The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1889-11-28

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'lf you believe evrythin' you hear about
then an women, my hoy. you'll DO of your
course all your life long Take a good griT
on that
Again Phil went Into brown study, from
which be emerged suddenly to say;
"lt's Just what you did when you supposed
you learned she wasn't engaged, isn't III You
believed II and wrote II at once to mo-"
"Oh, mol" said the old man, with an afr Of
superiority, as he put very sharp point on
what remained Of the toothplck. mot
much I've learned always to 60 to head
quarters for information"
"Why, father" Phil exclaimed, excitedly,
you don't mean to say, after what you
promised me, that you ent-and-and"-
"Poked my nose into other peoples bust
ncssI Not | Mr.. Tramlay took me home
10 dinner-say, what an outlandish way these
city folks have got Of not eatin' dinner till
nigh onto betltlmel an after the meal, long
about the edge O. the evenin', when Tramlay
had gone for some papers to show mo, an the
old lady was out Of the room for somethin',
took 'casion TO congratulate the gal on her
engagement; that's the proper thing In such
cases made an purvided, you know Sho
looked kind O. dabbergasted, an at last sho
said twas the fust she'd heerd Of 1t | tried
TO git out Of it by sayin' Il 1t want true II
ort to DO, II young men I'm York had eyes In
their heads But It didn't seem to work. She
asked how heerd Of II, an l had to say that
somebody In the city had told my son about
It."
Phil frowned
"Then," continued the old man, ''she bust
out cryin'."
"Oh, dcarT" sighed Phil
"Well !" said the old man, 81 sec somethin'
bad to DO done. 90 ! put my arms around
hern-
"Why, fatherI" said Phil, In alarm.
Il put my arms around her, an said that
when q gal was cryin' she ort to have her
parents to comfort her, an, as neither Of
en was present, hoped she'd make b'lieve
for minute or two that | was her grand
father So she took my advice; an It seemed
to do her a sight O. good
What advice did you give herr asked
Phil
"None-in words" said the old man
"Wait till you're my age; then you'll under
stand"
II don't SCI" said Phil, after a moment or
two Of silence, shat things are much better
than they were. Perhaps she's not engaged
but that fellow Marge Is hanging about her
all the time. From what Two heard people
remark, he's been paying attention to her for
year or two When the family were at our
house last summer no was the only man she
talked about. I'm pretty sure. too, from
what I've seen, that her mother favors him
So, putting everything together, and think
ing about II good deal, as I've had to do In
spite Of myself since I've been up home, I've
made up my mind that it's fOregone con
clusion."
80 you're goin' to fop like a stuck pig an
lot It go on, are youi Just because you've
thought somethin' you're goin' to do nothin'
II I'd thought that Of you don't b1ieve I'd
have brought you down here to be business
man In tho city. A fellow that hain't got
tho grit to eight for a gal that he wants is
likely to make mighty poor fist Of 1t flghtin'
for fortune No, sir; you're not goln' to
knuckle under while you've got a father to
egg you on. don't say she's In ev'ry way
the gal I'd have picked out for you, but any
gal that1l live up to the best that's In her Ia
good enough for any man alive. II you care
as much for her as you thought you did
when met you in the street that day, that
gal Is tho ono for you to tie to, unless she
breaks the rope A man sometimes gets q
bad lickin in love fight, an powerful big
scar besides, but both together don't do him
Us much harm as backin' out an playin'
coward"
"Im not a coward, father" protested Phil,
and his eyes flashed as II he meant IT.
"You don't mean to DO, my boy, }" said the
old man, with a pat on his sons shoulder,
"but ev'rythin' In this affair Is new to you,
an you're in tho dark about some things that
mebbe look bigger than they are. That sort
Of thlDgm make towards out Of the best Of
men, II they give in to IL; that's the reason
I'm crackin' the whip at you"
~ wonder what Mr.. Tramlay wants Of
me" said Phil, q moment later.
"Reckon you'd better go down and find
out" the old man replied.