Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-06-21

haven't had so many new ideas in a twelve
month And it is refreshing to see man so
well dressed" (Bythe-way, Jack had exchanged
his early morning toilette for one less conspicu-
ous.)
'Pynckney made poor show beside him, eh?"
az did not think so"-seriously. your clothes
are rusty, too but you hold your own"
I'm not sure of that. 1t may be so in this
corner but out in the world 1t would be different,
for shabby fellows would be soon pushed to the
wall. Better make friends with the new mammon,
Angela Be wise in your generation" said her
grandfather, meanngly.
Yes. it had come to this 1t had required no
seer to read the undisguised admiration expressed
in Jack Campbell's every look, apart from hint
let fall by Mr.. Shirley that Jack had fallen in
love at first sight with Angela, in the approved
old-fashioned way. And Mr.. Sothern welcomed
the idea with pleasure. 1t seemed as though Dame
Fortune were at last reaching out her hand toward
his darling child.
That evening at dusk PyncSney came gallop
ing back again. Fortune had reached out her
hand to him. too. His mothers brother had
written to him asking him to make his home
with him in a neighboring city that winter fol-
lowing and thus be on hand to attend medical
lectures, and read under the direction OF IA
nous Observation-Disclosures darling scheme. Only
want of means had prevented his doing this be-
FORE Now, with this assistance he could go.
And he was to go at once. in order to make
fair start when the lectures began next month
The letter had come that afternoon
Hitherto Pynckney had come and gone. and
Angela had seen him alone without thought of
surveillance But ON this evening her grand
father seemed determined not to give her an OPP
portunty for a word in private with Pynckney.
He was all friendliness and cordially to the
young man, but in spite of this the latter rode
off with heavy heart. He had no assurance
that Angela would wait for him-cared for HIM
And, to make matters worse, on his way to the
station next morning he met Jack Campbell on
his way evidently to Oak Hill
After that for the next six months, he buckled
down to work in good earnest He never heard
directly from Angela, but indirectly lie heard
that she was well, and loyeler than ever; that
Jack Campbell came and went Chang him. there
was nothing to prevent his travelling where and
when he peased) that gossip gave him to An
gela and that the match was smiled on by her
grandparents and their friends. Still Pynckney
kept up his courage. While there was Ire tnere
was hope and his own prospects were Frightening
so that he might count the months to the
day when he could have home of his own
In the spring he resolved to take run home.
He had made up his mind that 1T would be easier
to face the worst than to go on working and
living for Angela only to be disappointed in the
end The three hours of his journey were soon
ACCOMPLISHED and the train ratified into the sta-
tion of the little town near Oak Hill and next TO
that where he would get off He swung himself
off the train for look at the familiar scenes;
there would be fifteen minutes detention mere
owing to a delay of the down train turning a
corner abruptly, he came upon two hgufes sur
rounded by chaos of freight boxes, standing
with their backs to him, and too much engrossed
with each other to notice his approach-Camp-
hell one Angela the other. She wore her riding
habit; he was equipped for travelling 1t became
directly apparent to Pynckney that Angela mad
come to- see Jack off. In flash ne mastered inc
situation He knew Angela so well: she would
never have made herself so conspicuous had not
she been engaged to Campbell. This fact was
Datent to Pynckney now. And, even Delng en-
paped her conceding this much to any man was
strange enough from her. But "evil commun
cations corrupt good manners. NO DOUBT the
independent young ladies at the North to Uhon
lack Campbell had been accustomed did such
things habitually, and this was the style he pre-
ferred Pynckney stood white with wrath and