take your watch even for a little while Youve always worn it its yourthe faim lys patent of nobility Well said the old farmer after cantons plating the toes of his boots a few seconds I dont mind ownin up to my oldest son i that I look at the old watch in about thQ same light but a patent of nobility is disgrace to a family if the owners heir un t fit t inherit t it See Guess youd better male up your xuimd t break yourself into your comm responsibilities re-sponsibilities by carrym that watch in New York Wonder what time tif Tho question was a good pretext on which t take the patent of nobility from his fob pocket and look at it He did it in away which caused Phil quickly to aver his face and devote himself with great industry tc stacking corn Half a minute later the old 1 man cutlass in hand was cutting corn a i f his life depended upon it CHAPTER in DOWN TO yonK ESPITE his father 1l ther expressed desire r de-sire Phil went to New York on Sol 1 Mantnng sloop J Tho difference in time promised to be a day 01 two days but the difference fercnco in cash outlay 4 out-lay was more than 6 five dollar a sum which no one in the vicinity of Ilavn Farm had ever boon known to icnd needlosslv 1 without cOning t grief Between cash in hAnd and its nominal equivalent equiv-alent in tune Phil like mot other prudent young countrymen had learned to distinguish with alacnv nil posituencss besides he knew how small was the amount of ready money that his father i spito of care and skill at bis business was ablo to show for f moro than I quarter of a century of hard 1 ork Tho young lions departure was the oc ion fr quite a demonstration by th neigh i 31 Other oung mon 9f the vicinage had 1 I to NeW York but general they were those whom their neighbors did not hope tot to-t again Phil on tho contrary was a gen i oral favorite His family intended that nq one should know of the journey until Phil was fairly for they knew by rene in which sometimes they had been the offend I how insatiable rural cunousity about r instiable i rur curoustyabout any doing of the ordinary But when Sol ilautrmg told his wife that Phil was to go S down with h fa as a hand Mr Mantring l raightway put on her best things and went out t tell n her neighbors that Phil Hayn was going down t York and being a woman who never did anything by halves she afterward after-ward plcdded the dusty road that le t the littlo village at the railway station where she consumed several hours In doin cnme serl hou i doing petty shopping at the several stores varying this recreation by industrious gossip with every acquaintance who dropped As each person per-son who heard the news wondered what Phi was going for and n M Mantnny w sure she didnt know any better than dead and gone Adam there was developed a wealth 1 of sis and theory that should have forever for-ever dispelled the general impression that Americans are not Imaginative people For the remainder of Phils time at horns th family and it eldest jta ths tliy ad is e son hd scarge t f 1 enough time t themselves to dttsr tu their daily devotions People came to borrow something to bring news t ask advic anything that would b an excuse t s what might b going on and to learn why Phil was going t the city Phils parents ha prepared pared what they supposed would b sufficient explanation the farm and tho house needed some things that could better be selected from large stocks and variety than bought nearer home But they had underrated the persistency persist-ency of local curiosity numberless pointed question acre asked and if in the course of a week there had been any visitor who did not ask in one way or other whether Phil would go to sea the Tramlays the family did not know who it bad ben they were sure they would have gratefully noted such a considerate con-siderate person at the time and remembered binsor her forever after There were scores to who anted Phil to do them small services in the citv Farmer Blew lit had heard that tho car companies often sold foi almost nothing the horses that broke down at then hard war and needed only plenty of rest and pasturage t make them is bOot as lion wouldnt Phil look about and so if he couldnt get him a bargain bar-gain ami bung it back on the sloop if he wouldnt mind feeding and watering item the hoi 10 trip Oil Mr hollev had been hail big lie > i ctacles 0 young that she didn 1lhI I 1m she needed tronI uh Ei nay be a Bible with logger print I mil I would price both and write her she would try to make up her mind what she ought t II io Samantha Roobles bad been telling her husband James for the last fivo ears that I their best room carpet was too shabby for people who might have a funeral in the family fam-ily at any tune James stepmother being very I old and sickly but James wouldnt do anything any-thing but put off and as for her she want I I going to b cheated out of her eye teeth at the stores at the depot when year before last she saw m a York newspaper that tho wind blew out of the hand of somebody leaiing out of a train window that good ingrains were selling in New York at thirty five cents a yard she wished Phil would pick her out one I Besides many requests like these Phil had to make promises to dozens of young men and women whose wants were smaller but none the easier to attend to s the prospec tive traveler and his parents had the pains of parting alleviated by the thought that not until Phil departed would any of them havo peace The day of sailing brought a great throng of v isitors so many that the minister I who was of the number extemporized I neighborhood prayer meeting at which Providence was implor to save our dear young brother from the penis of tho deep and informed of s many of Phils good qualities qual-ities that only an inborn respect for religious forms lestramed the modest youth from sneaking out of the back door and biding i the hull of the sloop until thero was a broad expanse of water between him nnd the shore I Ten the entire throng excepting two or three old ladies who remained with Mr lay to help her bear up poor soul escorted Phil to the sloop Among them va a predominance of young men who looked as if incas Phil should want a substitute they er ready and of young women who face indicated that if Phil should care to say anything any-thing tender to anybody just to have something thing to think about while away ho should I have no excuse t leave it unsaid j j Sol Mantring cut the parting short by remarking re-marking that prayer was all very well in it place but he didnt believe it keeping a sloop in a shallow river while the tido was falling and no wind to help her out So Phil burned aboard though not before his father had almost crushed his hand with a grasp I that had ben developed by many years of I training with bride reins ax halves and paternal ternal affection off the hawser the Some one cast of sloops bawsr mainsail was already up and the craft began I to drift out with the tide This was the sig na for a flutter of handkerchiefs and a chorus of cheers during which Farmer Hay plodded along the river bank beside the sloop regardless of mud stones marsh grass and cattails Ho seemed to have no last injunctions injunc-tions for his boy indeed his occasional shouts were bestowed principally upon Sol Maut ring who stood at the wheel and they bad no more relation to Phil than to the khan of IChivo In like manner Phil seemed less in i terested in his father than in the maze of cordage at the foot of the mast Neveitho less when the river bank ended at the shore I of the bay and could bo followed no longer the old man stood there as Sol Mantring I said afterward lookm as if hed lost hislast friend never expected to git another an1 hed got ten year oldei all of a sudden and I Phil when he saw this straightened in front of tho friendly mast which hid him from the I remainder of the crew and threw kisses to his father with the profusion of early childhood I child-hood as long as ho could distinguish the dingy old coat and hat from tho stones of similar hue that marked the little point I The perils of the deep were happily averted Indeed Phil would willingly have endured more could the wind havo blown harder Tho sloop finally made her