The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1889-11-01

have 10, aud not all the manners that careful
/ breeding could impnrt could restrain the un
/ conscious insOlence peculiar 10 young nnd
self satisfied natures. She would laugh loud
/ ly at table at Mrs. Iayn's way Of serving an
omelct tell Mrs Ilayns husband that his
Sunday cont looked $50 funny" express her
mind freely before the whole household at
tho horrd way In which the half grown
Hnyn boys wore their hnir aud had no hcsi.
tation IN telling Philip Ilayn, two years her
senior that when he came In from the field
/ in his brown flannel shirt and gray folt hat
lao looked like an utter guy But tho llayns
were human, and, between pity and admira.
/ ton, humanity long ago resolved 10 endure
anything from grl-if she is pretty
Slowly the llayns came 30 like their board.
crs, more slowly but just ms surely the
! Trnmlnys learned 30 like their hosts. Mutual
J respect begun at the extremes Of both fam
ilios Mrs Trnmlay, being mother and
housckccpcr, became 80 Interested In the fem
nine half Of the fnmly's hcad that she ceascd
/ 10 criticso her husbands interest in The Old
farmer The Tramlny children wondered at
aud then admired tho wisdom aud skill uf
/ their country companions in matters not un.
/ dcrstoOd by city children Inst Of all Lucin
/ found herself heartily respecting the farmer
/ son, and forgetting his uncOuth dress and his
awkwardncss of manner Ia her wonder at his
general courtesy, nnd his superior knowledge
In somo directions where she supposed she
had gone ns far as possible
She had gone through n finishing school II
the most approved Now York type, yet Philip
knew moro Of languages and history and
science than she, when they chanccl mover
through her fault-to converse ON such dry
subjects, h" knew more flowers than She had
ever seen in florists shop In the city, aud
once when she had attempted 10 decorate the
rather bare walls Of the farmhouse pnIior he
corrected her taste with skill which she was
obliged to admit There was nothing strange
about IT, except tu Lucia for city fomlnnrics
aud country high schools use the samc teXt
books aud magazines and newspapers that
give attention Ia home decorations go every.
where, nevertheless, II seemed 10 Lucia that
she had discovered n new order Of being nud
10y tho time sho had been at Ilnyn Farm
month sho found herself occasionally sur.
priscd into treating Philip almost ns If ho
were u gentleman.
Philips interest i'm Lucia was Of much
, quicker development. lie had had no prcur
! diccs To overcome; besides, the eye Is moro
! easily approached aud satisfied than the m.
| tccct aud Lucia had acccptably filed many
| nn oyo moro eNnctng thnn tho young farm.
! cr's. 'ISicrc were pretty girls In homes near
! llayn farm, aud more In the village near 10y,
| but mono of them wcro-wcll, none were cx.
actly like Lucia Philip studied her face, 1t
was neither Roman nor Greclnn, and ho was
Obliged To coufcs, that the proportions Of hcr
! features were not 50 good as those of somo
! girls i'm the ncighborhood. Her figure sug
! gcstcd neither perfect grace nor perfect
| Strength, and yet whatever she did was
| gracefully DONE and her attire, whether plnin
OF costly, seemed part of hcrsclf-a peculiar
| ity that hc had never observed among girls
! born in the vicinity
lie soon discovered that she did not know
ovcrythinsAut whatever sho did know She
talked of so glibly that lac could not help en-
| joyiug the position of listener She di1 not
often show carncstncss about anything that
| 10 him was more than triling, but when she
did go out of her customary mood for mo
mcnt or two she was sanity; ho could think
of no other word that would do IL Justice
| llo had not liked her manner 10 his own
mother, for mt first the girl treated that o,ti
mabld Numan rs n servant, and did IL in the
| manner which makes most servants dcicst
| most young ladies' but had she not after.
| ward, with her own tiny fingers, made new
| Sunday bonnet for Mrs llayn, and had not
| his mother, I'm genuine gratitude, kissed hrri
| Should ho bear malice for what his mother
| had forgivcni
Tho young man merely admired and re-
| spcctcd Lucia, of that ho was very sure Re
| gar< moro tender ho would have blamed
| himself for, first, because lovo implied ma
| trimony, which he did not intend to venture
into until hc had seen moro Of the world and
| perhaps gono 10 college, secondly because ho
| did not imagine that any such sentiment
would hc rcciprocatcd lie camc of IA family
| that through generations OF hard experience
! had learned 10 count the cost Of everything,
oven the affections, like most of the better
! country people I'M the older states ilchad also
nm aversion To marriage between persons of
different classes Lucia was To him an nc.
| quaintancc-not even friend whom he
! highly esteemed that was all
His father thought differently, and one
day when the two were IN the woodland I've.
longing TO the farm, loading IA wagon with
wood to bc stored near the house for winter
use. the old man said abruptly:
81 hope you're not CROWN too fond ct that
! young woman, rhilr
mo danger the youth answered, prompt
! ly, though as hc raised his head his cvc~ did
not meet his fathers
"Nou seem To know who mean, anyhow, ="
| said the old man. after throwing another
stick of wood upon the wagon
Not much trouble 0~do that" Phil rc
| piled. There's only one young woman"
The father laughed softly; the son hlu,hcd
| violcutly Then the father sighed
"That's ono of the sguS."
whats a sign'-sgn of whatr said Phil.
affecting wonder not quite sldllfully.
"Whcn there's only one young woman it's
| a sign the young man who thinks so is likely
90 consider her the only one worth thinkin
about"
"Oh, pshaw" exclaimed Phil, attacking
| tho woodpile with great industry.
"Essy, old boy; twasnt tho woodplc that
said il. Brace up your head; you've donc
nothing 10 loo ashamed of. Besides, your old
father can see through the back VI your
head, anyhow he's been practcin' at IL ever
since you were born"
Phil seated himself on the woodpilc, looked
! i'm the direction whore his father was not, and
said:
| IL like Lucia very much. She's new
face; she's different from the girls about
here. She's somebody new TO talk TO- and
she can talk about something besides crops,
and cows, and who is sick, and last Sundays
sermon, and next months sewing society.
! That's alln
EYES" said the old man 1T doesn't
seem murh does iti Enough 20 have made
millions Of had matches, though, and spoiled
millions Of good ones"
Phil was silent Tor a moment; theu he
said, with laugh,
Father, | believe you're as bad as old
Mrs. Tripsey, whom mothers always laugh.