The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-05-31

whole life was round of devotion and
of love, which was divided between her
husband and her only son, Harold.
This son it was who kept them in the
neighborhood Of London, for the admi
raj was as fond of ships and of salt wa
ter as ever and was as happy in the
sheets of a 2-ton yacht as on the bridge
of his 1G-knot monitor. Had he been
united the Devonshire or Hampshire
coast would certainly have been his
choice. There was Harold, however, and
HarOld's interests were their chief care.
Harold was "a now. Three years before
he had been taken in hand by an ac@,
quaintance Of his fathers, the head Of
considerable firm of stockholders, and
fairly launched upon change. His 300
guinea entrance fee paid, his three sure
ties of $500 pounds each found, his name
approved by the committee and all other
formalities complied with, he found him.
self whirling around, an insignificant
unit in the vortex Of the money market
of the world.
There, under the guidance of his fa-
theirs friend, he was instructed i'll the
mysteries Of bulling and of bearing, in
the strange usages Of change in the in
tricacies of carrying over and of trans
ferring. He learned to know where to
place his clients money, which of the
jobbers would make price in New Zea
lands and which would touch nothing
but American rails, which might be
trusted and which Stunned. All this and
much more he mastered, and to such
purpose that he soon began to prosper
to retain the clients who had been rec
commended to him and to attract fresh
ones. But the work was never congen-
ial He had inherited from his father
his love Of the air Of heaven, his affec
ton for a manly and natural existence,
To act as 1niddleman between the pur-
suer Of wealth and the wealth which he
pursued, or to stand as human baro1n-
eter, registering the rise and fall Of tho
great mammOn pressure in the markets,
was not the work for which Providence
had placed those broad shoulders and
strong limbs upon his well knit frame.
His dark open face, too, with his straight
Grecian nose, we'll opened brown eyes
and round black curled head, were all
those Of a man who, was fashioned for
active physical work. Meanwhile he
was popular with his fellow brokers, re-
spected by his clients and beloved at
home, but his spirit was restless within
him, and his mind chafed increasingly
against his surroundings.
'Do you know, Willy" said Mrs. Hay
Denver one evening as she stood behind
her husbands chair, with her hand upon
his shoulder, II think sometimes that
Harold is not quite happy"
Gle looks happy, the young rascal"
answered the admiral, pointing with his
cigar. It was after dinner, and through
the open French window Of the dining
room clear view was to be had Of the
tennis court and the players. A set had
just been finished, and young Charles
Westmacott was hitting up the balls as
high as he could send them in the middle
IF the ground. DR.. Walker and Mrs.
Westmacott were pacing up and down
the lawn, the lady waving her racket as
she emphasized her remarks, and the
doctor listening with slanting head and
little mods of agreement. Against the
rails at the near end Harold was leaning
in his flannels talking to the two sisters,
who stood listening to him with their
long dark shadows streaming down the
lawn behind them. The girls were
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