pier in New York about dusk of the second day Phil hastily donned his best suit and as the part of tho city in which time iron merchants I cluster was not far away and Sol Mantring knew the streets of that poition of the city I I Phil started with minute directions from tho skipper to call on Mr Tramlay His singleness single-ness of purpose mae him unconscious that I ho was acting in a manner not common to lam but as ho climbed the side of the pier i and burned toward the mass of light before j I him Sol Mantring remarked t the remainder remain-der Of the crow consisting of two men t Iiknowe3L it j Knowcd what Hes galstruck Got it bad Phil mado his way up the principal thoroughfare from New York t Brooklyn wondering at the thronged sidewalks and brilliantly lighted shops but ho did not neglect to oo the street names on corner lamps Soon he turned into I street which was part of his course as laid down by Sol at tho same time he turned from light t darkness dark-ness tho change being almost appalling in its suddenness Still he hurried on and after another turn began t look for numbers on tho fronts of buildings His heart bounded within him as ho suddenly saw by the light of a street lamp the sign Edgar Tramlay Inan instant his hand was on the door knob tho door did not the but open Through glass door ho saw two or three dim lights within Probably the proprietor was at his desk perhaps per-haps too ho should hare knocked s knock ho did I What dyo wont there young feller shouted a policeman across the street r f J want to see Mr Tramlav 1 i r ° Guess your watch i slow aint itl growled the officer I dont know maybe s Phil replied ° Dont know bettern huntin1 you low btern to come hunti down here 1 for a bizness man after C oclock at night asked the officer Phil admitted to himself that he did not still he had coma ashore to find Mr Tram lay and tIle idea of giving np the search did not our to him He finally asked Where do you suppose I can find him 1 At home I guess if he s one of the kind that goes straight homo from his store I reckon lie is said Phil Will you please tell me where he lives Oh come off muttered the policeman Dye jioso I aint got nothm to do but know where folks live Where was you brought uplway back Im sorry I bothered you sir sid Phil who now saw the offlcei uniform and recognized gnized it by memor of pictures he had seen in illustrated newspapers Isnt there any way t find out where a man lives is i New York Certainly look in directory Go up t Broadwayits up at the head of this treet an1 go along till you find a di us store Like enough vou 11 find I directory there Phil followed instructions und lIne the stet and iiumoer of the Tramlay domicile In front of him street cars were continually coming and going and by the conductors of these he was referred from one to another until he sound a our which went to tho stree he wanted to reach Although Phil knew the city was large the journey seemed elY long it was made an hour longer than it should have been for a fire had broken out somewhere along the route and engine hose blockaded the railway track When finally the desired street was reached Phil fcuud himself several hundred numbers away from that bo was looking for and it was then nearly 9 oclock Iv e half a mind to give it up said Phil a lie walked rapidly along Perhaps they go t bed early theres no telling Still if abed Ill know the lights b lieyle Il it by lht being omit I don t seem to walk dow these nuns her very fast II qmzmcmial hIs step lie almost ran but mere than a quai ter of an hour passed before lesivv one glass tiansom the number that Indicated Ins journey was at an end Phi topped then Its srossed the street and sur eyed tins house carefully rights in all the widows said he Tat looks as if theyd all gone to their own room looks like bedtime I was afraid oft of-t I suppose theres nothing to do but go back t tha sloop or find some place to lodge Too bad He recrossod the street and ascended a step or two Truthful though he was bo would have denied to any one but himself that he did it only because Lucia had tripped up hose same steps Slowly ho descended and walked away but he had passed but a house or two and was looking backward when a nan who had passe him ran up the Tramlay steps Then Phil saw a flash of light and heard a door close That tnt Mr Tramlay There arent ay other men in the family Ho must bo a visitor Well if other men can call at this time of night I guess lean visit it to Back he went and a bo was unacquainted with the outer mechanism of door bells ho rapped sharply upon the door It opened Instantly and n Phil stepped i ho found the hal and stairway a well as the parlors quite full of ladies and gentlemen Its a party be said t himself Then he nformed himself in great haste that he would postpone his visit but n he turned too to-o he found the door was closed and a small who stood it said Genlmcn colored boy stoo by sid Gnlen fust room back and pointed upstairs Eu irely losing his self possession and wonder lag hat to do Phil stood stupidly staring about him when suddenly he saw Lucia mull m-ull evening re He hastily dropped his eyes for ha had never before seen a dress of that particular cut CHAPTER IV THE TUAMLAI RECEPTION ILL who hasnt ELL c come asked Edgar w i Ed-gar Tramlay as ts Lucia hurried toward Twe tow-ard him with a Iy countenance in which despondency I and indignation I E were striving for r mastery Tramlay I knew his daugh I tors moods for mod they were exact LLL duplicates of some he had marie a sore fore of years b foreOb Ob i he hadnt cmueif he hadnt come Tho head of the family looked puzzled then Ins expression changed t indignation a he asked las any one dared to como to D house after drinking Worse than thatl wailed Lucia shuddering shudder-ing aid covering her eyes with her pretty hands Htr father at once strode to the hallway looking like n avenging angel but when ho reached the door and took i at 1 glance the entire cause of his daughters annoyance an-noyance ho quickly put on a smile and excl ex-cl ° lined Why my dear fellow bow lucky that you happened m town on our reception evening Como with me Mrs Tranila willbedehght e to see you again Phil resisted the hand laid upon his arm and ephed Ill call again some other time I didn know you had company this cv emng All the better said the host leading Phil along twill givo you a chanco to meet some of our friends Weve met man of yours you know 1 Just then the couple stopped i front of a sofa on which Phil whoso eyes were still cast down saw the skirts of two or three dresses Then he heaid his escort sy My dear you remember our old friend Phil Hayn Im sure Phi looked up just in time to see Mr Tramlays feeble nervous face twitch into surprise and something like horror Mr Tramlav extended his band a a hint that his wife should aria hint which could not bo after his hand had closed ignored bd clo upon hcrayEven when upon her feet however the lady or tiejhousa seemed unablo to frame I reeting Had Phil been a city acquaintance acquaint-ance no matter how uninteresting she would have smiled evasively and told him sho was delighted that ho ha been able to come but what could a lady at her own reception say to a man in a sack coat and a hard rubber watch guard Mrs Tramlay looked at her husband in weak protest her husband frowned a little and nodded his head impatiently this panto tnimo finally stimulated Mr Tramlay to such I degree that ho was able to ejaculate What a delightful surprise Let mo mako you acquainted with some of tho company aid tho host drawing Phil away Dont feel uncomfortable Ill e plain that you just dropped m from out of torn so you couldnt b expected to b i evening dre Phil began to recover from his embarrass met thanks t his hosts heartiness but also t the fact that the strain had bean too severe t last long He slowly raised his eyes and I him assisted somewhat curiosity looked about ate smewht by curi oaitr as to what eve i dress meant He t 1 r soon saw that all the gentlemen wore black clothes and white ties and that the skirts of I the coats retired rapidly Ho had seen such J1 a coat before seen it often at Haynton on exJudgo Dickman who had served two terms in