The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1889-12-20


"Then shall earnestly strive TO be NICE"
said Phil.
"There's somo down town place." said
Margie "whero papa gots lovely candy
great deal cheaper than up Broadway; but
he forgets IL half the time, so we sometimes
have one of tho clerks order IL sent TO pnpa's
desk that is, clerks who know how 10 select
candy" said Margie
"My education In that respect" said Phil,
"has not bccn as thorough rs IL could have
forcseen sucn necessity for it; but will re-.
sumo my studies at once
"Arc YOU good judge of tear asked In
Ca. "Mamma has not been quite herself
since one of papas clerks went to Pcnnsyl-
vania To tGko charge of rolling mill The
good man used 10 spend hours in the tea i'm
porters warehouses, down near the Office,
searching for the kind of tea that mamma
dotes on. "
"You children are not TO worry Phil with
any Of your triiling affairs" said the head
of the house. 81 want YOU all 10 understand
that, besides having n desk I'm my Office, lao Is
a large operator in real estatc-a capitalist
a sort of monopolist, In fact, for a. /, sccro-
tary and director of tho llaynton Bay I'm
provemcnt company, which monopolizcs one
of the finest bits of shore front on the AZ
lantc coast ~
"IIaynton Bayr said Lucia, in wonder
"Why, that is whcrc llayn Farm s.'
"WiSo child" said her father; land that
fine bluff portion Of the farm that ovcrools
the bay is tho companys property. You'll
never again cut your shoes 10 pieces on Tho
oat stubbo ON that blun, for when next YOU
SEQ the place it will bc covered 10y fine villas,
the handsomest OF which you probably will
some day soo mentioned in the newspapers rs
the country scat of the well known merchant
prince, Edgar Tramlay, Esq, father of tina
charming
"Edgar Edgarl' said Mrs. Tramlay
"And, as | was saying continued Tram
lay, no purchasers title will bc good without
the signature and official seal of Mr. Phillip
Hayn. Candy and postage stamps, indeed.
Why, such mans time ought To bo valued
at about dollar minute
Then Phil was rich, Lucia said ~ herself
She did not much care, and she know oven
less, about business details, "a fortune ON
paper was as good rs any other kind, 81 FAR
as she knew; but what she did very distinctly
understand was that no one, not even her
mother, would again have occasion to speak
of Phil rs a poor man, or even country
man. Some young men who were accounted
assistant secretaries Of one thing or other:
she knew IL, because she had seen their names
In dividend notices and other advertisements
In newspapers How would the change in
his fortunes affect her mother, she wondered.
Mrs Tramlay certainly was more nlTablo to
the young man than she ever had been be
fore, and after dinner she even took Pills
arm in returning 20 the parlor, the act sigui-
fled nothing to Phil, but it set Lucia's littlc
heart dancing gayly
When Phil departed, soon after dinner, to
accompany his father, 10y request, to a meet
ing Of the "Society for the Amclioration Of
the Spiritual Condition of Savage Tribes" r"
Lucia lost very little time in signaling Margie
with her eyes and going up to her room. 4
moment later Margie bounced in, closed the
door. and exclaimed:
Lucia Tramlayi wouldn't have hc-
| lieved IL II | hadn't seen IL with my own eyes.
The idea of mamma, with the blood of dozen
| High Dutch and Mayhowcr families In her
veins, taking the arm of n countryman"
"When there was no call for her 90 take
any ones ARM added Lucia, "thc affair bc-
ing only an every day family dinner
Twas simply paralyzing,n said Margic,
"but IL was a sign that everything will be all
right from this time forward Dear met
can imagine Just how your new visiting card-
will look; Mrs Philip HaynM
"Msrgie, Margie," said Lucia, in quicl
whisper "do be quiet | don't even know
whether he really loves me-"
"Thatx because you didn't sit at tabl.
where you see his face all the while, as did
Besides. n stone image would fall in love will
you tonight you never looked 80 perfectly
enhancing in all your life"
So, between all she had seen and heard
Lucias head was crowded with pleasant
dreams long before II pressed its pillow.