Orange County observer., 1903-07-09


Ledyard, to her friend,
-A= Mrs. George Ganzevoort,
lll l!s(ll that Philip has money, or
will have it when he's a
year older and comes into his father s
estate He certainly never would earn
anything at the profession which he
has adopted. Think of it, Mrs Came
yoort. he's nothing but a naturalist and
he says he's proud of it. He goes
incoming through the fields every day
ogling birds with an opera glass and
catching tadpoles in tin cup.
Il cried my eyes out because he
wouldn't be a lawyer or something
useful. But it was no use. He kissed
me, laughed at me and said that the
only possible interest he could take in
lawyers was in their capacity as
leeches, and then they might make in
teresting study. Mercy, the boy will
come into 100000 in a year, and
While he knows a lot about everything,
he likes to talk about nothing but tree
toads ard titmice.
"Oh, yes, / know, Mrs. Ganzevoort
he is awfully good and sweet to me
and all that. but you haven't heard
the worst. He's been digging ferns
and scraping off lichens for a month
with Mary Martin. Mary is a perfectly
proper and very pretty girl, I know
but mercy me, her fathers the village
carpenter, and suppose Philip srould
fall in love With her? Why the Led
yards for ten generations back would
get up out OF their graves and forbid
the union. And do you know, Mrs.
Ganzevoort l fear the mischief is
done already, for when I spoke to
Philip about it and said something
about this going botanizing with a
carpenters daughter, he got angry
with me for the first time in his life
and said that Mary Martin was a fit
mate for king and was better bred
and knew lot more than some people
who were always talking about money
and family.
well, he must obey me for another
year at any rate, and I'm going to send
MIN away tomorrow to cure him of his
lnfatuation. You know I had set my
heaft on his marrying Josephine Bat
tels She has blood and money. Philip
mas only seen her once or twice, but
'alhk he was taken nightly with hel
appearance, for she is a striking look.
ng girl, you know; black hair, red
n1sh 4v1- D1,S1 1ir
soV little angry with her once when
ne gave her a leaflet that some birG
society published and she read it and
sald It was sentimental nonsense. Il
Aad something about feather wearing
ana cruelty in it. Well, as I said
oelofe' he will go away tomorrow fol
year, and when he comes back I car
assure You that Josephine Batte1s will
'V mere to welcome HIM. I think
AnoW her feelings in the matter pretty
we'll"
,; ~ 1t was that Philip Ledyard found
lsell sentenced by his mother to {
.ai punishment. He was a fne-look
nis IS lellow just out of college, athletic
anen sal 10 tramping the fields and tt
sooAins at every form of nature will
w. r,,mpathetc eyes. AS child he hai
n,ased pli!, With Mary Martin because IL
ran. rnnuhood, especially in village life
@anhs are leveled.
will n'ilp Ledyard, back from colleg,
witn l d mans heart and to some extern
Non. ' mans head did admire pretty
NO. Martin. He thought his hear
bnt s.il well within his own keeping
Of Wv, H,leh he heard his mothers edic
ljttla IA's and his thoughts turned to {
Roho,.o outage in the lane leading t.
81 lliA Meadow he was not quit,
was p np; Aedyard told Mary that HI
good1u 1u'us away for year. Mary sait
with W, 20 MIN with her eyes clear ant
that nnl nnnl'lembllng voice, but tears fel
pento,;s snt IN an upper room in the car
fields l'p Ledyard went to Souther,
tholoor ne studied botany and orni
places s' ID out of the way Mexican
observosaun and finally joined a party o
Biolooiaas, sent out by the Governmen
get do4" ol survey with instructions t
Floriaa, about the flora and fauna o
in tho no, Ihllip had a personal frien'
to bis party' man of kindred taste
Owned 'Mn' WI, and it was to him that b
party of 'ne n privilege of joining til
Ona do government observers.
Qay tho it'll 4h~o.ao