The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-08-25


 culiar winning way that had won US all when he was in college.
 "Why. boys" exclaimed Mrs. Pember, with her light laugh.
 Tompkins found a large stone. put it against tree. and sa, down upon it. while reclined at his feet He said:
 "You have asked me, Mrs. Pember. very often. about the people up here, and now l will tell you about some of them. Do you notice tha; mountain away be- yond the lake, in behind the others, so that you can see only the top. which is shaped like pyramid: That is old Whiteface, and s is more than forty miles from here. IL used to be under stood that there was nothing whatever over there except woods and rocks ard bears and John Brown. But the truth Is. right at the foot of the mountain. in the valley on this side, there is little village called Wilmington. and i, is the centre of the world. Lucy Cary and were bosn there. It was not much of d village then, and II is abou, the same now. There was no church. and no store and no hotel. in my time; there were only half dozen dwelling houses and black smith shop. and man who made shoes Lucy lived Tn the house next to ours Her father was the man who made shoes. Lncy and picked berries and ramoled abou, with Rover. the dog. from the time we were little. of course you will naturally think there Is something romantic coming, but there is not We were just couple of children playing to- se;her: and we studied together as we grew older. They made a great deal ot studying and schooling over there. They had almost as much respec, for learning then Tn Wilmington as they have now among the White mountains. where they will not allow any walters at the hotels who cannot talk Greek.
 It was quite an affair when Lucy and l Jeff Wilmington and came to BurIng- ton. The departure oi two inhabitants was loss to the town. II was not equal ,o the Chicago fire, but i; was an import an, event. went to college. and Lucy came over the lake 10 work in wooden factory. 7hsye Is where she worked" pointing to the beautiful village of Vino eski. mile away behind us, in the green valley of Onion river.
 And she had to work there for liv- ing. while he went to college:" asked Mrs. fember.
 That was it." said Tompkins. We used to serenade her sometimes, with the rest. but she seemed to think it was no, exactly the righ, thing for poor factory girl, and so we gave i, up. used to see her occasionally, but somehow there grew up distance between us."
 How was that!" inquired Mrs. Penn Der.
 We'll. to tell the truth" answered Tompkins, [" I think my college ideas had too much to do with it. did no, see it at the time, but il, has come over me lately. When young chap gets his head full of new ideas. he is very likely to forget the old ones"
 You did not mean 10 do wrong. am sure.' said Mrs. pember.
 The excuse have" continued Tomp- kins, "is that had to work and scrlmp and suffer 50 myself. to get along and pay my way. that hardly thought of anything eNcep; my studies and how io meet my expenses. Then there WAS ,ha; dream of doing some great thing in the world. laugh, the district school III Nll- ming;on three months durng my sopho- more year to set money to go on with. and ] think that he.pe,. to make me am bilious. l; was the sincere conviction of the neighborhood over there that would he president of the college or of the niied States. do no, think they would have conceded that there was much diff ference Tn the two positions. felt ,ha. 1 would be disgraced II did not meet their expectations. By one of those CO., incidences which seemed 10 follow our fortunes. Lucy made long visit home when was teaching n Wilmington. She was one of my pupils. She was que; little lady and hardly spoke loud word. tha, l remember. all winter.
 Did you try to talk 10 her, Timothy" asked Mrs. rcmber.
 Il do no, claim ,ha. did answered rompkins. 1 was studying hard to keep up with my class. and tha; wa, the reason. Ba: wish had pad more at- ;ention to Lucy Cary that winter. would not have you think there Was any thing particular between I.uey and me. !, was rot tha:.
 We will think just wlla, we please" interrupted. Mrs. penber. in j serious tone.
 Well, continued the narrator. "i, would be absurd ,c suppose there was any such thing
 There was long pause. "Ncu had better tell the res; of the story. Timothy" sad the eld gentleman, persuasively.
 Yes. will responded Tompkins. After came back 10 college 20, along better than before l had taught. The money received for teaching helped me. and another thing aided me. The folks in Wilmington found ou; how a poor young man works to se, through college Some of us used to live on q a week apiece and board ourselves in our rooms. down there in the buildings. and we were doing the hardes, kind of studying a, the same time. We would often club to- gether, one doing the cooking of five or six. The cook would ge, otf wi,hou, pay ing. IL was one ot the most delightful things in the world to see a tall young man in calico dressing gown come out on the green, where we would be playing