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m f m u M Vf* . r\v y wfif, mb^ U * ABNER DANIEL By... WILL N. HAKBEN Author of •’XOtJltrftU” ❖ Copyright, 1902, by HARPER. ® BROS., Who Publish the Work In Book Form. ‘All Rights Reserved • • CHAI'TKU VI. JIIE you hr pooplo assoinhlod slowly at the dunce that eveu- inu'. Toward dark it had be- yun raining, and, according to custom, two livery stable carriages, called “hacks,” were engaged to con vey all the couples to and from the ho tel. Everything in life is relative, and to young people who often went to even less pretentious entertainments this “That’s affair was rather impressive in its ele gance. Lamps shone everywhere, and bunches of candles blazed and sput tered in nooks hung about with ever greens. The girls were becomingly at tired in light evening gowns, and many of them were good looking, relined and graceful. All were soft spoken ami easy in their manners and either wore to common'll him to the preference of r.ny thinking woman, especially when « ntrasted to Ilillhouse. who was only a little taller than Dolly and was show ing himself even at a greater disad vantage in his unrefined allusions to his and Alan’s attentions to her. In deed Alan was sorry for the spectacle the fellow was making of himself and tried to pass it over. “I usually come in on SalwrdayH,” he true,” said Dolly, with one of her rare smiles. “Yes”—ilillhouse took another head er into forbidden waters—“he’s about joined your church, they tell me.” Alan treated this with an iudulgeul smile. He did not dislike Ilillhouse, but ho did not admire him, and he had never quite liked his constant atten- . , , . , tions to Miss Barclay. But it tvas an or carried flowers. The evening suits , aoknowledi;o( j fact among the society of the young men were well in evi deuce tind more noticeable to the wear ers themselves than they would have been to a spectator used to convention al style of dress. They could be seen in all stages of inadaptability to fig ures too large or too small, and even after the da nee began there were sev eral swaps and a due amount of con gratulation on the improvement from the appreciative fair sex. The young lady accompanying each young man had pinned a small bouquet on bis lapel, so that it would have been im possible to tell whether a man had a natural Piste for flowers or was the iwilling victim to a taste higher than his OW'D. Rayburn Miller and Alan sat smok- i , lug and talking in the room of the latter till half past 9 o’clock, and then they went down. As a general rule, young men were expected to escort ladies to dances when the young men went at all, but Alan was often ex girls of Darley that if a girl refused to go out tvith any young* man in good standing it was not long iwfore she was left at home oftener than was pleasant. Dolly was easily the best looking girl in the room—not perhaps the most daintily pretty, but she pos sessed a beauty which strength of character and intellect alone could give to a face already well featured. Even her physical beauty alone was of that texture which gives the beholder an agreeable sense of solidity. She was well formed, above medium height, had a beautiful neck and shoulders, dark gray eyes and abundant golden brown hair. May I see your card?” asked Alau. T came early to secure at least one.” At this Frank Hiilhousp burst out | laughing, and she smiled up at Alan. ; “He’s been teasing me all evening | about the predicament I’m in.” she ex- | plained. “The truth is. I’m not going i to dance at all. The presiding elder cused from so doing on account of liv- > , ... ing in the country, and Miller bad j m , ? ! nV ". , :,y V' broken down every precedent in that : i-,'' '.'"l • , 1 " UMI . ‘ \* , ! ! respect and never invited a girl to go | ' , ’ H <! l! !S 11 1 With him. He atoned for this short- 1111 ' ' coming by contributing most liberally to every entertainment given-by the young people, even when he was out of town. He used to say he liked to graze and nibble at such things and feel free to*go to bed or business at Will. As the two friends entered the big parlor Alan espied the girl about whom he had been thinking all day. She was seated in one of the deep, lace cur tained windows behind the .Frank Hillliou.se was just presenting . to her a faultlessly attired traveling ] salesman. At this juncture one of the I floor managers with a white rosette on his lapel called Miller away to ask his advice about some details and Alan , turned out of the parlor into the wide ' corridor which ran through the house. He did this in obedience to another unwritten law governing Darley’s so cial intercourse—that it would be im- j polite *for a resident gentleman to in trude himself upon a stranger who bad just been introduced to a lady. So he went down to the ground floor and strolled into the office. It was full of tobacco smoke and a throng of men, some of whom were from the country and others from the town drawn to dancing. At first mamma said 1 siiou:.:.:'* come a stop, but Mr. Ilillhouse and I siu. —bd in getting up a compromise. I can . 