The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1889-11-22

meal out Of doors than for the best dinner
that Delmonico could spread"
"Edgarm gasped Mrs. Tramlay. IL did
not reach him, though tho look that accom-
panied it passed in it's full force from the foot
of the table 10 the head.
"Why, Sundayl" said Phil, with some hesi-
tation SUNDAY is-Sunday."
"Quite true" said tho host. at Is In tho
country, at least; / wish twas 50 here.n
Edgar" said Mrs. Tramloy, "don't make
Mr. Hayn think we are heathens. You know
we never fail TO go 20 service on Sunday"
ayes, +" said Tramlay; "we'ro as good Phari-
secs as any other family In New York"
"And after that dinner In tho woods, p CON
tinued Lucia, eve went for pond lilies, don't
you rememberl do believe | should have
been drowned in that awful pond II you
hadn't caught me"
Again Marges brOws gathered perccptibly.
"Ile merely drew her aside from IA muddy
place." whispered Mrs. TraBlay.
"Well, this is interesting y said Tramlay, at
the other end Of the table. "Hayn, are there
many places out your way where silly girls
are likely % be- drowned If they are allowed
10 roam about without a kcoper'
"Quito "A number" said Phil, as seriously
as If his host expected list Of tho Haynton
ponds and their relative depths. "For in
stance, Boddybanls pond Is about
"Oh, that was tho pond whore we went
canoeing-that pond with the funny namel
Myl / wish was in that very canoe on that
very pond, this very minute"
"Lucam exclaimed Mrs Tramlny
81 know twas droadfuly impolitc 10 say
before company said Lucn, with Il pretty
afectation Of pcnitenco but everybody
knows / can't bo there, and that 'twould bo
,,tl Cyrg pI lt II I,aett'l ,l,
harm 30 wish IT, And | should like that
canoe trip over again shouldn't you, Philr
"I certainly should,' said Phil. THAT
pond is very pretty in summer, when every
thing around IL is green. There are "A great
many shades Of green there, on account of
there being "A great variety Of trees and
bushes But you wouldn't know tho place at
this season; and think its great deal pret-
tier The grOund-tho water, t0o--s covered
with leaves Of bright colors; thcro are n lot
Of blazing red swamp naples around IL, in
spots, an1 three or four cedar trees with poi.
son ivy vincs'--
"Ugh" calculated Mrs Tramlay.
"Poison ivy leaves, you know, aro tho
clcarcst crimson in tho fall" Phil continued,
'and they're SO largo and grow 50 close to-
gcther that they mako bit ~ woods look
like "A splendid sunset"
ooh, papaw exclaimed Lucia, clappng her
hands, "let's go out TO lInynton tomorrow,
just for two or three days.
"Luca,' said her mother severely, "you
forget all your engagements for the next few
days.
"Ilor fathers own child" said Tramlay.
"Sbo forgets everything but the subject be
fore her. Sho would make IA good business
man-if she weren't "A girl"
al got "a p,tt,laa ftt puppnfnty NJ Mount
Desert, last season." drawled Margo at
seemed TO mo dreadfully dangerous, rs we'll
as very uncomfortable for the lady"
"Oh, our canoe wasn't ono of those wrotched
little things; was IL, Phili Twas great
long pond boat, made of beech barko---
Birch" suggested Phil
"Birch bark, and 50 heavy that | couldn't
upset II, though tried my hardest
"Lucap The voice was Mrs Tramlays,
of course
"Why, mamma, tho water wasn't knee
deep; measured it with tho paddle"
Mrs Tramlay sank back in her chair, and
whispered that if tho family ever went 20 the
country again she would not dare leave that
child out Of her sight for u single instant
but she had hoped that girl - years of ago
would have enough sense not 30 impcril her
own life. As for that farmer follow, she had
supposed no was sensible enough To-
"You wouldn't have tried that trick IL |
had been in tho canoe, Hiss Tramay,n said
Phil
"Why not (" asked Lucia. She know how
10 look defiant without Ceasing 10 be pretty
"Nell, | would have boon responsible for
you, you know-your instructor i'm naviga-
ton, so TO speak, and it's ono of the first
principles of that art not TO take any risks
unless something's TO be gained 10y it,"
"Goodl' exclaimed Tramlay.
mot bad, assented Marge.
"But ld have got something IL I'll suc-
ceodcd in up,ctting the boat said Lucia;
I'D have got a ducking.'
Then everybody laughed, every body but
Mrs Tramlay, who intimatcd TO Marge that
Lucia was simply being ruined 10y her ia
theirs indulgence.
The dinner ended, tho host and Margo re-
tired 10 the library TO smoke Phil was in
Vitcd 10 ac ympauy them, but Lucia ex-
claimed:
"Phu has been too well brought up to have
such bad habits He is going TO keep me
from feeling stupid, rs ladies always do
whilo gentlemen smoke after dinner"
She took Pills arm and led him TO the
drawing room, where the young man soon
showed signs of being moro interested in
the pictures ON the wall than in tho girl 10y
his side
"Thcso are very different from the pictures
you used TO see in our little parlor in Hayn-
ton," said Phil Different from any in our
town, in factn
"Are they'' said Lucia "But you might
be loyal 10 homo, and insist that yours were
unlike any in New York; because they were,
you know"
81 didn't suppose they were anything un-
usual, said Phil, quite innocontly.
"Oh, they were, though" insisted Lucia,
with much oarnestness. I'm sure YOU couldn't
find one Of them IN any parlor in New York.
Let me see; / do believe I could name them
all if ! were 10 close my eyes a moment.
There was Cen Taylor at the Battle of Buena
Vista, 'The Destruction of Jerusalem the
Declaration of Indopendonce.' 'Napoeons
Tomb at ST. Helena, Rock Of Ages, George
Washington pello's Court Of Death
abraham Lincoln and His Family and
RUNS Deadly Upas Tree Therew
"Your memory is remarkable said Phil
al didn't suppose any one had even noticed
our pictures at all; for I'm sure they are old
fashioned
"Od fashioned things-why, they're all the
fashion now, don't you knowr said Lucia,
with pretty laugh.
Phil did not reply, for no was quite over
powered 10y what seemed to him the elegance
OF the Tramlay pictures. He could easily sec
that the engravings were superior in quality
20 those 20 which he was accustomed; he was
most profoundly impressed 10y the paintings
real oil paintings, signed by artists some Of
whose names he had seen i'm art reviews i'm
New York papers lie studied them closely,
one after another, with Che earnestneSs of the