Arizona republican., 1910-03-13

".'', G I -h1 summer at Hilltop, our country home. ind never met fathers new secretary and uidn ieei
 ,b enthusiasm having clerk from the bIs Steei fore enter our family circle, winch consisted or just father and me Father said that MT Ihompkms was r, an ordinary clerk but could not believe that any -, ,,itb such name could be anything but ordinary
 N-fe,1 I saw the secretary. | knew Why ,her had been attracted hun. lie was English Indeed very English Our tainIlS Wis tnssh some
 --ons ago and while father + intensely hHierlcaii t heart he brides hiuself great deal on hls bri'is,
 If wa, 3 pleasure to ne to ind that Mr ThompkinS iii not look in the least like his name. There was .r,iing very distinguished about his salwart hgrrc and ruddy blondnes> His the rosy, wholesome type oi young Englishman that one associates with r Id water plenty of eNeTcse and not too much poriag over hooks Fortunately. father not much or l- ..ry man himself, he would never have found MT Tolnpliu, -usbe secretary TOT the short tune
 A, i, Wa,. isther WAS very well pleased with Mir ThampliE> for while They used to come out to- -,her early train every afternoon and work m -~ .tud. for zn hour or Then father would take nap iu tae hammoci, and NIT. Thomptins would ..sea inc at l,nnis i:= played me game, and was really erytus inc into pretty good form when-oH' .--.-a'I come To that .paTt CT the story yet
 Father expected To so England in the Iall to look .rs-r ui, claim o a great English estate or winch h. l-lir rd th4 he the rghtrul herr IT was m p--p rsau ior lhiz trip that he had engaged zecrera-y
 - wished o leave ali h5 American interests m periect order .o tlat hr could remain in England indefinitely and he and the secretary working over plan 70 convert ta. -te-l business into stock company
 -Dh no. m, dear. rather answered, when asked 'llu n Ali IoiupEns could give him much assistance 20 ti, matter Of the T4mliy records. lie doesn .lsg anything abour IL and don't wish him 10. VI! .roIL-y. o,er tieIe will look after my interests. IT had 1 am .he IIshIIu heir, 1 wish 1T TO De com petr surprise To friends m this country Ihomp- Ilu- ., al rghT He 5 Very nice fellow, but don ei-i hin to be lusddIns with my private aralTs, 70 Lot J word 10 him about 1T
 "Vzy well Iather. rsphed. dutifully. never ,uaid qHlte whether father took hls eNpecta tious seriously not hut very certain that he liked To have me treat the subject with gravity.
 Do -Ntrt,, he lady NIff q UeZc Father smiled q ne with that indulseut air so be- coming 70 fathers and 50 comforting to danghters Iii ,ou are know you will b. just the same inde- pendent Ette democrat that you are now. and that you uill treat Alr Thompins just as kindly as e'tr cen 1T he does belong 10 the middle class But there hang II all | don't believe in class distinctions Ny mother, father kept retail grocery store, and sni uo than ily sraHdf4ther 1T do happen to De : wholesaler in steel
 Then he nut have been very good man. daddy l ven,urrl
 .Da.,t Try to honeyfuele your old father. Sue"
 A tune went or father became more and more en- grosed in his genealogical studies He often sat late into Ihe night tracing back his Connecron with the English family Of Crantleigh A of Lord Grant lr.h Lad come to hS country late in the -nteenrh century and father believed him have been the right- f heir from whom our branch of the family had de- scrnded
 Sometimes I wondered if Alr. Thompkns had also embarked in genealogical researches. for he seemed quite a, absorbed in some nysery did father But one day he conhded me th1t he was working on an invention that ii successful. would reyoutlonze cer- tain ndu,rie. in this corntry and undoubtedly win for Iin, fortune. He wa bending most of his spare time perfecting inc work, and desired to keep the ltter scret until he had it ready for the patents fell rather proud 10 be in ns confidence and we used t,H great deal about it.
 What doe this mean?" asked father. coming upon -uddenly warm afternoon n the grape-arlor, where resting from teunis. and Harold-Ar. Ihompkn5 uame is ilaTOld-was explaining to me the mechanism of his invention Ii was embarTass- ing 10 have father find MT Thompllns arm around me But then had intended to tell father that very night. stood before h:1 sbashcd
 Tt means" said Harold, that I love your daugh- ter and se has promised with your consent marry me" I was proud of Harold at that moment. for he did not quail before fathers furious glance
 That consent I will give" roared father, "and wish you to leave this place at once You will find check in the study.
 llestrode away leaving Harold and me sadly gag ing each other
 He viii surely relent" said Harold after short silence.
 Oh Harold replied tearfully, "he feels that We have deceived him. and is not only angry but very much hurt Poor daddy. How wish now that you had spoken to him first. in the English way. Then perhaps he would have felt differently about it..
 I'll go to him now and try. to explain
 To Harold not now d While & he i; E. so pa ans6y rh he mp when he Is calmer. The best thing you can do is to go quietly away and leave father to me un- derstand him best, and he will listen to me
 II hard for to convince him that this was 1he wisest plan but last persuaded him to go. 4 half hour later he drove the station in hired surrey and waved my hand hravely, though in tears Father had right 10 bring nice young Englishman to stay in the house ii be didn't wish me to become n- erested in lnfn | suppose he thought because had witfstood the attentions of two three drawling empty-headed idle representatives of the British no- bility that I proof against this fine. wholesome middle class Englishmsn
 Vixen went into the study l found father glover ing at q lip of blue paper. 2s..
 "Your ffend forgot 10 take his check he re- marked as ! drew near his chair.
 He did not forget it., replied, llotly He did moi aanf if IL was insult to offer it to him
 "Itis sn insult he will probably wish repeated after he 6i4ds how difficult it is living in America He came to me 'grten' from the boat and he don't know beans Sue I suppose he thought that as my son in law lie wouldn't have to work. He doesn't know $ thing about business but I thought that might train him into 2 palvzbe secretary"
 And you attracted to him, daddy, weren't ysa?