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

on our dining room windows anl area door,
ami hire a detective whenever We give a
panty, aud pUt a chain on our door mat and
uly take, 90 huild jai.s and asylums aud'---
"Oa, Eigar," said Mrs Tramlay, plant
Woly, "oUr minis. lr told Us all this in a SER
mon nearly year a,o rm sure listened
patiently to 10 thCn | ioa't think It's very
kind ol you 90 go all over 10 again.
mo, suppose not, sighed the merchant,
hastily kissing his family gool-by aud start
ing ter hls office In a moment he returned,
and said.
"Ju,t word with You, my dear. It's
nothing about farmers, or battles, ar indus
trial SAY" he whispered, as hi, wife
Icucl him il th, hail. don't YOU think Ia
bCttcr have the doctor drop in 10 scc Iuciai
Im afraid sbes going to hesicS. shes looked
poorly ior days, and doesn't seem to have
any .laug'
"rm surrshr, uyuly enough when ,ha's out
az tomurr. -a.d Mrs Tmmlay, (which She
i,Iosr., "a the while She's snapped at the
ch.aeu until they hate the sight Of her. and
can't ,rcaG ta her without being greeted by
flood ot toar, Margp sccas the only one
who can do aug thing with her"
"Jmpa' muticrcd the merchant, taking
much time to arrange his hat before the mir
ror o, the bat rack
Meanwhile the old farmer md hi, son we're
hayiug "a long chat ip a hotel bedroom.
$50 yuu 500 how the land lies, said the
old man. Though never held that part of
the farm ot over two hundred am ucre, the
soil he.u' thinner than the lower lyiu' land,
.... ,.,iua,ut "a good dead moro manure 10
mako Gvcrut crops, Tramny SAYS itl fetch
clean two Thousand ana acre when it's cut up,
lf the sehJgo ta,r, hold as its likely TO-
That's why hc advised mo o. retain AN in
torrst, instead az syliiu' out an oJt I'm 10
get five thousand m cash for the forty acres,
an have q quarter interest M 1ll sales, that
means twenty thousand I'm the end, II things
turn uut as lrawuy thinks"
"Ny' calculated PM, his eyes opening
very vdc, and going into brown study
The old man contemplated him for some
tmo with % smile 81 supreme satisfaction
Finally hc said.
"Mia,o, you feel a little hit MS It you was a
rich MANS SON. don't It, old hoy O.
Indeed 10 docs rhh rcpl,yd "But ldont
sec how can help YOU about IT,"
Don't, oht Wen, IN tcl yuu. " said the
oh man, cycling bis son closely. "1hat forty
acres /, about quarter OF the farm land IN
value, calculate, counting ont tho house an
other bulimh II was maxim my viii an
diydm' things up among the family, I'd
leave just about that mucl lall to YOU, with
AN interest Ina tao house. stock, ctcctcry,
when the Lord secs fit 10 call Your mother
So'-horc tho old man intensified his gn2o-
I've arranged 10 Eiyo nay quarter interest
in the enterprise 10 YOU, ns your inheritance,
thatll mako yOu "A director in the cumpuy,
with as much say.. anybody cl,o zen
keep you In York q good deal though"
"Fathcrm exclaimed Phil
AM continued the old man, dropping his
eyes as soon ns his son looked at him, aud
putting on the countcnnnce IN which hc
usually discussed tho ordinary affairs OF the
farm, "as 10 may need some money for YOU 10
keep up proper style with 80 people whom
you'll have 10 deal with, propose to put tho
i've thousand IN bank hero 20 our joint nc
count, 50 you can draw whenever you need
cash.
The old man began 20 pare fine shavings
from the tooth pick which be had cherished
over since he left the dii~~, room, but Phil
compelled "a suspension of industry Tor a mo-
ment 10y going over o. his fathers chair aud
pressing the gray head tp his breast.
"Iho other principal siockholdcrs,n said
the Oh man, us soon rs he was able 90 resume
his whiting, "oro Tramlay an' man named
Mar~c'
"Nlurgo" Phil echoed
"You seem 90 know him, said tho farmer,
looking mp from uuds,suis eyebrows
II should think so," said PM, froWuing
aud tnitchiug ht, lips n great deal Hes
the man --
I'VE" " asked tho old man. for Phil had
not finished hIs sentence There was 40 re-
ply, 30 be- continued.
The man you thought hal caught the galr
Phil nodded onirmatlycly
"NDw you scc what comes Of goiu' OF at
half cock said IN, farmer "I,o-t your OK.
pcuers two ways, % my nothin' of peace o
mind
II heard ono man telling another H." Mid
Phil, quite humbly 60 whnt was To
Think
"lf you believe oyrythin' you hear about
men an women, my boy, you'll bo or your
course all yoag lIo long Take "A good grip
on thut"
Again Ihu went into brown study, from
which ho emerged uddonly to say:
"lts ju.t what you did when you supposed
you learned sue WASH engaged, isn't 10 You
believed % and wrote it at once 10 me"
"Oh, nor said tho old man, with an mir Of
superiority, ns Doc put "a very sharp point on
what remained of tho tODthpick Not
much I've learned always 81 20 20 head.
quarters for uformn'ion'
"WLy, father" Iul exclaimed, cxcitedly.
"you don't mean % say, after what you
promised mo, that sou wont-aud- -nnd"---
"Poked my uD-e into other peoples bust
ncs.} Not J. Mr 1ramlay took me home
b. dmuor-s1y. .ublt au Outlhndish way those
city folks have got ~ not catin' dinner tlll
nigh onto beIt,m. an after the meal, Kong
about tbr edge ~ tho ovouin' when Trnnlay
had gone Tor sYmo rapars 10 show me, an the
old lady was out ~ the room Tor sOmothin'
took 'ca..Ju o. oDugrntuiate tho gal on her
engagement, thats the proper thing In such
cases made an puryided, you know She
lOOkcl Kind ~ n1bUargnstcd an No last she
aid twas tho fus' she'd hcord n IT, tried
% git ont ~ It hy ygyiu II 10 want true 10
ort 20 b.. II young men In York had eyes in
their heads But Do didn't aecm ~ work She
asked how hcord ~ b., m bad ~ NY that
somebody ia tho city bad told my son about
itn
PHI fr1vurl
"Then, ," continued the old man, "sho bust
out cryin,"
son. dear" sighed TLi
"Wcu. ." said the ODD man, II sec symothin'
bad % b done, ~ ] put my arms around
harr--
"Why. fa'her~ ail Phil, in alarm.
81 put ms arms around her, an said that
when "A gal was "ryin' shs ort b. have bcr
parents ~ comfort her, an, ~ neither ~
'em vas rrreYf. hoped she'd make blieve
f0r q minute 0r two that I was her grand.
father So she tax my advice; an 10 seemed
b. do Lor a sight r. R)DI.'
"What advice diI you give herr askod
Phil
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