The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1889-12-13

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49, ! :, :s al, e, be {, ,.;:@1s: ,ss :',s
g'stions for remark ms possible; 50, before
leaving his hotel, he divested himself Of ofevery
visible trace Of city raiment, and clothed him
self In the Sunday suit which IInynton had
yen often enough 10 pass without remark
lie could not restore his sborn superfuity OF
hair, but he again put on the hat which for a
year had been his best at home. lie even
went SO far n3 10 leave for his father a ne "
trunk which he had purchased putting his
own personal property into the antique car
pct-bag- real cnrpct--which tho old farmer
bad brought down.
Lastly, that ho might not appear In the
least like n city youth, he carried with him
two religious wceI,lics which some society for
the reformation Of hotel boarders had caused
TO be placed in his box i'm the hotel Office, and
be read them quito faithfully on tho train.
Reminders of tho old life TO which he was
returning came 10 him thick and fast when
the train got fairly out Of tho city. In "A field
no saw "A man stripping tho leaves from
standing corn stalks, aud although tho view
was what photographers term "instantane-
Gus, It. was long enough TO show the shabby
attire, brown face shocking bad hat, clumsy
boots, and general air Of resignation that
marked all farmers in tho vicinity of Hayn-
ton. Two or three miles farther along he
saw half grown boy picking up stones In n
field of thin soil aud adding them 10 piles
which were painfully significant Of much
similar work in past days
Down in "A marshy pasture beside tho rail
way ombankment two men were digging a
drainage ditch; they were too far apnrt 30 be
company for each other, and too muddy TO
be attractive 10 themselves Phil at once ro-
called much work Of like nature he had done,
and moro that still depended upon his muscle
10 make tho entire acreage OF lIayn farm
available for cultivation. Estimating accord
ing 10 past experience and newly acquired
knowledge he found that the number Of days
OF work required, If paid for at the lowest
rate of common laborers in New York, would
amount 10 twice as much ms tho value OF tho
land when improved. IL was easy to SEQ why
farmers dever got rich Still, the farm was
his natural sphere; he had been born 10 IT,
Heaven, In arranging his lifo career, knew In
advance what he was fit for, and his own dif-
ference Of opinion would pro hably be ex.
planned away in time by the logic OF events
which he could not foresee
In "A dusty road near n little station at
which the train stopped he saw two farmers
wagons meet, stop, and their owners engage
in conversation. Thus would he the OBJ
server, soon be obtaining whatever news he
acquired, instead of every morning opening
n newspaper recording the previous days do
ings throughout tho civilized world, he would
bo restricted to stories of how Joddles' horse,
who had cast himself, was getting along with
his scrapcd hip joint and when Bragfew
thought he might be likely To kill n beef IL
ho could find somebody To take fore quar-
ter which hadn't been spoken for yet, tho
chances of Nemy Perkins being "churchcd"
for calling Deacon Thewser n sneaking old
sheep thief, and much moro information
equally entertaining and instructive. Well,
why noti What better news would he him
self bo likely TO offeri He was not going TO
fall into the sin, warning Of which had been
given 10y ono of the apostles, Of esteeming
himself more highly than his neighbors; some
people in the vicinity of llaynton did not
seem much better than fools, but probably
none Of them had ever been so idiotic as 10
fall IN lovo with women far above them In
social station and consequently far beyond
their reach
Farther and farther the train left the city
behind, more and more desolate the country
been harvested, aud many trees bad shed all
their leaves; the only green was that OF grass
and evergreeus, the latter looking almost
funerell under the overcast sky. The train
entered a region of pine barrens, through
openings IN which some sand dunes could oc-
rasionally be seen At times when the train
stopped the wind brought up the sound of the
surf pounding the beach not far away, and
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thought it in earlier days.
Then empty seats in the cars became numer-
Gus. All city people who lived out of town
had already left the train, and the few who
got ON ufterwud belonged I'm the vicinage
Pan had noted the change rs it gradually oc-
Cured, AMI 30 we'll dressed couple the last
OF th-Ir Kind, wso occupied seats not far in
front of h.m, his gaze clung as mournfuly rs
a toper's eye when fixed upon the last drops
that his bottle can give him.
Finally they too disappeared, aud their
place was taken 10y Sallow country woman
IN hoT~ made brown dress and a gray Son
net trnr cd with green ribbons lie tried
10 console himself with the thought that the
car would soon be too dark for colors 10 be
and that Haynton was but an hour
distant Then the brilliant thought came to
him that he might change the scene. He
acted upon il, went into the next car, and
took a seat The rustic in front Of him turned
bis head, stared, and drawled;
"Gret Gosh. Eft amt Phil Hayu, then I'm
4 clam she'll Well, I'd never have knowed We
af twa'n't for your fathers mouth an chin"
Then the rustic deliberately gathered his feet
and knees into his seat and twisted his body
until his shoulders were almost squared TO the
rear of the car his whole air being that OF a
man who had suddenly found job greatly 10
his liking and one 20 which he intended at
once TO address himself with all his might.
Been down 10 York, ehr' the rustic con.
tnued, after getting his frame satisfactorily
braced
Yes
The rustic looked so steadily, earnestly,
hungrily into the face before him that Phil
hastily looked through the window. Some men
have been impressed by the historic stony
British stare, others have admired the pene-
tratng glance Of the typical detective. or the
irontiersman sizing up a new arrival but
the Briton, the detective and the frontiers
man combined could not equal the stare OF
the countryman whose tastes tend toward the
affairs of his uoighbors.
"Yorks good deal of town, I spose.p
the countryman remarked, after some ear
nest scrutiny
"Yesn
"Find anythin' 10 pay the Expenses Of the
tripP This after another soulful gaze.
shouldn't WONDER
Carpet bag seems pooty well stuffed
sah the tormentor, after having transferred
his glance for moment TO the old sstchel
TINT occupiad half ~ phfl's eat