Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-10-05


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WA Three different peo-
A0 pie have bought
X<NA building dtes Of the
o. Hayuton bay COM
oFk pany, and . mum.
WAyO Der Of others seem
interested There's
NV been q good deal Of
money made this
winter, and now people seem anxious to spend
II. Its about time for us to be considering
plans for our villa--ehf'
mot until we are sure we shall have more
than three ncighbors," said Mrs Tramlay.
"Bcsldes. would first like to have some cor.
tainty ss to how large our family will be this
summcrf'
"How Target Why, the same sizs az usual
lsuppcse. Why shouldn't IL ber
Edgar" said Mrs Tramlay, impatisutiy.
"for man who has q business reputation
for quick vita, think you're in somo things
tho stupidsst person who ever drew breath"
Tramlay seemed puEzled His wife finally
camc to hts aid, and continued;
II should like to know II Lucias affair IL
to dawdlc along as IL has been doing. June
Is as lato In tho season as IL fashionable for
weddings, and an cngagementn---
"Ohi" interrupted tho merchant, with .
gesture Of annoyance, "fve heard the Gus
tomary talk .Uout mother love, and believed
Il, up to date. but can't poasibfv bring my
nelf to he a anxious as you 10 get rid OF our
bleased frst boru."
1T Is becauss love her that am % desi.
rous Of seeing her happy and settled--not to
get rid Of her."
"Yes, ! suppose ~; and I'm brute, !" said
the husband "aA,li, u Phil has been wait
ing until he should be certain about his own
condition financially. he will not need 10 wait
much longer. ! don't know whether its
through brains or tact or what6 called low
er's luck, but he's been doing % well among
railroad people that In common deceucy
must either Raise bis salary largely or give
him an interest I'm the busines."
"wcll, really, you speak a. II the businss
depended upon hi7."
"For month or two he's been taking oil
the orders; I've bcen simply . sort Of clerk.
TO distribute them among mills, or find out
where iron could be had for those who wanted
1t In haste. He's after an order now--from
the Lake and Gulfside road-that let him
attemp. at first merely to keep him from
grcwing conceited II seemed too great and
~ cult a job 10 place any hope on, but anu
beginning to half believe he'll succeed II he
does III simply be compelled to give him an
interest In the business; u Idon't some Of my
"Whsti after all you have done for himr'
"Tuti tutl the favor 10 entirely on the other
side. Had some outsider brought mo the OF.
ders which that boy has taken, would have
had to pay twenty times as much In commits
sions "A Phn's salnry has amounted TO- What
do you think OF Edgar Tramlay & Co. for q
business sign, or even 'Tramlay & HayuF"
II suppose Il viii have 10 be, y said tho lady,
without any indication Of qualification, land
II IL must be, the sooner tho better, for II
can't help making Luolas position more GER
tain. II II doesn't do so at once, shall be-
lieve II my duty to speak to the young mau."
"Don'ti don't, l implorew exclaimed the
merchant "He viii think
What he may think is Of no consequence"
said Mrs 1ranlay. 'Itis time that he should
know what city etiquette demands"
"But II isn't necessary, Il IL, that ho should
know how mattsr-of.fact and cold hearted
We city people can be about matters which
country people think should DO approached
with the utmost heart md delicacyi Don't
let him know what merccnary. self serving
lot Of wretches We are, until be Is 30 fxed
that he can't run away"
Edgar. tho subject Is not ons 10 be joked
about, assure you"
"And ! assure you, my dear, that I'm not
more than bali joking bit more"
II shall not say more than thousands Of
the most loving and discreet mothers have
been obliged 10 say In similar circumstances, I"
said Mrs. Trnmlay. "If you cannot trust mo
TO discharge this duty delicately, perhaps you
will have tho kindness TO undertake II your
SELF"
"The very thing." said Tramley. "If he
must have unpleasant recollections Of one OF
us would rather 1t wouldn't bs his mother
in-law The weight Of precedent Is against
you, don't you know'--thonsb not through
any fault Of yours
"Will you seriously promise 20 speak to
himi At oncei--this very weekS"
II promise" said Tramlsy solemnly, At the
same time wickedly making number Of
mental reservations.
Then II there should DO any mistake Il
will not be too late to recall poor Mr. Marge,"
said Mrs. Tramlay.
MY dear wife" said Tramlay, tcnderly,
~ know Marge has some good qualities, but
| beg you 10 remember that by the time our
daughter ought to be In the very prime OF
her beauty and spirits, unless her health fails,
Marge will be nearly 20 years old I can't
bear the thought of our darling being doomed
TO be nurse 10 an Old man Just when she will
BIO most 1T for the companionshp and sym
| pathy of a husband Suppose that ten years
| ago, when you boasted you didn't feel day
| older than when you were %, had been
twenty years older than am now, and hang
ing like dend weight about your ncckl Be-
tween US We have had enough to do in bring
ing up our children properly; what would
you have done had all tho responsibility come
upon yon alonei And you certainly don't
care to think Of the probability Of Lu being
left widow before she fairly reaches middle
ager
Handsome widows frequently marry
again, especially If their first husbands were
well or"
"Wife!-
Mrs Tramlay looked guilty, and avoided
her husbands eye. She could not avoid his
encircling arm, though, nor the meaning OF
his voice MS he said:
SIS there no God but society"
II didn't mean to-" whispered Mrs Tram.
lay. "All mothers are looking out for their
daughters; don't think fathers understand
bow necessary 1t Is. II you had shown more
interest in Lucia's future might not have
been so anxioua Fathers never Seem tc
think that their daughters ought 70 have
husbands"
Fathers don't like girls TO marry before
they arc women" said TramIay. Ever
now | wish Lu might not marry until she Il
several years older"
"Mercy!" axr.alc,c1 Mrs Tramlay
"Would you want tho poor child to pc
through several more years Of late parties
and dancing, and dressinSi Why, she'd DO
come desperate and want to go into nun
merry or become novelist, or reformer, Oh
something"
WHAT Is society really 80 dreadful to d
young girlf' asked tho husband
"It's the most tiresoms thing in the world