the legislature and barely escaped going t congress THe only difference b I tween tjetii HS that the judge swallow tail coat n as blue and hail brass buttons not I great difference if one considered the fl distance of New York and Haynton Upon my word exclaimed Tramlav suddenly I dont believe met Lucia denly bleve youve Luci yet Here she a Her isdaughter Lucia was floating bya vision of tulle ivoryNpeachblow and amber she leaned ivory blw amb se leae on the arm of a oung man into whose face she was looking intently probably as an excuse for not looking at the unwelcome visitor Her fathers voice however she had always Instinctively obeyed s she stopped pouted and looked defiantly at Phil who again dropped his eyes a low bow giving him a pro textDaughter sad Try hers our old friend Ph from Havnton Now dont spend the whole evening talking over old tie with bun but introduce him to alotof hi introlce hiD t a pretty girls you know them better than L Phil you can explain to them how you struck a full dress reception just after landing from a cruise twill amuse them more Ill warrant than any story any showy young fellow can tell them this ev emiig I tan t every young man who can have a good thing to tell against himself the first time he meets a new set During the delivery of this long speech Lucia eyed Phil with boldness and disfavor but in obedience t her father she took Phils arm an act that s quickly improved the of himself that he in voung mans opinion hil tht in ttantly felt at ease and got command of such natural graces as he possessed he was even enabled to look down at the golden head by h shoulder mid make some speeches bright enough to cheer Lucias face It nUt be b entirely dreadful after all thought the girl I can mtioduco him to friends to w hOI I could afterward explain friends who are too good hearted to mae spiteful remarks afterward Besides I can blame father for it all girls have fathers whose ways are queer in one way or another an-other oter While acting upon this plan and finding to her great relief that Phil could talk courteous nothings to new acquaintances she suddenly found herself c t face with a man of uncertain age but faultless dress and manner who said Maynt I favored with an introduction Your friend is being so heartily praised by your father that I am quite anxious to know him Mr Marge M Hayn said Lucia Phils proffeied band was taken by what seemed to bo a bit of languid machinery although eu circled at one end by I cuff and coat sleev and decorated with a seal ring Phi scanned with interest the face before him for he had often heard Mr Marge mentioned when the Tramlay family were at Haynton His look was returned by one that might hive been a star had it possessed a single indication of interest surprise or curiosity Mr Marge had metyoung men before ho had been s ing new faces for twenty fivo years and one more or less could not rouse him from the composure which he had been acquiring during dur-ing all that time Can ou spare your friend a few moments I said IMr Marge to Lucia I would b glad to introduce bun to of the I I intotnCe t some gentlemen I You ne very kind murmured Lucia I into was < lin o she informed herself to I rejoin sOle 11 her girl friends and explain th awkwII 1 i tinoof intrusion Margo offered Phil I mimi a courtesy the young wan did lOt undei and s he took Phil ri stead and prcsen ed l the youth to several 1 gentlemen as un old 11 I lend of tho family I boon however Marge kil 1 Phil into a tiny I room at the icai of the haula I room nomi really the libraij tbo books consisting of n amid hilil tie urtof ilictioirirj ant I Ihhl tlo greater 1lrt tho suit space bun ixxuj nil liv p pip tobacco to-bacco boxes ci0ai tasjs ash icccivcrs and other appurtenances of the vico and comfort of smoking Placing Phil m a great easy chair tho back of which hid bun from the took from his company Marga a cigarette own case which he afterward passed to Phil No small vice said he as Phil declined Just as well off I suppov As forma hero 1 Mnrgo nek a nmatclsIvc puff been acquainted wits the weed so long that p ulr I cant very well snub it when I would i think nicotine i mjui ious to the brain the lung and finally to tho digestion said Phil Have you seen Professor Benchofs analysis They were printed in the I may have seen them in print but Im sure I passed them said Marge exhaling smoke in such n way that it hid lila face for an ms mt 1 cmt afford to worry myself with intoi ination that I d rather not use But one ph vnque said PhiL Ones phsiquo becomes quito obliging when it nows what is expected of it Phi m i tally sought a way of passing this ed obstacle meanwhile unexpected < meanwhie Margo breathed lazily through bis cigarette a mo lent 01 two and then said Miss Tmauslay is n charming irl Indet 1 she is i Phil replied I site only were wereTnt Tnt tut my deal sir said Marge woman wom-an i divine and it isn t good form tocriticiso djvmitv Miss liamkn is remarkably pretty pret-ty I trust wo agree at least upon that safe ground Prcttyf f echoed Phil before Merge had ceased speaking She i radiant angelic 1 Again Mr Margo enshrouded his face with smoke after which he did not continue the conversation except to remark Yes Phi studie the color tone of the room and wondered won-dered why paper like that on tho wall had notbeen offered for sale the not ben ofere se by storekeeper ct Haynton then he resolved he would buy and take homo to his mother a chair just liko that in which he was sitting for it was s comfortable that he felt as if he could fall asleep in it Indeed he was already soobhv ious to Marge and other human presence that he was startled when a gentle rustle ushered in Lucia who exclaimed Phil you must cone back to tho parlor Half a dozen girls a real envious because they havent seen you at n and half a dozen others want to sec more of you Father has been sounding your praises t theyre sure the 4dmirablo Crichton has como to life again Phi attempted to riseau awkward operation opera-tion to a man previously unacquainted with Turkish chairs Lucia laughed and offered him assistance it was only a littlo hand but ho took it and as ho looked h thanks bo saw Lucias face as ho had sometimes known it of old entirely alert and merry At the same tie a load fell from his mind a load which he had been vaguely trying to attribute t the lateness of the hour the strangeness obis o-bis surroundings anything but the manner in which the girl had first greeted him A she took his arm all hurried him out of tho library he felt s fully himself that he forgot even that he was not attired like tho gentlemen gentle-men around him M Marge who had risen when Lucia entered en-tered the library followed the couple with his eyes then when alone ho frowned slightly I bit his the end of hiscigarette lV hislip dropped hicarett paced to and fro several times leaned on the mantel and muttered Phill Thc ho lighted another cigarette and veiled his faca in smoke for several minutes c CHAPTER Y I NOT SO DTEADHTL V3TER AL 3GULAR hot t being among the n requirements the Y I head of the Tram lay household Lu i honohoI i ia appeared it tho v breakfast table the morning alter th reception as the cock struck eight Her father dressed I for business and It I her mother i negligee I 1 neg-ligee attire and expression 11 ex-pression were discussing S cussing tho unbidden unbid-den guest of the evening before But he was s country so dreadful com mon protested Mr Tramlay with her c omary helpless air Nonsense said her husband There vas nothing country or common about his face and manners There hasnt been s bright eyed manly looking I fellow i our house Luciaf before since I dont know when E Agnes Diana said he was real fino looking look-ing thegn answered Agnes Dinon i thirty sir i she a day answered M Tramlay in a petulant tone So much the better fitted t pass opinions said Shows on young men sid Tramlay moro sense in one girl of her age than a hun tired like like Like me papa sid Lucia You may r i well sy it Like you then Bless your dear ignorant igno-rant heart i i give my head if you could seo rs clearly as she without waiting s long to lcamIL IILYOI Yo may 0 very sure though that Miss Agnes will never