New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-04
SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR JANOHk1 y ''i4

I claimed COntcmN 'u'u"l f. I'
! that ne has spent on himself T. TOR M"fquii.
Villa. he amt even bought - new. par o.
shoes since me- came here All he's dofle'
with III hc got, was 10 give tree pavement
and free building 10 Port llatch. me ana
he gave for the park would be worth nun,
drcJ4 Of thousands If railway ever 'lu
como here. and on top Of that ne goes 10
vorl. and turns Hubbard loose 10 tN II up.
! Geological Gardens. Ban, loun''iil'. az
,if,ial lake, All rubbish, He must be
stopped, and he's so devlish cruS,y uiia'
,cc'vc aIl got 10 take q hand in tryin 10 diS.
courage him every time he gets ne" iool
;io, f. mint as If he was Young. Somehow
or another I've got so lately that I'm afraid
Of the years.
lie gioppcd and looked out at the noun
taine and went on. as if 10 himself ana lor-
pctful Of her presence, pudgy, .impohtG
Inhilosophcr. with his back turned toward
his companion. -
that fimcl There's % man child born q,
every tick Of the clock. We amt no good
before we're twcnty-onc, and we croak M
-ixfv. When you come 10 figure out all the
time that were asleep and drunk, we don t
live very long, nohow. &C.,.
Arabclla's voice recalled him. 81 didn't
hc,r Won. Burmah," she said, and he felt a
GLOW at her unconscious Use Of his name.
@What mean by al this, he said, wheel +
ing so that ne faced her, Is that something
cot TO be done 10 curb the Colonel, ana !
want YOU TO help me
Her shapcly eyebrows were drawn INTO
frown. and her face was picture OF as
trcss rs She met his eyes But what can !
do3 You know how Father is. No one can
influence him.
you can 10 this, he asserted: "You can
listen TO his plans. You can argue against
them: not so he'll notice 1t, but just TO lind
WAYS Of maxim him change his mind. You
must never let him think YOU don't believe
his new hobbyhorsc the finest that was ever
rode: but always suggest that maybe there
another that's got prctticr paint on 1t. on
must always appear TO agree, and inside OF
your head know that YOU don't agree. on
must always smile, and pat his cheek, the
way I've seen YOU pat it, even II your heart 5
sick over some ncwfanglcd way Of thrown
AWAY the bankrOll And YOU can do more
than all that You can tell me always when :1.il
he's got a new hobbvhorsc in mind, and ! II
do nv darndcst to see that its taken out OF
the shop window before he can get around
TO buy it,"
She got ND impulsivcly, and came to him,
and put both white hands on his arm, and
looked him full in the face, with the trust
full affection Of q sister for big and strong
brother. and he sustained stab Of sorrow
that he had been compelled to bring even
this worthy distress upon her.
you are good She almost whispered.
@You talk differently from the men ! have
known: but there's something in the way
YOU say things that makes anyone know,
without thinking, that you are honest and
wise.
Beneath the confidence Of her touch, and
the trust and admiration in her voice, he
almost sluddcred as the lash bit deeply into
his conscience; but his eyes did not lower
themselves, and he appeared the same I'M
mobile. International stocky, fat man,
grotcsquc in his vulgarity Of dress mastcrtul
| in the dominant features of his face and head.
Then you'll 10 it," he insisted, never
varying from the point that he sought to at
tain.
"Ycs. will. shcpromiscd with outspoken
candor. and I'll do it without feeling that
am q spy on my own father, because |
know now that it is for his good.
Then, he sail, masking his gratitude
under the guisc of raillery, my time of sus-
pcnsc has been extended another three
| ,r..f-. aud ...r1 take Won hack TO where