The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-09-29

III see He paused moment. and laying his
hand familiarity on my knee said. Did ever
tell yo how KEN TO g. abroadP
As we had never spoken together before. II
was safe to reply that no had not. He rubbed
his head softly with his hand. knitted his iron
gray brows and then said meditatively. mol
1t must hcv been that head waiter He sorter
iavors YOU in tho musstnchc and gen raj get up.
| guess it was him smoke to-
thought it must have been.
" Well. then. this Is the way it KEN about. |
was sitin' one night. about thee months ago.
with my dartcr Loueze-my wife bein' dead
some four year-and was reading to her out Of
the paper about the Exposition. She seq to me,
quiet likc-shcs a quiet sort o. gal IL you ever
notisscd her l should like to gothar.' looks
at her-it was the first tmo sense her mother
died that that gal had ever asked for anything.
or had. so to speak. "a wish. II wasn't her way.
She took everything ez it KEN. and. durn my
skin ef I ever could tell whether she ever wanted
1t TO KEN in any other way. mover told ye this
afore. did ?"
NO" said hastily. Go on"
He felt OF his knees for a moment. and then
drew long breath. Perhaps" no began
deliberately. "yo don't know that I'm
poor man. Seem me here among these
rich folks goin' abroad to Paree with the
best O. them. and Loueze thar-in tho FIRST
cabin-a lady. ez she is-ye wouldn't bPeeyc
It. but I'm poor am. Well. sir. when that
gal looks MP at me and SEE that-I hadn't but
twelve dollars in my pocket and l amt the
burned fool that l lookout suthin in me-
suthin'. you know. way back in me-sez you
shalt Loo-ey. you shall ard then l sez-rc-
poatin' 1t. and looking up right in her eyes
You shall 60 Loo-ey-dd you ever look in my
gals eyesf"
| parried that somewhat direct question by
another: But the twelve dolars-how did you
increase that?
" raised ii 10 two hundred and fifty dollars.
I got odd jobs O. work here and there. overtime
I'm machinist. used to keep this yer over
work from Loo-saying ] had TO see men in
the evenin' to get pints about Europe-and that
and getting a little money raised on my life
insurance. l showed her through. And here we
is. Clipper and first CLASSICAL through-that
is. Loo isl"
But two hundred and fifty dollarsl And
Romo and Naples. and return You cant do it,"
He looked at me cunningly moment Kant
do il? I've done III"
Done II"
Wall about the same I reckon. I've flggered
1t out. Figgers don't lie. I amt no Cooks
| tourist; kin see Cook and give him pints.
! tell you I've fggered It out to cent. and I've
money to spare. or course | don't reckon to
travel with Loo. She'll 30 first class. But I'll
be near her IL it's in the Storage OF ship. or
in the baggage car OF n railroad. | don't need
much in the way OF grub or clothes. and now
and then kin pick UP a Job. Perhaps you dis
remember that row had down in the engine
room. when they chucked me out OF It ?"
could not help looking at him with aston
ishment; there was evidently only pleasant
memory in his mind. Yet | recalled that felt
] In nj for n M "a Ia
Well that d-in fool OF Dutchman. that
chief engineer. give me Job the other day.
And ef hadn't Just forced my way down there
and talked sassy at him. and criticised his ma
cheen. he'd hev never knowd knowed eccen-
tric from wagon wheel. Do you see the
pintf'
thought began 10 see It. But could not
help asking what his daughter thought Of trav-
cling in this inferior way
He laughed. when was get,in' up some
pinis from them books of travel. | read her
proverb or saying outer one o. them. that only
/ princes and fools and Americans travelled nrst-
class You see told her it didn't say women.
for they naturally would ride flrst-class-
American gals being Processes. didn't count.
| Don't you see 2"
II did no: quite follow his logic. nor sec my
way clearly into his daughters acquescence
/ through this speech. some light may be thrown
! upon 1t from his next u.terance. | had risen
with some vague words Of congratulation on
his success. and was about to leave him. when
he called me back.
Did l tell ye." he said. cautiously looking
around. yet with a smile Of stifed enjoyment in
his face. " did tell ye what that gal-my darter
-sed TO mo- No. didn't tell ye-nor no one
else afore. Come here!"
He made me draw down closely into tho
] -. H.. ~.
That night that told my gal she should go
abroad SEE to her. quite chipper-like and
free. say Loocy SEE /. yen be goin for to
marry some o them counts. or dukes. or poten-
tates, l reckon and yen leave the old man. And
she SEE. SEE she. looking me sIuar in the eye
| did ye ever notss that gals eyeY"
She has fine eyes. replied. cautiously.
They is az clean as fresh milk pan. and cz
bright. Nothing sticks to EN-. En- ?"
You are right"
We'll. she looks IN Mt me this way "--here he
achieved a vile imitation of his daughter s
modest glance not at all like her" and looking
at me- she seq quietly: That's what I'm goin'
for and to improve my mind He he he
Its a fack ! To marry a nobleman. and i'm
prove her mind Ha ha ha !"
The evident enjoyment that lie took in this
and the quiet ignoring of anything OF a moral
thus coniding them to n strangers ear. again
upset all my theories. may say here that il is
one OF the evidences Of original character. that
it is apt TO battle all prognosis from mere OBJ
servers standpoint. But recalled it some
months after.
We parted in England. 1t is not necessary. in
this brief chronicle. to repeat the various sto-
rles OF " Uncle joshua" as tho younger and
more frivolous of our passengers called him
nor that two-thirds Of tho stories repeated were
utterly at variance with my estimate Of the
character of the man. although may add that
was also doubtful OF the accuracy Of my
own estimate But one quality was
always dominant-his resistless. logged
pertinacty and calm imperturbability
" He asked Miss Montmorris II she
minded singn a little in the second cabin
TO liven 1t up, and added as an inducement
that they didn't know good music from bad "
said Jack Walker to me. And when he mended
the broken lock OF my trunk. he abtholutey
propothed to mo TO athk couthin Grace II thee
didn't want a koorier TO travel with her to do
mechanics, provided thee would take charge OF