The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1889-11-15

for next Tuesday night, and do believe she
devised the reception Just for the purpose.
None Of us had heard OF 10 betorn."
MIRA Tramlay gathered all her strength,
stimulated IL with an entire cup OF tea, and
exclaimed:
swell, should like TO know what society
Is coming TO, IL common farmers boy, OF
no family, can stumble into town and DO In
vted about TO good houses"
"Coming tot Why, my dear wife, 10 Is
coming to its senses. I'm glad, In this par
ticular case, the movement began at our
house."
Nobody would have paid any attention 10
him, IL you hadn't talked so much about him."
said Mrs. Tramlay. zone would have thought
him dear old friend, 10 hear you 60 on
about him as you did"
81 said nothing but what was true. !
merely said he was one Of the finest young
men had ever known; that no was OF the
highest character, and very intelligent be-
sides"
"Such qualities don't make man ut FOR
society," said the lady OF the house
"No, suppose not; IL they did we'd see
more Of them at our receptions and parties"
"Edgarln
swell, well,n said Tramlay, leaving tho
table, kissing his wife, and preparing 10 hurry
20 his office, ait isn't your fault; wo can't
expect what can't be had, suppose"
"Lucia," said Mrs. Tramlay, after the
children had been dispatched 10 school, III
hope your fathers peculiar notions won't
affect you"
"About Phill Nonsense, you dear otd
worryl But really, mother, ho made quite
an impression. A lot Of tho girls admired
him ever so much. began 10 apologize and
explain, as soon as | could get rid OF him;
but found IL wasn't at all necessary"
"Girls will admire anything that's new
anything, from Zulu 10 a monkey"
"Mammap
"Young men like Hayn can't ever marry
out OF their own circle; you should bo able To
SEQ that How can they buy houses for their
wives, and furnish them properly, and set
up horses and carriages and keep in societyp
Mamma you're too dreadfully funny: IN
deed you are Suppose young men aren't
rich enough TO marry; can't girls like them'
Aren't young people good for anything but
TO get marrledP
"I'm very sorry" said the mother, abrupt
ly leaving tho room, that you have such
trining views Of life"
When Philip IIayn left tho family mansion
n little after midnight ho had but two dis
tinct deas-one was that he had better find
his way back 10 Sol Mantrings sloop 10 sleep,
and the other was that no didn't believe he
could fall asleep again In less than week
All that no had seen, tho people not excepted,
was utterly unlike IIaynton. The converse
tion, also, was new, although he could not
remember much OF IL; and the lades-well,
he always had admired whatever was admir-
able in tho young women In the village, but
there certainly were no such handsome and
brilliant girls at Haynton as some no had
met that night.
He could not explain 10 himself the differ
ence, except that, compared with Lucia's
friends, his old acquaintances appeared-well,
rather unfinished and ignorant And as far
as these now acquaintances appeared above
his older ones, no far did Lucia appear above
her friends He had studied her face scores
of times before and told himself where IL wa,
faulty; now he mentally withdrew every
criticism he had ever made and declared her
perfection itself. Would no ever forget how
she looked as she offered to help him from
that easy chair In the libraryi lie wished
his mother might have seen her at that In
stant; then he was glad she did not. He re-
membered that his mother did not entirely
approve of some of Lucia's bathing dresses
what would the good woman think OF fash
ionable evening attirei And yet perhaps II
was not as dreadful as IL seemed. Evidently
Lucias mother approved OF II, and was not
she member of "a church-not, he regretted,
of the faith in which all Haynton worshiped,
yet still churchi And did not many o
Lucias guests dress In similar stylei
He mentally laid the subject away for
future consideration, and gave his mind 10
his own attire. Until that evening his faith
in the perfection Of his Sunday suit was as
unquestioning as his faith I'm Hayntonis
preacher, but now IL was hopelessly shat
tered. He did not admire the attire OF the
gentlemen he had met, but the evidence was
overwhelming that Ii was the correct thing,
and that he must prepare himself TO dress In
like fashion IL he went 10 Miss Dinon's party.
And, by the way, what a queenly woman
that Miss Dinon wasl
He would like 10 meet her again. no GER
tainly must attend that party. But IL ho
bought evening dress, what should no do
with It when he left the cityi No young
man felt more freedom than no 10 do as no
liked In laynton, but TO appear In "swal-
low tail" at church or anywhere else I'm the
village would be simply impossible; the mere
thought Of it made him tremble and then
laugh. A suit OF clothes merely 10 wear two
or three evenings-perhaps only one-would
be shocking extravaganza; they probably
would cost half rs much as a new horse, or
two or three dozen of tho books ho had for
years been longing TO buy. He would give
up Miss Dinon's party; the thought Of doing
30 made him doleful, but do IL he must
Almost Immediately after forming this
virtuous resolution he boarded n horse car,
on which were several couples, evidently re-
turning from n party somewhere, 80 again
Phil found himself studying attire. Gradu.
ally IL occurred TO him that his own appear.
ance was attracting attention. This was not
new experience; he had encountered il
several times at Haynton with calmness; In.
deed, although he was not vain, he had never
feared comparison, in Shurch, Of his appear.
ance with that OF any summer boarder from
the city; for, as his mother has already In.
timated in these pages, his Sunday coat had
been cut from the same piece Of cloth as the
Minister'S But now he felt III at ease while
being eyed, not at all impertinently, by the
young people who sat facing him. First he
thought the mildly critical glances were
directed 10 his hard rubber watch guard
then he was sure thescut Of his vest was not
being approved, he detected one very pretty
young woman in the act Of suppressing a
smile as she looked at his shoes Thirdly, he
was obliged to believe that an admirably
dressed fellow opposite entirely disapproved
OF his Sunday coat-the coat cut from min
ister's cloth and made by Sarah Tweege,
and with real silk velvet collar, tool
Little by little Phil lost his self possession,
be could scarcely look in any direction with.
out encouptering the eyes Of some one who
seemed to regard him as curiosity An at
tempt TO ignore the attention by reading the
advertising signs ahova tho vvindovvs ~ the