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Call atid see fer yourselves. WILLIAM KENNEDY. Fashionable Barber. MAIN STREET, Next door to Earle & Purdy's Law Office. SUMTER, S. C. IDESIRE TO INFORM tbe citizens ol ~ Su?te: and vicinity that i have opened bojiaese on my own' account at the above eid Stand, and that with competent and polite assisted ts, I^wili be pleased to ser v? them rn aa/ branch of at j business UL" the best style of the azt. - Give me a cali, WAI. KENNEDY. Oct. 19, rOEST HABSEETM, s Arther I - ? ?. ? s ffietarfa Jfaff^* f Etc. P I v/ Jt ? -J .iv.r !? ? .... I * . [Copyrighted by J. R Llpplncott company, pub Babers; PMladelpJuaTand published by permission through' the American Press Association.! ? -? H- - . CHAPTER m. "DOWS TO VOEE.* . ESPITE fate Ita theres expressed "de sire, Ph? went to New York on Sol ^tfan^dngls ?sloop. Tho difference in time promised to be -a, -day or two days, but the dif ' f erence in cash out* ? - i lay was moro than - 4^8 dollars-a sum j: "Khiciiiaone. in the vicinity of Sayn _ Farm half f tv tit fV]j6Bd%eed3esa>y wfttout corning to grief. Between cash in hand and its nominal equiv? alent in time, Phil, like most other prudent yoong countrymen, had learned to distinguish with alacrity andjpositiveness; besides, he f'^iw^c^sm^ of ready money that his father, in spite of - care and skill at hts business, was able to show for morennan a qnart?r of a century; of hard worll The young man's departure was the occa? sion ^iOT^jftto-a demonstration by the^n^g^ bors. Other young men of the vicinage had been to New York, but generally they were those whom their neigh bors did not hope to see again; Phil, on the contrary, was a gen? eral favorita:" Bis family intended - that no s one should know of the journey until Phil was fairly off, for they knew by experience, in which sometimes they had been the offend? ers, how insatiable is rural curious:ty about any doings out of the-ordinary. .But when Sol Mantling told his wife that Phil was to go down with him as a "hand," Mrs. Mantling straightway put on her best things and went out to tel! all her neighbors that Phil Hayn was going down to*York, and,-being a-wornan^j whqiRver^did anythin$r%y hahBbs,-she asfter> ward plodded the d'isty road that -led to the lit?e Village ai the railway sfcationV where she consumed several hours in doing petty shopping at the several stores, varying this I recreation by industrious gossip with every acquaintance who dropped in. As each per? son who heard the news wondered what Phil was going for, and as Mrs. Mantling was sure she didn't know any better than dead and gone Adam, there w?is developed a wealth of surmise?nd theory ti ?at -should . hare-for- j ever dispelled" tne^generaT impression* that j Americans are not imaginative people For the remainder of Phil's time at home i the family and its eldest son had scarcely ? enough time to themselves to attend to their j dai|y devotions. People- came to borrow something, to being ; news, to ask ! advices anything that would be tin excuse to see what might be going on, and to learn why Phil was j going to the city; Phil's parents had pre- i pared what they supposed would be sufficient i explanation e the farm and the house needed : some~?hings2hat could be tter be selected from large stocks and variety Chan bought nearer home* But they na.3 underrated 'the "persist? ency of local curi?.-sity ; numberless pointed questions were asked, and if in the course of I a week there had been any visitor who did Dot ask, in one way or other, whether Phil would go to see the Tramlays, the family did not know ^vho it had been; they were sure 1 they would* have gratefully noted "such a con- I ?derate person at the time, and remembered j him-or her-forever after. There were scores,, too, who wanted Phil to db them small services rn the city.' Farmer j Blewitt had heard that the car companies often sold for almost nothing the horses that broke down at their hard work and needed only: ptetrtyof : rest and pasturage to~ make about and see if he couldn't get him a liar gain ?--and bring it back on the sloop, if he wouldn't mind feeding and, watering.it on the home trip! ibid Mrs. -Woolley had been find? ing her ;speetacle? so ^qu?ig* that, she ?didn't know but she needed stronger glasses? or may bo a Bible with larger print; if Phil would price both ard write her, she would try to makeup hernirad what she ought to da Samantha Boobies had been telling her husband James for the last five years that their best roora carpet was too shabby for people who might have a funeral in the Tam: lly at any time, James' stepmother being very old and sickly, but James wouldn't do any? thing but put off, and as for .hef. she wasnt going to be cheated out of her-eye teeth at the stores at the depot, when year before last she saw in a York newspaper, that the wind blew out of the hand of somebody leaning out of,-a train window; tSat good ingrains were selling in New York at thirty-five cents a yard; she wished Phil would pick her out one. Besides many requests like these. Phil had to make promises to dozens of young men and women whose wau ta were smaller, but none the easier io r. rt end to; so tho prospec? tive traveler and his pareats had the pains of parting alleviated l>y the thought that not until Phil departed wouM-any-of ibero have peace. The day of sailing brought a creat throng of visitors-so many that ?he minister, who was", of. the nomUjr, extemporized a "neighborhood prayer meeting," at which Providence was implored to "save our dear vonnjf ;bro9ber from the perils of the deep," and uVormed of so many of Phil's good qual? ities that only an inborn respect for religious forms restrained the modest youth from sneaking out of the backdoor and hiding in the hull of the sloop until there was a broad expanse of water between him and the shore Then the entire throng, excepting two or three old ladies who remained with Mrs. Hayn "to help ber- bear up, poor soul," escorted Phil to the sloop. Among them was a predominance of young men whe looked as if in case Phil'should want a substitute they were ready, and of young women wtose faces indicated that if Phil should care to say any? thing tender to anybody, just to have some? thing to think about while away, be should have no excuse to leave it unsaid. Sol Mar.tring cut the parting short by re? marking that prayer was all very well in its place, but ho didnt l>elievo in it keeping a sloop in a shallow river while tho tide was falling and no wind to help her out. So Phil hurried aboard, though not before his father had almost crushed his hand with a grasp that had been developed by many years of training with bridle reins ax helves and pa? ternal affection. Some one cast off tho sloop's hawser; the