Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-02-25


u ne had ever seen. His host told stor
I about bis boy hoods friend, Phil M,
row. and became sentimental over /
: recoilectiods of their days at the con
try school. One guest, quiet. gray
~ observant man, made Philips hea
swell with pride by his talk about h
father, that great scholar and philos
pher- Philip Morrow" and when II
grave man had ceased talkipg. Phil
was conscious that he had been SUI
; denly doomed into someth hing like
lion In the estimation of the 9th,
guests only for being his .iher's son
AS the ladies rose to leave the tab
MRS Gunton said to Philip: &c IN
with us. Mr.. Morrow; these men al
gong TO talk about debe ures an
something cai'.d common or prefer I
forget which, but it has 10 do wit
six per cent. and want ycn to talk t
me about the country"
When they were seated together i,
the library. where she led him and tol,
MIN he might smoke, she aid, with al
air OF the greatest Importance, "Dit
you ever see lot of little black pig
feeding at trough of buttermilk, eat
ing until they shivered with the i'm
possible effort to eat more, and ther
climb into the trough9 l have, and
I'd give up my box at the opera to see
that most fascinating sight again
Did you ever see dignifed turkey
gobbler chasing a grasshopper? Tell
me everything like that you've seen,
and then if I like the way you tell it
I'll select rich girl to marry you"
She was only few years older than
he, and he saw her with dazzled eyes
and brain, and he'd never been in
love before, and-well, she gently
pressed his hand when he bade her
good night.
well see about Black right away .
were Mr.. Gunton's parting words.
Where are youliying, country cous-
in p Mrs Gunton asked.
just across the square, Philip
replied.
Her eyebrows raised just trife, hut
dropped instantly. She had never
happened to know any one from the
other side of the square. THAT is
jolly" she said. You must be neigh
borly, and come and see us often"
Tbs next morning Philip breakfasted
recklessly at tie Black Cat He felt
that there was no need of being Mig
gardly about his expenses low that he
was assured of work right away Life
was as bright as on the day he strolled
up the avenue. looking for certain
flower shop he'd noticed the afternoon
before.
He selected g bunch of siolets, and
gasped little when the salesman ask
ed dollar for it.
''Can you send it % Philip inquired,
giving Mrs. Gunton's address. Certain
ly, it could be sent easily enough, tor
d $25 bunch of roses. anotE er guest of |
the evening before had ordered, were
going to the same address.
The salesman did not explain that.
Two weeks later Architec- Black /
vas in Mr.. Gunton's office discussing
ome important building plans. The
lrchitect had gone not more than a
minute when Mr.. Gunton hurriedly
ent clerk to recall him lie was lost,
lowever.
"It's. too bad" said Mr. Gunton.
But Ill write to him. must put Phil I
dorrow's boy to work"
He started to dictate the letter, but
ONE men came in to talk about debeL-
ures and common or preferred some
hing. which had to do wi Ii six per
ent.
Two weeks later still, a month after
'hilip arrived in New York. he enter
d the house on Sou.h Washington
quare, and the janitor, WHO was watt
ng to ask him for next months rent,
I'D not do so; the boy looked SO hope
assly wretched.
He had not been very careful of his
mall store of money. Why should he?
t was gone in week, and some of his
ooks and trinkets went the second
eek. He tortured himself with two
uestions: Why did he not hear from
[r. Gunton? Why did he not go to
[r. Gunton? He saw the Gunton
ouse every day, just across the square;
ften saw the master enter and leave !,
/; more often saw the mistress enter :
nd leave. ,
The miserable thought had entered
hiIip's mind that second visit to
II. Gunton's for no other purpose than
, ask his aid in securing work would
e in the nature of begging. He labor
/ with himself to prove that this was
foolish, false, even a wicked mental
erversion, begotten of pride and
ver-sensitiyeness. But the more he
rgued the more deeply rooted and
INK became the thought. Then, in
le third week, when he began to +,
avn his clothes, the possibility of /,
llling at the house just across the !,
luare vanished utterly; and when in
le fourth week he was OF necessity
,duced to one poor meal a day, he G
rem gave up his daily round of the
-chitects' offices, searching for work.
9 never returned to bis lodgings o
ntii after dark, for he had a dread of c
le possibility of being seen by any q
le in the Gunton house. That day =
the end of the fourth week, when il
} had eaten nothing for forty eight n
ours, and had failed to secure work q
a Iaborer on the docks, he returned = =
his room and saw the Italian family
ated at their supper. The young
oman threw him kiss and showed
her white teeth as she pointed him G.
It, at his winuow, to her companions. K