The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-06
BY ROBERT BARR.
(copyright, 1896. by Robert Barr)

copyright, 1896, by Robert Barr)
From wimbledon to Surbiton is COM
partively but a step. An enterprising
train. bent on accomplishing the feat,
can do the distance in seven or eight
minutes, and even the slowest Of 10
cals'' takes but u. Barney was an
energetic young man, and, where a
check was concerned, knew the dan
gers of delay; so he resolved, being
in the neighborhood, to go TO Surbiton.
see mis- mother. and settle the business
The young man often treasured him
self by saving inwardly that he was no
fool, and the few minutes he had to
mediate on the situation, as he paced
up and down No. , platform waiting
for the train, enabled him to formulate
a course of action.
Barney had a we'll defined mental
process by which he arrived at any
plan of procedure. The great thing,
my boy" he used to say, is TO know
eXctly what you want, and then go for
it." IN going for it the young fellow
trampled on anything that came in his
path; truth, Tor example. His one OBJ
ject was success-the kind that sue
ceeds. Having attained that, he was
careless of the means.
In this instance what he wanted was
to prevent any interference with Sart-
well, and he knew, if he boldly opposed
his mothers scheme, such opposition
would inevitably bring about tho
NEEDING he desired TO avoid, and at
the same time place himself in her
bad books, which was financially un-
desirable
1T Will take bit of thinking" said
Barney TO himself, thus showing that
he correctly estimated the difficulties
of the situation, and realized the short
ness of the distance between Wimble-
ton and Surbiton.
Surbiton is most attractive Surrey
suburb with an excellent service Of
trains. The houses are large, detached.
and of the class known in estate agents
vocabulary as "desirable.s Stock
brokers in the city are attracted thither
as much by the rapid train service as
by the desira BILE residences: thus many
of them live there. The rich and re-
tired tradesman and the manufacturer
in large way have given the place an
exclusiveness which it could never have
attained II IT had been a mere resort Of
noblenen. or a place for the housing of
the working classes. 1t is the rich AMI
retired tradeSman who has given Eng
land its reputation as a cold and digni-.
lied nation. Nothing can compare with
a hrst class compartment from Surbfton
" euXball and Waterloo. onlv''-fOr
fortunate duke or marquis, coming
from his estates in the southwest.
chances uDon the Surbiton contingent.
and makes an innocent and friendly
remark He is frozen into silence by
the icy stare of the other five occu-
pants The compartment.
Surbiton. to a stranger. has the look
OF a seaside place. Some of the streets !
are broad and divided by narrow rallied
IN PARKS There are benches here and /
there, and trees everywhere. while an
assembly hall in the centre of the town. {
ana sort of marine parade along thu /
river, and a band stand and military (
concert every Wednesday evening dur- /
Ing the summer, give to this charming (
sADurb the air of a coast resort. lack !
ihS only the long. Spidery. castiron pier. /
when SurDiton may yet build over the .
river INTO the Hampton court grounds.
Where N spring the waters lie like a
broad yellow ocean. When that pier
IS putt. the charge for admission will
countess be four ence-double tho
BT4ghton price, for CurbitOn is prone TO
attest It's eXclusiVeness in a manner
tnat appeals . The financial magma
ton. II is proud of the fact that lis
local raEes are high (the Surbiton I'm
pToVement committee being elected 10
attend to that natter and thar frst
class season ticket costs 60 more than
10 any other place an equal distance
from London
The Hope residence was 2
large. square, yellow house. rather
old-fashioned-aE imposing man
snon, was the phrase that caught
Mrs Hc9e's eve in the Times before
she induced her husband to Inv IT
ana = stood IL an extensive we'll
wooded grounds Barney. drove .up to F.,
IL N enc Of the o9en victcrias which
stand for hire al the station. class
OF vehicle that adds TO the seaside an
peaTance Of Surbfton
Telling the man to wait. he sprang
I'D the steps and Knocked. for there
VS. - hothlhg SO modern as q bell at the
front door He found his mother in tbe
drawing room. and with her LADY
Mary tanshawe, who had driven over
from her fathers country place in the
Dorkng direction. Lady Aarv was ?
nice girl, rather shy who blushed pre+-
NY wnen Barney came in. and had ?
great admiration for the young mans
hitherto unappreciated artistic talents
liking painter better than