invite him to her own ro wption3 declared Mr Tiainlay Wrong again mamma shes invited him for next Tuesday night and I do believe she ovised the for the reception just purpose None of u ba heard of it before Mr Trarnlay gathered all her strength stimulated it with an entire cup of t and exclaimed Well I should like to know what society i3 coming t i a common farmers boy of no family can stumble into town and be invited vited about to good houses Coming tl Why my dear vnfe it is coming to its senses Im glad m this par icular case the movement began at our house housoby would have paid any attention to him ifol hadnt talked somuch about him said Mrs Tramlay One would hav e thought him a tear old friend to hear you go on bout him did abut hiDI you did I said nothing but what a true I tneiily and he was one of the finest young men I had ever known that he was of the highest character and ery intelligent beside be-side Such qualities dont make a man fit for society said the lady of tho house No I suppose not if they di 1 wed see more of tem at our receptions and parties Edgar I Well well said Tramla leaving the table kissing I his wife and preparing to hurry to his oflico it isnt our fault we cant expect what cant be had I suppose Lucia said Mr Tninla after the childicn hid ben dispatched to school I hop your fathers peculiar notions wont affect you About Phi Nonsense you dear old ivonyl But really mother bo mado quito an impression A lot of the girls admired him ever b much I began to apologize and explain a soon as I could get rid of him but I found it w isn t at all necessary Girls will admire anything thats new anything from a Zulu to a monkey Mammal Young INn like Hayn cant over marry out of their own cucle you should be ablo to see that How can they buy houses for their wives and furnish them properly and setup set-up horses and carriages anti keep in society Mamma youre too dreadfully funny indeed in-deed yen are Suppose young men arent rich enough t mrry cant girls like them At young peopb god for anything but to get married f Im very sorry said the mother abruptly abrupt-ly 1 leaving the room that you have such trifling views of life Wheu Philip Havn left the family mansion a little after midnight ho had but two ills tmct ideas one was that bo bad better find his way back to Sol Mautrmg sloop to sleep and the other was that he didn believe he could fill asleep again in less than a week All that ho hit seen the people not eceptcd w as utterly unlike Haynton The conversa tiou also was new although ho could not remember much of it and time ladies well be always had admired whatever was admirable admir-able in the young women in the village but there certainly were no such handsome and brilliant girls nt Haynto i as some be had met that night He could not explain to himself the difference differ-ence except that compared with Lucias friends hisold acquaiutaiKes appeared w ell rather unfinished and ignorant And a far n these now acquaintances appeared above his older ones s far did Lucia appear abe her friends Ho had studied her face scores of time before and told himself where it was faulty now ho mentally withdrew every criticism be had ever made and declared her perfection itself Would ho over forget how she looked a she offered to help him from that easy chair in the library Ho wished his mother intzht have seen her at that Instant slant then he she did not Hems stt was glad se not remembered membered that bib mother did not entirely approve of some of Lucias bathing dresses what would the good woman think of fashionable fash-ionable evening attire And yet perhaps was not as dreadful a it seemed Evidently Lucias mother approved of it and was not she a member of a churchnot ho regretted of the faith i which all Haynton worshiped yet still a church And did not many of Lucia guests dress i similar style He mentally laid the subject away for future consideration and gave his mind to his own attire Until that evening his faith in tho perfection of his Sunday suit was n unquestioning as his faith in Haynton preacher but now it was hopelessly shattered shat-tered Ho did not admiro thf attire of tho ho had met but the evidence gentlemen evdence was overwhelmingthat it was the correct thing and that ho must preparo himself t dress in like fashion i ho went t Miss Dinons party And by tho way what a queenly woman that Miss Dinon was Ho would like to meet her again he car tainly must attend that party But i he bought evening dress what should ho do with it when ho left the city No young man felt more freedom than ho to do as he lke in Haynton but to appear i a swal low tail at church or anywhere eke in the village would be simply impossible tho mere thought of it mado him tremblo and then laugh A suit of clothes merely t wear tw or threo evenings perhaps only one would b a shocking extravagance they probably would cost half n much as a new horse or two or threo dozen of the books ho had for years been longing t buy He would give up Miss Dinona party the thought of doing s mado hun doleful but do it he must Almost immediately after forming this virtuous resolution ha boarded a horse car on which were several couples evidently returning re-turning from a party somewhere 5 again Phil found himself studying attire Gradually Gradu-ally it occurred him that his own annear mince was attracting attention This was not a new experience ho had encountered it several time at Haynton with calmness indeed in-deed although he was not vain bo had never eared comparison in chnrch of his appearance appear-ance with that of any summer boarder from the city for as his mother baa eadym imated in these his coat bad tmat i the pages Sunday cat i xxsn cut from the samo jjicco of cloth a the mites But now he felt ill at ems while being eyed not at all impertmeatly by the young people who sat facing him First he thought the mildly critical glances were directed to his hard rubber watch guard then hb was sure the cut of ha vest was not being approved he detected one very pretty young uoraan u the act of suppressing a mile as sho looked at his shoe Thirdly he I was obliged to believe that an admirably dressed fellow opposite entirely disapproved of his Sunday coat the coat cut from mimi isters cloth and made by Sarah Ivreege and with l real silk civet collai tool Little by little Phil lot his self possession he could look m direction le culd scarcely lok any without with-out encountei ing the eyes of some one vrfao seemed to regard him as a curiosity An attempt at-tempt t ignore the attention by reading th advertising signs above the windows of the car was a di inal failure for he somehow felt that several pails of eyes were upon him and thin was rather moro annoying than seeing hem The strain became unendurable sobs suddenly looked through a window u i t sc where ke was then hastily went to th rear platform and asked the conductor t let him off As ha stood there be heard a young man whisper Counti Then ha head a young woman softly ojac ulate ulateTeLe The street wa as dark as gas lighted streets usually are it was almost deserted and the autumn evening was quite chilly but Phi felt a if his blazing eyes wero illuminating verv thing as if the walls had eyes to look isaopro ngly at Haynton fashions or a if his own Wood were hot enough to warm the entire atmosphere of New York He knew what he would do when he reached Sol Man trigs sloop he would remain aboard until she sailed then he would g back to Hay ton and remain there forever He could ext ex-t without New York if New York found him unsatisfactory He didnt care ever to see again anybody in New York except perhaps per-haps Lucia As for her hadnt even she Before the next car arrived Phil had en irely changed his mind Nevertheless b for continuing his journey he cautiously peered in to see if any of the passengers were likely to prove critical There seemed t b no one to fear at ore end of the car was a shabby looking peddler with his pack evi ently arrived by a late tram flm the suburbs sub-urbs at the other an old man seemed inclined t 0 dose and directly opposite the newest passenger senger sat a plain moet looking person whom a New Yorker would have rightly identified