mainsail was already up, and the craft began to drift out with the tide. This was the sig? nal for a flutter of handkerchiefs and a chorus of cheers, during which Farmer Hayn plodded along the river bank beside the sloop, regardless of mud, stones., marsh grass and cattails. He seemed to have no last -injunc? tions for his boy ; indeed, bis occasional shouts were bestowed principally upon Sol Mant ring, who stood at the wheel, and theyjiad no more relation to Phil than to tho. khan of Khiva In like manner Phil seemed less in? terested in his father than in the mazo of cordage at the foot of the mast. Neverthe? less, when the river bank ended at the shore of tho bay, and could be followed no longer, the old man stood there, as Sol Mantling said afterward, "lookin' a? if he'd lost his last friend, never expected to git another, air* he'd got ten year older all of a sudden," and Phil, when he saw this, straightened in front of the friendly mast which hid brr from tho remainder of the crew, and threw kisses to his father, with the profusion of early child? hood, as tong as ho could distinguish tho dmcy old coat aud hat from tho stones of similar hue that marked the little point "The perils <?f the deep" were happily averted. Indeed^Phil would willingly have endured more oo^ld ifco- wind hare blown harder. Thesloop finally made her pier in Kew York about dust "C f the second day. Phil hastily donned his bist suit, and as the part e>f tbe city in which ?be iron merchants cluster was not far away, and SolMantring .knew; the streets of that portion of the city, Phil started',' with minute directions from the at?pperj to call on Mr. Tramlay. His single " ness of, purpose made him unconscious that he: waa- acto^in a manner not common to t Wo^ but as 'he' climbed the side of the pier ' andnurried toward the mass of light before hiT Sol Mantling remarked to tho remain? der of tho crew, consisting of two men: **1 ??noVed itwT . ?"E2nowed whatr : ?<He's gal struck. Got it bad.? , -Phil made his way up the principal '^?ttmgh?ar? from Kew York to Brooklyn, wondering' at the thronged sidewalks and brilliantly lighted shops, but he did not neglect tor.eye the street names on corner lamps. Soon he turned into a street which was part.of his course.as-laid down by Sol; at the same tirne he turned from light to dark? ness, the change being almost appalling in its suddenness. Still he hurried on, and after another turn began to look for numbers on the?rontsof buildings. His heart bounded within him as he suddenly saw, by the light of a street lamp, th? sign, "Edgar Tramlry." Tnftn instant his hand was on the door knob; but the door dkl not open; Through the glass door he saw two or three- dim lights within. Probably the proprietor was at his? deni ; per Tiaps^ too, he should have knocked; so ?mock ^noaid. "What., d'ye,, want there, young feller f* shouted a policeman across the street ?? want to see^f^Jhunlay." "Guess your veitch is slow, ain't itf growled the officer. "I don't know; maybe so," Phil replied. "Don't you know better'n to come huntin' down hore for a bizuess maa after 6 o'clock,, at night V asked the o?icer. Phil admitted to himself..that ho did not; still, he had come ashore to dud Mr. Tram lay, and the idea of giving up the search did ; not occur to him- He finally asked: " "Where do yon suppose I can find bim?" "At home, I guess, if he's one of the kind that goes straight home from his store. " * "I reckon he is/ said PhiL "Will yon please tell me where he lives?" "Oh, come offl" muttered the policeman. "D'ye s*pose Ialnt got nothin' to do but know where folks ?ve? Where was you brought upf-'way back?" "rm sorry I bothered you, sir," said Phil, who now saw the officer's uniform and rec? ognized ft by memory of pictures he had seen in illustrated newspapers. "Isht there . any way to find out where a man lives in New York?" "Certainly; look in the directory. Go up to Broadway-it's up at the head of this street-an' go along t?l you find a drug store. Like enough youll find a directory there." Phil followed instructions, and learned the stfleet and numoer of the Tramlay domicile. ! In front of him street cars ?rere continually j coming and going, and by the conductors of these he was referred from oue to another ' until he found a oar which went to the street ' he wanted to reach. Although Phil knew the city was large, the journey seemed very long; it was made an hour longer than it should have been, for a fire had broken out ' somewhere along the route, and engine hose blockaded the railway track. When finally the desired'street was reached Phil found himself several hundred numbers away from I that he was looking for, and it was then nearly 9 o'clock. j *T-ve haif a mind to giro it up," said Phil, ! as he walked rapidly along. "Perhaps they goto bed ear ty; there's no telling. Still, if they're abed, I'll know it by the lights being out. I don't seem to walk down these num? bers very fast" Uc 4.,u hw -<to|?. he ?htKKt nur. bu; more than a quarter of an hour passed lief ore he saw on a glass transom the number that indicated his journey was at an end. Phil s/.?p?ed, then be crossed the street and sur vejfed the bouse carefully. ''Lights in all the windows," said he. - "?fcat looks as if they'd all gone to their own ro*m?; looks like bedtime. 1 was afraid of lt. I suppose there's nothing to do but go back to the sloop or find some place to lodge. Too baili" He recrossed the street and ascended a step . or twa Truthful though he was he would j have denied to any one but himself that he ! did it ouly because Lucia had tripped up ! those same steps. Slowly he descended and : walked away; but he had passed but a house : or two, and was looking backward, when a man who had passed bim ran up the Tramlay steps. Then Phil saw a 3ash of light and heard a door close. "That wasn't. Mr. Tramlay. There arent any other men In the family. He must be a visitor. -- Weil, if other monean- call, at this tizne-of night. ? gaessd can .risftr.it,' too.v Back ne went, and, as tie was'nnacquainted with the outer mechanism of door bells, he rapped sharply upon ;tte door, lt opened instantly, and as Phil stepped in he ??und the hall and stairway, as well as the parlors, quite full of ladies and gentlemen. "lt's a party,'1 he said to himself. Then he informed himself, in great haste, that he would postpone his visit, but as he turned to go he found the door was closed, and a small colored hoy who stood by it said: "Gen'Inion fust room hack," and pointed upstairs. En- j tirely losing his self possession and wonder- j Lng weat todo. Phil stood stupidly staring ai>ot;t bini, when suddenly ho saw Lucia in" full evening dress. He hastily dropped his eyes, for he bid never before seen a dress of thu: particular cut CHAPTER IV. TT,T. Tit A M LAT RE??PT?O?T. ELL, who hasn't comer asked Ed? gar Tramlay, as Lucia hurried tow ard him with a countenance in which despondency and indignation were striving for mastery. Tramlay knew his daugh? ter's moods, for they were exact duplicates of some ho had. married a Score of years be? fore. ? "Oh, if ho'hadnt como!