Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-13

pathetic resignation were all part and parcel
Of distracted reverie, that seemed to tear
his heart asuBder with tears, and indigna-
tiOn, and VOWS oi succor. And then-Some-
how-amid this chaos and bewilderment-
his one desire was that she should know he
wished to be her riend-thAt some dsy-oh,
some wild white day Of jsyl-he should bs
permitted 10 take her haHd and say: "Do noe
be 80 sadl You are not 30 much alone Let
me be by yeur side or little while-until
you speak-until you tell me what can
do-unsll you say Yes, I take you for my
frisndp
He had wandered away from the fashion
able crswd-paring aimleHsly along the un-
irequentsd roadways o. The park, and little
rsekinK Of the true cause Of tbs unrest that
Fsigned In his bosom. For one thing, spec
ulations about love or marriage had 50 far
concerned him but sllghtlyj these things
we're too remotei his AIplrations aud Ambl-
items were Of another SORT Then again he
was familiar with fsmIaIas ssoisty. while
other lads were at college. their thoughts In
test on cricket, or boating, sr Rslf, hs had
been kept At homs vita masters and teach-
efs to III hln for the practical career which
had been designed for him, aud part Of ths
curriculum vas that he should miI freely
with bis kind, and gVt 10 know what
people Of eur own day were think.
Ing, not what people Of LOO
oss consequences Of this was that Via
Harris, ~ he was uaiVsrsally called, II hs
did not know everything. appeared 10 know
every bodyt and OF course he was aeq quai nted
with scores hnd scores Of pretty girls
whom no liked 10 look Al when, for eK-
ample, they wore q smart lawn tennla COS
tune, and who Interested aim more perhapa
when they we're aauayj and also he was ae-
qualatsd With considerable humbar Of
married ladies, who were inclined to pst
him, for he was good natuFsd, aud easy
aaunsrsd, aad IL may be Just a little care
less Of their favSr Bat ~ for falling
seriously in love (lf there wore such q
thlng) or perplexing himself with dreams
OF marriags-that was lar from his scheme
Of life. His msrning cOmpanions were
Spencer, Balm, John Mil, Delolme, Hallam,
Freeman, and the likej during the day he
was busy with questions relating to food
supply, TO the influence of climate on char
astsr, the eject ofreligiouA oreeds on mental
development, the protection and eultiva-
tien Of new industries, etc. then In the
evening he was dswa at the House of Gem
mons a good deal, especially when any
well-known orator was expected to speak;
and again he went to all kinds of social fes-
tivities, particularly when these were of
political cast, or likely to be attended BY
political people. For Vim Harris was
known to be q Young man Of great promise
and prospects; he was received everywhere;
and granted a consideration BY bis elders
which was hardly justified by his years.
That he remained unspoilsd-and even
modest in degres unusual at his age-may
be put down to his credit. or more strictly
to the un ertunate accident Of his tempera-
ment and disposition.
How long be walked, and whittier he
walked, on this particular evening he hardly
knew; but as daylight waned he found HIM
SELF in Oxford street, and over there was
Park street Well enough he remembered
the address pencilled on the visiting card;