as a waiter at a restaurant or cafe Apparently three persons less qualified or in olined t criticise personal appearance could not have been found by careful search yet within five minute Phil assure that a of tem had noticed him and studied him As he was disinclined to squander another carfare car-fare on his feelings ho sought tho dusky seclusion seclu-sion of the rear platform and engaged the conductor in conversation which on Phils part cons to solely of questions yet he was astonished a well as indignant when the conducted rumr ed at a moment when the talk showed signs of lagging Youre f rpm time ural district I pose Whet makes VIMI HIY that asked Phil indicating a senso 11 I injury OhI didnt mThati inothmgoutof the way said tie conductor I only kinder thought I was surewhy 1 coumma from tho country I myself yes sim an 1 ant ashamed of it neither The explana vjs not satisfactory s Phil completed Sims trip in gloomy < iltaee anil lie felt I sens > of great relief when he icaelmel Sol Maiiti 1113 s sloop an I ma le Ins any hum limo little cabin 1Iore of tke thrum ui u Iing at ease no one took the pains to intimate that Phil bred was anything but city born and city CHAPTER VI RECONSTRUCTION HIL devoted part i of time next day to 6tl r studying well dress 1j I I ed business men in I JTII the streets Thanks 4l to well trained per IVL ceptivo faculties nrd also to som 44I largo mirrors ji P which he acciden EfH tally encountered pWi he soon learned I Y1I why his attire had j attracted attention atten-tion Then hi compared clothing stores for an hour finally entered one and asked how long it would take to make a well flitting every day suit The salesman looked him over and replied Fit you at once from ou ready made stock Never any trouble to fit i good figure Phil could have bugged that salesman Here at least was some one who did not intimate tmat that he was from tho country and yet pcrhans god figure was a country product Ho would think about this as soon business off his mind Tho salesman a buile was oc hi mid slesan certainly fitted him to perfection Phi scarcely recognized himself when asked to look in tho glass Dont think you could do better said the veteran salesman surveying Phil from rapidly rap-idly changing points of view if you were tc ha yourself melted and poured into a suit The tone of that goods i rather cold but youve plenty of color I think though to set it off to tho best advantage you need t change your black Us for a scarf with a touch of red or yellow in it i you don lap pen to have one you 11 find a fine assortment in our gents furnishing department Need a somewhat different styloof shirt collar to let some furnishing Roods man cast his eye over your neck You away wea your hair pretty long I suppose Well its a pity i dont set off a mal clothe l well as it sometimes some-times does his face Phil resolved at ouco to have his hair cut Under the guidance of tho salesman ho had te gidnce seman h neck wear changed then the old man sid Those low crowned straight brimmed hats Used t look exactly right with the clothes of that season but somehow they dont harmonize with the cut of this year Hats are cheap though and thero are two or three good dealers on the other side of time street a little farther down Keep this suit on I suppose A right sir Ill do up the others Hml lhoro the old man scrutinize the material of tho mt made by Sara Tweege thats splendid stuff Great shamo twas cut sack fashion There isnt much stuff n good as that in swallow tails nowadays nowa-days Couldnt ItI suppose itcouldn b mad over into a party cotl Hml scarcel scarcely said the sale man controlling his features as troll as i the i question were tho most natural in the word I j Not enough stuff you see too short sleeves I not full enough buttes klesin wrong places Besides velvet collars lapels to narrow Bede co1 have gone out Any time you need a dress suit though w ovo got a boss artist who can I cut it b a to do you justice Tisnt often he gets a good figure to spread himself on Again Phil was profoundly graceful He I wanted to do something fO that salesman and after some tboucht he astonished the old fellisn 6 tlanking him for his attention anti promising t send him a barrel of selected ewtown pippins Then ho placed himself lit the handset the boss artist who studied hint l if he seerS a model measured him ami meur am asked him if ho needed his dress suit at once Yes right away said PhiL I cant get it to scont I want Ha had begun t tell that he meant to dress himself in that sit and practice before mirror until idly satisfied that ho did not look unlike other men The boss artist told him to return in three days then tbo old salesman who had remained in attendance remarked You have a thin fall overcoat I suppose Oh I wont need an overcoat for I moth yet Why there hasn been a bit of frost upon way Phil was already appalled by the extent of hits order True enough said thesaJesinan but it deceitS do to g out in a drest suit without an overcoat you know unless your merely stepping from your door to carriage audit aud-it hardly the thing even then Why Judge ckmau Oh yes those 011 judges who wear sisal Ion tails day m and day out can do > it noth lug wrong abut it of course oul > a matte of taste but a young fellow dou t like to make himself consmcuous you knoW 1 Phil meekly purchased an overcoat anti hurried away with a heavy load on his conscience con-science More than threequarters of tho undid dollars his father had given him was already gone or mortgaged be had mtsmt to spend none 0 it except for some thing which he knew his mother craved tortu lately be had brought some savings of his and he informed himself haircutting own audras himslf haict ting wanot an expersivo operation and the gthm sal sunn bai t limn I that new hats did It cost much Ho uad nothing ebo t spend money for ccept ii watch chain h father had told Inn to buy out Indeed had not his father told aim to buy clotheslots of them wero time old gentlemans exact words But could liSts father hive known abut evening suits and fill overcoats Phil continued in thisvein of after Phi contnued in thi vein thought atr h had dropped into a barbers chair but w startled out of it by finding a lather brush passing over bis face He struggled and e laimetl cel I wanted my hair cut Yes sir s I heard you say but when shaving has to b done too we like to have that out of the first But I way frt beg your pardon perhaps you were raising a beard No said Phil settling himself again mho m-ho chau At Haynton young men shaved only on Saturday nights Phil himself had shaved only three days before yet here was another unexpected expense imposed upon him bv New York custom Half an hour afterward ho emerged from that shop with the not entirely satisfactory assurance that his oldest friend would not know him at sight and when ho had bought a new hat and surveyed himself in a long mirror be was not certain that he would know himself i E he were to encounter another mirror by Accident The replacement of his hard rb her watch guard by a thin chain plated with Cold completed the metamorphosis and a bootblack whose services he declined set his mind at rest by calling him a dude What next to do he scarcely knew An inclination to go back to the sloop and see how Sol Mantring was getting along at discharging charging the cargo was suppressed by the bought of what Sol and the crew would say i they saw him in his new suit The countryman country-man has some grand qualities that denizens of cities would d well to imitate but not allis all-is moral courage can keep him from feeling uncomfortable when first he displays himself in new clothes t old associates Country youths have sometimes run away from homo gone to sea the city the devil anywhere rather than undergo this dreadful ordeaL Suddenly it occurred to him that he was not far from 11 amla s office ho might make a call if only to show that he could with proper facilities look unlike a countryman Besides he want to know all about the iron business about which be bad seen so many contradictory assertions in the newspaper He entered the store and walked back toward ward the railed counting room in which ha saw the head of