'v look on. But my friends bavin"' p, '• on me and li!li;< ; i.y card for tine call stationary.d.: n< cs.” Alan laughed ns be took tin* card, which was already almost li!led. and wrote liis name in one of the blank spaces. Some one called Ilillhouse away, and then an awkward silence fell upon them. For the first time piano. , Alan noticed a worried expression on her face. “You have no buttonhole bouquet.” she said, noticing bis bare lapel. “That’s what you get for not bringing a girl. Let me make you one.” “I wish you would,” he said thought fully, for as she began to search among her flowers for some rosebuds and leaves he noted again the expression of countenance that had already puz zled him. “Since you are so popular,” he went on, his eyes on her deft fingers, “I’d better try to make another eugage- ment. I’d as well confess that I came in town solely to ask you to let me take you to church tomorrow even ing.” He saw her start. She raised her the hotel by the festivities. From the . ... office a door opened into u bar and e ^ es to ils :luu0 ‘ s *' hnploringly, and billiard room, whence came the click- ^ cn slie lo° kfi d d<wn. He saw her Ing of ivory balls and the grounding | l^ave suddenly as with tight- of cues. Another door led into the «: no<1 1,ps slle lcancd fonvard P in tbo large dining room, which had been fl 0 ’ ni ' ls on l 1 * 8 coa t- The jewels in her cleared of its tables that it might be rinss fla f® d under his e y es - Thei ‘ e used for dancing. There wore a sawing ™ as a do cat0 P erfuniR ,n air of fiddles, the twanging of guitars, the about her glorious bead He bad never Jingle of tambourines and the groan seen her look so beautiful before. He ing of a bass viol. The musiciaus, won <l e r R <* at bR r silence at just such a black and yellow, occupied chairs on moment ’ Th « tightness of her lips one of the tables, which had been Rave "'«?• and ^ trembling placed against the wall, and one of when she started to speak the floor managers was engaged in 1 hardly know what to say, she •whittling paraffin candles over the began. I—I—you know I said the pre floor and rubbing it in with his feet sldmg elder was at our house * and ”- Seeing what he was doing, some of the young men, desirous of trying their new patent leather pumps, came in and began to waltz singly and in cou ples. When everything was In readiness, the floor manager piloted the dancers downstairs. From the office Alan saw them tiling Into the big room and tak- j Ing seats in the chairs arranged against the walls on all sides. He saw Frank Hillbouse and Dolly Barclay sit down near the band; the salesman had dis appeared. Alan threw his cigar away and went straight to her. “Oh, here you are!” laughed Frank Hillbouse as Alan shook hands with • her. “I told Miss Dolly coming on that the west wind would blow you this way, and when I saw Ray Miller Just now I knew you’d struck the town.” “It wasn’t exactly the wind,” replied Alan. "I’m afraid you will forget me If I stay on the farm all the time.” “We certainly are glad to have you,” ajpalled Miss Barclay. “I knew she’d say that—I knew It, I knew it,” said Hillbouse. “A girl can always think of nicer things to say to a feller than his rival can. Old Squire Trabue was teasing me the oth er day about how hard you was to beat, Biahop, but I told him the bigger the war the more victory for some body, and, as the feller said, I tote fair and am aboveboard.” Alan greeted this with an all but vis ible shudder. There was much in his dignified bearing and good appearance I had anything to do with it In fact my heart is almost broken. I’m very, very unhappy.” He was still totally at ea as to the cause of her strange distress. “Per haps you’d rather not tell me at all,” he said sympathetically. His tone nev er had been so tender. “You need not you know.” “But it’s a thing I could not keep from you long anyway,” she said trem ulously. "In fact, it is due you—an ex planation. I mean. Oh, Alan, papa has taken* up the idea that we—that we like each other too much, and”— The life and soul seemed to leave Alan’s face. "l understand,” he heard himself f<aying; “he does not want me to dsit you any more.” She made no reply. He saw her catch a deep breath, and her eyes went down to her flowers. The music struck up. The mulatto leader stood waving his fiddle and calling for "the grand mareh” in loud, melodious tones. There was a scrambling for partners. The young men gave their left arms to the ladies and merrily dragged them to their places. "I hope you do not blame me—that you don't think that I”— But the clat ter and clamor ingulfed her words. “No, not at all,” he told her. “But It's awful; simply awful! I know you are a true friend, and that’s some sort of comfort.” “And always shall bo,” she gulped. “You must try not to feel hurt. You know my father is a very peculiar man and has an awful will, and nobody was ever so obstinate.” Then Alan’s sense of the great in justice of the thing rose up within him, ami liis blood began to boil. “Perhaps I ought to take my name off your card,” he said, i. drawing himself up slightly. “If he were to hear that 1 talked to you tonight, he might make it unpleasant for you.” “If you do, I shall never-never for give you,” she answered in a voice that shook. There was, too, a glisten ing in her eyes as if tcars^vero spring ing. “Wouldn’t that show that you harbored ill will against me, when I am so helpless and troubled?” "Yes, it would, and I shall come back,” he made answer. He rose, for Hillbouse, enlling loudly over his shoulder to some one, was thrusting his bowed arm down toward her. “I beg your pardon,” he said to Dol ly. “I didn't know they had called the mareh. We’ve got some ice cream hid out upstairs, and some of us are going for it. 