The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-10-11

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sit is almost noon.
She made a sweeping inclination of
her body. which included both gentle
men, and the two walked away, Johnny
giving parting grin of gratitude over
his shoulder
81 tell you, Fan, he's the boss" they
heard him say with undiplomatic shrill-
ness, as they turned to ascend the
steep, sandy path.
The gentlemen watched the retreat
ing figures in silence for some minutes.
Then Ellington said:
That's your conception Of pleasure,
CragmorePn
"Why, yes, | like to study character.
81 do, too, for that matter, after it is
fledged, but not in its callow state"
The boy was bright, and, little ruff
fan that he was, he was not unlike his
sister,
Like his sister! She like that young
Texan steer! You are fine observer. :"
1.-The same brow, the same smile, the
same impetuous flash of the eyes.
found out who they are-nothing like
making friends with the small boy of
the family.
"'And-who are they?" reluctantly
asked Ellington.
"The Koscoes, of Louisville. Papa is
lumberman. -
Cup here probably to look after his
sawmills,"
30, no. His numbering is in West
Virginia millions of acres of cherry
They came yesterday = Fanny is a
trump
"Humph," sneered Ellington.
eve shall probably encounter the
goddess at the Chicago resort. You
know what we are, ELLINGTON, don't
you? We are 'resorters.' Not travel
ers, or tourists, or summer-boarders;
we are 'resorters.' It's worth coming
for, to be so definitely classified, isn't
it ?"
"Cragmore, I half knew that was a
Kentucky girl. Our Northern women
never have that soft fire about them
that warm Incidence that is so much
more alluring than energy"
1.-The boy hadn't much warm indo-
lence about him. l expected, in spite
of all l could do, he'd have us over
turned"
Think" pursued Ellington, ignor-
ing his friends remark, ''of Chicago
girl of that class bounding out of Mar
shall Fields like a panther out of a
jungle, getting over that pavement in
three or four strides, opening her own
carriage door and banging it after her.
I've seen it, Think of the sculptor who
has it on his hands to perpetuate this
generation-this age-in marble"
Il feel the better for my exercise
Quite an adventure, wasn't it Eding-
ton?'
The cynicism of the one meeting no
response from the breezy cheeriness of
the other they finished the rest of their
morning walk without further words
On entering the wide halls of the
Chicago Clubhouse the first person
they encountered was Johnny. He
greeted Cragmore: "Hello."
"Hello," answered Cragmore, reach
ing him hand.
Fanny said wasn't to ask you to
take me out on the lake again, but
wish you would
I'm due time-perhaps," said Crag-
more.
A blooming, dark-eyed matron
seated at a table in the reading-room
called out: "My son, come here"
"When is due time'?" persisted
Johnny.
johnny, my dear boy" remon-
strated the matron, hurrying forward.
Mamma, this is the gentleman who
invited me to 90 boating this morning, -
said the ingenious little wretch.
She bowed with winning frankness to
them both.
81 had full account of it, and I'm
afraid Johnny was troublesome, " she
said, laying a caressing hand on the
boys clo,e-cropped head, as if to ask
their indulgence.
johnny needs some training, mad
anne, before he should be trusted out
alone
"You We're very kind to crafty him
this morning. He came back full of
information about bow and stern,
and 'rudder'"
81 shall be glad to give him further
lessons, " said Cragmore, as she led the
boy away.
SIN heavens name, Cragmore, why
will YOU commit yourself to such a task
Just for the sake of moments polite
ness?" groaned Ellington.
Pm sure don't know" he laughed.
That mornings encounter was but
one of series. The Roscoes liked out
door life heartily. They had not left
the city's heat and smoke to drone
or shut themselves in. Within Judi
cious limits they made friends, and it
was not many days before Ellington
and Cragmore were included in their
lake parties, picnics and excursions.
Besides, they managed to discover a
link of distant cousinship, which
bridged all conventional scruples.
Cragmore was the omnivorously use
full element in all their outings. He
was the end of the law to Johnny; Miss
Fannie preferred his escort to any other
when she went sketching; he could
pack hamper, draw a cork, boil cof-
fee over twig fire, and could be bitten
by mosquitoes without swearing. No
wonder he was in demand.
Ellington relaxed in marked degree.
and but for the inveterate Johnny would
have found spice of something quite
like Zest in this barbarism. But the
boy was his adherence; he went so far
as to say an accidental drowning in that
family would be a boon. His shrill