Uayntons recent summer joardei A clerk asked him his business he replied that he h id merely dropped in to ser se-r Tramla Tho head of the establishment establish-ment looked at Phil without recognition when this information was imparted and advanced with a somewhat impatient air which suddenly changed t coidialityas ho exclaimed Why im dear fellow 1 excuse mo I didnt recognize you at t rst we can t all of us havo young eyes you know Come i sit down make yourself at homo I m glad Im oin to lunch you dropped in Im going out pretty soon and I do hate to lunch alone I Phil soon found himself coaxed and assisted t 1 high office stool at I desk by the window and all tbo morning papers placed before him w bile Tramlay said Look at the paper two or three minutes while I straighten out a muddle in a customers tomers letter then well go out Phil took up a paper the advertising page which happened to b the first was very interesting nevertheless Phils eyes wandered for h mind was just then curious about the iron trade Ho looked around him for indications of tho business but the only bit of iron in sight was a paper weight on the desk before him Closer scrutiny was awarded by the discovery of a bit of angle iron a few inches long lying ou a windowsilL window-silL In time meantime the proprietor had scribbled i few lines assorted some papers and closed his disk by drawing down the tap Then he said Now lets go m search of peace and comfort com-fort I shouldn think oud have to heave your office foi that aid Phil who had found tha counting room gratly unlike wkat ho had expected Theres no peace where business is going on Iramlay replied although I dout I now after careful thought of any noisier place thin a ftow York restaurant Hero wo rue Come in Phil found himself in one of the very largo and nois places where New York businessmen business-men herd about oonday Phil protested in the usual rural manner that bo was not at all hungry but Tiamla ordered so skillfully that both nero duly occupied for an hour Phil found his host attentive yet occasionally absent minded Ho might have spared himself him-self the troublaof making a mental memorandum memo-randum to study out the why and wherefore of this apparently incongruous pair of qualities quali-ties had ho known that rramlay was cudgeling cudgel-ing his brain to know how to dispose of his rural visitor after dinner without offending While they were sipping the coffee a beverage bever-age which Phil had never before tasted injtho middlo of the day Mr Mnrgo lounged up to them looking exactly as intelligent listless and unchangeable as the night before How are you Marge said Tramlay Phil afterward wondered that his host could smile so genially on so cold a pel sou As usual replied Margo with a slight inclination in-clination of the bead Good morning Mr Hayn Dont let ma interrupt conversation I merely meant to say 1vo nothing to do this afternoon and would bo glad to show Mr Haynabout town a little if Le likes Thats ever so good of you said Tram lay for the truth is I vas wondering bow Icould find time to do it myself and fearing I couldnt Entirely at his service said Marge mix lifelessly as rut automaton And both como and dma with mo this I evening suggested Tramkiy entirely informal in-formal von know I should be delighted said Marge in his unvarying manner Tramlay hurried to his office after tho briefest of leave takings and Marge began to conduct Phil about New York Soon however how-ever there developed a marked difference of taste between visitor and guide Marge wanted to show tho young man the Stock Exchange which to the many minds composing compos-ing a very large class has no rival attraction except the various institutions on Blackwells Island Phil exhibited abject ignorance i and jgsUfffirsilje i regarding the Stock Exehauge DuTflantea to go Qijjagji the jjubtreasury and assay officetwo wuIdTngs m which Marge had never been jfarge made a 5Bcial kip It sloiv t o young i iai i9Ji d of f i ouus of c tub Ert1 ici iitih edirmiIy church from pictures he had seen ana wanted to make a patriotic tour of the tombs of distinguished dis-tinguished men of the revolutionary penooL Marge offered to introduce Phil to Russell Sage but was amazed to learn that the young man had never heard of that distinjoiished individual When however Gen Hancock passing by was casually pointed out by Marge Phil stopped short and stared respectfully respect-fully Marge showed the Field building but through the trees in front Phil surmised sur-mised ho saw Castle Garden and desired at once to go there and lie made acquainted with the method of receiving and distributing immigrants im-migrants On the Produce Exchange they fairly agreed Marge admitting that in importance it ranked next to the Stock Exchange while Phil was able to regard it as a great business neces city Pretending to search by Phils request for the building in which Washington bade farewell to his generals Marge succeeded in getting back through Broad street to the vicinity of the Stock Exchange where he tried to atone for his failure by pointing out through a window the head of Mr Henry Clews but Phil had no eyes except for the statue of Washington standing as ho knew on the site of the first presidents first inua guraL Thb two men exhibited equal interest on half a dozen successive occasions > in stock tickers which Marge seemed to know how to find in all sorts of places but while Marge looked over the quotations on the tape Phil studied the machinery of the indicator itself I The strain upon Marge became almost too i great for his self control and he breathedja i sigh of relief when Trinitys clock struck three To have left the vicinity of the Stock Exchange earlier would never have occurred to him but promptly on the strokejhe hurried Phil to an elevated railway station and uptown up-town to a stable where he had his horse and wagon brought out and took Phil for a drive in Central park Probably there he thought he could be entertained after his own manner for he had the reins Driving out Fifth avenue the two men really be ame congenial for a little while for Phil understood horses and Marges horse was a good one and Phil admired him and knew of a good horse that would match him nicely and Marge saw a prospect of making a team that he could sell at a largo profit and Phil promised to arrange ar-range that Marge should come out and seethe see-the horse But even this conversation was broken when Marge pointed out the late residence of A T Stewart for Phil insisted upon moralizing on riches In the park ho asked questious about statues and about trees and shrubs that were new to him and equally unknown un-known to Marge as well as utterly uninteresting unin-teresting Phil also wanted a number of facts and figures about the reservoir in the park and was with difficulty restrained from spoiling the drivo by visiting the menagerie Finally when he demanded tho exact sites of the various engagements on Manhattan Island between the British and Washington after the latter had been forced to evacuate what then was New York Marge abruptly turned and drove homeward confessing without tho faintest show of shame but rather with defiance that he tnew absolutely nothing about those times And when the drive ended and the couple separated the elder mans face broke from its customary calm as he muttered to himself What can Tramlay want of that fellow CHAPTER VIL AT HER SIDE HE arrangement of the guests at the t dinner table that f evening suited all y 1 concerned Phil sat i y at the right of the p host with Lucia directly I di-rectly opposite where her face was before him all the while Marge sat j bL at the right of the i hostess where he I tL i l te f could closely observe I r t u ob-serve the young ma aim the country and m La tmjoP tent Tramfays manner i tower the yi5Wrg r guest He could also note the effect of the young man and his ways upon Mrs Tramlay for did he not know how to translate every expression of her face It was his own fault if bo did not for he had been one of her suitors nearly a quarter of a century before and the lady had never ceased to be mildly i grateful for this compliment and to repose as much confidence in