Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-12-06

Fields, his stepmother. l told her 10 say
TO him from me that | would never hear
a word about her. In such matters it is
wise to be decided, and he had best UNI
derstand that we-that Twill never
countenance nor condone such a match.
II 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.
ries, because his whole family is involved.
When a man brings a woman into q
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 than a
merely personal matter"
at does not matter so much to the
man, but the woman-there's the puzzlel
But Regina and | agree about everything,
except that she wants to marry a bust
ness man, and / am sick Of business men.
/ should like her to marry such q man as
an English country gentleman, If we had
such q class-a man with landed proper
~ and human responsibilities; a man Of
affairs. But Regina says that her
tather's trade is the one for his daughter,
and so / am to go to Wall street and look
for a husband for her."
IL wish you would find oneof my boys
there, then; but you won't. oh, what a
fool a young man can bel And Phil lisa
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,
aud he made it so absurd that Mrs. Scott
gas animated by a most lively curiosity
to see them all. But Regina didn't thine
the story funny. She said the Fields
ooys 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 il was after
I O'Clock, and the next morning, when
Mr.. Fields managed to secure her for a
few minutes, she listened with much
politeness to all he said of his son, assur-
ing him of her sympathy with him in the
trials he coniided to her.
'She is a firt," said Mrs. Fields; but
Mr.. Fields did not agree with his wife.
He pronounced Regina quick and kind
hearted. That she wa 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, and he at once proved a most desir-
able acquisition to the young ladies, be.
cause 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.
sequently 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.
Il meant TO, - he replied; ''and when |
have not been brewing or keeping brew.
ers' books | have studied tennis. 1t has
kept up my nerve"
And how about your poetry?' said
the young woman.
"Who told you'll wrote poetryS'' asked
he.
''0h, | know. ! know a good deal
about you, Mr.. Philip Fields, and if you
please, | should like to have my racquet
when you go back TO town; the one you
took last year, sir y
at is broken" he said. you knew
you could never use it again.
Il want to have it mended. It was
the best | ever had. / played the Rich.
haven game with that one"
II know that, said Phil.
Then you will send il to meT''
'No, | will not. You gave it TO me. Z"
But | want it, really do"
"ioung ladies should not be Indian
givers.n
Young ladies may be what they
please
mo, they may not.n
"Iou think they may"
"lndeed / DON'T
'Now come" said she; 81 do not
know any n who allows women the
latitude you do"
AT this Phil flushed up. IL do not see
how you can say such q thing. You
know ! dislike women who step out OF
what ! consider is womanly.n
"That is the very point, urged Regina,
who seemed moro in earnest than wai
necessary. ''Your definition Of 'womanly'
is 80 wide, il takes in so much!"
Il beg your PARDON
"Oh, but it doesl'