Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-06

was Rossmore, and"
"It can't be done"
"Whv?"
because it is not supposable case tt
be Rossmore at your age, you'd have t.
be fool, and you're not a fool. And you'd d
have to be wobbler, whereas anybody
that is an expert in reading character car
see at glance that when you set your foo
down once, it's there to stay; an earthquake
can't wobble it." He added to himself
That's enough to saw to him, but it ISM
half strong enough for the facts. The more
/ observe him now, the more remarkable
find him. 1t is the strongest face l have
ever examined. There is almost super
human firmness here, immovable purpose
iron steadfastness of will. A most extraor.
dinarv young man"
He presently said, aloud
Sometime I want to ask your advics
about little matter Mr.. Tracy. You see,
I've got that young lords remains-my
goodness, how. you jump" -~,
'Oh, it's nothing; pray go on. You've got
his remains?"
eyes"
"Are you sure they are his, and not
somebody else's?''
"oh, perfectly sure. Samples, I mean.
Not all of him."
Samples" ,..
eyes; in baskets. Some time you will be
going home, and if you wouldn't mind
taking them along"
"Who-I?" ..
"Yes. certainly don't mean now, but
after while; atter-but look here, would
you like to see them?"
''No; most certainly not. 1 don't want to
see them.'
''Oh, very we'll, only thought -heyo,
where are you going, dear?''
''out to dinner, papa"
Tracy was aghast. The Colonel said in a
disappointed voice:
"Well. I'm sorry. Sho, didn't know
she was going out, Mr.. Tracy" Gwendo-
lens face began to take on a sort of appre-
hensive what-have-I-done expression.
'Three old people. to one young one-well,
it isn't good team, that's fact" Gwen
ness, and she said, with tone of reluctance
which hadn't the hall mark On it:
"If you prefer will send word to the
Thompsons that L"
''Oh, is it the Thompsons?" That simpli-
fies it; sets everything right We can fix it
without spelling your arrangements, my
child. You've got your heart set on
"But papa. I'd just as soon go there some
other
''No, won't have it. You are a good,
hard working, darling child, and your father
is not the man to disappoint you when
you-'' 81, -
''But papa, L" .-
''Go along, won't hear word. Well
get along, dear.
Gwendolen was ready to crv with vexa-
tion- But there was nothing to do but
start: which she was about to do when her
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with delight because it so deftly covered all
the difficulties of the situation and made
things smooth and satisfactory.
I've got it, my love, so tnat you won t be
robbed of your holiday and at the same
time well be pretty satisfactorily fixed for
a good time here. You send Belle Thomp-
son Unexpectedly beautiful creature.
Tracy, perfectly beautiful; L want YOU to
see that girl; why, you'll just go mad; you'll
60 mad inside of a minute; yes you send
her right along, Gwendolen, and tell her
why she's gone" He turned-she was
already passing out at the gate. He NUT
tered, 'I wonder what's the matter; don t
know what her mouths doing, but think
her shoulders are swearing" ?
"Well," said Sellers, blithelv, to Tracy,
II shall miss her-parents always miss the
children as soon rs they're out of sight; it's
only a natural and wisely ordained partial
ity-but you'll be- ali right, because Miss
Belle will supply the youthful element for
you and to your entire content; and we old
people will do our best, too. We shall have
a good enough time. And you'll have a
chance to get better acquainted with Ad-
miral Hawkins. That's rare character.
Mr. Tracy-one of the rarest and most en-
gaging characters the world has produced
You'll find him worth studying. I've
studied him ever since he was a child, and
have always found him developing. 1
really consider that one of the main things
that has enabled me to master the difficult
science of character-reading was the livid
interest 1 always felt in that boy and the
battling inscrutabilities of his ways and in
SEPARATIONS"
Tracy was not hearing word. His spir-
its were gone; he was desolate.
eyes, a most wonderful character. Con-
cealnent-that is the basis OF it. Always
the first thing you want to DO is to find the
keystone a mans character is built on
then you've got it. No misleading and ap-
parently inconsistent peculiarities can fool
you then. What do you read on the Sena-
tors surface? Simplicity; kind of rank
and protuoerant simplicity; whereas, in
fact, that's one of the deepest minds in the
world. A perfectly honest man-an abso-
lutely honest and honorable man-and yet
without doubt the profoundest master Of
dissimulation the world has ever seem"
80, 1t is devilish." This was wrung from
thought of what might have been if only the
dinner arrangements hadn't got mixed.
''No, shouldn't call it that" said Sell
lers, who was now placidly walking up and
down the room with his hands under his
coat-tails and listening to himself talk.
Zone could quite properly call it devilish
in another man, but not in the Senator.
Your term is right-perfectly right grant
that-but 1.-The application is wrong. 1t
makes great difference Yes, he is a mar
yelous character. do not suppose that
any other statesman ever had such a colos-
sal sense of humor, combined with the
ability to totally conceal. it, L may except
George Washington and Cromwell and per-
haps Robespierre, but / draw the line there.
A deep-drawn. yard-long sigh from the
distraught and dreaming artist, followed by
a murmur, miserable, oh, miserable. +"
"Well, no, shouldn't say that about it,
quite. On the contrary, 1 admire his ability
to conceal his humor even more if possible
than admire the gift itself, stupendous as
it is. Another thing, General Hawkins is
thinker; a keen, logical, exhaustive,
analytical thinker--pcrhaps the ablest of
modern times. Tha: is, of course, upon
themes suited to his size, like the, glacial
period and the correlation of forces, and the
evolution of the Christian from the, CATER
piIlar-any of these things give him SUBJ
ject according TO, his size and just stand
back and watch him think. Why, you can
see the place rock. sAh, yes, you must
know him. Perhaps the most extraord-
mary mind since Aristotle" sis4 81
To be continued neat Sunday. q