Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-05-27
DELL JACK DALTON.


evidence Of having the commercial In
stinct, and his father, who was q woo
dealer, fostered the tendency, In the hop
OF training up son who should be lead
or In trade.
So Jack Dalton had received a CONNER
cial education. When other boys were deal
Ing with the theory Of fractions and prof
and loss, Dalton was practically concerned
with qualities and prices and learning tn,
ways of the market.
What wonder, then that he should grow
up tho most energetic, unseQtimental and
hard headed Of business menf
1t would have been difficult to find two
people more entirely unlike both by ma
ture and training, than this plain, prac
tical Jack Dalton, and that learned expo
nent Of the higher culture, Miss Beatrict
Harcourt.
She had been to one Of the leading WON.
ans colleges, had taken honors and was
Phi. b. And throughout the society OF
this particular city the fame of Miss Har-
courts intellectually had gone forth.
The good ladies always invited her
among the very first to meet their lions,
and she always sustained their Judgment
Of her by being perfectly self possessed and
unaffrighted In the presence of the most
august Of these social autocrats.
All the young men who did not regard
themselves az particularly well equipped
mentally had polite way OF avoiding
Miss Harcourt. Not that she had ever been
actually known to crush anybody or to
talk over anybody's head. But they con-
suited among themselves and decided that
you can never tell what these intellectual
women will take notion to do t'all of
sudden"
Jack Dalton was introduced to her at
the Merediths' one evening, and, as every
one said, it was just like his hard headed
ness, after being warned, to take a fancy
to her.
"You beat any one / ever saw, Jack"
said Fred Merriman. II believe you've
taken liking to Beatrice Harcourt;
you've been talking to her for fully 80
minutes
"Why, yes; she's rather nice girl,
think, said Jack.
mice enough, to be sure" replied Fred,
'but she's SO darned intellectual, you
know; goes in for science and philosophy
and all that
"Wcll, that's all right, isn't itp There's
no harm in woman's being smart if she
wG!': S to, is theref'
mo, but how on earth can you talk to
her2'
Like talk TO any other girl, of ooufseu u
"But she's not like any other girl, tell
you"
"well, I'm sure didn't find her so very
different. Indeed, rather like her. She
says may call, and I'm going to do so."
"well, pity you II you do. You'll be
bored to death. She'll talk elective affin-
ity, the sympathetic philosophy and gen.
eral science till you can't rest"
"Do you call theres"
"Why, Of course not--not l."
"Then how do you know she talks these
thingsp'
why, everybody says so"
"Oh, everyb body Is too poor witness.
You know, Fred, in business you look for
individual authority for statement and
then weigh the individual"
"That's all right, Jack; it's just like
your hard headedncss Go on and first
thing you know you'll land up against
stump"
"Oh, well, my plow is sharp and my
ribs are strong and it won't much mat
ter" And Jack laughed as he passed on.
But he was not done with those who
feared for his safety at Miss Harcourt's
had sister-took him to task
"Oh, Jack, Jack, you foolish boy!"
she said. II saw you talking long time
this evening with Beatrice Harcourt. You
dear old Ounce, what could you find to
talk about?''
"Oh, we had great conversation, said
Jack.
"Why, Jack, what do you know that
could possibly interest her? She's SO very
intellectual
"She seemed to be interested in what 1
said"
Seemed, yes, seemed. Seeming and be-
ing are two different things. What were
you saying to herp'
'We were taking about the tariff and
sheep and different sorts of wool and''-
"Oh, jack Jack' broke in his sister.
Talking sheep to Miss Harcourtl Horror
of horrorsl''
why, she seemed to enjoy it, I'm sure,
and asked questions by the dozen"
"You poor foolish boy, she was making
fun Of you right to your face and laughing
in her sleeve all the while, and you didn't
have the eyes to see it,"
"No, don't think she was making fun
sf me; she was very earnest, and / have
promised to lend her that pamphlet of
nendrik's on The Influence of Climate
and Vegetation on the Quality Of Sleeps
WOOL"
"Well, see IL is no use trying to talk
to you, said his sister, with q laugh, "you
are so hopelessly hard headed"
2 But Jack had been told that often with
no effect, nor did it have more now, and
headlong ne went in his pursuit Of the
learned fair one.
Then an interruption occurred in the
person of Professor Max Mortimer, profess
or OF psychology at Stanton university,
who came to visit the McGibeny- -Duffs.
He was well known in the scientific and
literary world and was decidedly "some-
body" 40
or course, Mrs. McGibeny-D Duff had
Beatrice to meet the professor Immediately,
and 1t happened, also very naturally, that
the learned gentleman was greatly taken
with this self possessed intellectual girl,
who could converse with him upon any