The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-10-29

SIN. X must be owned that. though the
Youngun did finger his own affairs with
the G1wlsdo1a OF the wild ass. he showed
sanity when ordering the welfare % his
pro.ege. A year at schoos made that yourg
woman taio another person. saa had Sill
howiing accent. bat she di3n'. swear.
AMI she was dropping unconventional
id.ouas- IN Two years the accent had mod
fed Still further ard she was distinctly
! ~ for civilized society She had wonderful!
receptive powers. With nice discrirnina-
ton she initiated the better methods of
speech and life which she saw In her
new surroundings. Young Fairhairn's only
lucid intervals IN lis career OF descen:
were during me schools holidays. Then
be took holidays. too, and quiet lodgings.
and in these rigidly adhered to the k!6s
society. She soon lest her sacred awe OF
him, and called him Youngun as easily as
any OF Us could have done l..
In ways the KID was a vary old sort OF
Child. and TO hear Ter read young Fair
BARN lectures. and rate aim generally
about his nisdeeds. WAS moral and i'm
proving recreation. I was dining with tGem
one day just before things came 10 an
end. She sat az the head OF the table as
though sho lad been born IN the purple.
We discussed with relish the ways OF rid
ing-masters I'll the entrees came. and then
she preached the topic OF finance
she turned TO ME and demanded what I
thought was The founguns latest craze.
] said ! didn't know
why said she. he's actually wanting
10 pack Tie of 10 school. which will cost
~ the very least two hundred year. and
he's as hard up as ever he can be. don't
intend TO go: they can teach ne as much As
ever I want where l am 'T1sn', as II /
wanted 10 turn goVerness atterward."
The kiddies present notion said young
tatrh2trl. is 10 turn in n
year or SOS time. Humorous idea isn't itr''
shop assistant" explained the
Kid. grayeiy, as step to
something else. haven, quite
decided yet. but think 1t will be IN
photographers place. I'm not I'D enough
yet and / shall sponge on the Younsun
for another Two years; that will bring me
Up TO sixteen, and then I'll begin. Do YOU
know. Mr.. McGiiby. l shouldn't be sarpIis-
ed II / made a big tortune?"
Young Fairbaira roared. but the Kid took
his mockery with easy Goodness The day
ats rwaTd ! ran across TO the West Indies
saw the Kid next some six months
after this. and she commented on Young
Fairbairn's having received a snug colon
Ia! appointment. Personally. / was un Ter
the impression that the individual In ques-
ton had come a most tremendous mucker,
ana had cleared out OF the country with
suddenness. lest worse befeIl: but | didn't
correct her view; and when learned that
two-quarters school fees had been paid
since the exodus. wondered much where
the money had come from.
The Kids education and other expense,
rooted W. a that period, 10 quite clSD rer
@nnum. Young Fairbairn had To live HIM
self. somewhere, somehow. and until he
left these shores he had never done m
hours work in his life. Moreover he was
eninentiy untitled by both education and
habits for the acquisition Of wealth. He
had shown great ability TO spend il. and
coureTses are seldom true
W hen / saw that those school fees con-
tnuei 10 be paid. these matters furnished
me with food for reflection.
III
There vas certainly something about the
KIDS methods which one could not help
adlniring. True 10 her previous announce
nent. at the age oc sixteen she took her
ssH away from school and got Job In
big pho1ographer's shop She had 10 be-
gin al the bottom, penciing in ladies' eye
Srows / suppose. and unkering up their
back hair. and helping them to their cloaks
when they had finished a sitting Then
she worked In the office; then as a re-
TOUGHER, which brought her UP 10 the age
~ nineteen. At this period Carnegie met
her again. and was more impressed than
he afterwards liked
! had the story from bis own lips
Il was never so struck in my "fe' he
said. Il went into the shop 10 get some
cabinets DONE and who should / see but
the Kid. pretty a picture. and manag-
Ing half the business She was full Of
work. and couldn't talk with NE then.
but they closed at six. AMI walked home
with her. Do you know. she's actually