The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-06

| MCN1ntOrn. 49,
sgoed heavens Yog don't mean 70 say 90 y
i isfOr rDG' % VI RY0r ruined the father now supporting
ro The po wSsts%rn tbs S mSmaT war. look 10 n0' '"'
"ouite so, and we help support that grindlng
monopoly; The sov oq ssnaTs' I " WSnt you I" % intro fDs
dmce me to Miss McCiintoch."
II don't sos the necessity. She Is not mere
o that's all nonsense. We're all socinl
EQUALS, and Il will do her no harm to have q
n nlHrnqs ON be 1p's yoa know; besides. il you don't in.
trodlcc me properly, shall introduce myself"
earn her own living, and I don't want her inter.
as.ExSetiy. / am earning my " living win my my;
/ will prevent Others doing so.
The manager looked kccnly. at the speaker for
Very honest pair Of eyes. A I that instant there
was n wild rush to the centre OF the room ~ II
The human atoms ;n had BEEN ,nan r@u 81 them n SU we're.
They gesticniRtcd and shouted all together. 1t
seemed az II a madhous yo had HH o%Ors waver rSi
o moment, seemingly drawn by some unseen
force to plunge into the maelstrom; then his
eyes. looking at the turmoil, while Johnniee
there fhierTc was mos NO danger Ise and that It was not a free
fight nor the beginning Of a football match,
The manager, still with visible reluctance.
turned and led the way to the telegraph office,
heard with >d%iifisnitiy above The din. may ! A.
trodncc to y9aa a friend of your father Mr. Still
The girl. raising her eyes. saw before, her a
young, man, who might DO conyentionally de-
snd q iir ns i mou lHiGsdins sc;lf Mlsh "a se Chin %u''"en''
~ am pleased to meet any one who knew my
si not only Knew him. Miss Mcclintoch. but I
much encouragement at a time when had no
here ! hope yon will let me know, for I would es-
tSs% f i 2 t RRf'd SessF a 70 % seas f Ct iseS, partial re-
Thank you" replied tho girl simply;
sc tpe 4sfae Of o %issi if ySs Pi as Sele sa,s t against inst
the counter. holding in his hand a written mes
sH f;;S snE I, fS Ne e sasa1 his i flshy , sye S on the I sFGEnR E
going to do us the honor OF sending and receiy,..
ng our dispatches, and that will be very NICE"
plainly as words. Il Should be much Obliged il
You would all attend strictly TO business"
il of to Chicago. Miss McCIintoch sat down be-
l Hesn nfd fStPP tSs roS%, iol.o w if g. shs s% $as sSssS
who. once outside in the hall. touched his friend
IF NAV say il in all kindness. Howard. I
help 70 Miss .Mccfintoch il this acquaintance
on H 6S HTIs Tsp,Sg w mS, an ,er imP sS,n nd %sledictiOn
wood is quite within his rights. Our old friends
daughter is there to do her duty. and is anxious
she is no, lnterfered with" .
III break old Grimwood's neck for him yet"
ton; sin a Stock Exchanee. Sense, Of oourse.'
he added. seeing the others look Of alarm. I'm
dnys; see II ! don't"
for years with men who have endeavored to
give Mr.. Grimwood a lift, as YOU term it. Better
pF 9fSs,! Ti al fsa,l?H cF ssii'i Toward. with IL e SUI
preme confidence OF q young man in his accent:
shaking hands with the manager, he entered
sorbed in the tumnlt there. but, nevertheless
briefly toward the telegraph Office.
As time went on E.linor McCl.ntoch's new oc-
She quickly mastered the details OF her calling.
sigh, the whole duty OF the Office devolved upon
her, Messages. code or plain. passed rapidly to
pretty fingers. and there were no complaints
that information now reached ears not intended
honestly or less eSpertly., he would have
been a brave man who found fault with
Board Of Trade. with the possible cxcep,
ton Of old Grimwood. was avowedly In
l IExs T hsl f orf her s fntSe 81 . sase elf bu, P popu snia IL ,h Ss
had undoubtedly been, this hardly accounted tor
t daas S1aTe and I'd, 1am sioeF Es SSs,owed ro %GSG ba his
risen as one man TO protest against her removal
had MIR. Sandys proposed such q thing. For
the first time in history an action OF the Western
ali recosnized that Howard aGpih had the ics ada as sf fsr
that he was the man to keep. it; The relnc.
tant Introduction which, he had practicslly
forced from the manager had given him an ad-
vantage ut the beginning. and many OF his young
rivals maliSned their luck that this advantage
grams and fingered over the counter as lie
handed them in. turning away often TO find the
cold. critical eye of old fastened upon
him. which made him rave lnyardlV and wish
the ancient broker would attend to his own
sssinsi ,h "a f6S srSenea . TstTh ts% had ever urged
One evening as Elinor was walking home
young Howard met her at a street corner and
expressed great surprise at the coincidence.
he told her he was on his way to see a sick
friend who lived on Sixteenth street. and was
lived on Sixteenth street. He made the bril-;
iian,ly original remark that this was a small
He was further amazed to hear that she rarely
, sss was "a s'f fSaa car Of e wsIki Hee" and ID F It safn tsf
out that he; too, was a devoted pedes;
when they have liking FOR q man. and il his
conscience did not check him for his lncnds city.
It must he r%enemberet that his was a cons ciencc
what out OF working order because OF the jars
resolved there. And before We: who are happily
perfect, blame him oycrmuch. 1t is well 10 take
into account The fact that he was already deeply
in r love with the h &, sis,' snli,h mrSh may be forgiven
The illness of Towards friend proved TO be n
case that apparently bafflcd the medical skill OF
Disopolis. for the young man was compelled often
TO visit him. and, OF course. as the hours when
he was free to do so conceded with those when
Miss Elinor was on her way home. it is not sur,
prising that the two often met and walked to,
ward Sixteenth street together. AT first the girl
Was seriously alarmed about the illness of The
Inflated friend. for her memory was better than
Howard,s. and she was astonished when
aides each week. bidding fair to be,
come the most complicated instance OF human
misfortnncs that ever appealed TO harassed phy.
sicians in vain. hut Mt last the hapless patient
became no longer necessary. and was allowed "a
depart to the Oblivion from which he had been
coninred; the pleasure OF meeting and walking
together forming Its own excuse for doing. so
Once they encountered old Grimwood taking his
shutiling constitutional stroll. ordered by his
medical advisers, and he lccred nj them. lifring
his hat as they passed with polite ostentation
hut nothing h" could do seemed acceptable "a
Stillson Howard. who scoNlcd at Grimwooi's
perpetual wink and neglected TO return his
Sanitation.
II suppose 1t is wicked OF me" said Elinor
hut | cannot hclpdislikinS that Inan. Perhaps
IL is because ! know il was his opposition thai