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

GcW~ young mau In busi.
MA ness, ,he became con.
I<lMN y yinced that ,I1i great gre at
/ might b. done outside of business hours; NJ
he spent many evenings and occasional days
/ IN eudcayor.ng 10 forward the interests Of his
i employer, and of the Improvement company,
= iu which Mr. Tramiay was 40 largely inter
c.tcd ~ himaeE
Ilc had more than business 10 absorb his
thoughts for his stock Of knowledge regarding
human nature was al first entirely Inadequate
30 tine demands made upon IT, At Ilaynton IL
was IA safc rule that "a man whose appearance
rud manner were those Of "A gentleman could
bo sngcly regarded a.. at least, an honest
man in New York he found this assumption
caused some Of hi, plans 10 be utterly shat
tired by Tramlay's more experienced hand
Tho railroad men who wanted iron, 10 be
pul FOR partly by stock IN their roads he
learned 10 distrust If they were habitually
well dressed and wore lid gloves when visit
ing Trnmlays office. bat he occasionally saw
biz employer neglect an appointment, even
with bis family, aud devote his entire time 10
home insignificant, badly dressed little fellow,
aud even - an occasional awkward man who
seemed as hc really was the farmer secre-
tary aud treasurer Of a lot Of fellow farmers
who had planned a short road for their own
hauclt Tho amount Of cash that such man
could pay vas seldom large, but not 20 the
probable profit on tho stock which Tamlay
received go boot"
4 pleasing relief from tho work Of his two
Offices was Phil Is occasional evenings at Tram.
lays home, which ho had been 30 heartily
urged 10 regard as his own that ho no longer
waited for special invitations In spite Of his
pressing duties ho had devoted himself 10
being "ncr, as Lucia had termed the con
ditun which made the family avail them
selves Of the services Of Mr. Iramlays clerks
llr improved upon his Instructions 80 far as
always 90 have in bis pockets enough postage
stamps for the girls letters, and 10 see that
boxes of candles from "thc place somewhere
down town reached the house without first
lyIn, neglected for "a day or two upon his
employer desk When MGrgie and Lucia
Yrro returning from "A short visit out Of
town ho was at station, wharf or ferry 10
meet them, regardless Of what railway mag
uato from out Of town might be already ac
GEES iblo M hotel and the pang Of hurrying
away aftcrwarl was always sweetened by
tho gcntlc protests tiat no Subsequent con
ycrsation could baui.h from his ear.
And yet N he informed himself In occa-
.ional moments Of leisure, the interest thnt
lay closest 10 his heart was not being nd
ynnccd vi-ibly Lucia seemed always glad
10 meet him, always sorry 10 pnrt with him;
hut was she not SO 10 all mere acquaintance
whose society was not unplcasingf Shencver
mudc an excuse 10 cut short his conversation,
no matter IL ho talked ON subjects Of which
shp evidently was ignorant tut had no not
always been accustomed 10 patient listencrsi
4 fl,us
beyond her TASTE ~ tho subjects certainly
wcro beyond her ken; but might not ordi-
nary human desire for knowledge prompt
any girl to do the samc'
Sometimes ho would bitterly inform him
self that Of his hosts two daughters any
listener might imagine Margio, instead Of her
sister, tho object of his affection. Margie,
whose feelings and manner and enthusiasm
lacked the restraint which year or two OF
society will impose on an observing maiden,
was as art less aud clTu,vc and aiTectionate as
II Phil were an ideal older brother, IL not
lover Of course Margio was not in love with
him: for was sho not continually sounding
Iucias prascsl To her the world seemed to
live aud move and have its being solely for
Lucia. Phil had never before seen such af-
fcction bc;wcon sisters, and it seemed all the
more wonderful rs hc recalled some frequent
passages of words in which the two girls had
iululsel at lluyn Farm not "A half year be-
furc Marie seemed 10 have adopted him rs
a big hrtNrr, aud 10 was quite delightful, rs
we'll as a npw sensation, lac having no sisters
of his own bat hc did wish that the same
spirit-uut exactly the same, cithcr-mght
bo manifested 10y Lucia
Another dl,quictng thought came from
tho frequency with which Margc visited tho
Inmay abode llo had heard almost too
much of Nar-o before hc ever saw him, but
now hr saw far more II sc'mcd that Phil
never could visit the TramlIy, without either
finding Mare already there, or having him
como in just as a pleasant tctc-a-tcte with
Lucia was fairly under way. That Marge
d,l not approve of the cordpality with which
Phil was received was quite evident in spite
of his impa,,ive dcmcanur, and Phil felt none
the easier that Margc showed him many
courtc,jcs, aud introduced him quite freely
among his club acquaintance. Marge ex-
planned that many of these gentlemen had
money aud might bc persuaded 10 purchase
cottage sites of the liaynton Bay company;
bat II thi, was his purpose why did he not
conduct the negotiations himSalli Occasion
ally Phil suspected ;dat there were dark de-
signs hidden in Margr's invitations To quiet
little games at the club, aud his rather snccr-
iug replies, 10 phils rofu>aS, that all gentle
men played card, sometimes; stlll such games
as he Chauccd TO SEQ were not FOR large sums,
nor were they ATTENDED 10y any Of the excite
mont that is supposed to make inexperienced
players reckless.
Almost rs disturbing was Mrs Tramlay's
manner. At times she was afIahlc and almost
h'lrty in her manner toward Phil; again she
was reserved and distant What did It mean ;
p.a She divine his purpose and resent ~ or
could IL hc that she was impatient that he
did not pay his court with moro fcrvori
Could no have overheard some of the conver-
satuns of which he was the subject, he would
hgyo been enlightened, yet scarcely more
hr,,aful
Continued next week.