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The conclusion Is that the expense must be enormous, but as it is'impossible to obtain any thing like accurate figures the Subject is generally dropped. On the eve cf the international matcb of this year it may be interesting to refer to this important point and at the same time to place the public in possession of a few facts that will give them a good idea of the amounts of money that are expended in trying to capture the old yachting trophy and in the efforts made by tbo New York Yacht club to defend it The planning and building of a cup challenger or defender involve much time and labor and necessarily the out lay of large sums of money. The de signer and his corps of assistants are the first that must be met. Mr. Fife, for the challenging parties, and Cap tain Nat Herreshoff, for the defend ants, for instance, are men who place a high value upon their services, and, as the owners of the yachts are liberal to a marked degree, opening negotia tions with a view to the building of a cup yacht means a fee that in some other profession would be looked upon as staggering in its proportions. With the designer at work the build ers In time are consulted, and with ar rangements satisfactory in this wise materials must be considered, then the riggers kept in mind, as well as the sail makers, while finally the skip pers and crew are secured. Money is required by all these, and much of it. Even after a vessel is completed and placed in commission alterations and repairs are required frequently at times, while docking the craft for cleaning and smoothing purposes means large additional sums. The rather startling statement was made by Sir Thomas Lipton four years ago that the mere cost of the Sham rock I. was between $400,000 and $500,- 000, while the expense of bringing the vessel across the ocean and that of her officers and crew were extra. That seems a big lot to pay for the vessel, but Sir Thomas should be the best authority on the subject of the cost of the yacht. If ho expended a sum approaching half a million dollars four years ago for ids challenging yacht the money the present trip is costing him must be far in excess of the figures named. The Lipton fleet now here is proof of that. It is easy to believe that the Shamrock III. cost quite as much to build as the Shamrock I., and it is quite sure the bringing over of three crews, those of the Shamrocks and of the tender Cruizer, must stand him in a bigger amount than the single crew of four years ago and the additional assistance he obtained in the United States. So, if $550,000 or more represented the challenger's outlay the first attempt be made upon the America’s cup, it cun safely he estimated that something lu the neighborhood of $600,000 will be required to foot the hills at home and here incidental to bis third trial to win the old trophy. With the amount that it costs the de fending Fide, however, the interest is more widespread. By the time the yachts are called to sail the first race for the cup the Reliance, selected to defend it, will have cost, one way and another, $4:15,000 or more. That is a staggering amount to contemplate, but when everything is cleared up at the end of the season it may be $450,000. In addition to this sum, there must be considered that in placing in com mission the Constitution her running expenses reached from $05,000 to $70,- 000, while the Columbia has cost Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan $45,000 or possibly $55,000. These figures will therefore show that the defense of the cup this year will approach the very respectable amount of $575,000 or $600,000. The building and rigging of the Re liance cost a fortune. The yacht’s coo- atruetlon required the best of work men, while all the standing and run ning rigging was expressly made, and her canvas Occupied the attention of a large body of sail makers for months. The Reliance has possibly a hundred different sails, and $15,000 or so will represent the cost of a suit. In this particular the Constitution and the Co lumbia have not been so expensive. The tenders Park City and Satellite are said to have been purchased by Mr. E. D. Morgan and Ml*. August Bel mont respectively, but they are valu able assets and need not be seriously considered in this financial summary. The tender Sunbeam is chartered, and there can ho no return from her, but Sir Thomas’ tender Cruizer will tie valuable after the matcb. 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