Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-03-04
/ consider Harry Morton res

pectable enough for me to asso
ciate with, and / guess whel
you see me ride off with hin
this afternoon you will wish yoI
had not refused. But here we
are at last and now for a jolly
boatride.' The girls were soon
busy at their oars, consequently
the conversation was not resum-
! ed. AT four o'clock Harry
drove up in his stylish phaeton
for Daisy. He did not seem as
gay as usual, and Daisy thought
he cast rather a regretful look
/ back at Lillian standing on the
porch assthey drove off. They
had not gone far before Harry
turned to Daisy and said, "Do
you know why Miss Lillian
would not ride with us? She
seems very cool lately and I
would like to know what about" !"
Daisy made no answer, she dar-
ed not tell a falsehood and she
did not know what to say.
'Come," said Harry, noticing
her confusion, you know well
enough; tell me the truth. /
don't care, anyhow, ,only / should
just like to know" Daisy
saw that Harry was determined
to have an answer, so she laugh
ingly told him what Lillian had
said that morning. "And that
is the reason, is it?" SAID Harry,
giving bis horse a sharp cut
with the whip, although the an
imal was going at a brisk pace.
81 did not think she was such a
little Puritan as all that. One
would think she expected to
find me lying in the gutter some
day. l hope you have more
sense than 10 have such silly
notions, said Harry. 90! yes,
1 told Lillian she was dreadful
Iy foolish to think and talk So"
"Well," said Harry, "she may
think SO if she wishes, l am sure
| don't care" But during the
rest of the drive he seemed pre-
occupied and unlike himself.
Daisy was really glad when he
turned his horses head home
ward. After tea Harry refused
all requests of his sister, and
two young lady friends to join
them in croquet on the lawn, a
most unusual thing for him, as
he was considered an exceeding-t
ly obliging person. He was
very tired, had a severe head
ache, and said they must excuse
him. For some time he sat
musing alone, not even an inev-
liable cigar for a companion.
$50 Lillian Mayfield don't think
l am respectable enough for her
to associate with, because / oc-
casionally take a glass of liquor
and once in a while have a high
time with the other boys. All
right, it doesn't matter, there are
plenty of other girls as pretty
and as smart as she is, who are
only too glad to associate with
me and feel fiattered if l show
them any attention" Still Har-
ry was far from being satisfied,
even If many other girls did
like his company. He thought
a good deal more of Lillian
Mayfield's not liking it, for there
was no other young lady's COM
pany he liked so we'll as spright-
ly Lillian's. IL believe, Nell, |
will go up to the mountain with
your party after all instead of
loafing around here all vaca-
tion," he said to his sister that
evening. "Why, what has made
you change your mind? Is Lii
liam going away?" she asked
with a merry twinkle in her eye.
LILLIAN! what do you suppose
| know or care about her?
Don't you invite her TO join the
party, if you do | won't 60"
Nell stared at her brother in
perfect establishment, for she
knew he had always preferred
Lillian to any other young lady.
She said nothing, however, but
wondered the more. Harry
thought much about his past
conduct, and that very night
concluded that Tor the sake of
being thought respectable Dy
people-that is the way he put
it-he would change his course
of life. When Harry returned
to College after his vacation,
the whole Of which he spent at
the mountain, his comrades were
greatly surprised at him for re-
fusing to drink, subjected him
to much ridicule BECAUSE he had
joined the Good Tcmplars, and
in every way tried to tempt him
back to hi1 former habits. "No
use, boys" he finally said, 'if
you want to go TO ruin you may,
but l am not gong with YOU"
So keeping his own counsel and
frequently saying to himself,
"Now, Harry Morton be res
pectable," he kept his own way,