The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-04-24

who met him. but the force of the state
ment was somewhat weak ened by the fail
ure OF every one 10 pronounce Callowson a
good fellow. 1t really was hard that no
one was sufficiently impressed By the
Young mans endeavOrs to be hospItablo
anu Sociable to become enthusiastic about
him. for many worse men than Callowson
were greeted with hearty handshakes and
slsps on the shoulder and followed by more
pr aise than they deserved.
CallowsOn had done a great deal with the
special purpose of making himself liked by
men and women above the class in which
he had been born and reared. His father
had been keeper of q small store in q town
NEAR the anthracite coal mines of Pennsyl-
wanna. and, consuming much of his own
stock In the trade, which came from dis
tilleries. became as common and
stupid as the meanest of his
customers. Ore day. however, n
barren bit of ground. which the store
keeper had taken from a debtor, was found
no be underlaid with a thick vein of coal:
fhe store was promptly closed. -and its
owner began TO draw seventy-five thou
sand q year as royalties on his mining
leases. He tried TO drink up his income.
failed. after u short but brilliant attempt,
and was buried by the side of his wife.
leaving Oscar. just come of age, as sole
heir to the patefnal estate and stupidity.
The young man. whose education had
been obtained at street corners and in
stables. with some slight assistance from
the village scho0lmaster, got much ex-
cellent advice from the ex-judge who was
executor Of his fathers estate. and fol-
lowed it as far as his limited intellect
would allow. He cut his old acquaint-
ances. took a tutOr-who was nom
finally a secresary-and went to
Europe. being told that there his
money would buy him a better CIRCLE of
acquaintance than be could hope for at
home. AS he was not bad-leoking, wore
good clothes. and had serlse enough to be
silent regarding subjects whio he did not
understand. he had no trouble In finding
young fellows of go Dd birth and breed
ing who would drink his wines,
smoke his cigars. and drive behind
his horses. They were also SO con-
siderate Of his feelings as not
To decline the 10 ans which Callowson al
ways offered wien he learned that an ac-
qualntance WIS short or broke" and
they responded by introducing him to all
Jockeys. actresses and professional club
Ioungers OF their acquaintance, as we'll rs
TO some sig htly persons whom they called
ladies'. an'i whom Callowson accepted ac-
cording to. label.
ct after the first excitement that came
OF new scenes and companions had passed
away. CallOwson began to wonder whether
his p1oney was brin ging him all it should.
hls father. from a dying bed. had assured
I'm that money would buy anything, and
ais fathers executor had expressed a SINH
lar opinion. yet the young man had not
succeeded in getting anything sat
1sfactOry for his OutlaV. He IOnCed
most for consideration and friend
ship. but be got neither: slow
ahings. the shop-keeper's son had inherited
from his father some discernmenu of
human nature. and by the use of this he
plainly saw that the people, who ate his
nothing for him except as they
got something from him. He in
formed himself one day that his
who did not sometimes eye HIM as if he
were u curiosity: this man, Bridgeley by
name. was also of timer stuff than any of
the fellows whom Callowson was enter
tanning. Could it be that money was be-
Ing expended upon too common a quality
oil human %Daturef Bridgeley seemed
really grateful for the handsome
would be better thereafter to court
with money. of course, the class to which
Bridgeley, ii asked, would introduce him
freely, for had he not hired the young
1900" w Nv oAA II "a
power to make C~allowsOn acquainted with
the world and Its waysi Had he not often
seen an expression of disgust on Bridge
1ey's face as the two sat at dinner. or
1ounged in clubs. or drove about
with gay parties at. summer re-
sorts disgust at the language
and manner of the well-dressed. vivacious
men and women whom Collowson had
picked upf" Naturally enough, Bridge
ley Who wasa Harvard graduate and men,
Der of a family which was of national repu-
HaflOn Nnnt6 ha Glad fn axnhanna thu old
set for a better one. Perhaps the tutor-sec-
Rotary would have to use his brains more
freely, to make Callowson appear compan-
tonable to n class higher than that in
which the young man had been moving
hut what were his brains tort For sale, OF
course. otherwise he would not have put
them In the tutorship market. CallOwson
had often heard his father remark that
brains were cheaper than dirt; but did not
the few acres of dirt which the elder Cal
1owson owned In the anthracite region
yield the equivalent of interest on more
than a million dollarsf
After following this train of thought la
Zlly Tor several weeks. wondering how
TO cay discreetly what was on his mind.
for Callowson was somewhat in awe
OF the man whom he secretly re-
garded as a mere hired servant, the de-
sired opportunity came unexpectedly.
On q railway train in England. the
two men chanoed TO be shown
intO a coach which contained n party
whom Brldgeley recognized as old aoquaint-
HDc6c. sou, aitnOuRQ introduced,
took little part In the conversation, for it
was above his comprehension; the people
did not talk at all about actresses. horses
OF games: they did not recall n single scan
dial. or allude to the paragraphs in the
two or three French papers through
which Callowson laborlously stumbled
behind locked doors, so as to be able to I'M
derstaDd the illusions of his boon com.
panions. They chatted about books.
paintings. scenery. noted buildings and
other subjects which Callowson regarded
as utterly fat and dull. yet there was so
much spirit IN their conversation that the
young man could not help admiriDg the
entire party.
Soon. however. his admiration concen-
trated itself on the only young woman of
the company-Miss Trent. At first she did
not seem to him at all pretty. but as she
talked her face became more animated
than the feminine faces which he best
knew; her eyes, although merry
at times. had a glow which was
different from that of the girls
with whom he sometimes drove and dined,
and they seemed all the p~rettier when they
filled with tears as BridgeIey told of the
death of an old acquaintance. They occa-
sionalIy rested on Callowson, too. with an
expression entirely unlike that of most
women who had looked at him earnestly;
there seemed In them a feeling which he
could not understand. though it vas kindly,
unless his judgment of human nature was
entirely wrong. Could il be that she was
Interested In him?-bad been "smitten, by
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