New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-07-27

| for he was a devoted politician. and since his re-
| tirement had given his whole time and thought 10
politics: an officer must always bear III nin1
that all his subordinatcs over thrty-hve years oo
are going 10 have chance at him il he comes 10
! election. And while they count for few among
the voters of a whole guild. man should look TO
| them for his main nucleus OF support And on
the other hand. he must keep on terms with MS
superiors, or he will never get TO where there i
any question Of the voters. And II he GUS his
ambitions smaller. and switches of into the munic-
lpnI as dd IN IN my day ne Mfn' t S
need of looking out for all these matters OF local
popularity ,.,,,,....
listlessly. We don't have modern civil polity Till
next year. All | know about it is that corruption
and Intrigue are impossible under our system, and
used to be shocking in old times-theX told US that
in the primary school But about Ie-Iheodore
You mean that his getting through all this year
without disgrace depends mainly on this old pro-
| fessOnal kicker"
This-what is that singular word ?"
90, one Of Tom's-he got II from some OF The oi1
humorists he reads" said Kitty. who had indeed
used 10 rather in q pedantic than flppant spirit
20 Tom" said her father. looking pleased
We'll | guess you'll learn no great harm from
Tom. There's q young man that is going ahead
least is practically settled now. The foreman ana
the assistant foreman are not lll-lsposed 10 MN,
but they will not compromise themselves 10 shield
him from the consequences Of his own shirtless-
| ness. That is all there ID about IT.
1t wanted ten minutes of one o'clock when
| Theodore came slowly back across the dock from
his lunch and approached the great palace OF IN
dustry with an absent and dismal air; lie knew
| we'll enough that he making n bad record ana
di,peasing all his friends in this his first trial
year and the universal love Of approval that Is
the passion Of our time. while it had not showed
in hin as ambition, had found its satisfaction
| hitherto in being liked by everybody. But his
miserable consciousness that his official supcrlors
were down on him only served 70 deepen inc
| pit Of helpless dependency into which he had
| fallen upon Kittys Unreasonable surrender OF him,
and 10 still further spoil him for his work-for
which he had, in tact, never cared straw Tor us
| own sake, following only bis habit oil docllc ana
sunny easerpess TO please, Ill doing IL fairly well
If il had not been for the nnfalling kindness OF the
young modern history lecturer, IL is hard y say
| where lie would havt collapsed to; and feeling
| her his one stay, he chung TO her and followed her
about quite pteously. Tom was rs friendly as
stotlisat SAN Rafael, which he was fallen into 700
deep an abascmcnt and detection 10 resent, but
which made Tom none the dearr.
As he loungcd dsmally M to the entrance of the
great building, he saw PatriciuS standing near a
| group Of pillars, and listening to some one WHO
stood in their shadow.
1t depends upon you, this somebody was say,
| ing, with dramatic zeal If he were sure you
would not make trouble, he would strain point
And # you will only promise not to- Will tell
Bless Your pretty cyesl" said Patricius, i'm,
| mcnsey nattcrcd interested and pleased And
is the young lad your sweetheart anyhow
Theodore could see now tie little brown school
| tunic with its gold Creek border, and the swing
Ing gold ball OH the peplum point-evidently the
suiall diplomat was deliberate truant.
She flushed and hesitOted. II don't really
| know" she said. What possible combination OF
impulse or circumstance should make her say =!
| this burly workman In jumper and oyerallS what
She had not said TO her mother2 suPposs ne
| isn't He doesn't come any mOrp. | don't know
| why, and don't know why he doesn't do his WORK
| right. I think it's that modern history womanS
| doing. somehow. But do know Teddy very well.
and Tknow it isn't his fault and everybody talks
about him. aud says he isn't good for anything,
and know he is and know he isn't very clever.
and he never will be distinguished: but IL always
was just Teddy and me, ever since can remem-
ber: and everybody is very unkind and unjust 10
him indced-and won't have him treated 50 any
So that's what ails the lad" said Patricius,
grinning broadly at some one over her shoulder {;
q quarrel with his sweetheart, ~ be sure. Well.
no one need think Patricius Cooley Is the man
Bat Kitty. following tho direction of his grin;
had wheeled slOrply around hot-checied and
briyht-eyed ouiveIuq with excitement and deli
ance at the sense Of her daring in meddling with
the discipline Of the great industrial army ready
to cry and ready Ia challenge the general himself
In after years. there was one thing that Theo-
dorc and Kitty could never come to an agreement
about after the most exhaustive comparing OIL
notes. What did Tom mean? Theodore was I'M
alfrrably convinced that Tom had played him
! false, and intended 70 ruin him and secure MIN
showing that ntrlgues as dark and Geedly ma
! under the crust Of modern society rs IN The more
| brutal past but that considering the cnOrmltN OF
| his temptation and anguish of his complete fall-
tempered lit fellow, always chershtng this belief
| i'm the magnitude of the others disappointment.
developed toward him sort of pitylng tenderness;
which, if the theory was false, must have amused
| it, subject vastly.
Kitty. on the other hand, held that Tom was no
more In love with her than the man in the moon.
and that Teddy should not be Romantic, for
Tom had evidently simply carried out his promise,
and had showed himself very ingenious, since even
she had been completely taken IN.
| confess ! never was sure which of them was
| aud Tame SiSf to M o
conjecture sometimes that it might have been a
whimsical desire 10 experiment IN human nature
tina, led him. or a coll-blooded quest for material
for his own art. He never offered any explanation
himself answering questions ~ 10 points or iact
with great suavity. but for the rest telling MS that
we had oil the facts before rs. and could draw our
own conc lusonS Whether this was grim silence
on his part. under which lie was IN reality a
deeply chagriucd man. or whether he was Prl-
vatcly laughing NJ MS all, never knew. He has
not married yet bur he certainly never seemed
ike man TO take Kitty seriouSly-cspcclally after
living with a woman like his own sister
As 10 that accomplished lady. Kitty at first in
sisted on regarding her in a haleful light; but
after bciuc socmny assured that Teddy had never
for single instant, in his lnmoSt heart, compared
| her 60 disadvantage with the handsome baccl-
laurea, she became one OF her most devoted ad-
'mircrs and always said she owed her undying
gratitude for her support Of Teddy in his darkest
Bnt that was all later. The very next Wedncs-
day after her truancy-aftcr her father had been
assured that Ihe0forsS report T"S b TO 90 up
disadvantage from circumstances and would
be regarded as making no record, one one
way or the other, till neNt Near-slc was per
nittcd to 70 ont in the Puss B." 10 The statue by
sunset: and il was on this occasion that she sat
down by Theodore, and laying her smooth cheek
on his hand. said:
| 50 now you see. Teddy, was quit" riallt about
lis bcing better IN the nineteenth century, when
PEOPLE were parted ny calumny am! suffered. and
were heroic and constant for uSt thlnN how h"ppy
we are now and how constant We have been Aud
am sure | shall be SO proud OF your heroic con-
stauoy 10 me, and your chivalrous fidelity 10 The
Terms of that note | did not receive, and your
endurance of calumny and injustice. and opprcy-
sion from your suwriors. and desertion by your
friends, all for my saEc-so proud, Nou d9n know,
Trddvi and never can be good enough to show
my apprecintion'
And whether Teddy regarded the episode in as