The Portland daily press., 1880-09-15

Hallowell's Pretty Sister.
From Good Company. |

anu 10 ollll NY SOou liACHu, III
fact, he and Jack Spencer and L have been
cronies from the time of our fitting for COL
lege at Exeter until now.
When Spencer reached the eminence of
being junior he felt himself to be greater
man than ever before or since--a state of
mind which am ready to say is not uncom-
mon in members of that class. At that
time he was by far the most grown-up look
ing one in our set, and from being chief base
ball player and foremost in the riots and
frolics of the year before, he seemed to BIOS
som out all at once into famous ladies'
man and something of dandy He grew
wonderfully particular about his cravats and
the color of his gloves; and that Winter of
our junior year he went to Germans and to
the assemblies and parties of every descrip-
ton. We missed Jack; for our old COM
rade. instead of showing his former interest
in the subjects to which we gave our whole
attention, showed no satisfaction even at
being junior, seeming to ignore that con-
spicuous position entirely. He affected the
company of society men in the class ahead
who, in consideration of his size and good
manners, position and generosity and con-
genial tastes, treated him almost exactly as
if he were senior. We leased him unmer-
cifully, and were much interested in trying
to keep track of his flirtations, and managed
somehow or other to get the full particulars
of his behavior and experiences on almost
every occasion, to his annoyance-though he
wisely concealed any feeling of this kind as
much as possible. We liked him and we
missed him. for he seemed to have no time
nowadays for a stroll or frolic in town,
and he was almost never to be seen at any
of the private spreads sometimes given of an
evening. must add that we also missed
the entertainments which he used to give
the year before. His room was decorated
with trophies from the Germans and photo
graphs of his young lady friends, and there
were always several notes of invitation os-
tentatiously displayed on the table and man
tel. AT last when he had a pair of slippers
given him by one girl, and gorgeous sofa
cushion came from another neither of
which were made up), we almost lost no e
of ever regaining his old interest and affec-
ton for us. Jack and l had been insepa-
rable during our sophomore year, and Hal
lowell and grew sad and angry by turns at
being deserted, and finally gave up Jack
despairingly and went on with our own
fashion of living. Jack was as friendly as
ever, and we saw him more or less of course,
though he had little time to spare for us.
Eallowell lived fifty or sixty miles from
Boston, in small country town, where his
family had a pleasant old place and lived in
most charming fashion. His mother was
dead, and his father, younger brother and
sister had been abroad until within a month
or two of the time of which write. so Dick
had spent his vacation with the family of an
uncle who lived in New York He had al
ways spoken of our going to visit him, and
1t was odd 10 notice how much interest Jack
Spencer manifested in carrying out the old
plan after Hallowell came home from the
holiday vacation bringing with him fascin-
ating photograph of his sister Alice. of
whom he seemed very fond, and had ALWAYS
spoken with such enthusiasm tnat we had
frequently accused him of Dragging. His
room suddenly became much more interest
ing to Jack Spencer, who had a way of
lounging about in an easy chair by the cen
tire OF the table, where the photograph stood
in velvet frame, looking at it admiringly;
and once he went so far as to borrow it for
day or two. Finally when Hallowell
asked us to go home with him to spend
Washington's birthday which came ar up'o on
Monday thatyear, his satisfaction was great.
and Dick confided to me that he didn't be-
heve Spencer cared anything for going with
us, it was only because he should meet
Alice.
just before the visit, letter came to
Dick to say that Mr.. Hallowell and the
younger brother, Tom, would be away. but
it caused us no sorrow since Miss Halo
wells presence was the pleasure to which
We iooneo ioi wary InoSt, ana what could be
DI0oei .han spenoihS gay or Two at such
pa T Ss we .naslned Haliowelfs home to
dispensed with easily.
was shy fellow then and half afraid of
young ladies, but l also had admired the
photograph, and Miss Hallowell and I had
exchanged messages through her brothers
letters. so it was not exactly like meeting an
. u..ei .. s'tanl, ! nust CONFESS that was
- a. " ,;s, ~ my eiaoorate preparations
a. VIC ntS u STOVES anu craVats, and even
"ens " .ne lehSth OF getung new supply
hits ne eSso4 t;mL elegane pocket-handker-
onH;n, ahu .lns new par Oh SHOES; and
s amAuSay asheu tne dVlce OF Spencer and
tive becominaness ~ concernlng the rela-
con SItona3hoS :. VI 10y nas VI oea-sklh
ta ap. osnei !. was one OF the most In
life n soams o. Iaaat 'am. occaslohs OF my
Reboid nc of tba a. stati .menty years ago
urdav. carrying Tho nna, ~s Do 20 on nat-
hogs with nr;,,eo IL, ~" osI VI tiaveHhS
with satisfaction that ~, LIZ onas' saw
,ha sa,,,, .iso,,o sASo my eoliar was eXactly
f;dad that ha Ill., %9 omoer :. anu DICK con,
the more Of sua,i NV IT" + mhi ", Vi US looked
wero narfonti,, ' snt;se ~ teii tne ruin, we
scanned odd tbot Ill ~ VIII ourselves. IL
cerned and act in sncb app of 80 uli-
t.' ~ anu acI III such matter-of-fact way:
own sister aftar a,i Io sa enat II is his
and we ratber nt; a Mmon We were 10 see,
We ELF tIa, ~ p,.i ;s lin ior losing SO much.
naonIa,s s;stors nra oI. Sieao ueal oGner
Than ona,s own ''o anyways 81 lhuch nicer
T. was S na omn.
onr ston,,;no ,i, ooenins Wnen we reached
drive TX tTo ~. - a'iu IVY. we were 10 nave
wa;t;no With u ha LIZ niies. man was
a na;r Of horses n"no sJ u1uole sielgh and
NIL FL. a.. o;n - anu LICK LOOK tne relns
os 10 $500 "a ~, uosn1. l ieit dlttle snaky
heb;nd somot, liz nG ; anu as IL mad lett
settieJ down Ing iiIpo nr:a' ana at last
had iaft ali M, ,nuo d nJIlioie dread that
college coni ID" coz ooit taat ii drawer at
tbonSbts No. III 'I .hae JACK opencers
inc ,;5oro VIII MISS narrower, put be-
S nn1ic aooueuotleu 10 S'clety IL evidently
1851 ~ LIN no ieeling OF embarrassment,
; Hnu me was prUpaoiy sure OF making good
mplesslon. me mouse looked imposing,
a e. i1te up ene avenue, and there was
frogn the no, snining out across the snow
III ~ ~ paw WINDOWS where the shutters
- a. -. ana Dig dog bounced
ua.S su :. s'sPS " meet us, as some one
opH :.e,i 'ne nale uo0r. LICK ushered us in
pot ~ ana aller leaving our coats we went
II W d ulisnI wood IRE. LICK beamed with
p H.ian as, anu solu the man to tell Miss
- nuoo 'n"' we had come, asking where she
was. 80,
Jonh sdid we were 10 make ourselves COM
.oisa1ie' ana aoded, ohe has very bad
Coiu. MISS AllCe mas.