The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-04-28
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to his protector, "Im seventeen w.
day o,sont,v az
first. but with growing interest IN MS
"Seventcen?" he said, with won.
dorno accent. "Stand up, Phil. Let
me look at you. .. ,
Phil stood up. tall and slim, brown brown!
faced and brown-handed. Iregareheh
examined him critically. Fine tore
head. white as lady's; sensible eyes
Of dark gray under well-marked ofo"s'
nose LARGE but delicate; mouth sensitiVe
and firm: chin delicate but decldeo;
While the examination which resulted
in these observations went on lml
stood at ease, with an elbow Oh .no
mantelpiece, and surveyed 'he sA'
veyor
His eyes took their customary inward
look, and he said, with something OF an
inward tone: "Time tlies-time lilies.
arthur" said Phil, Il want to 500
the world"
.My poor Phil" said Tregarthen,
"if could advise you, you would Leave
the world unseen. 1t is poor snow,
when Won have seen it all, Phil-and it
will rive YOU many hcartache.
81 want to see it, for all that" Phil
, answered.
81 have been too much conferred in
nv own pursuits, perhaps, y" said Ire.
| oarthen; "though they are exigent
enough to shut out everything in the
, world, and can only be fifty followed
, when they succeed in doing that. But
T took some duties in hand with you,
> Phil. and I'm afraid that | neglected
them. What do you know?'
. "Nothing," Phil answered.
| "You have had the run OF the lib
rary," said Tregarthen, land l have
e seen you busy in it fer years past. "
0 "Oh, books" said Phil; Il know the
q library pretty well by heart. But l
d know nothing else" Iregarthen's look
n seemed to disconcert him here, and he
g began to walk about the room. L.,
n want to 90 into the world, Arthur, and
o to mix with men and women"
re s.To catch the butterfly and rub all
o the paint away?" returned Tregarthen.
500 YOU think manly honor fine
If fine thing, Phil? Do you think
ID womanlv virtue fine thing?
is have seen you at the poets, and
to have found here and there 4 scrap OF
your own verses Phil blushed like
of fire. s.There is very little honor in the
world, Phil, there is very little virtue
4 You will find men and women mean
IS, and stupid, and cruel and cowardly
is You will find that they all pretend te
he Worship lofty ideals which they tramplt
id under foot. You will find them incred
n ulous of everything by which they pro
as fess to rule their lives, and bound bod.
a and soul to every baseness they prete!nltt
We to despise. You had better stay will
re. me, Phil. l can put a great purpose IL
ed your hands, if you prove fit for it--per
a haps great power.
n He checked himself there, and nj
,at heart yearned little, remembering
an that he had been happy before he hat
,lc learned his bitter lessons, and that NJ
I'M man had striven to dash his happines
,ut until the time came.
hi, "The proverb is something musty,
life he said, after a turn or two about tn
yn room: "If willful will to water, willfu
nd must drink What do you want in tn
;he great world, PHILIP :,
she "The great world itself" said Phil
ks with AN embarrassed laugh. 81 want t
AS see it, Arthur. | want-perhaps," h
his went on. cutting down at once to tn
led yery core of his thought" perhap
you were unlucky, you know, Arthur
and perhaps may be luckier
led. "Ah, my lad" said Tregaarthcr
ID looking at him with genuine pity an
Ell affection; call men think all men mo-
tai but themselves. Your golden lido
~, turn out clay! No, no. You vast
;an friendship on u fool, or tire hope !
lon following shadow, or spend the gol
70, of your heart to buy the leaden coun
Il: ers of Jade! No. no. Not you. Al
lhs other man may. You can fancy tina
cen But not YOURSELF He checked hin
my self again, but this time with IN almo
iao despairing bitterness. Was it of ar
ion use to preach the stale moral? Non
yhis "Go into the world, lad, if you will,
'si- YOU must, and God grant you find it
;, W W better place than it was when kne
~ it."
s su 81 am not leaving you, Arthur
~, said the lad, with evident strong fee
sea, inc. "But must do something, mu
lle9 fit myself for life-mlstn't l?'
' tba "Isuppose so, Phil answered II
Wv. .ho garthcn; and there the conference en-
wv ed
ice A week later came letter-a rari
at Tregarthen. The searcher after t
u philosophers stone read it, and thre
eao it over the table to Phil.
to "You had better go over to Gorbay
dis- he said, "and order what you nee
Ell You may start rs soon rs you are read
zero Calhem was my tutor, and he is a We
rove good man as men 90"
the Phil read the letter, and found
the signed by one Robert Calhem, who
ma pressed his willingness to receive n
pest Tregarthens "yonng FRIEND and
his best for him. Mr.. Calhem d. t
$ pal from Golden Square.
.'What am l to do at Mr.. Calhera
= Arth ur?" asked Phil.
Good "You will find him a very 60
If of coach, if you care to study said 1
hont garthcn. eff You don't care to stue
an a YOU will find him a reasonable Men
eea- in more important matters than M
into book learning. You had better SO o.
,ros- to Gorbay."
Phil started for Gorbay with al
Of thing but his common feeling OF ell
,b;ef ITCHY. Tregarthcn's views of
= 90. world might be true after all, an(
and was evident that he was sorry for II
into and in his own mind prophesied W.
II in for him. But at seventeen such refi
With tons AS those with which Tregartf