The sun., 1892-02-07
CHAPTER XII.-CoSr1SuED.

CHAPIEh All.-SONTINUbD.
r,s hat exchange accom- plished. tho two
..v friends started to walk back leisurely to
.h. boarding house, Barrow's mind was full
=, curiosity about this young fellow He said:
"you'ye never been to the Rocky Noun
tains''
mo"
.yonvs nsyer been out on the plains2"
sNo."
.How long have you been in this country1"
.Only a few days"
-you'ye never been in America before?"
, "No"
IMAM Barrow communed with himself
syov what odd shapes the notions OF roman
M people take! Here's young fellow who's
...d In England about cowboys and adven-
.nros on the plains. He comes here and buys
!. aouboys suit. Thinks he can play himself
an folks for a cowboy. oil inexperienced as he
q. Now tho minute he's caught in this poor
iittle game he 8 ashamed Of It and rcady to ro-
t,re rom It. Vt is that exchange that he has
mt M as an explanation. It's rather thin.
TOO thin altogether. Well. he's young. never
Nan anywhere. knows nothing about the
world. sentimental no doubt Perhaps II was
ths natural thing for him to do. but 1t was a
most singular choice. curious freak. alto
sether."
Roth men were busy with their thoughts for
. tlme: then Tracy heaved sigh and said:
"Mr Barrows. the case OF that young fellow
troubles me-"
, "You mean Nat BradyT
eyes. Brady. or Baxter. or whatever It was.
The old landlord called him several different
names"
"Oh, yes: he has been very liberal with
names for Brady. since Brady fell into arrears
Sor his board. Wcll. that's one OF his sarcasms:
ths old man thinks hos great on sarcasms."
"well. what is Brady's difIiculty3 What is
Brady2 Who Is heT
BRADY is timer. He's a young journey
man timer who was getting along all right
I'M he fell sick and lost his Job. He was very
popular before he lost his Job: everybody in
tbe house liked Brady. The old man was
rather especially fond Of him. but you know
that when man loses his job and loses his
ability to support himself and to pay his way
~ he goes. 1t makes great difference in the
way people look at him and feel about him."
rs that so? Is it so?'
Barrow looked at Tracy in a puzzled way.
swhy, Of course it's so. Wouldn't you know
chat naturally? Don't you know that the
wounded deer Is always attacked and killed by
It's companions and friends p
Tracy said to himself. while chilly and
boding discomfort spread itself through his
system. I'm a republic OF deer and mon. where
oil are FREQ and equal. misfortune ia crime.
and the prosperous gore the unfortunate TO
DEATH" Then he said aloud. Here in tho
boarding house. II one would have friends and
be popular. instead Of having the cold shoulder
turned upon him. he must be prosperous."'
YES" Barrow said. that is SO. It's their
nature. They do turn against Brady. now
that he is unfortunate. and they don't like him
as we'll as they did before: but it isn't because
OF any lack in Brady-he's just rs he was be-
fore. has the same nature and the same i'm
pulses. but they-well. Brady is thorn in their
conscienees, you see. They know they ought
to help him. and they're too stingy to do it. and
they're aShsmed OF themselves for that. and
they ought also to hate themselves on that ac-
count: bucinstead Of that they hate Brady be-
cause he makes them ashamed Of themselves.
! say thats human nature: that occurs every.
where: this boarding house Is merely the
world in little; it's the case all over-they're
Ill alike. In prosperity we are popular: popu-
larity comes easy in that case. but. when the
other thing comes our friends are pretty likely
to turn against us."
Tracy's noble theories and high purposes
were beginning to feel pretty damp and clam
N.Y. He wondered II by any possibility he
had made mistake in throwing his own
prosperity to the winds and taking up the
cross OF other peoples unprosperlty. But he
wouldn't listen to that sort Of thing: he cast
It out OF his mind. and resolved to 60 ahead
rssolutely along the course he had ma pped
out for himself
Extracts from his diary:
have now spent several days in this singular hive
Idon't know quito what to make out of these people
5bsy have merits and virtues. but they have some
ether qualities and some ways that are hard to get
I mr. mApt 7
pared in hat Of the period noticed change. The
respect which had been paid before passed suddenly
away. and tho people became friendly: more than
that they became familiar. and I'm not used to
familiarity and can't take to It right of: ind that
sut These peoples familiarity amounts to impudence
somsftmes. Isuppose its all right: doubt get
usdtoit. but It's not satisfactory process at all
hvs accomplished my dearest wish. l . man
among men. on an equal footing with Tom. Dick and
Asny and yet isn't Just exactly what thought 1t
wn going to be. IL miss home. Am Obliged to sayI
Am homesck. Another thing and this is confession
reluctant one but will make 1t: tho thing miss
most and most severely IL the respec tho Difference
WIN which was treated all my life in England
which seems to be somehow necessary to me. get
Along very well without the luxury. and tho wealth.
and the sort OF society been accustomed to- but do
miss the respect. and can't to get conced to
ns absence OF It, There IL respect. there s Difference
hse but 1t doesn't fall to my share is lAvished on
Wo men. One Of them Is q porty man of middle age.
everybody 10 pleased to have that mans notice. Hes
mu OF pomp and circumstance and self AGENCY
grammar and at the table he 10 Sir Oracle and
vnsn he opens his mouth not any dog In the kennel
ssts. The other person 10 policeman at the Capitol
sulding He represents tho Government The defer
saes paid to these two 10 very far Of
mat which 10 paid to an earl in England, though the
.saod OF 1t differs Not mush courtliness but tho
"ssence all there. Yes and there IL obsequiousness
~ rather looksas IL in the republic. where all are
IN and equal prosperity and position constitute rank
CHAPTER XIII.
The days drifted by. and they grew even
more dreary. For Barrow's efforts to fnd
VOTE Tor Tracy were unavailing. Always the
afst question asked was What union do you
Se'one To-" Tracy was obliged to reply that
no didn't belong to any trade union.
very we'll. then. 1t is impossible to employ
you. NY men wouldn't stay with me II should
employ 'scab' or rat" Tor whatever tho
phrase wasl
FINALLY. Tracy had happy thought. He