The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-31

have liked him on the spot but for the fact
fact which hswas not really aware of.-that the
equality Of men was not yet reality to him.
II was only theory; the mind perceived. but
the man failed to feel It. It Was Hattie's Ghoet
over again. merely turned around. Theoreu-
cally Barrow was his equal. but It was dis.
tinctly distssteful to see him exhibit the
equality. He presently said:
"Ihope in all sincerity that what you have
said Is true as regards the Americans. for
doubts have crept into my mind several
times. It seemed that tho equality must
be ungenuinc whore the sign names Of
castles we're still In vogue; but those
sign names have certainly lost their
offence and are wholly neutralzed. nullihed
and harmless II they are the undisputed prop
erty OF every individual in the nation. think
realize that caste does not exist and cannot
exist except by common consent Of the masses
outside OF its limits. I thought caste created
itselfa perpetuated itself. but It seems quite
true that 1t only creates itself. and Is perpetu-
ated BY the people whom II despises and who
can dissolve IL at any time by assuming its
mere sign names themselves"
IT'S what think. There isn't any power
on earth that can prevent England's thirty
millions from electing themselves dukes aud
duchesses to- morrow and calling themselves
so. And within six months all the former
dukes and duchesses would have retired from
tho business. wish they'd try that. Royalty
itself couldn't survive such process.
handful OF frowners against thirty mil
lion lauChers in a state OF ernption Why.
it's Herculaneum against Nesuvius: 1t
would take another eighteen centuries
to find that Herculaneum after the cata-
clysm. What's n colonel in our South?
a. 1,nv NIL
onels down there. No. Tracy" tshudder
from Tracy nobody in England would call
you gentleman. and you wouldn't call your
self ono, and tell sou It's a state Of things
that makes man put himself into most un-
becoming attitudes ometimes-the broad and
general recognition and acceptance OF caste.
as caste does. mean. Makes him do 1t un-
consciously-beinz bred in him. you see. and
ever thought over and reasoned out You
couldn't conceive OF the Matterhorn being
battered by the notice OF one OF your comely
little English hills. could you?"
why, no.
"Well. then. let man in his right mind try
to conceive OF Darwin feeling fattered by tho
notice OF princess. It's SO grotesQue that it
we'll. It paralyzes tho Imagination. Yet that
Memnon was nattered by the notice Of that
he says so-says so himself The
ship and proiane it-oh. WELL it, all wrong. it's
all wrong and ought to DO abolished. should
say"
The mention OF Darwin brought on a literary
discussion. and this topic reused such enthusi
asm in Barrow that he took off his coat and
made himself the more free and comfortable
for 1t. and detained him so long that he was
still at it when the noisy proprietors Of the
room came shouting and skylarking in and
began to romp. scufle. wash. and otherwise
themselves. He fingered yet little
longer to offer the hospitalitics OF his room
and his hook shelf to Tracy. and ask him a per-
sonal question or two:
What is your trader"
"They-well. they call me cowboy. but
that Is fancy: I'm not that haven't any
trade"
What do you work at for your livng?"
"Oh. anything-I mean would work at any
thing could &c. to do. but thus far haven't
been able to find an occupation
Maybe l can help you: I'd like to try"
Il shall be very glad. I've tried myself to
weariness."
"Well OF course. where a man hasn't reg
ular trade he's pretty badly of in this world.
What you needed. l reckon. was less book
learning and more bread and-butter learning.
I don't know what your father could have been
thinking OF. You ought to have had trade. you
ought to have had trade. by all means. But
never mind about that: We'll stir up something
to do. guess. And don't you get homesck:
that's bad business. Well talk tho thing
over and look around little. You'll come out
all right Wait Tor NELL 20 down to supper
with you
By this time Tracy had achieved a very
friendly feeling for Barrow. and would have
called him friend. maybe. II not taken too
suddenly on a straight-out requirement to
realize on his theories. He was glad OF his
society. anyway. and was feeling lighter heart
ed than before. Also he was pretty curious
to know what vocation it might be which had
furnished Barrow such a large acquaintance
ship with books and allowed him SO much
time to read.
CHAPTER XII.
Presently the supper bell began to ring in
the depths Of the house. and the sound pro.
ceeded steadily upward. growing in intensity
all the way UP toward the upper floors. Tho
higher it came the more maddening was the
noise. until at last what 1t lacked OF being alb
solutely deafening was made up OF the sudden
crush and clatter OF an avalanche OF boarders
down the uncarpeted stairway. The pcerase
did not 60 to meals in this fashion. Tracy's
had not lifted MIN 10 enjoy this
hilarious geological clamor and enthusiasm
He had to confess that there was something
about this extraordinary outpouring OF ami.
NAL spirits which he would have to get
Injured to before he could accept it. No doubt
In time he would prefer 1t; but he wished the
process might be modified and made just
little more gradual and not quite 80 pro-
nounced and violent. Barrow and Tracy fol-
lowed the avalanche down through an ever in
creasing and ever moro and more aggressive
stencil OF bygone cabbage and kindred smells:
smells which are to be found nowhere but In n
cheap private boarding house: smells which.
once encountered. can never be forgotten:
SIN ellis which. encountered generations later.
are instantly recognizable. but never recog.
nizable with pleasure. To Tracy these odors
were suffocatinG. horrible. almost unendura-
BILE: but he held his peace and said nothing.
Arrived in the basement. they entered large
dining room. where thirty-ave or forty people
sat at long table. They took their places. The
feast had already begun. and the conversation
was going on In the livelicst way from one end
OF tho table to the other. The table cloth was
OF very COARSE material and was literally
spotted with coffee stains and grease. The
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