Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-11-01

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when this information was impaired, and
advanced with a somewhat inpatient air,
which suddenly changed to cordially as he
exclaimel:
why, my dear fellow! excuse ne
didn't recognize you ut FIRST, we can't all of
Us have young eyes. you know. Come in;
SIT down; make yourself at home I'm glad
you dropped in; I'm going out to lunch
pretty soon, and do hate to lunch alone"
Phil soon found himself coaxed and assisted
to high Office stool at desk by the window
and all the morning papers placed before
him. while Tramlay said:
Look at the paper two or three minutes
while straishten out middle in a Gus.
toner's letter; then we'll so out"
Phil took up q paper; the advertising
page-which happened to be the first-was
very interesting; nevertheless Pills eyes
wandered, for his mind was just then curious
about the iron trade. He looked around
him for indications of the business, but the
only bit Of iron in sight was paper weight
on the desk before him. Closer scrutiny was
rewarded by the discovery of bit of angle
iron, few inches long. lying on window
sill In the meantime the proprietor had
scrubbed few lines, assorted some papers,
and closed his desk by drawing down the
top Then lie said:
Vow let's so in search of peace and com
fort"
81 shouldn't think you'd have to leave your
office for that" said Phil, who had found the
counting room greatly unlike what no had
expected.
There's no peace where business is going
on" Tramlay replied; although | don't
know, after careful thought, of any noisier
place than New York restaurant Here we
are Come in"
Phil found himself in one of the very large
and noisy places where New York business
men herd about MONDAY Phil protested, in
the usual rural manner, that he was not at
all hungry, but Tramiay ordered SO skllfully
that both were duly occupied for an hour.
Phil found his host attentive, yet occasionally
absent minded He might have spared him
SELF the trouble of making a mental memo
randum to study out the why and wherefore
OF this apparently incongruous pair of quail
ties had he known that Tramlay was cudgel
ing his brain to know how to dispose of his
rural visitor after dinner, without offending
while they were slipping the coffee-a bever-
age which Phil had never before tasted in:the
middle of the day-Mr Marge lounged up to
them, looking exactly as intelligent, listless
and Interchangeable as the night before
How are you, Margef said Tramlay
Phil afterward wondered that his host could
smile so genially on SO cold a person.
AS usual" replied Marge with slight in
clination of the head Good morning, Mr.
Hayn. Don't let me interrupt conversation.
| merely meant to say I've nothing to do this
afternoon and would he glad to show Mr.
Hayn about town little, if he likes"
That's ever so good of YOU" said Tram
lay, FOR the truth is, | was wondering how
could find time to do it myself. and fearing
| couldn't"
Entirely at his service" said Marge. as
lifelessly as an automaton.
"And both come and dine with me this
evening" suggested Tramlay: entirely in
formal, you know"
II should be delighted" said Marge in his
unvarying manner
Tram!ay hurried to his Office, after the
briefest OF leave takings, and Mango began to
conduct Phil about New York. Soon. how
,ver. there developed a marked difference Of
taste between visitor and guide. Morge
wanted to show the young man the Stock
Exchange, which to the many minds compos
Ing very large class has no rival attraction
except the various institutions on BlackweIl's
Island; Phil exhibited abject ignorance and
indifference regarding the Stock Exchange
but wanted to so through the sub treasury
and assay objective buildings in wi ich
M,rge had never been Marge made special
trip to show the Young man the outside of
Jay Gould's office, but Phil identified Trinity
church from pictures no had seen, and wanted
to make patriotic tour Of the tonbs of dis
tiiigu!shed men of the revolutionary period.
Mango offered to introduce Phil to Russell
Sage, but was amazed to learn that the young
man had never heard Of that distinguished
individual When. however, Gen. Hancock,
passing by. was casually pointed out by
Marge. Phil stopped short and stared respect
fully Marge showed the Field building, but
through tho trees in front Phil correctly sur
missed he saw Castle Garden, and desired at
once to go there and be made acquainted with
the method Of receiving and distributing i'm.
migrants
On the Produce Exchange they fairly agreed,
Marge admitting that in Importance it ranked
next to the Stock Exchange, while Phil was
able TO regard it as IA great business neces
sity Pretending to search, by Pills request,
fer the building in which Washington b0de
farewell to his generals, Marge succeeded In
getting back through Broad street to the
vicinity Of the Stock Exchange. where be
tried to atone for his failure by pointing out
through window tue head Of Mr.. Henry
Clews; but Phil had no eyes except for the
statue Of Washington, standing. as he knew,
on the site Of the first presidents first inua-
gural The two men exhibited equal interest
on half a dozen successive occasions In ''stock
tickers," which Marge seemed to know how to
find In all sorts Of places but, while Marge
looked over the quotations on the tape, Phil
studied the machinery of lie indicator itself
The strain upon Marge became almost too
great for his self control, and he breathed.a
sigh Of relief when Trinity's clock struck
three. To have left the vicinity Of the Stock
Exchange earlier would never have occurred
to him, but promptly on the stroke.he hurried
Phil to an elevated railway station and up
town to stable, where he had his horse and
wagon brought out and took Phil for a drive
in Central park. Probably there he thought
he could be entertained after his own manner
for he had the reins. Driving out Fifth
avenue, the two men really became congenial
for little while, for Phil understood horses,
and Marge's horse was a good one, and Phil
admired him and knew Of good horse that
would match min nicely, and Marge saw a
prospect Of making team that he could sell
at a large profit. and Phil promised to ar
range that Marge should come out and see
the horsa
But even this conversation was broken
when Marge pointed out the late residence
Of A. 7. Stewart, for Phil insisted upon
moralizing on riches In the park he asked
questions about statues, and about trees and
shrubs that were new to him and equally un
known to Marge, a. well as utterly unn
teresting; Phil also wanted a number OF
facts and figures about the reservoir in the
park, and was with difficulty restrained from
spelling the drive by visiting the nlenagerie
Finally when he demanded the exact sites of
the various engagements on Manhattan
Island between the British and Washington,
after the latter had been forced to evacuate
what then was New York, Marge abruptly
turned and drove homeward, confessing
without the faintest show Of shame, but
rather with defiance, that he knew absolutely
nothing about those times. And when the
drive ended and the couple separated, the
elder mans face broke from its customary
calm as he muttered to himself:
what can Tramlay want of that fellowr'
ITO be Continued.