Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-12-20

&~6 Soans ma an IN b'.si
A/MMr\>ness' he became con
I/}.EX WINGED that great
deal of telling work
might be done outside Of business hours; so
he spent many evenings and occasional days
in endeavoring to forward the interests of his
employer, ard of the Improvement company.
in which NJ. Tramlay was as largely inter
ested as himself.
lie had more than business to absorb his
thoughts,fo his stock Of knowledge regarding
human nature was at first entirely inadequate
to the demands made upon it At Haynton it
was safe rule that man whose appearance
and manner were those Of gentleman could
be safely regarded as, at least, an honest
ulan, in New York he found this assumption
caused some Of his plans to be utterly shat
tered by Tramlays more experienced hand
The railroad men who wanted iron, to be
paid for partly by stock in their roads, he
learned to distrust If they We're habitually
well dressed and wore kid gloves when visit
ing Tramlay's Office, but he occasionally saw
his employer neglect an appointment, even
with his family. and devote bis entire time to
rome Insignificant, badly dressed little fellow,
and even to an occasional awkward man who
seemed. az he really was, the farmer secre
tary and treasurer Of a lot of fellow farmers
who had planned short road for their own
benefit The amount of cash that such man
could pay was seldom large, but not so the
probable profit on the stock which Tamlay
received ito boot"
A pleasing relief from the work Of his two
Offices was Phils occasional evenings at Tram
lays home, which he had been SO heartily
urged to regard as bis own that he no longer
waited for special invitations. In spite Of his
pressing duties be had devoted himself to
being "nice," as Lucia had termed the con-
dition which made the family avail them
selves Of the services OF Mr.. Tramlay's clerks.
BE improved upon his instructions SO far as
always to have in his pockets enough postage
stamps for the girls letters, and to see that
boxes Of candies from 1.-THE place somewhere
down town reached the house without first
lying neglected for a day or two upon his
employers desk. When Margie and Lucia
were returning from a short visit out Of
sOwn he was at station, wharf or ferry to
meet them, regardless of what railway mag
nate from out Of town might be already ac-
eueible at q hotel. and the pang of hnrrying
way afterward was always sweetene~s by
inc xenue protests rnas no subsequent Gun
versation could Danish from his ear.
And yet, as he informed himself In occa-
sional moments Of leisure, the interest that
lay closest to his heart was not being ad
vanccd visibly. Lucia seemed always glad
to meet him, always sorry to part with him;
but was she not 20 to all mere acquaintance
whose society was not unpleasingi She never
made an excuse to cut short his conversation,
no matter II he talked on subjects Of which
she evidently was ignorant; but had he not
always been accustomed to patient listenersl
She sometimes asked questions that seemed
beyond her taste, as the subjects certainly
were beyond her ken; but might not ordi-
nary human desire for knowledge prompt
any girl to do the samei
Sometimes he would bitterly inform him
self that Of his hosts two daughters any
listener might imagine Margie, instead of her
sister. the object Of his affection. Margie,
WHO'S feelings and manner and enthusiasm
lacked the restraint which year or two OF
society will impose on an observing maiden,
was as artless and ELUSIVE and affectionate a.
Il Phil were an ideal older brother, II not q
lover, Of course Margie was not in love with
him; Tor vas she not Continually sounding
LAlcias praisesi To her the world seemed TO
hive and move and have tts being solely for
Luctn Phil had never before seen such AZ
lection between dsters, and Il scanned all the
moro wonderful a. he recalled soma frequent
passages Of words IN which the two girls had
INDUCED at Hayn Farm not . half year be.
fore Aargie seemed to have adopted him -
. big brother, and 1t was quite delightful, q
we'll a. new sensation, hs having no listers
Of his own, but he did wish that the saus
spirit exactly the came, eather-mixht
be manifested by Lucia.
Another disquieting thought came from
ths Frequency with which Marge visited thu
Tramlay aboda He had heard almost too
much Of Aarge before be ever aw him, but
now be saw far moro Il sesnned that PHI
never could visit the Tramlays without either
finding MarRs already thsre, q. having him
come b inst - . pleasant tete-a-tete with
Lucia Wa fairly under way. Thst Margs
did no4 approve Of the cordially With which
Phil wus received was quite evident, In spite
Of hi impanEive demeanor, and Phil felt nons
TIE eaaier that 1args showed him many
couEtsiss, md introduced him quite freely
among biz club acquaintanceA Marge sx-
planned that many Of thess gentlemen had
money and might b persuaded to purchase
cottnge dts Of tbs Hayntsc Bay company;
but e this was his purpose why did he not
conduct the negotiations himselfi Occaden-
arv Fh1apqu1od ,aAnt thouwers dark -
dens htldn - Nasgsh invitations to Quiz
Iittzs gaMesdt u emil. nd Ms rather mssr
ing repli4 toPhas r(fu that all gsntls'
mn paa9sdcirdpsdlnstln nes; stm, mch gemo
- hefuDd - peeweranot for large pams,
nor ~ers tbey astehdsd BY any Of ths excite
nent thak + supposed to make Inexperienced
p3ayen recklea
Almost - disturbing was Ma TtamlayA
4 - - 4 -
hearty In her manner toward Phil; again she
DID rs divine his purpose and resent 1T or
did not pay h court With mMe fervuei
mfious Of which he WAS the subject, he would
bavs been snlightensd. yet scarcely more
hspeful
edgar aid Mr1 Tramlay 10 her husband
ops evening, "yuung Hayn coms hare %
much that no one els q likely to visit Lucia
With any serious intentionas
"Well, why should theyr aGlsd her hus-
band. "Imt b good enough Tor . son-in-
hww
I'm not even sure that b aspirss 70 that
pnsition,S nid Mira Tramlay.
Aren't youl I'm AFRAID, than, yuau soon
mead to wear g1ame4 my dsar.s
sDmS 3ob shout Il, p,sas, itss ssriou
sYs,- aghsd the merchant. .,ooss ar..
glaass"-
"Youmow very wen don't mean Rlasssa,s
I'D the lady, with some pstalance. This b
1nniAs second seasoa, and daairahla young
men arc srara Twouh b unfair to her to
have man dawdling about her. acting fre-
Quently - her escortn@
assisted by her mothers-
THAT doesn't altar The eass; n makep II
IN the gravr in other peoplsh sysA"
"We1, my dnr, I ~ p1ninlv enoueh thal
yuung Rayn has nsd ipt9tzons; md I'm :
fully atiAlsd that they az entirely to LAT
tnste "
'Then tho question d. should It b allowed
- 60 onr
'why not, Il they love each other, o.
vant tor
"Becaus wsvant our nrss daughter te
makeas good snatch = possible, and don't
- that the omg mans prospects aEs very
brilliant II the improvement company
Ghouldnt succeed he'll b nothing but your |
DIRK, with no certainty nor any expecta |
uouas
II feel entirely easy about tho money I've
put into Tie Improvemeut company" said
1hGu6erchank, "and FhQ wfn do q wen q I, |
= taving N eqnal number e sharsA Il
wubst com0 to worst WITH him from that |
speculation, and b and "a contiaus to liks |
ench Other, can take him into Partnssship |
That would give him financial Standing; |
thsrs ere pieQty q young ~ q god tam /,
liz Who would pay veil Tor sueh N oppcr |
funity. for iron b up, and to stay"