The Press., 1894-08-02
could get,o line of your hand-writing.

Thomas Elliott had not sufficiently laid these things to heart that fine morning when he indited that perhaps reprehensi- bly-enthusiastic note to Lily, which Mrs. Grigg seeing, and knowing the handwrit-. ing, could not resist the temptation to open-pleading to herself her duty to her daughter, ,and impelled by vague suspicious based on many minute signs, for some time past the cause of uneasiness to her and to her lean bosom's fat lord. So this little document, as Tom afterward ob- served, in what he said was Wall Stfeet slang, 'blew every thing higher than Gill deroy flew his kite"-a phrase suggestive of infinite queries about the diversions of that gentleman.
 All this time Thomas and Lily, are in the parlor, and Mrs. Grigg in silent "fees" Gt's good word, but not in Web- ster) outside.
 Lily said, softly, "Oh, you mustn't come any more!"
 "What is it ?" queried the gentleman.
 "They read your motel" exclaimed Lily. coloring high with vexation at her pal ents, and shame for them too. They are so angry!"
 The young persons were silent for a moment. Lily's tones were fervent and resolute, and Tom was too much of g man to dispute her. And he felt besides that she meant 'at present." Besides, did not his cunning mans instinct make him know surely that the beautiful girl was his own? Yes, indeed. A man knows the love that is his as surely and as quick ly as woman, and more so. But the pas sion and the fervid will of a strong man moved him to require and receive-none the less because it was not mcclellan outward token before he departed. And he half lifted Lily, who was crying little now, to a seat, and knelt close by her and she did not resist at all. And he put his arms about her, and whispered.
 ''I will go, Lily. But you do not mean that Ishall lose you, Lily? Kiss me once. You never gave me g. kiss"
 So she lifted her face to his, and lightly laid her arms around his neck and kissed him once Then he rose quickly and de- parted, riding away with the hostler.
 When, next morning-it was April %, AID. 1962- Thomas Elliot entered the store of Abiiah Grigg his usually bright face wore somewhat resolved and pre- occupied look. The eminent merchant gruffiy greeted the obscure clerk. Like 8 true vulgarian, he did not administer with plain directness the awful and confounding admonition with which he felt himself charged, but transfused his ill-nature into the general texture of his conduct He was sour of face and rude of manner. He found fault with the rate of commits sion which Tom had accepted on that last lot of guano; was inclined to charge upon Tom the non-return of a certain costumer of yesterday; quite snarled over various letters; and, after sundry other naggings, at last squarely charged that it was Toms 4 T. L r1><>Vn ho6 ed the Sea NyaapA (with salted hides) right in front of the store, but had laid her across the end of dock two blocks away.
 Upon this Tom, who had answered him not word, quietly wiped his pen, put up the blotter he had been writing in, turned down the lid of his inkstand, dismounted his Faber No. 2 from it's clerkly perch over his right ear and put it on the rack turned the key to his desk, took of and hung up his venerable ofice-coat, and put on a very neat "dress-sack, ;" took his hat and, turned to his respected and rather puzzled employer, said, not without cer- tain loftiness of manner,
 "Mr. Grigg, let's not have any unneces- sary difficulty. I have no particular ex- pectation of coming to your house again that 1 know of"
 Here the old merchant looked relieved but his face clouded again as Tom added,
 "I meant to have given you more no- tice, but things that have happened within day or two have hurried me. Pm through with my work for you, MT. Grigg. Pm to see man at eleven this morning about partnership. l can recommend William Waters for my place, if you don't think of any better man."
 uo bald ont hic hand oauinu OGnA. Ina turedly, "Good-bye, Sir! success t0 you"
 MT. Grigg shook hands without at all meaning to. He was badly upset. He had fully intended to administer 8 mild but firm reproof, and thought he had been paving the way to it very skillfully; and now he had found himself suddenly thrown on the defensive by the manner and the language of the young man. Thus there iumbled about in his mind an incongruous mess of satisfaction at the discontinuance of Toms visits, dissatisfaction at losing him, irritation at being talked to-" and that pompous, reproving state of mind that he had been nursing. And between the humbug sentiments which he had been meaning to express without feeling them, and these genuine sentiments which he had not expected to feel and did notmean to express, he mumbled and goobled in his talk quite pitifully. The rich but vul- gar New York merchant is seldom agreat extempore orator of the feelings.
 Good said he; 'good-mor- ming, then, Elliott !-Ah hem!-Ah'm !-- Pm sorry Pm glad-I hope that in fu- ture you--It's very proper-lt's very i'm proper We'll, just as you say--Pm sure i was intending Very well-very well 7"
 And with this lucid exposition of the moral bearings of things in general Tom left. After he was gone Pig Grigg very quickly and naturally heated up into a great rage. Why should he not? Hehad been caused 10 look ridiculous him self, at least; and in about fifteen min utes he agreed with himself, with more heartiness ofdetermination of than accuracy in costume, that he would ''sit in that young puppy's skirts Just as sure, ,". he said, with ludicrous habitual assevera- tion of his, which wasn't meant to be true but sometimes was-'.just as sure as I'm a goose!"
 "Young puppy" he said, and Tom was a well-grown fellow of twenty-four. But he had risen up under the eyes of Pig Grigg for ten years, and we seldom see the growth that goes on before our eyes. The old gentleman had, in fact, never thought of Tom as a man, and had there fore felt toward him as an impertinent boy---a false position which had really ex- posed him to be outflanked, as he actually was in the conversation just recited.
 Tom felt the same state of things in- deed he had long felt it. As he left the store he said to himself, Cant an old man believe any body can be less than fifty years of age and more than fifteen ?''
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