The Irish standard., 1888-11-03

crest ,n>her, I ,A.l, be vszy dad to tell you

crest ,n>her, shah be vezy dad to tell you
vi know"
switch is not much, I suppose tho Cap
tain gruntetl, for at heart the honest Old
fellow was m,serably jealous OF bis, wlte's
superior knowledge Of his boys affairs.
81 don't know; but ! an afraid it u e
great zdeal,,'s Martha continued, meekly.
''Three years ago, You know, her father
died ruined man,
"He brought on his sorroWs hinselfn
"Weu, perhaps 80; but you and must
! not be his judges, Daniel; for after all, God
may not take quite such hard view OF the
| rebellion as you do"
1t was the first rebuke Martha had ut
! tered to her husband for years, and even
now her reproving words were mollitied by
| tender glance Of her loving eyes as she
! laid her hand gently on his.
| Then she continued, impressively:
ssThe mother followed the father to the
grave in less than three months OF his
death-think of it, Daniel, doubly or
phaned!'
eyes, yes, but the boysa" The Captains
tone was snappish, but, if it were not utter
ly impossible to believe that a jolly old mar
iner could under any circumstances cry,
should be inclined to assert that something
suspiciously like tear glistened in his
eyes.
faye, the poor boys! Walter is the only
one who is left of them. Lionel died at Get
tysburg, Alfred never got over the wounds
be received at Charlottesville, Charles"
"There, therel That will do. Stll
should have thought that Walter, with his
strong Southern chivalry, would NOT have
allowed his sister to earn her bread In the
land Of the Philistine. ;;
"Daniel Winthrop am ashamed Of youl
Walter could not help her. He is learning
the law at Richmond, and guess, poor boy,
it is as much as he can do to help himself.
And want you to remember, Daniel, much
as you may sheer at Southern chivalry, that
if the two young people had not sold the es-
tate when land was down to almost moth
ing an acre, to pay the claims Alphonse Lee
croixs heirs made for money they asserted
he had advanced their father, they might
now have home over their head
;sAlphonse Lecroix u Winthrop ejac-
! ,1lated so the hand Of that man comes
in this trouble also! Say, mother, Kate
Frobisham isn't such bad girl after al"
"Wen dear: what can we dos"
sThat is just what want to talk over
with you The fact is, I've got an idea.
Martha
stSakes alive, Daniel, what Is it2"
| "Why, don't You see it is these letters
shat are upsetting my poor boya When u
| girl tells a man she won't be his wife, but
| will keep up sisterly friendship for him,
and keeps writing and writing, 1t just sets
him fretting all the time"
"Of course it does: but what can you do,
Danielv'
sN+o,>
| He brought down his hand so heavily on
the little table in front of him that She glass
| Tar which contained his tobacco fell With a
| crash to the floor.
"Its a bad sign, MARTHA" he said, r1e-
| SuNy, for, like all sailors, he was supcrstl"
tious. s.But all the same I'm gong to try
NY level best to stop this foolish corre-
| spondence."
| But how? You can not write 70 her; for
! you haven't her address; anu Tn sure it
would never do to ask Harry tor it''
| "That's my grand idea, Marthai''
! he took from his pocket 81 New York
newspaper, and, first peering out OF the
| tiny window Of the summer-house to see
that there were no eavesdroppers, he read
| In whispering tones that would have beftted
| some deep-laid conspiracy, the following adj
! vertisement:
! "MUs1o PUPILS wanted by graduate Of
! Richmond LADIES' College. Terms very low.
Address Miss Frobisham, 2O51 East Sixty
| third street,"
"What do you think Of that. Martha! I
| found it quite by accident when I was in
town this morning."
ayes, it is Kate sure enough" his wife
unused. But what are you going to 60 now
Daniel!"
| She could tell by the earnestness Of his
| look that the revelation would De startling
but was hardly prepared for its monentous
! character.
"pm going to New York tomorrow,
Martha"
Had he said he was about to depart for
Jerusalem Mrs. Winthrop could hardly have
manifested greater CONSERVATION.
tGood gracious, Daniel, all the way to
New York;" she gasped.
"Yes," he said, with the air Of one who
was resolved to do and dare great advent
ures. 81 start for New York tomorrow
| night. Harry leaves in the morning for a
weeks trip through Indiana to sell lumber
from his new mill, and I'm off in the even
ing"
ssOh. Dsniel''
81 tell you it is no use writing. must
go myself and see If I can not drill some
common sense into this FOOLISH young WOm-
ans head. Those letters have got to be
stopped, and I'll see if can not stop themn
CHAPTER XVII
NY BOY HARRY.
When Captain Winthrop found himself
one Of tho hundreds pouring out of the
gateway OF the Central station in New
York. I fancy he felt, for all bis brave
words to his wife, little nervous concern
ing the troubles he was about to encounter,
for, like all untraveled provincialists, his
ideas OF the metropolis were not exactly
dattering to it's inhabitants.
It was mid-afternoon when he arrived,
and, first running into dock" at a hotel,
he set boldly out for East Sixty third street.
1t was reeking hot-hotter than the Captain
in his widest dreams had ever imagined
human beings could endure it and live.
Along Fifth avenue it was bad enough, but
when he turned to the right into mar
rover and more crowded street he had
fairly to gasp for respiration. The neigh
borhood was not a pleasant one; for by de-
grees the character OF the houses seemed
to deteriorate until at last he reached re-
gion of squaid tenement dwellings, teem-
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