-if be hadn't come.'" The head of the family looked puzzled; then his expression changed to indignation as be asked: "Has any ono dared to come to my house after drinking?" ' "Worse than thatl" wailed Lucia, shudder? ing, and covering her eyes with her pretty hands. Her farther at once strode to tho ballway, looking like an avenging angel, but | when bo reached tho door and took in at a I glance tho entire cause of his daughter's an? noyance ho quicklj' put on a smile and ex- ! claimed: "Why, my dear fellow, how lucky that you happened in town on our reception eveningl Como with nie; Mrs. Tramlay will be delight? ed to seo you again.n Phil resisted tho hand laid upon his arm and replied: "PU call again-some other time. I didnt know you had company this evening." "All tho better," said tho host, leading Phil along; " 'twill give }*ou a chance to meet sons'; of our friends. We've mot many of yours, you know." Just then the couple stopped In front of a sofa on which Phil, whoso eyes were still cast down, saw thc skirts of two or three dresses. Thou he heard his escort say: "My dear, you remember our old friend Phil Hayn, Pm sure." Phil looked up just in timo to seo Mrs. "Tramlay s feeble, nervous faco twitch into surprise and something like horror. Mr. Tramlay extended his hand, as a hint that his wife should arise-a hint which could not IM) ignored after his hand had closed upon hers Even when upon her feet, hoxvover, tho lady of tho house seemed unable't? frame a greeting. Had Phil been a city acquaint? ance, no matter how uninteresting, she-would have smiled evasively and told him she was delighted that h>) had ??cen ai ?Ie to come, but what could a lady, at her own reception, say lo a man in a sack coat and a hard rubber watch guard? Mrs, Tramlay looked at her husband in weak protest; her. husband frowned a little ami nodded his hoad impatiently ; tl d's panto? mime finally stimulated Mrs. Tramlay to such a degree that she was able to ejaculate. "What a delightful surprise!" "lx?t me make you acquainted with some of the company," said the host, drawing Phil away. "Don't feel uncomfortable; III ex? plain that you just fopped ^ij from out of town, so^ytMyx>t?df*t f?? pxpected^ ta be tin ; evening aYess.9 ' * * *~ ' Phil bogan to recover from his embarrass? ment, thanks to his host's heartiness, but also to tho fact that the strain had been too severe to last long. He slowly raised his eyes and looked about him, assisted somewhat by curi? osity as to what "evenmg-.dreo" meant He soon saw that all the gentlemen woro black clothes and white ties, and that^he^skirts of the coats retired rapidly. He had seen such a coat before-seen it often at Haynton, on ex-Judge Dickman, who had served two terms in the legislature and . bar^je^ca^ed going to congress. The only difference be? tween them was that the judge's swallow tail coat was blue and had brass buttons not a great difference, if one considered the distance.?/ New, York.and Haynton. .. "Upo? my ?word," exclaimed Tratnlay, sud? denly, .'^^oa^^oelieve'ryo?'v?^net .Eucfryet Here she is--daughter*" Lucia was floating by-a vision of tullo, ivory, peach blow and amber; she leaned on the arm of a young man, into whose face she was looking intently, probably as an excuse far not looking at the unwelcome visitor. Her father's voiced however, she had always instinctively obeyed; so she stopped, pouted, and looked defiantly at Phil, who ugain dropped his eyes, a low bow giving him a pre? text "Daughter," said Tramlay, "here's our old friend Phil, from Haynton. Now, don't spend the wn??e eveningtalking over old times with him, but introduce him to a lot of pretty girls; you know them better than L Phil, you can explain to them how you struck a full dress reception just after landing from a cruise; *?wtfl -amuse them more, PH warrant, than any story any showy young fellow can tell them this evening; -It isn't every young man who 'dan have a good thing to tell against himself the first time he meets a new set" During the delivery of this long speech Lucia eyed Phil with boldness and disfavor, but in obedience to her father she took Phil's arm-an act that;ko quickly improved the j young nran's opinion of. himself that bein- ; stantly felt at ease and got command of such" natural graces as be possessed ; he was even enabled to look down at the golden head by his shoulder and make some speeches bright enough .to cheer. Ilia's face. "... "Itiihaytft be so entirely dreadful,Jafter all." thought the girl: "lean introduce him j iu ir y-ml* tu w uoiu 1 could afterward explain -friend? who are too good hearted to make spiteful remarks afterward. Besides, I can blame father for it; all girls have fathers whose -way^ are xjoeer in one way or an? other." ? " - - - * . . While acting upon thus plan;.and firtdlng, to her great relief, that Phil-could tali courteous nothings to new acquaintances, she soddenly found herself face to face with a man of uncertain ago tait faultless dress and manner, who sadd: - "Mayn't I be favored with an introduction? Your friend is being so heartily praised by your father that i am quite anxious to know bim.7' i. "Mr. Marge, Mr. Hayn," said Lucia Phils proffered hand was taken by what seemed to be a bit of languid machinery, although en circlod.at ore-end by a cuff and ooet -sleeve and decorated with a sen!.-ring. Phil scanned with interesfethe face t>e??re^im,^er..?ghad often heard Mr. Marge mentioned when the Tram lay family: were at Haynton. Hjg;jkx>k was returned by oue that might have boen a stare bad it |>ossessed a ningle indication* of interest surprise or curiosity. Mr. Marge bad met young men l>efore; he had !>een see? ing new faces for twenty-live years, and one more or less could not rouse him from the composure which he liad been acquiring dur? ing all that time. "Canyou s^are your friend a few moments?* said pVlr. Marge to Lucia "I would be glad to introduce him to some of the gentlemen.* "You are very kind," murmured Lucia, who was dying.-so she informed herself-to rejoin some of her girl friends and explain the awkward, nature of the intrusion. Marge offered^ Pi iii him arm, a courUisy the young man did not widerstand, so ht took Phil's in? sten;!, and presented the youth to several gentlemen as an old friend of the family. Soon, however. Mi ;e led Phil into a tiny room at the rear u. the hall-a room nomi? nally ?be^imrary;'; the' bobkTcoris?sti?g of ? dictionary and ? 