Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-06-05

growing population.
Instead of being interested in the
dinners that were given her and her
mother Gladys spent her time visiting
objects Of interest. Unfortunately for
her mothers plan she could not controI
her daughter. who seemed to be in
fatuated with America. Everything
was On so large and magnificent a
scale. In comparison what she had
been accustomed to seemed dwarfed.
The people in England. though more
en%terprising than those on the con
tinent Of Europe. appeared slow going
and old fashioned. 1t seemed to her
thai in America had been stored cen
turtles of European wasted energy.
There were no curious relics Of a dead
past-the fine arts We're as nothing-but
everything else was immense. magnifi-
cent and moving onward with the pow
er and rapidity of a huge planet
through space.
One day a party of which Lady
Gladys was a part alighted from a car
riage at the entrance to a manufacture
ing establishment covering nearly a
hundred acres with a view to inspect
ing it. They We're shown through each
department by its foreman. The dress
Of these persons depended upon the
work done in their charge. Some were
In business costume, some in overalls.
In one of them, a foundry. they were
turned over to a young man whose re-
fined appearance contrasted with his
grimy overalls. He was very attentive.
explaining all the manufacturing de-
vices so clearly that they were easily
understood. Lady Gladys asked a great
many questions involving explanations
above those ordinarily given. The
young man was much pleased with the
intelligence she evinced in her ques-
tons and vas surprised that she had
such a knowledge of mechanics as ad-
mitted Of her asking them. The two
parted with a newborn interest in each
other.
Not long after this visit Lady Edger-
ton and her daughter were invited to
dine with a lady who a%pologized for
one Of the guests they were to meet,
a young nan who was not known in
society. HE has," said the hostess.
"some hold on my husband and has
asked for an invitation to meet you and
your daughter. But your acquaintance
need only be for the evening"" In re-
peating this to her daughter Lady Ed
gerton also transmitted the intelligence
that the hostess had felt obliged to in
vite a man to meet them for whom she
did not care to vouch. Lady Gladys
noted the information and said she
would act upon it.
When the dinner came off and the
guests met in the drawing room Gladys
recognized in one Of them. Respondent
in evening dress. the man in overalls
who had shown her through the foun-
dry. She started, but when the young
man. though somewhat embarrassed.
greeted her with a pleasant smile she
recovered herself and returned it. He
was introduced as Mr.. Morlock and
was assigned to take the scion Of Brit
ish ~aristocracy to dinner. Seated side
by side. the two at once fell into ami
mated conversation.
"Where did you learn so much about
mechanics?" be asked.
II have always fancied that line." re-
piled Lady Gladys. land when at Cir
ton took a special course in it. | pre-
sumo you learned it in a better way
than Observation-Disclosures is. practically"
81 first learned it theoretically, with
some practice thrown in"
"How?"
"At the - Polytechnic institute"
The girl looked surprised. But
American ways were new to her. and
she was ready to hear almost any
thing. Still. this case puzzled her.
She had met him as foreman in a foun-
dry. She had been told that he was
not one Of the elite in society. He had
sufficient influence to demand an invi-
tation to meet her. and. lastly. he was
a graduate of one of the first scientific
institutions in the country. What did
it mean?
The lady was too we'll bred to inter.
rOSaIe Qer dinner cOupdIlOu DIS W Ills
social status and contented herself
with conversation. which she found
not only entertaining. but charming
After dinner she found an opportunity
to speak with the hostess. who told hel
something about the young man. AL
the information vouchSafed was this
In America. or. rather. New York. ;
position in what is called society car
only be attained by an effort. or, ir
the case of bachelors, by certain serv
ices to hostesses. Mr.. Morlock had ne
time for the former and no taste fol
the latter. Consequently he had nc
social status in New York society.
Lady Gladys could understand me
chanics, but the elements Of the socia
structure Of New York were too mucl
for her. and she did not pursue the sub
ject. From the time Of her meeting
with Mr.. Morlock her mother noticed
that she seemed %indisposed to encour
age the other young men she met-th'
cotillion leaders, the clubmen. tn