The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1889-12-05

when some Of his new business acquaintance
rallied or complimented him, and when be
occasionally declined an invitation, given
viva voce, BY explaining that be bad prom.
lsed to escort Mis- Tramlay somewhere that
evening. II this explanation were made 10
lady, a. was usually the case, Q knowing
smile, or ct least significant look, was al
most sure TO follow. Il began to seem "a
Phil that the faces Of the young women Of
New York said great deal more than their
tongues, and said Il In q way that could not
be answered, which was quite annoying.
n hO was to seem engaged, be would prefer
that Appearances might not DO deceitful
Again and again be was on the point Of ask.
Ing the question which be little doubted
would b favorabIy answered, but hs always
restrained himself by the reminder that he
was only . clerk on q salary that could not
support q wife, bred like Lpria, In New York,
and that villa plots at Haynton Bay were not
sailing a. rapidly as they should q ho were
10 become well to do; indeed, they scarcely
were selling ct all Who could be expected
10 become interested In building sites nu the
go shore when even In the sheltered streets
Of tho city the wind was piercing the thickest
overcoatsi And who could propose to q girl
while another man, even were ho that stick
Marge, was offering her numerous attentions,
all Of which she accepted i-confound Margo
and bis money!
That MArg0 also was Jealous was lnevita
bla Highly ~ be valued himsalf, be know
womAnkind well enough 10 imagine that o
handsome young fellow Just past his major
Ity might b more gratifying to the eye, at
least, than Q man who had rsanhed-well,
who bad not mentioned his age since be
passed bis thirty-afth birthday. he bad in
bis favor al tho prestige Of good record in
society, Of large acquaintance and aristo
crstjc extraction, but he could not blind
himsak 10 the fact that the young women
who wore most estimAble did not greet him
a. effuGivoly and coniidentially o. they did
Pm Els hair was provokingly thin on the
TOP Of bis bead, and farther back there was
q ell tale spot that resembled q t0nsurO; he
o. Id not quickly enter, like Phil, into the
spirit Of some silly, Innocent frolic. and al,
though he insisted that bis horses were a.
good Is Phnh, be could not bring himself 10
extending an invitation for morning dash
through the park, q Phil did once or twice .
week. 80 hs frequently said 10 himself.
Confound the country habit Of early rising
which his rival had evidently mastered
A. for Lucia, except for the few happy
nour8 uno spent WIN Tuu, ano tho totner
more numerous hours devoted 10 day dreams
regarding her youthful swain, she was really
miserable In her uncertain condition. Other
girls were getting engaged, on shorter %
quAintanco, and ten timss a. many girls were
tormenting her with questions a 10 which Of
the two was to DO tho happy man. She do
voutly wished that Phil would peak quickly,
and finally, after long and serious connlta-
ton with Margie, she determined 10 adopt
toward Pull the tactics which only two or
three months before she had tried on Marge:
she would encourage his rival With MargS
u bad had tho unexpected eject Of making
hor yield her heart 10 PHI; on the Other
hand, Il had psrceptibly Quickonod Margob
interest In hes; would not reversal Of the
factors have q corresponding RESULT
She had but one fear, but that was grow.
ing Intense Agnes Dlnon continued to b
fond Of Pull; there was no other man 10
whom shesvsr Aw Agnes appear % chserful
and unconstrained Could Il DO that the
hsirSS was playing q deep game for The
prize that 10 Lucia seemed tho only one In
viswl She had seen wonderful successes
made BY girls - old q Agnoa, Uhsn they bad