The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1889-10-24

may bo q Bible with larger pplnt; u PHI
would price both and write her, she would
try 10 make up her mind what she ought TO
do. Samantha Roobles had been telling her
husband James for the last eve years that
their best room carpet was too shabby for
people who might have q funeral In the fam.
lily at any time, James stepmother being very
old and sickly, but James wouldn't do any.
thing but put Of, and as for her. she wasn't
going 10 DO cheated out Of her eye tooth At
tho stores at tho depot, whom year before last
she saw In York newspaper, that the wind
blew out Of the hand Of somebody leaning out
Of train window, that good lngrains were
selling In New York at thirty-Ave cents q
yard; she wished Phil would pick her out ona
Besides many requests like these. Phil had
10 make promises TO dozens Of young men
and women whose wants were smaller, but
mono the easier TO attend to; % tho prnspoo,
tive traveller and bis parents bad the pains Of
parting alleviated by tho thought that not
until Phil departed would any Of them have
poace The day Of sailing brought great
throng Of vidtons-so many that the minister.
who was Of the number. extemporized
"neighborhood prayer meeting" at which
Providence was implonsd 70 save our dear
young brother from tho perils Of the deep
and Informed Of 70 many Of Pills good quail.
tiles that only an Unborn respect for religious
forms restrained tue modest youth from
meaking out Of the hack door and hiding In
the hull Of the sloOp until there was broad
0xpanSe Of water between him and the shore
Then the entire throng, excepting two or
three old ladies who remained with MA
HAyn ITO help her bear up. poor soul,
escorted Phil 10 the sloop Among them was
performance Of young men who looked -
II In case Phil should want q substitute they
were ready, and Of young women Whose faces
indicated that II Phil should care to say any
thing tender to anybndy. Just to have some
thing to think about while away, DO should
have no excuse 10 leave Il unsaid
Sol Mantring cut the parting short by 70
marking that prayer was all very well In Ii
place. but he didn't believe In 1t keeping o
Sloop In 4 shallow river while the tide was
falling and no wind to help her out So Phil
hurried aboard, though not before bis father
had almost crushed his hand with grasp
that had been developed by many years Of
training with birdie reina. AZ helvs and pa
ternal Affection
Some one cast OF tho sloopS hAwSer, the
mAinSal was already up and the craft began
10 drift out with the tide This was tho dg
nal for q autter Of handkerchief and a
chorus Of cheers, during which Farmer Hayn
plodded along the river bank beside the sloop,
REGARDLESS Of mud, stones, marsh grass and
cattailA He seemed to have no last injuno
tons for his boy; indeed, his occasional Shout
were bestowed principally upon Sol Mant
ring, who stood at the wheel, and they had
no more relation to Phil than to the khan Of
Khiva In like manner Phil seemed les In,
terested In his father than In tho maze Of
cordage at the foot Of the mast Neverthe
less, when the river bank ended at the shore
Of the bay, and could DO followed no longer,
the old man stood there, as Sol Mantring
said afterward, "lookin' as II he'd lost his last
friend, never expected 10 git another, an
he'd got ten year older all Of q sudden" and
Phil, when ho saw this, Strengthened in front
Of the friendly mast which hid him from tho
remainder Of the crew, and threw kisses &c
bis father, with the profuSion Of early child
hood, asl long as he could distinguish the dingJ
old coat and hat from tho stones Of dmilai
hue that marked the little point
"The perils Of tho deep" were happily
averted. Indeed, Phil would willingly have
endured more could the wind have blown
harder. The sloop finally made her pier In
New York about dusk Of the second day
Phil hastily donned his best suit, and as thl
part Of the city in which the iron merchant
cluster was not far away, and Sol Mantrina
knew the streets Of that portion Of the city,
Phil started, with minute directions from thu
skipper, to call on Mr.. Tramlay. His single
no8 Of purpose made him unconscious that
he was acting In q manner not common &c
him, but as ho climbed the dido Of the piel
and hurried toward tho mas Of light before
him Sol Mantring remarked 10 the remain
der Of the crew, consisting Of two men,
81 knowed H.
"Knowed whatT"
"Hes gal struck. Got Il bad"
Phil made his way up the principal
thoroughfare from New York 10 Brooklyn,
wondering at the thronged Sidewalks and
brilliantly lighted shops, but he did moi
neglect to eye the street names on cornei
lamps Soon he turned into . street which
was part Of his course as laid down by Sol; Ai
the same timo ho turned from light TO dark
non, the change being almost appalling In Ii
SuddennesA Still he hurried on, and after
another turn began to look for numbers o.
the fronts Of bulldingS His heart bounded
within him rs hO suddenly saw, by the Light
Of street lamp. the sign, Edgar Tramlay.r
IN ulAlllUk US ulllQ wiz Ou NuD QOOI HuOO,
but the door did not opon Through the glass
door be saw two or three dim lights within
Probably tho proprietor was at bis desk; per,
haps, too, he should have knocked; % knoch
hO did.
"what dye want there, yOung feIlerT
shouted a policeman acres the street
~ want 10 see Mr.. TramlAy."
Cues your watch b slow, amt III
growled the officer
~ don't know; maybe So PHI replied.
Don't you know better'n to come huntin
down here for blEnes man after O'CLOCK
at nlghtr asked tho officer.
Phil admitted TO himself that he did not
still, hO had come ashore 10 end Mr. Tram.
lay, and tho idoa Of giving up the search did
not occur to him he finally asked,
"Whero do you suppose can find himr
that goes straight home from hiAstorAH
~ reckon be ls,H aid Phil avn you
pleass tell me whsre ho nvesI"
"Oh, come OH" muttered the policeman
"D'ye Spose amt got nothin' 70 do but
brought upi-'way backT"
'Im sorry bothered you, slr, !" aid Phi,
who now saw tho officers uniform and REQ
ognissd it BY memory Of pictures be had
zen In Illustrated nowSpaperA "Imt there
any way 10 And out WhSrO . man lives IN
New YorkF
Certainly look IN the directory. Go ur
20 BroadWay-itS up at the head Of thu
gtrOst-an' 60 along tn you and . drug store
Like enough you'll nnd directory there"
Phi followed Instructions and learned the
street and numOor Of the Tramlay domicil0
In front Of him street cars "sre continually
coming and going, and BY the conductors Of
thes0 be was referred from one TO another
until be found ~ which went 10 the street