'Eib?e^fie^g^-eater^part of the shelf space being occupied by pipes, to? bacco boxes, cigar cases, ash receivers and other^ppurtenances of the vicejind comfort of smoking. Placing Phil iva great easy chair, ^.^a^-of which: aid ?him from the company, Marge took a cigarette from his own case, which he afterward passed to PhiL "No small vices,'' said he, as Phil declined. "Just as well off, I suppose As for me" hore Mr. Margo struck a match-"Pvo (puff) ; been acquainted with the weed so long that (puff) I can't very w-ell :snub it when 1 would." ' - "I think nicotine is injurious to tho brain, the lungs, and finally to the digestion," said PhiL "Have you/?een Professor ?encbof's analysis! They were printed in tli?"-f "? may. haye seen thom in print, bot I'm fcuro I passed them," "said Marge, exhaling smoke in such a way that it hid his face for an instant "I can't afford to worry myself with information that I'd rather not use." "But one's physique," said PhiL "Ono's physique becomes ' quite obliging when it knows what is expected of it" Phil mentally sought a way of passing this unexpected" obstacle; . meanwhile, Marge breftthed* lazily through'bis 'cigarette a mo? ment or two, and then said: "Miss Tramlay is a charming girL" "Indeed she is," Phil replied, . "If she only were" "Tut tut my dear sir, "said Marge, "wom? an is divine, and it isn't good form to criticise divinity. Miss Tramlay is remarkably pret? ty; I trust wo agree at least upon that safe ground/" "Pretty?" echoed Phil, before Marge had ceased speaking. "She is radiant-angelic!" Again Mr. Marge enshrouded his f;ico with smoko, after which ho did not continue the .conversation, except to remark, "Yes." Phil studied tho color tono of thc room, and won? dered why paper like that on tho wall had not bren offered for salo by tho storekeeper ?at Haynton; then he resolved he would buy and take home to his mother a chair just like that in which he was sitting, for it was so comfortable that ho felt as if 'ho could fall asleep in it. Indeed, he was already so obliv? ious to Marge and other human presence that be was startled when a gentle rustle ushered in Lucia, who exclaimed: "Phil, you must come back to tho parlor. Half a dozen girls aro real envious because they haven't seun you at all, and half a dozen others want to seo moro of you. Father has bev*n sounding your praises until they're sure tho Admirable Crichton has come to life again." Phil attempted to.riso-an awkward opera? tion to a man previously unacquainted with Turkish chairs. Lucia laughed, and offered him assistance-it was only a little hand, but he took it, and as ho looked his thanks he saw Lucia's face as he had sometimes known it of old-entirely alert and merry. At tho sanie timo n toad fell from his mind, a load which he had been vaguely;trying to attribute to the lateness of tho hbtfrfthc strangeness of his surroundings-anything but the manner in which tho girl had first greeted him. As she took his arm anil hurried him out of the library he felt so fully himself that ho forgot oven that ho was not attired like tho gentle? men around him. Mr. Marge, who had risen when Lucia en? tered tho Mbrnry, followed tho cou]?lo with his eyes; then, when alone, ho frowned slight? ly, bit his lip, dropped the end of hiscigarctto, paced to and fro several times, leaned on tho mantel, and muttered: " 'Phill' " Then ho lighted another cigarette, and veiled his face iu smoko for several minutes. CHAPTER V. NOT so DRT:AI>FITL AFTER AL;.. EG U LA R hours being among the requirements of the head of the Tram? lay nous? hold, Lw ciit appeared at tho .i fMK breakfast table BB! morning after Ml clock struck elg w Her father, drei V P^cfor :Dusiness, t > ' her mother, m n ll gee attire and pression, were < cussing the uni den guest of the evening before. "But be was so country-so dreadful cc mon," protested Mrs. Tramlay, with ber c tomney helpless aug / **Koi\sensei" said her busband. "Th was nothing country or common about face and manners. There hasn't been bright eyed, manly looking a fellow in < house before since 1 don't know when. I TuciaT ' "Agnes Dinon said be was real fine k> ing," the girl answered. "Agnes. Dinon is thirty-six if she's a da; answered Mrs. Tramlay, in a petulant to: "So much the better fitted to pass op mic on \young Arr?en," ?aid T^?rnlayi \ h?fcp more sense ih ono girl:of ber ago than "a hi dr od like-like" "Like mo, papa,7* Bald Lucia. "You m as well say it." "Like'you, then. Bless your dear, ign rant heart, I'd give my head if you could s as clearly as she without waiting so long leam." "You may be very sure, though, that M Agnes will never invite him to her own J ceptions," declared Mrs. Tramlay. "Wrong again, mamma; she's* invited h for next Tuesday night, and I do believe s devised the reception just for the " purpo None of us had heard of it before." Mrs. Tramlay gathered all her strong stimulated it with an entire cup of tea, a exclaimed: - ? , - "Well, I should like to know what socie is coming to, if a common farmer's boy, no family, can stumble Into town and bo 1 vited about to good houses." "Coming to? Why, my dear wife, it coming to its senses. Pm glad, in this p3 ticular case, the movement began at o house." "Nobody would have paid any attention him, if you hadn't talked so much about him said Mrs. Tramlay. "One would have thougl him a dear old friend, to hear you go i about him as you did. " "I said nothing but what was true, merely said-bo was one ?f the finest youl men I bad ever known ; that he was of tl highest character, and ^ery intelligent b . sides." . : C h'? J "Such qualities dont make a man flt f society," said the lady of the house. "No, I suppose not; if they dit i we'd s more of them at our receptions and parties "?dgarl" " "Well, well,? said Tramlay, leaving tl feble, kissing bis wife; andpreparing to hun to his oflice, "it isn't your fault; we cai expect what can't be had, 1 suppose." "Lucia," said Mra- Tramlay, .after tl children had been dispatched to school, ' hope your father's peculiar notions won , affect you. " .^ j, "About Phil? Nonsense, you dear ? worry I But really, mother, he made quil an impression. A lot of the girls admire him ever so much. I began to apologize an j explain, as soon as I could get rid of hin j but f*-f?Und lt wa^^ai^^ccessary." v; j "Girls will admire anythiziqg thatifc ncr?? i anytli?ng, % rora a ZfSUwa monkey. 5? "Mamroal" "Young meo bker-Hayn cant-ever marr out of their own circle; you should be able i see that. How can they buy bouses for the wives, and furnish them proj^erly, and ? up horses and carriages, and keep tn society "Mamma, you're too dreadfully funny: i: deed you ara Suppose young men aren rich enough to marry; cant girls like then Aren't young people good for anything bi . Jo get married f "Fm very sorry," said the mother, abrup ly leaving tho room, "that you havo sue trifling views of life," When Philip Hayn left tho family mauste a little after midnight ho had but two di: tinct ideas-one was that b?