Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-11-23
CONFUSION OF TITLES.

sand so Fields had a wife and six
childrenl" Mr.. Scott smiled gently TO
himself as he thought of it. And not
only a wife and six children, but he had
been married twice-he had had two
wives.n There was nothing absurd nor
remarkable about these facts except az
Mr.. Scott chose to make them so. He
had known Thomas Fields for ten or fif-
teen years on Wall street, and he had al
ways fancied him an old bachelor, while
in truth he was mourning one wife and
SQUIRTING another.
81 wonder il he made love-" said Mr..
Scott TO himself, and ayain he smiled.
Then he wondered if the six boys looked
like their father. And there was no rea-
son why they should not have been will.
ing to look like him, for he was by no
means III favored, although be was tall
and spare, and had the anxious, worried
look Of a man whose anxicties and re-
sponsibilities outrur his resources. But
as far as money COS this was not true Of
Mr.. Fields, who Wa a very rich man in
deed.
Perhaps it pleased Mr.. Scott to be
facetious, and u take a lively and con.
trary view of life. Ii was late afternoon
and near train time, and all the young
people and the wives whose husbands
went to the city every day had gone to
the station, so that the two men were
almost alone under the tree on the lawn
where they had placed their chairs. They
were smoking, and Mr.. Scott was toying
with a tennis racquet left in his care.
After a while Mr.. Scott spoke. not the
substance but the shadow of his thoughts:
''Your boys ought to be a great comfort
to you. Fields. Six sons! They ought to
carry on your business and perpetuate
your name"
They will not carry on my business
not one Of them. When Dick made
up his mind that he wanted to 60 to
West Point, and Bob determined TO study
medicine, l didn't care, because there
were the four left; but Logan has taken
to farming, Fred has gone into law, and
Harry has a perfect craze about becom-
ing a minister; SO you see the business
will 20 into other hands. II is not right
not at all right"
"But there are six of them? How
about the SIXTH"
"Phil2 He is the greatest disappoint-
ment Of all. The brightest boy l have,
Mr.. Scott"
.'Well?''
'Phil has very reprehensible ideas.
He writes verses, and will not 20 into
business nor into a profession. lie says
he can live on his allowance. And he
does. I'll say that for him-and on his
salary"
'His salaryi Why, then, he is in
business"
''Just now he is. In a brewery. lie
is a clerk in a brewery, and gets $3.50 a
year. That is like Phil. Obstinate-a
perfect pig headed fellow for obStinacy."
'But | don't understand. said Mr..
Scott. Don't you want him to be in a
brewery, or does he do it to spite your
''Not to spite me, hut he is very az.
gravating. | have talked t. him a good
deal, and | have said some plain truths to
him. One day he told me that he would
prove that he was not lazy, and that he
could earn his living at a tread mil if he
chose, and 50 he found this situation and
took it. He says he means to stay a
year"
''Why, / like that" cried Mr.. Scott.
.'The boy has grit
II don't like grit" replied Mr.. Fields,
''when il gets between my teeth"
swell" said Mr.. Scott, i've often
wished we had q son, but six Of them can
make life lively. My daughter is as good
a girl as any one need desire, but she has
her vHgaries.
''Your daughter is a very nice girl
Mr., Fields warmly responded, land a
very pretty one too. / have noticed her
a good deal. II / had a daughter |
should be perfectly satisfied 70 have her
exactly like your Regina"
''She Is a very good girl" repeated the
father, with modest pride; ''but it is a
great responsibility TO have a marriagea-
bic daughter"
Mr.. Fields grimly smiled. ''She seems
TO have her choice. All the young men
here have eyes for her only
at is the poor quality Of the young
men, Mr.. Fields-the men of today.
Why, there is not a man at Oak Hill to
whom ! would give Regina. No, nor il
New York. as far us / know. Il is a
serious matter, and one TO be looked at
from every point of view, this choosing
Of a husband for a girl. She gives up
everything when she marries-namc,
home everything into which she has
grown. To choose for a girl means TO
blindly take for her either misery or hap
piness.''
'You are fortunate IL you are allowed
70 Choose Mr.. Fields dryly answered.
"Logan married well, and Bob Is EN-
gagged 10 a very nice girl, one Of tho
Hookcrs-lIooker. Hood 81 Co.; but here
m another Of Pills perversities. lie
wants 10 marry a Professional
IA professional IL the lady on the
stageT'
"Worse than that-she-she Is an ath-
iete, a sort of female prize fighter"
"Wby, that 10 bouiblci ia send him