him as a loyal wife might I 1 without harm grant an acquaintance who never had been offensive That Mrs Tramlay wanted Lucia to become be-come Mrs Margo was one of these confidences 1 confi-dences not spoken but none the less distinctly j dis-tinctly understoodand it had taken all of j Marges adroitness to maintain his position with the family since Lucias coming out to avoid being brought to propose Several years earlier he had fully intended to make Lucia his own when she should reach marriageable I riageable age and many and acceptable had been the attentions by which he had endeavored endeav-ored to secure the first place in the girls regard re-gard But somehow as his prospects gradually gradu-ally yet distinctly brightened the profits of i the iron trade as gradually and distinctly I waned Marge was not in the iron trade himself him-self but Lucias father was and bachelors at 45 generally expect something with a bride besides a fathers blessing What the girls father thought of him Marge hadnever taken time to wonder for if he was satisfactory to his fastidious self how could he be otherwise to a plodding family man Hissocial position I was good his name had never been part of a scandal he had no debts he never borrowed money and although a club man no one had I ever seen him drunk or heard of his being fond c I c esses If all this did not make a man I1t merely irreproachable but highly I H desirable as a soninlaw what did parents expect The arrangement of seats at the table suited I suit-ed Lucia also She knew her mothers matrimonial i mat-rimonial intentions regarding her She was if not in love with Marge but girls in her set j t did not think it good form to be very fond of men whom they probably would have to marry If however Marge meant business I she wished he would be more attentive to it She felt tba she was missing a great deal of I pleasure for lack of proper escort Twice in the course of the last season Marge had taken I her and her mother to the opera Lucia adored opera that is she liked to look about I the home and see who was with who and I I how the prima donna dressed and to have gentlemen call at her box between actsbut r two operas were merely sips at a cup she t longed to drain and only once had she been L able to persuade her father to mitigate the privation If apparent interest in Phil at table could have any effect upon Marges languid purpose the provoking fellow should not lack stimulus To have to devote herself for a whole hour to one young manin the long hair and country garbwhlch regained their awkwardness in her minds eye when her father announced that Phil was coming to dinner seemed a hard task but when the young man made his appearance Lucia was so agreeably surprised that what had seemed a task at once became by anticipation a positive posi-tive pleasure The evening soon opened promisingly for Marge for Phil took soup a second timea proceeding which inflicted upon Mrs Tram lay several moments of uncontrolled annoyance annoy-ance and caused profound silence arotud the limit out Lucia rapiaiy recovered desperate des-perate cases required desperate remedies so she said Phil do you remember that dinner you once made us in the grove by the beach P Indeed I do said Phil I never stall forget it And he told the truth for Lucias look of horror when he brought from the fire a piece of board piled high with roasted clams had been one of the few great mental dampers of his life You made us forks from dried twigs said Lucia I kept mine asa memento it is hanging over my mantel now with a bow of blue ribbon around it age frowned perceptibly Mrs Tram lay looked horrified but Phils face light c 1 l QUi < kly I that Tueias little heart gave r ca hound Why dldut you evet give a clam bake on Suutlay the only dal I could be there asked Tramlay Id lvo more for such a meal out of doors than for the best dinner that Delmonico could spread Edgarl I gasped Mrs Tramlay It did not reach him though the look that accompanied accom-panied it passed in its full force from the foot of the table to the head Why Sunday said Phil with some hesitation hesi-tation Sunday isSunday Quite true said the host It is in the country at least I wish twas so here Edgar said Mrs Tramlay dont make Mr Hayu think we are heathens You know we never fail to go to service on Sunday Yes said Tramlay were as good Pharisees Phari-sees as any other family in New York And after that dinner in the woods continued con-tinued Lucia we went for pond lilies dont you remember I do believe I should have been drowned in that awful pond if you hadnt caught me Again brows gathered perceptibly Ho merely drew her aside from a muddy place whispered Mrs Tramlay Well this interestingsaid Tramlay the other end of the table Hayn are there many places out your way where silly girls are likely to be drowned if they are allowed to roam about without a keeper Quite a number said Phil as seriously as if his host expected a list of the Haynton ponds and their relative depths For instance in-stance Boddybauks pond is about Oh that was the pond where we went canoeingthat pond with the funny names My I I wish I was in that very canoe on that very pond this very minute Lucia exclaimed Mrs Tramlay I know twas dreadfully impolite to say before company said Lucia with a pretty affectation of penitence but everybody knows I cant be there and that twould be too cold for comfort so it doesnt do any harm to wish it And I should like that canoe trip over again shouldnt you Phil 1 certainly should said Phil That pond is very pretty in summer when everything every-thing aroid it is green There are a great many shades of green there on account of there being a great variety of trees and bushes But you wouldnt know the place at this season and I think its a great deal prettier pret-tier The groundthe water tcis covered with leaves of bright colors there are a lot of blazing red swamp maples around it in spots and three or four cedar trees with poison poi-son ivy vines Ugh ejaculated Mrs Tramlay Poison ivy leaves you know are the clearest crimson in the fall Phil continued and theyre so large and grow so close together to-gether that they make a bit of woods look like I a splendid sunset Oh papal exclaimed Lucia clapping her hands lets go out to Haynton tomorr5w just for two or three days Lucia said her mother severely you forget all your engagements for the next few daysHer Her fathers own child said Trainlay She forgets everything but the subject before be-fore her She would make a good businessman business-man if she werent a girL I saw some couples out canoeing at Mount Desert last season drawled Marge It seemed to me dreadfully dangerous as well as very uncomfortable for the lady Ohour canoe wasnt oneof those wretched little things was it Phil Twas a great long pond boat mado of beech bark I Birch suggested PhiL Birch bark and so heavy that I couldnt upset it though I tried my hardest Lucia The voice was Mrs Tramlays of course Why mamma the water wasnt knee deep I measured it with the paddle Mrs Tramlay sank back in her chair and whispered that if the family ever went to the country again she would not dare leave that child out of her sight for a single instate but she had hoped that a girl 23 sears oc age would have enough sense not to imperil her own life As for that farmer fellow she had supposed he was sensible enough to You wouldnt have tried that trick if I faaipeen in tbe canoe Miss Tramlay said Phil Why not asked Lucia She knew how to look defiant without ceasing to be pretty Well I would have been responsible for you you knowyour instructor in navigation naviga-tion so to peak and its one of the first principles of that art not to take any risks unless somethings to be gained by it Goad l exclaimed Tramlay Xot bad assented Marge But Id have got something if Id succeeded suc-ceeded in upsetting the boat said Lucia Id have got a ducking Then everybody laughedeverybody but Mrs Tramlay who intimated to Marge that Lucia was simply being ruined by her fathers fa-thers indulgence The dinner ended the host and Marge retired re-tired to the library to smoke Phil was invited in-vited to accompany them but Lucia exclaimed ex-claimed Phil has been