Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-09-28
COUNTRY LUCK
Author of "Helen's Babies" Etc.
Copyrighted Company rubshss philadelphia and Pub
nshed By Permission through the Association
BY JOHN HABBERToN,

whom he had seen behaving awkwardly In
the presence OF young ladies made him quito
certain that Lucia and Margie would laugh at
him when his back was turned. He did not
realize that in meeting, as well as In fighting,
the burden Of action does not all rest upon
one person. Neither did he take into con-
sideration the tact which some maidens &C.
quire in a year or two spent In society. As
he was ushcred into the parlor, with face
which he was sure was sober and set, Lucia
approached him with pleasant smile and ex-
claimed, as heartily and unahectedly as II she
were a Haynton girl:
"How do you do, Phil I'm ever 50 glad
TO SEQ you back again"
Away went all sense Of soberness, hesita-
ton and doubt; the young mans soul leaped
TO his face, and he held 30 loug the little hand
offered him that Lucia, perhaps remember
ing some impulsive demonstrations toward
that graceful member, withdrew 1t before
any attempt to release II had begun. Then
the girl began a rapid series Of questions
about Hayn Farm and its occupants, and
Phil made CHEEKY replies, and Tramlay. after
gazing at the couple from the back parlor,
retired TO his library to indulge undisturbed
in rs much vigorous and affirmative head
shaking as the situation seemed to justify.
How do you think you will like the iron
business. Mr.. Hayn. asked Mrs Tramlay at
dinner.
Greatly, so far as know it," Phil replied.
"Up to date my duties have been to so to
lunch. read the morning papers and chat
with railroad company's vice president
about off shore fishing"
1--WE always try to break in our young
men pleasantly" said Tramlay, $50 they'll
be willing to promise long service for small
money; then we begin to put on heavier
chains, one by one"
"Papa's clerks have a hard time II they
happen to be NICE" said Lucia. They have
to get postage stamps for Margie and me
when we happen in at the office, and find
small change for us when we lose our pocket
books, and take us out to lunch when we
come down town and don't find papa in, and
.ometimes they have to come to trains for US
when we've been a few miles odt Of town on
visit and the team doesn't get in before
dark"
said Phil
There's some down town place." said
Margie, where papa gets lovely candy
great deal cheaper than up Broadway; but
he forgets II half the time, so We sometimes
have one of the clerks order II sent TO papas
dcsk-that is, clerks who know how to select
candy" said Margie
"My education in that respect" said Phil,
"has not been as thorough as il l could have
foreseen sucn necessity for it: but will re.
sumo my stulics at once"
"Are you good judge Of tea" asked Lu-
cia- Mamma has not been quite herself
since ono Of papas clerks went to Pennsyl-
vania to take charge of n rolling mill. The
good man used to spend hours in the tea i'm
,.nrtarei xyorebp,tceS down the Office
searching for the kind Of tea that mamma
dotes on"
"You children are not to worry Phil with
any Of your trifing affairs" said the head
of the house. II want you all to understand
that, besides having desk in my office, he is
a large operator in real estate-a capitalist
a sort Of monopolist, in fact. for he is secre-
tary and a director of the Haynton Bay I'M
provement company, which monopolizes ono
Of the finest bits Of shore front on the At
lantic coast"
"Haynton Bayl" said Lucia, in wonder.
"Why, that is where Havn Farm is"
"Wise childr' said her father; "and that
fine bluff portion of the farm that overlooks
the bay is the company's property. You'll
never again cut your shoes to pieces on the
oat stubble on that bluff for when next you
sec the place it will be covered by fine villas,
the handsomest Of which you probably will
some day see mentioned in the newspapers as
the country seat of the well known merchant
prince Edgar Tramlay, Esq, father Of the
charming
"Edgarl Edgarl" said Mrs. Tramlay.
'And, as l was saying" continued Tram
lay, no purchasers title will be good without
the signature and official seal Of Mr.. Philip
Hayn. Candy and postage stamps, indeed!
Whu N mans inns ought 10 ba valupI
at about a dollar minute"
Then Phil was rich, Lucia said to herself.
She did not much care, and she knew even
less, about business details; fortune on
paper was as good as any other kind, so far
as she knew; but what she did very distinctly
understand was that no one, not even her
mother, would again have occasion to speak
Of Phil as poor man, or even country
man. Some young men who were accounted
great catches were only secretaries and even
assistant secretaries Of one thing or other:
she knew it, because she had seen their names
In dividend notices and other advertisements
In newspapers How would the change in
his fortunes affect her mother she wondered
Mrs. Tranilay certainly was more affable to
the young man than she ever had been be-
fore, and after dinner she even took Phils
arm in returning to the parlor; tho act signi-
fled nothing to Phil, but it set Lucia's little
heart dancing gayly
When Phil departed, soon after dinner, to
accompany his father, by request, TO meet
ing of tho Society for the Amelioration of
the Spiritual Condition Of Savage Tribes, u
Lucia lost very little time in signaling Margio
with her eyes and going up TO her room. A
moment later Margie bounced in. closed the
door, and exclaimed;
"Lucia Tramlayl | wouldn't have be
ieved it if | hadn't seen it with my own eyes.
The idea of mamma, with the blood of dozen
High Dutch aud Mayfower families in her
veins, taking the arm Of a countryman"
"When there was no call for her to take
any ones arm,n added Lucia, "the affair be
ing only an every day family dinner"
"'Twas simply paralyzing," said Margie
"but it was sign that everything will be al
right from this time forward. Dear mel
can imagine just how your new visiting card
will look; Mrs Philip Hayn.'"
"Margie, Margie," said Lucia, in a quicl
whisper, do be quiet. | don't even know
whether he really loves me-"
That's because you didn't sit at tabl
where you see his face all ths while, as | did
| Besides, a stone image would fall in love will
| you tonight you never looked SO perfect,
enhancing in all your life"
So, between all she had seen and heard
Lucia's head was crowded with pleasan
dreams long before it pressed its pillow.
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