- had better fm bis way back to Sol Mantring's sloop to slec] . and the other was:: thm^herdidnt. believe L : could fall asleep again in less than a wee! ..VII that ho had soon, thc people not except?e was utterly unlike Haynton. The conversi tiou, also, was new, although ho could nc remeinlW^iuchlof^tf and tho? ladles-wei he always Ead admired whatever was adrian able in the young women in the village, bu there certainly were no such handsome an brilliant girls at Hayutoji as some he ha met that night. ~ :*..-:-.? /> Ho con id not explain to himself the di ff et ence, except that, \.compared with Lucia' friends, h is old acquaintances appeared-wei! rather unfinished and ignorant. And as fa as these new acquaintances appeared abov r - his older ones, so far did Lucia appear abov I her friends. He had studied her face score of times before and told himself where it wa i faulty; now he mentally withdrew ever; j criticism ho had ever made and declared he perfection itself. Would he ever forget hov she looked as she offered to help, him fron that easy chair in'the library? fie wishw his mother might have seen her at that in staut; then ho was glad she did not Herc membered that his mother did not entirelj approve of somo of Lucia's bathing dresses what would tho good woman think of fash ionable evening attire ? And yet perhaps i was uot as dreadful as it seemed. Evidently Lucia's mother approved of it and was no: she a member of a church- r>ot he regretted of tbe?faith in which all Haynton worshiped yet still n church? And did not many ol Lucias guests dress in similar style? He mentally laid the subject away fo: future consideration, and gavo his mind tc his own attire. Until that evening his faith in the perfection of his Sunday suit was ai unquestioning as his faith in Haynton'? preacher, but now lt was hopelessly shat tered. He did not admire tho attire of thc gentlemen ho had met, but tho evidence wa< overwhelming that it was tho correct tiling, and that ho must prepare himself to dress in liko fashion If ho wont to Miss Dmon's party. And, by tho way, what a queenly woman that Miss Dinon was! He would liko to moot her again; ho cer? tainly must attend that party. But if ho bought evening dress, what should ho do with it when ho left the city I No young man felt more freedom than ho to do as ho liked in Haynton, but to appear' in a "swal? low tail" at Church or anywhere else in the village, would he simply impossible; the mere thought of it made him tremble and then laugh. A suit of clothes merely to wear two or Three evenings-perhaps only one-would be a shocking extravagance; they probably would cost half as much as a new horse, or two or three dozen <>f tho books be had for years been longing to buy. He would give up Miss Dinon's party: the thought of doin^ so made him doleful, but do it he must. Almost immediately after forming this virtuous resolution be boarded a horse car, on which were several couples, evidently re I turning from a party somewhere, so again i Phil found himself studying attire. Gradu j ally it occurred to him that his own appear j ance was attracting attention. This was not I a new experience; he had encountered it ! several times rt llnv-iton with calmness; in \ deed, although he was not vain, he had never I fcsired comparison, in church, of Iiis appear I anco with that of any summer boarder from ! tho city ; for, ns his mother has already tn ' timated in these pages, his Sunday coat had I been cut fruin the same piece of cloth as tho j minister's. But now ho felt ill at case while being, eyed, not at all impertinently, by tho j young people who sat facing bim. First be i thought the mildly critical glances were ; directed to his hard rubber watch guard. I then he was sure tho cut of Ids vest was not ! being approved, he detected one very pretty j young woman in tho act of suppressing a ! smile os she looked nt his shoes. Thinlly, he 1 was obliged to t?e!ieve thar an admirably ? dressed fellow opposite entirely di&'gpruvcd of his Sunday coat-t i to coal cut from min? ister's cloth and made by Sarah T weege, and with a real silk velvet collar,' toof j Little by little Phil 1? st;" lils self possession; ! he could scarcely look tu any direction with- j j out encountering tho eyes of Mme ono who j I seemed to regard him asa curiosity An at- j ! tempt to ignore tho attention hy rending tho j j advertising signs above the windows of the . ' car was a dismal failure, tor he somehow felt mat several pairs ot eyes were upon uun, ana this was rather moje annoying than seeing them. The strain became unendurable; sb be suddenly looked through a window, as if to see where he ?as, then hastily went to the rear platform and asked the conductor to let bim oft. As ho stood there he heard a yoting man -vhisper: **Cuantryr Then ho heard a young woman softly ejac? ulate: "Te-her The street was as dark as gas lighted streets usually are; it was almost deserted, and tlio autumn evening was quite chilly, but Phil felt as if his blazing eyes were illuminating everything-as if the walls had eyes to look disapprovingly at Haynton fashions, or as if his own blood were hot enough to warm the entire atmosphere of New York, He knew what he would do; when he reached Sol lian tring's sloop he would remain aboard until sho sailed; then he would go back to Hayn? ton and remain there forever. Ho could ex? ist without New York, "If New York found him unsatisfactory. He didnt caro ever to see again anybody in New York, except, per? haps, Lucia. As for ber, hadn't even she Before the next car arrived, Phil had en? tirely changed his mind. Nevertheless, be? fore continuing his journey he cautiously, peered in to see if any of the passengers were likely to prove critical. There seemed to be no one to fear; at ono end of the car was a shabby looking peddler with his pack, evi? dently arrived by a lato train from the sub? urbs; at the other au old man seemed inclined . to dose, and directly opposite tho newest pas? senger sat a plain, modest looking person, whom a New Yorker would have rightly Identified as a waiter at a restaurant or cate Apparently three persons less qualified or in? clined to criticise personal appearance could not have been found by careful search; yot within five minutes Phil was sure that all of them had noticed him and studied him. As he was disinclined to squander another car fare on his feelings, he sought the dusky seclu? sion of the rear platform and engaged the conductor in conversation, which on PhiPs part consisted solely of questions; yet