Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-09-28

Don't, cnr drawlcd the old man, with
queer smile and quizzical look "well,
s'posc he is good deal moro takin' than his
father was"
"No such thing said the old lady.
Much obliged; I'm good deal too polite
TO coniradct-when you're so much In ear
nest, you know the old man replied. but
IL it's so what's the reason that you kept him
waitinr'
"Why, lit was-ycu sec, l-twas--tho
way Of II was-slior' AMI Mrs. TIayu sud-
denly noticed that pottei geraniun in the
kitchen window needed dead leaf removed
from its base
"yes," said her husband. following her
with his eyes "Au' | suppa.e that's lust
about what Phl's gal would say, II any ons
was 10 ask her. But the longer ycu waited
the surer was Of you, wasn't Il"
''Oh, don't ask questions when you know
the answer as we'll rs do" said the old lady.
all"
They'll come. they'll come said the old
man. "It's tryin' 10 wait, know. seen' I'm
dom some of the waitin' myself, but the
tryin' Of your faith wcrketh PATIENCE an
let patience have her perfect work. you
remember"
more Scripturer' sighed tho wife. You're
gcttin through powerful sight of New Test
ament this mornin', Reuben, an s'pose
deserve it, scein' the way feel like fshtin'
It. But spose this company speculation don't
come to anythin'i then phil1l be good deal
wuss of than no Is now, won't he' You re-
member tho awful trouble Deacon Trewk got
into by bein' tho head of that new tangled
stump and stone puller company, that didn't
pull any to speak Of. Everybody came down
on him, an called him all sorts of names, an
said he'd lied TO EN- nm they would so To the
poor house because of the money they'd put
In II ON his advice, an'n---
Phil won't have any such trouble" said
tho farmer, "for nobody took stock on his adj
vice. Tramlay got up tho company before
we knew anythin' about IL, an all the puffir'
of tho land was done by him. Besides, there's
nobody in IL that'll suffer much, even IL things
comes TO tho wtst. Except one or two dunn.
mies--olorks OF Tramlay s-who were let In
for q share or two, just 10 make up board
Of dirStors to the legal size, what shares
amt held by Phil and Tramlay an that fel-
Ter Margo belongs to gal"
"Whati Luciaf'
"No, no--another gal, mebbo I ought to
call her woman, scein' she's putty well
along, although mighty handsome an smart
Her names Dinon, an 1ramlay joked Phil
about her once or twice. maxim out she was
struck by him, but Of course that's oil nom
sense She's rich. an got money to invest
every once In a while, an Tramlay put her
up TO this littlo operation"
"You're sure she amt interested in Philr'
asked Mrs. Hnyn. "I've seen no end Of
trouble made between young folks by gals
that's old enough TO know thtir own minds
mn smart enough TO use EN-"
"For goodness sake. Lou Ann,h exclaimed
the old farmer ''ro hear you talk, anybody
would spose that in the big city Of New York.
where over a million people live and mill
ion more come In from different places every
week, there wasn't any young man for folks
20 get interested In but our Phil Rcclly, old
lady I'm beginnin' 10 he troubled about you;
that sort u feelin that's croppin' out all the
time In you makes me nfcard that you've got
n kind o. pride that's got 10 have a fall .
pride in our son, settin' him above all other
mortal bein's, so far nS anythip's concerned
that can make young man interestin'.'
"Well,n said Mrs. Iiayn, after apparently
thinking the matter over, IN it's SO I reckon
it1l have to stay so. don't blieve there's
any hope Of forgiveness for anythsa' u
heavens going 10 hold an old woman to 40
count for scciu' all the good there Is In her
first born. haint been down To York my
self, but some Of York's young sprigs have
been down here, ono time an another, an q
they're fair samples of the hull lot, should
think sight Of our Phil would be to all the
| city gals like the shadder Of great rock tu .
weary land"
"Who's rdroppin' into Scripture nowi"
asked tho old farmer, moving to where be
could look his wife full In the face. es
Scripture amt bit too strong 10 ~
freely about oHr Phil--my Phil, I" said the old
woman, pushing hor spectaclcs to tho top Of
! her head and beginning 20 walk the kitchen
door "All the hopin', an fearin', and
waitin', an nursin', an teachin', an
thinkin', an prayin, that that boy
( has cat comes hurryin' into my mind
when ! think about him II there's
! anythin' he ought 10 be an kat, !
1 don't 500 what It is, ou' | can't SEQ where his
mothers 10 blame for IL. Whatever good
/ there Is in me Two tried to put into him, an
whatever | was lackin' Ia Two tried TO get
for him elsewhere. you'vo been TO him
cv'rythin' father should, an he never could
have got along without you. You've been
lots TO him that ! never could be, he bein' .
boy an l never cease thankin' heaven for 10:
but whenever my ,lind gets on strain
about him kind o. get US mixed up, an fecl
as IL twas me instead OF him that was takin'
whatever happened, an the longer IL lasts
tho less / can think Of him any other way.
Thcre!"
Tho old farmer rose to his feet while this
speech was under way; then he removed bis
hat, which be seldom did after coming into
tho house, unless reminded. When his wife
concluded, he took both her hands and
dropped upon his knees; he had often dono Il
before-years before, when overcome by her
young beauty--but never before had no dons
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