too well brought up to have such bad habits He is going to keep me from feeling sti grd as ladies always do while gentlemen smoke after dinner She took Phils arm and led him to the drawing room where the young man soon showed signs of being more Interested in the pictures on tho wall than in the girl by his side These are very different from the pictures you used to see in our little parlor in Hayn tou said PhiL Different from any ic our town in fact Are theyt said Lucia But you might bo loyal to home and insist that yours were unlike any in Now York because they were you know I didnt suppose they were anything unusual un-usual said Phil quite innocently Oh they were though insisted Lucia with much earnestness Im sure you couldnt find one of them in any parlor in New York Let me see I do believe I could name them all if 1 were to close my eyes a moment There was Gea Taylor at the Battle Buena Vista The Destruction of Jerusalem the Declaration of Independence Napoleons Tomb at St HelenaRock of Ages George Washington Peales Court of Death Abraham Lincoln and His Family and Rums Deadly Upas Tree There Your memory is remarkable said PhiL I didnt suppose any ono had even noticed our pictures at all for Im sure they are old fashioned Old fashioned things why theyre all the fashion now dont you know said Lucia with a pretty laugh Phil did not reply for he was quite overpowered over-powered by what seemed to him the elegance of the Tramlay pictures He could easily see that the engravings were superior in quality to those to which he was accustomed he was most profoundly impressed by the paintings real oil paintings signed by artists some of whose names he had seen in art reviews in New York papers Ho studied them closely one after another with the earnestness of the person hose tastes arc in advance of his opportunities op-portunities in his interest he was almost forgetful for-getful of Lucias presence But the young woman did not intend to be forgotten so she found something to say about each picture over which Phil lingered Among the paintings was one which had been seen in the original or replicas in almost al-most all the picture auctions which were frequently fre-quently held in the Now York business die jBict for the purpose of fleecing men who have more money than taste Sometimes the artists name is German oftener French and occasionally Italian the figures and background also differ from time to time as to the nationality and the picture is variably varia-bly named The Parting GoodBy Auf Wiedersehen Good Night or Adieu but the canvases all resemble one another in displayinga young man respectfully kissing the hand of a young woman The Tramlay copy of this auctioneers standby was called Adieuj the name being lettered in black on the margin of jlH frame Why exclaimed Fail with the air of a man in tho act of making a discovery I am sure I have seen a wood engraving of that painting in one of the illustrated papers I dont see why they should do it said Ljeiii j1 g dreadfully old fashioned People Peo-ple dont say Tadieu in that way nowadays except on the et ge I I though iSa said a moment ago that old fashioned things were all the fashion Lucia shrugged her shoulders and said Kissing hands may come in again Then she raised ono of her own little hands slightly and looked at it Phils eyes followed hers and then the young man became conscious of a wish that the old form of salutation might bo revived on special occasions at least The thought succeeded that such a wish was not entirely proper and while he reasoned about it Lucia caught his eye and compelled him to blushan act which the young woman perhaps thought pretty for she immediately imitated it the imitation being much more graceful and effective than the originaL The situation was awkward awk-ward and Phil instantly lost his self possession posses-sion but not so Lucia Here she said turning so as to face the wall opposite that on which the mischief making picture hung is papas favorite picture He thinks everything of it but I say its simply dreadful It certainly was The center of the canvas which was enormous was filled with several columns and A portion of the entablature of a ruined Greek temple It is as largo as all the other pictures combined com-bined you see all the lines in it are straight and there isnt anywhere in it a dress or a bit of furniture or even bricabrac Phil imagined his host must have seen other qualities than those named by Lucia and ho seated himself on a sofa to study the picture in detaiL Lucia also sat down and continued con-tinued There is color in it to be sure bits of the columns where the light is most subdued areas are-as lovely asas a real Turkish rug Much though Phil had endeavored to keep himself in communication sympathy with the stronger sentiments of the world outside of Haynton ho had never realized even the outer edge of the mysteries and ecstasies of adoration of old rugs So Lucias comparison compari-son started him into laughter The girl seemed surprised and offended and Phil immediately tumbled into the extreme depths of contrition con-trition I beg your pardon he murmured quickly quick-ly It was all because of my ignorance We havent any Turkish rugs at Haynton nor any other rugs except those we lay on floors and use very much as if they were carpets I ought to have known better though for I remember that in eastern stories where the rare possessions of oriental kings and chiefs are spoken of rugs aro always classed with jewels and silks and other beautiful things Please forgive me Half in earnest half pretending Lucia continued to appear offended Phil repeated his confession and enlarged his explanation In his earnestness he leaned toward her Lucia dropped her head a little Marge who had finished his cigar entered the parlor at that instant and raised his eyebrowsa motion mo-tion more significant in a man of his temperament tempera-ment than a tragic start would have been to ordinary flesh and blood Lucia started and showed signs of embarrassment when she could no longer ignore his presence Phil merely looked up without seeming at all discomposed dis-composed I think my dear said Tramlay to his wife who had been turning the backs of a magazine that Ill take our friend around to tho club with me for half an hour just to show him how city men squander their time and keep away from their families I wont be long gone Oh papal right after dinner Weve scarcely seen Phil yet to ask him any questions ques-tions Plenty of time for that the merchant replied Well see him often eh Hayn1 I shall be delighted said PhiL Suppose you drop him at my club on your way home suggested Marge I shall bethero1 Good I thanks very kind of you Hell see some men nearer his own age all our members are middle aged and stupid I think its real mean of you both said Lucia with a pretty pou Phil looked as if ho thought so too At Hayntoii it was the custom when one went out to dinneror supper which was the evening mealto spend the evening with the entertainer But objection seemed out of place the merchant had gone for his hat and coat and Marge made his adieus and was donning his overcoat at the mirror in the halLIm Im very sorry to go said Phil to Lucia His eyes wandered about the room as if to take a distinct picture of it with him they finally rested on the picture of The Adieu You shall take my forgiveness with you said the girl if you will solemnly promise never never to laugh at me again I never will said Phil solemnly then Lucia laughed and offered him her hand Perhaps it was because Phil had just removed his eyes from The Adieu and was himself about to say goodby that he raised the little hand to his lip Fortunately for her own peace of mind Mrs Tramlay did not see the act for she had stepped into the library to speak to her husband Marge however was amazed at what he saw in the mirror and a second or two later at Phils entire composure compos-ure Lucias manner however puzzled him for she seemed somewhat disconcerted and her complexion had suddenly become more brilliant than usual This story was commenced In THE SUNDAY HERALD September 15tb Back numbers canto can-to oUlined at this officeI TO BE CONTINUED XEXT SUNDAY |