be was astonished, as well as indignant, when the conductor remarked, at a moment when the talk showed signs of lagging: "You're from the rural district, I s'poseF "What makes you say thatr asked PhiL indicating a sense of injury. "Oh, I didn't mean nothing out of the way,*1 said the conductor. "I only kinder thought I was sure-why, 1 come from tho country myself; yes sir, an' I ain't ashamed of it, neither." The explanation was not satisfactory; so Phil completed the trip in gloomy silence, and he felt a sense of great relief when he reached Sol Mantling's sloop and made his way inte the little cabin, whore, of the three meft lying at ease, no one took tho pains to intimate that Phil was anything but city born and city bred. CHAPTER VT, BEC ON STRUCT IO!?. , HIL devoted pail of the next clay to studying well dress? ed business men in the streets. Thanks to well trained per? ceptivo faculties, and also to some largo mirrors which he acciden? tally encountered, be soon learned why his attire baa attracted atten? tion. Then he compared clothing stores foi an hour, finally entered one and asked how long it would take to make a weil flitting every day suit. Tho salesman' looked him over, and replied: "Fit you at once, from our ready mad?, stock. Never any trouble to fit a good figure.* Phil could have hugged that salesman. Hore, at least, was some one who did not in? timate that he was from the country; and yet, perhaps, a good figuro was a country product. He would think about this, as soon as business was off his mind. The salesman certainly- fitted him to perfection. Phil scarcely recognized himself when asked tc looIs?n the glass. "Don't think you could do better," said th? veteran -alcsman, surveying Phil from rap idly changing points of View, "if you were tc have' yourself melted and poured into a suit. The tone of ~that goods is rather cold, bul you've ple^ry^of color. I think, though, U set it off to the best advantage you need tc change your black ' tio for a scarf with a touch of red or yellow in it; if you don't hap? pen to-have one, yon 11 find a fine assortment in our gents'.furnishing department. Needs a somewhat different style of shirt collar, too; lot somo furnishing goods man cast his eye over your neck. You always wear your bait pretty long, I suppose? Well, it's a pity it don't set off a man's clothes as well as it some? times does his face. " Phil resolved at once to have bis hair cut. Under the guidance of tho salesman he had his neck wear changed; then the old man said: "Those low crowned, straight brimmed hats used to look exactly right with the clothes of that season, but somehow they don't harmonizo with the cut of this year. Hats aro cheap, though, mid there are two or three good dealers.ou tho other side of tho street, a little iarther down. Keep this suit on, I suppose? Ai! right, sir; I'll do up the others. H'm 1"-hero the old man scrutinized tho material of the coat made by Sarai] Tweege-"that's splendid stuff. Great shame 'twas cut sack fashion. There isn't much stuff as good as that in swallow tails nowa? days." "Couldn't it-I suppose it couldn't bo made over into a party coat?" "H'm!-scarcely-scarcely," said tho sales? man, controlling his features as well as if the question were the most natural In the world. "Not enough stuff, you seo; too sbprt; sleeves not full enough; button holes in wrong places; lapels too narrow. Besides, velyet collars have gone out. Any time you need a dress suit, though, we've got a boss artist who can cut it so as to do you justice. Tisnt often be gets a good figure to spread himself om" Again Phil was profoundly graceful. Ho wanted to do something for that salesman, and after some thought he astonished the old fellow by thanking him for his attention and promising to send him a barrel of selected Newtown pippins. Then he placed himself in the hands of tho boss artist, who studied him as if ho were a model, measured him, and asked him if he needed his dress suit at OuC\ "Yes, right nway," ?aid PhiL "1 can't get it too soon. 1 want"- He had begun to tell that ho meant to dress himself in that suit and practice In-fore a mirror until fully satisfied that he did not look unlike other men. The boss artist told him to return In threo days; then tho old salesman, who had remained in attendance, remarked: "You have a thin fall overcoat, I suppose?" "Oh, i won't need an overcoat for a month yet. VVhy, there hasn't been a hit of frost up our way." Phil was already appalled by the extent of his order. "True enough," said the salesman, "but it doesn't ?lo to go out in a dross suit without an overcoat, you know, unless you're merely stepping from your door to a carriage; and it's hardly the thing even then." "Why, Judge Dickman" "Oh, yes, those e-lil judges, who wear swal? low tails day in and day out, eau do it, noth? ing wrong about it. of course only a mattcf of taste, hut a young fallow don't Uko to make himself conspicuous, you know." Phil meekly purchased an overcoat; and hurried away with a heavy load on his con? science. Moro than three-quarters of the buudred dollars his lather had given him was already gone or mortgaged; ho had mea nt-to spend none of it, except for some things which he know his mother craved. Fortu? nately he had brought some savings of his own, and, as he informed himself, hair cut? ting was cot an expensivo operation, and the clothing salesman had t< M him that ne whats did not cost much. Ho Vad nothing else to spend money for except a watch chain; his father had told bim to buy ono. Indeed, had not his fathpr told him to buy clothes i-"lots of them" were tho old gentleman's exact words But cottid his father have known, about evening suits and fall overcoats? Phil continued in this vein of thought after lie had dropped into a barber's cka'r, but was startled out of it by finding a lather brush ; passing over ois lace, ne struggled ano ? claimed: j "T wanted my hair cut* "'fea,'sir, ?o I beard you say; bot w! shaving bas to be done too we iiko to b that out of tho way first But 1 beg y? . pardon; perhaps you were raising a beard "No," said Phil, settling himself again tho chair: At Hayutoii young men sha' only on Saturday nights; Pbil himself I shaved only three days before, yet here i another unexpected expense imposed u] him by New York custom. Half an fa afterward he emerged from that shop w the not entirely satisfactory assurance tl his oldest friend would not know bim sight; and when ho had bought a new and surveyed himself in a long mirror was not certain that he would know bim if he were to encounter another mirror accident The replacement of his hard r ber watch guard by a thin chain plated w gold completed the metamorphosis, anc bootblack whoso services be declined set mind at rest by calling