Evening star., 1897-06-05

do it. II. as said before. she is not in
terfered with
"I'll break old Grimwoods neck for him
vet growled Howard. still harping on
the interruption, ''in a stock exchange
sense. of COURSE" he added. seeing the
others look of alarm. I'm not going to
assault a crippled man, you know but
I'll give him a lift in wheat some of these
days: see If I don't
The bankruptcy courts have been kept
busy for years with men who have en-
deavored to give Mr.. Grimwood a lift.
as you term It.. Better proceed with eau
ton, Stillson."' ~
That's ALI right" cried Howard with
the supreme confidence of a young man in
Shaking hands with the manager. he en-
tered the board of trade room, and was
speedily absorbed in the tumult there. but
nevertheless found occasion now and then
to direct his eyes briefly toward the teie-
graph office. $500
As time went on Elinor McCllntoch's new
occupation became less and less strange to
her. She quickly mastered the details Of
her calling, and Fielders departing, not
without a manly sigh, the whole duty of
the Office deyofVed upon her. Messages,
code or plain, passed rapidly to and fro
under the nin1ble manipulation Of her pret-
ty fingers, and there were no complaints
that Information now reached ears not in
work less honestly or less expertly, he
would have been q brave man who found
fault with her conduct of business, for the
whole board OF trade, with the possible ex-
ception of old Grimwood, was avowedly in
love with her. Some of the older men said
they liked her for her fathers sake, but
popular he had undoubtedly been, this
hardly accounted for the universal admira-
ton bestowed upon his daughter, and the
stock exchange would have risen as one
man to protest against her removal had
Mr.. Sandys proposed such a thing. For
the first time in history an action of the
Western Union received unstinted approba-
ton. But they had all recognized that
Howard had the lead as far as the fair
telegraphist was concerned, and that he
was the man to keep it. The reluctant in
PRODUCTION which he had practically forced
from the manager had given him an ad-
vantage at the beginning and many Of his
young rivals maligned their luck that this
advantage had not been theirs. Howard
sent many kilograms, and fingered over
the counter as he handed them in turning
away often to find the cold, critical eye of
old Grimwood fastened upon him, which
made him rave inwardly and wish the an
cient broker would attend to his own busi-
ness: complaint which few had ever
urged against the hardened speculator
One evening as Elinor was walking home
young Howard met her at street corner
and expressed great surprise at the COIN
cidence. He told her he was on his Way to
see a sick friend, who lived on 10th street
and was quite taken aback when he learned
that she also lived on 18th street He made
the brilliantly original remark that this
was a small world after all, and asked IL
he might walk with her, as their paths
lay In the same direction. He was further
amazed to hear that she rarely took a
street car. even when 1t rained, for she
was fond Of walking and It turned out
that he. too. was a devoted pedestrian.
She believed what he said as women will
when they have liking for a man, and IL
his conscience did not check him for his
mendacity, it must be remembered that his
was a conscience nurtured in the wheat nit
and perhaps somewhat out of working or
der because of the Jars received there
And before we. who are happily perfect,
blame him overmuch it is well to take into
account the fact that he was already deem
ly in love with the girl, and much NAV be
forgiven young man In that disturbing
but delightful condition
The illness of HcWarC's frtend ,,royoa ~,
be case that apparently baffied the rned.
ical skill of Discpolis, for the Young man
was compelled often to visit him. and nf
course, as the hours when he was free to
do SO conceded with those when Miss
Elinor was on her way home, 1t is not sur
prising that the two often met and walked
toward 10th street together. At first the girl
was Sc seriously harmed about the illness Of
better than HoWard.s, and she was astonish-
ed when the invalid developed several new
maladies each week, bidding fair to becoma
the most cOInplica}ed instance of human
misfortune1 that eyer appealed to harassed
physicians in vain. But at last the hapIess
patient became no longer necessary and
was allowed to depart to the oblivion from
which he had been conjured; the pleasure
Of meeting and walking together forming
its owl. excl Sc for doing so. Once they en-
countered old Grimwood taking his Stunning
constitutional stroll, ordered by his medi-
cal advisers. and he leered at them. lifting
his hat as they passed, with polite ostenta-
ton, but nothing he could. do seemed ac-
ceptable tC Stillson Howard, who scowIed
at Grimwoods perpetual wink and neglect
ed to return his salutation
1I suppose 1t is wicked of me-" said Ell
nor "but cannot help disltking that man.
Perhaps It is because know 1T was his
opposition that caused the bankruptcy Of
my father, although that should be no
excuse for me-"
Howard replied in rhapsody which
need not be here recorded. for he was
prcjudicei against Grimwood, and made no
real effort to do justice to the distinguish
ed talents of the shrewd old man: falkine
instead of the tmpossibility of angels hay-
ing anything but loathing for beings of an
exactly opposite nature, whom II would NOT
be polite to specify.
One day there appeared to be q little
furry In the wheat market. and Elinor
was kept more than usually busy In fhe
receiving anu sending OF telegranas Most
Of Them were In cipher, and the Others
might as wei. have been so for stu the
impresslon they made on the mind Of the
1ak opeEafor. But once, Nfi2sn sxcateznent