The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1889-10-24

spend neodleHly without coming to grief.
Between cash In hand and its nominal equiv
alent IN time, PHI, IKE most other prudent
young countrymen, bad learned 10 distinguish
with alacrity and positvene8; besides, ho
knew how small WnS the amount Of ready
money that bis father, In spite Of care and
skin at his businea, was able 10 show for
more than . quarter Of . century Of hard
work
The young mans departure was the coca
don for quite demonstration BY tho neigh
bora 0thsr young mon Of the YicinagO had
bean 70 New York, but generally they were
thosS whom their neighbour did not hope to
- again; PIN, on the contrary, was q gen.
ral favorita His family intended that no
one should know Of the Journey until Phil
WaS fairly Cd, for they knew BY experience,
tn which sometimes they had beon the offend
en-. how Unsuitable Il rural curiOualty about
any doings outof the ordinary. But whom Sol
MAntring told bis wife that Phi was 10 70
down with him - . "hand, MrG Mantring
Straightway put on her bet thing and went
out 10 tell all her nsighboFs that Phi Hayn
Was going down 70 York, and, being woman
who never did anything BY halves, she after.
ward plodded the dusty road that led 10 the
little village at the railway station, where
Gho consumed several hours In doing petty
shopping at tho several stores, varying this
recreation BY Industrious gossip With every
acquaintance who dropped In A each per
con who heard the news wondered what PHI
was going for, and a. Mira MAntring was
sure she didn't know any better than dead
and gone Adam, there wa developed Q wealth
Of nrmiso and theory that should have for
ever dispelled the general impression that
Americans are not Imaginative people
For the remainder Of Pulls time at home
tho family and III eldoSt son had scarcoly
enough tAmo 70 themselves 10 attend 10 their
daily dovotions People came 10 borrow
somothing, 10 bring nowa, 10 ash adVicO--
anything that would b an oxcusO 10 80 what
might b going on, and 10 Ioarn why Phil was
going 70 the city Pills parents bad pro.
pared what thoy supposed would b suflclont
explanations the farm and the house needed
some thlngH that could better be salsctod from
large stocks and varsity than bought nearer
bona But thoy had undeTated the persist
oncy Of local curiosity; numbarles pointed
questions were asked, and II In the courso Of
. week there had boon any visitor who did
not al, IN one way or other, whSther Phil
would 60 to 80 tho TrAmlays. the family did
not know who it had boan, they were sure
they would have gratefully notsd such con.
Gidarats peFson At the time, and remembered
him-or hsr-forsver after.
TherO wore scores. too. who wanted Pun TO
do them small services In the city. Farmer
BlsWitt had heard that the car companies
often sold for Amos nothing the horso1 that
broke down At their hard work and needed
only plenty Of ret and paSturago 10 mako
than - good a. new; Wouldn't PIN look
about and - u ho COULDN'T got him bar.
galnl-and bring u back on the sloop, u ho
Wouldnf mind feeding and Watering ton the
homo tFipl Old Mn Whollsy bad boon find
Ing hg pectaeles - young that aho didn't
know bat - nooded 'utronguP glaaoA. o.