him a dude. What next to do be scarcely know. Inclination to g? back to tho sloop and how Sol Man tri ng was getting along at i charging tho cargo was suppressed by thought of what Sol and the crew would if they ?aw bim in bis new suit The count man has nome grand qualities that deniz of cities would do well to imitate, but not his moral courage can keep him from feel uncomfortable when first he displays bim: in new clothes to old associates. Coun - youths have sometimes run away from ho -gone to sea, the city, the devil-any w h -rather"than undergo this dreadful ordea Suddenly it occurred to bim that be i not far from Tramlay's office; he might mi a call, if only to show that be could, w proper facilities, look unlike a country rn; Besides, be wanted to know all about the b business, about which he had seen so mc contradictory assertions in the newspaper* He entered the store and walked back ward the railed counting room in which saw tho head of Hayuton's r?cent su nm boarder. A clerk asked him his business; replied that be had merely dropped in to Mr. Tramlay. The head of the establi j mont .looked at Phil without recognit when this information was imparted, t advanced with a somewhat impatient i which suddenly changed to cordiality as exclaimed: ?_ "Why, my dear fellow I excuse ma didn't recognize you at first; we can tall us have yoting eyes, you know. Come sit down ; make yourself at home. Pm-g you dropped in; Um going out to lue pretty soon, and I do hate to lunch alone." Phil soon found himself coaxed and assis* j to a high office stool at a desk by the wind and all the morning papers placed bef< bim, while Tramlay said: ~. "Look at the paper two or ihree minu while I straighten out a muddle iu a c torneras letter; then we'll go out" Phil took up a paper;- the advertisi page-which happened to be the first-v very interesting; nevertheless Phil's e; wandered, for his mind was just then curi< about the iron trade.. He looked arou him for indications of the business ; but 1 only bit of iron .in sight was a paper weig on.the desk before him. Closer scrutiny v rewarded by the discovery of a bit of anj iron, a few inches long, lying on a windi silL In the meantime the proprietor fa scribbled a few lines, assorted some pape j" and closed his desk by drawing down t ' .top.. Then he said: j "Now let's go in search of peace and co fort" "I shouldn't think you'd ha veto leave ye office for that" said Phil, v.'?>o had found 1 counting room greatly unlike what he h expected. " There's no peace where business is gol on," Tramlay replied; "although. 1 do know, after careful thought of any note place than a New York restaurant Here ' are Come in." Phil found himself in one of the very lor and noisy places where New York busiw j men herd about noonday. Phil protested, j the usual rural manner, that he was not j ail hungry, but Tramlay ordered so skillful , that both were duly occupied for an bot Phil found his host attentive, yet occasional absent minded He might have spared bh self the trouble of making a mental mern randum to study out tho why and wherefo ! of this apparently incongruous pair of qua ! ties bad be known that. Tramlay was cudgi ing bis brain to know how to dispose of b rural visiter after dinner, without offend in ( While,they were sipping the coffee-a beve age which Phil had never before tasted injtl middle of the day-Mr. Marge lounged up ' them,, looking exactly as intelligent bstte and unchangeable as the night before, "How are you, Marger said Traxnla; Phil afterward wondered that his host ooui smile so genially on so cold a person. "As usual," replied Marge with a slight h clinatiou of the bead. "Good morning, M Hayn. Don't let me interrupt conversatioi i merely meant ro say I've nothing to db tb afternoon and would be glad to show M 1 Hayn about town a little, if be likes." I "That's ever so good of you," said Tran J lay, "for the truth is, 1 was wondering ho I could find time to do it myself, and fearic 1 couldn't" "Entirely at his service," said Marge, t lifelessly as an automaton. "And v otb come and dine with mo tb: evening,"' suggested Tramlay; "entirely h ! formal, you know. " ! "I should tx? delighted," said Margo, tn fc . unvarying manner. \. Tramlay hurried to bis office, after tb i briefest of leave takings, and Marge t>egan t couduct Phil about New York. Soon, ho? ever, there developed a marked difference c ; taste between visitor and guide Marg wanted to show the young man the Stoc! Exchange, which to the many minds compos lng a very large class has no rival attractioi j except tbe various institutions-on Blackwell1 : Island; Phil exhibited abject ignorance am j indifference regarding the Stock Exchange ; but wanted to go through the sub-treashr and assay ollice-two buildings in whicl ! Marge had never been. Marge madeaspecia trip to show the young man the outside o j Jay Gould's office, but Phil identified Trinity church from pictures he had seen, and wanto* '. to make a patriotic tour of the tomt>s of dis tinguisbed men of tho revolutionary period Marge offered to introduce Phil to Russel ; Sage, but was amazed to learn that the youri*; i man had never beard of that distinguisher Individual "When, however, Gen. Hancock passing by, was casually pointed out bv ! Margo, Phil stopped short and stared respect : fully. Margo showed tho Field building, but through the trees in front Phil correctly sur : misod he saw Castle Garden, and desire?! al once to go there and be made acquainted witt; the method of receiving and distributing im? migrants. i On the Produce Exchange they fairly agreed, j Marge admitting that in importance it ranked j next to the Stock Exchange, while Phil wa* ' able to regard it as a great business neoorr sity. Pretending to search, by Phil's request for the building in which Washington badi farewell to his generals. Marge succeeded ii '. getting back through Broad street to th( ; vicinity of tho Stock Exchange, where h< triol to atone for his failure by pointing ont ; through a window the hoad of Mr Henrj Clews; but Phil had no t.;.vs except for tb< statue of Washington, standing, os he knew on tho site of the lir-t president's first inna ; gural. The two men exhibited equal inter?s; j on half a dozer successive occasions in "st<x*l ; tickers," which Marge seemed to know how t? j find in all sorts of places: but while Margi ! looked over the quotations on the tape. Phi: Studied tlie machinery of the indicator itself The strain npon Marge became almost txx great for his self control, and he breathed** sigh of relief when Trinity's chr-ok struct three. To have left tho vicinity of the Stocfa . Exchange earlier won M never have oecurrer to him, but promptly on tbestrokejhe burriec Phil to an elevated railway station and up town to a stable, where