, 1888-11-11

suppose she is prettyf"
81 do not know. / have never spoken
TO him IN the subject. He told Mrs.
Fields, his stepmother. ! told her to say
to him from me that 1 would never hear
a word about her. In such matters it is
wise to be decided, and he had best I'M
derstand that we-that Twill never
countenance nor condone such a match.
If he marries her he will have to keep to
the brewery"
you are quite right" firmly replied
Mr.. Scott. "a prize fighter never
heard of such a thing"
''Our sons marry with too much free
DOM" and here Mr.. Fields took breath
and lighted his cigar. at is a matter of
wide importance who it is a man mar
fies5 beeaHseA his whole family is involved
When a man brings a woman into a
family, gives her his name-the family
name-and she becomes the mother of
the new generation, the family should
have a voice in the matter. Not every
woman, not every other family should
be admitted. Marriage is more han a
merely personal NATTER
'It does not matter SO much to the
man, but the woman-there's the puzzlel
But Regina and l agree about everything,
except that she wants to marry a bust
ness man, and l am sick of business men.
l should like her to marry such a man as
an English country gentleman, if we had
such a class-a man with landed proper
ty and human responsibilities; q man of
affairs. Blu Regina says hat her
fathers trade is the one for his daughter,
and SO l am to go to Wall street and look
for a husband for her"
81 wish YOU would find one of my boys
there, then; but you won't. oh, what a
fool a young man can bel And Phil is
fastidious fellow, quiet and well behaved
not at all the kind of boy you would
expect to like loud, unfeminine women"
''She must be pretty" replied his
friend, summing up the matter.
That night Philip Fields was the sub.
ject of two midnight conversations. His
father and his stepmother talked him
over, and they decided to ask him to
come and spend a few days at Oak Hill.
"a counter ~irritant," said Mrs. Fields,
who consorted much with doctors, sis
sometimes the best, the only remedy in
cases of this character
Mr.. Scott told his wife and daughter
the story of Mr.. Fields and his six sons,
and he made it so absurd that Mrs. Scott
was animated by a most lively curiosity
to see them all. But Regina didn't think
the story funny. She said the Fields
boys were all stupid. She had met two
of them, the divinity student and Phil.
Still she fingered in her mothers room,
and talked about them until it was after
1 O'Clock, and the next morning, when
Mr.. Fields managed to secure her for n
few minutes, she listened with much
politeness to all he said of his son, ussur-
ing him of her sympathy with him in the
trials he confided to her.
''She is a firt," said Mrs. Fields; but
MIR. Fields did not agree with his wife.
He pronounced Regina quick and kind
hearted. That she was so pretty was a
factor apart from her mental and spiritual
character.
And so it came to pass that Mr.. PHILIP
Fields came to Oak Hill, and met the
household delegation at the station, and
found his own committee, in the shape
of his father and stepmother, waiting
for him. And he was not stupid in his
appearance. He was q very good look
ing young man, tall, like his father, but
better built and muscular. He was also
a very easy person to become acquainted
with, n he at once proved n most desir-
able acquisition to the young ladies, be-
aus he proved to be so good a tennis
player that he was able to enter against
Miss Scott, and thus the games became
more equal and spirited. Before he came
she had had it all her own way, and con-
s~equently the games were growing dull
for her as for the others.
You play better than you did last
summer, " she said to him one morning,
as they sat alone down by the creek.
81 meant to-, " he replied; ''and wher 1
have not been brewing or keeping brew
ers' books l a studied tennis. 1t has
kept up my nerve"
"And how about your poetry" said
the young m
"Who told you 1 wrote poetry" asked
he.
"oh, 1 know. l know a good deal
about you, Mr.. Philip Fields, and if you
please, 1 should like to have my racquet
when you go back to town; the one you
took last year, sir"
cit is broken" he said. 'EYou knew
you could never use it again.
Il want to nave it mended. 1t was
the best 1 ever had. 1 played the Rich.
haven game with that one"
II know that, " said Phil.
Then you will send it to me?''
mo, 1 will not. You gave it to me. "
"But 1 want it. 1 really do"
Young ladies should not be Indian
givers."
Young ladies may be what they
please"
mo, they may not"
You think they may"
"Indeed / DON'T"
"Now come" said she; 81 do not
know any one who allows women the
latitude you do"
AT this Phil flushed up. Il do not see
how you a say such a thing. You
know l dislike women who step out of
what l consider is womanly."
THAT is the very point, " urged Regina,
who seemed more in earnest than was
necessary. Your definition of 'womanly'
IS so wide, it takes in so muchl'