Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-11-14

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x Hayn found very I
"a little time for drop
ping into moody
reflections. Like
many another
I0 young man IN bust
~HA nes- hs bs.cause con
ZNAN WINGED that q great
deal ot telling work
might be done outside Of business hours ~
he sy<ut many evenings and occasional days
In ensiea voring 10 forward the interests Of his
employer, and u the Improvement company,
in which Mr. Tramlay was a. largely inter
est1d himself
He had more than business 10 absorb hn
thoughts for bis stock OF knowledge regarding
human nature was al first estIrely Inadequate
TO the demands made upon It Al Haynton u
vas a safe rule that a man whose appearance
and manner we're those OF a gentleman could
BE- safely regarded as. at least. an honest
man IN New York he found this assumption
caused sorns of ms plans % u utterly shat
tered by Tramlays more experienced hand
Tho railroad who wantsi ron 70 ue
paid for partly by stock in their roads, ne
learned 70 distr,Ist If they were habituaily
well dressed and Kid gloves when visit
ing Tramlay's Office, bat Ms occasionally saw
ifFSlrSs AZ ePf'faN""Nf $500
with his family, and devote his entire time to
oms Insignificant, badly dressed little fellow,
and even To an occasional awkward man who
seemed, as he really was, the farmer secre-
tary and treasurer Of a lot Of fellow farmers
wis, had planned snort road for their own
benefit The amount Of eash that such a man
could pay was seldom large, but not 80 the
probable profit ON the stock which Tamlay
received ITO boot"
4 pleas,ng relief from the work OF his two
Offices was Pills occasional evenings at Tram
lays home. which he had been 20 heartily
urged To regard his own that be no longer
waited for special Invitations In spite OF bis
f,re--sinx duties no had devoted himself 70
being nice" as Lucia mad termed the CON
diti0n which made tbs family avail them
selves Of the services Of Mr.. Tramlays clerks
He improved upon his Instructions 50 far a.
always To have in his pockets enough postage
STAMPS for the girls letters and to see that
toxes Of candies from 1.-The place somewhere
down town reached the house without first
lying neglected for day or two upon his
EMPLOYERS desk When Margie and Lucia
were returning from a short visit out oil
town he was at station. wharf or ferry TO
NEST them, regardless Of what railway mag
nate from out OF town might te already ac-
cessibie al motel an" 'ae pAns VI "u
away AFTER ""fo "a'
the gentle protests IT, no subsequent CON
versation could la liaIi from his ear
And yet. as the 'Iforned himself In occa-
sional moments IT leisure, the interest that
lay CLOSEST 10 his heart was not being nd
vsnced visibly Lucia seemed always glad
to meet him, always sorry to part with him
but WINS she not 80 to all mere acquaintance
WHOSE society WIS not unpeasingf She never
made an excuse Ia cut short hts conversation
no matter II he talked on subjects Of which
she evidently was ignorant; hut hal he not
always been accustomed 10 patient listenersf
She sometimes asked questions that seemed
beyond her taste, rs the subjects certainly
were beyond her ken, but might not ordi-
nary human desire for knowledge prompt
any girl to do the same'
Sometimes he would bitterly inform him
self that q his hosts two daughters any
listener might imagine Margie, instead of her
sister. the object Of ms affection Marsie,
WHOSE feelings and manner and enthusiasm
lacked the restraint which year or two OF
society will impose on an observing maiden,
was as ariless and ELUSIVE and atfectonate as
II Phil were AN ideai cider brother if not a
lover. OF course Margie was not IN love with
him. for WINS she not continually sounding
Lucas praisesi To her the world seemed to
live and move and have its being solely for
Lucia, Phil had never before seen shch al
lection between sisters. and 1t seemed aIl the
more wonderful AS he recalled some frequent
passages Of words in which the two girls had
INDUCED at Hayn Farm not half year be
fore Margie seemed 10 have Adopted him "a
big brother, and 1t was quite delightful, as
well as a new sensation, he having no sisters
Of his own. but he did wish that :he same
spirit-not exactly the same, either-m'ghf
be manifested by Lucia
Another disquictng thought came from
the frequency with which MTge visited the
Tramay abode He had heard almost too
much of Marge before he ever saw HIM, but
now he saw far more 1t seemed that Phil
never could visit the Framlays without either
finding Mar ge already there, or having him
come in just as pleasant tete-a-te'e with
Lucia was fairly under way That Marge
did not approve of the cordialitv with which
Phil was received WAS quite evident, IN spite
of his impassiye deneanor, and fhil teit none
the easier that Marge showed MN many
courtesies, and introduced him quite freely
among his club acquaintance. Marge eS
papa1 that many of these gentlemen had