bo had his horse an?; wagon brought out and nx>k Phii for n drivt in Central park. Probably tliere he thought he could bo entertained al ter his own maimer, for he had tho rems, 1 Hiving out Fifth avenue, the two men really became congenial fora little while, for Phil understood horses, and Marge's horse was a good ono. and Phil admired him and knew of a go<xl horse that would match bira nicely, and Marge saw a prospect of making a team that ?ie could sell at a large profit and Phil promised to ar range t Dat Marge soouia come one aaa maa the horse. . % M But even this conversation was brpjna. when Marge pointed oat th* late residence of A. T. Stewart, for Phil insisted upon, moralizing on riches. In the park be asked, questions about statues, and about tress sad shrubs that were new to him and equally BJ> known to Marge, as wail as utterly unin? teresting; Phil abo wanted a rmin ber ct facts and figures about tho reservoir jo tbs, park, and was with difficulty restrained from spoiling the drive by visiting the menagerie. Finally, when he demanded the exact aries ot] the various engagements on Manhattan Island between the British and' Washington, ; after the latter had been forced to evacuate what then was New York, Marge abruptly, turned and drove homeward, confessing' without the faintest show of shame, bat* rather with defiance, that he knew absolutely' nothing about those times. And when thc drive ended and the couple separated, tbs. elder man's face broke from its customary calm as he muttered to himself: m r ** What can Tramlay want of thai fellow I* {TO BE COSTISr/BD.J ANTIQUITY OF THE X3LOv?" ? . ?f/j An Emblem of Power sod of Purity, of v. Defiance aad Subjection. No article of attire has more of foter est in its associations and history than' gloves; for while the interest attaching to most other garments has been mainly that of utility, to gloves has been at? tached a varied and widespread symbol, ism, giving them ari exalted place ana linking them with many curious observe anees, regal, ecclesiastical, military and" social The gloce has been the emblem of power anJ of purity, of defiance anet subjection. Lands and personal rjr?per-. ty were once conveyed by the delivery, bf a glove; the authority of kings over, provinces was attested by presenting a glove; kings invested^ barons with do-, minion by bestowing on the favorite one of the kingly gloves; and many eccles^ astical and legal ceremonies could only be performed with white gloves, the em? blems of purity. The antiquity of gloves isvery, great: they doubtless antedate hisiorv, for the earliest literature alludes to\&em, and* they have been-known and worri frenx the earliest ages of, which we,.have^^-^ knowledge. Homer, in the "Odyssey,'*,. . describes Laertes, the" farmer ling, thV father of Ulysses* . in; m's retirements ""While gloves secured bis lianas to shield; . them from the thorns." Xenophon jeers at the Persians for wearing gloves as t\ protection from the ?o?d;"not only dad they have umbrellas borne over them int summer, not being content with the shade of the trees ?nd rocks, but in the^ ' winter ft is not sufficient for them" ter clothe their heads, and their bodies, ane( their feet, but they havec^veringanisicU. . of hair for their hands and tlieir fingerst. In their earlier days the Greeks and tii<j Romans scorned such effeminacy, mot ai a later day, in the time of Pliny, the uncle of that lively historian is de^ribect as traveling with* an amanuensis "who! wore gloves upon his hands in wintr? iest tiie severity of the weather ?h?t?? i make him lose any time** in writing. . " From time immemorial the glove has had a legal significance in oriental coun? tries raj thc transfer of property, jus$ as' the "God's penny" was formerly used to' "bind a bargain"* in the west. A disputed passage In the Old Testament-^Ru^fy^ ? and 8-reads: "Now this was the nia?r t ncr in former time, in Israel, concerning redeeming anet concerning" ?*hjanging? for, to confirm all things; a man plucked o?fc his shoe, and gave it to his neigl?bor, anet this was a testimony in Israel." lt i& now commonly* agreed by scholars ?hat the word shoe should be rendered glove, for in the Cbaldaic paraphrase the .word _ is rendered "the case or covering of ti>e. . right hand;" and accepting this view, appears that among the Israelites Aa passing of a glove was the method ?? transferring property. -_i . ^ Later thc glove, as a pledge operablem of conveyance, came into use among the Romans, whose ancient law held pncr?>- ? erty to lia ve passed with it? literal tra?an. ? -fer, or part of it, into the hand of the purchaser; and the glove, doubtless as ? matter of convenience, took- the place of and symbolized this actual transfer.--*' ; Haberdasher. _. Sr.n Datha Better Thon Shod? Tree?. "There is such a thing as havingrfco much of a good thing," remarked a Cass , avenue man to a friend. "I liko trees, but I don't like, to live in the woo?s.. Every glimpse I get of the heavens or, the eartii from ray windows in summer is caught on tho Hy, as it were, bet weet* tho branches of trees.' .* Why don't you cut them down?* tr> quired his friend. c "I would cheerfully. If they were my^ own, but unfortunately my bndkmT owns them and compels me to live ir& their shade. There are hundreds of. houses in Detroit that never have ? gilwi of sunshine from May to November, ftndf the people in them are ns Inllious as Ehst' Indians. The average Detroiter is afraid ? to trim his trees so that they shall pre- * sent a respectable appearance, and you - can walk up any of the avenues and count hundreds cC lopsided, awktrartjE, looking trees that have run all to* branches. The resttlt is damp houses; malaria and typhoid fever.** "I haven't any trees," said the friend. "If I had I would go home and buns them, after such a picture as that." - "It is the truth. We live too" much in the shade. Sun baths are better than shade trees of forest growth. It is wolf enough to sfiadc the streets, bat not the houses. Facts are fact?, sh*."-Detroit' Free Press. It Was a Wet Day. John Dames, the baseball manager,^ while over in Ireland looking after the fortune that had boon Toft him there,^ was, of course, in Dublin part of tho, time, it was a damp, drizzly day wheu he nrrived there, but he was bound to take a look over the city, even if ft was ? necessary to undergo a drenching ra the attempt- So thc St. Paul manager stepped into a jaunting car, or some other sort of Irish" conveyance, for af drive about the town. Passing through* Phoenix park he noticed three greaV statues, presumably the counterfeits in" bronze of national heroes. "What are ! those?" John asked of his fine Celtic dri ? ver. "Thim"-was the confident re-* ply-"thim's the t\yelvo apostles." "Twelver exclaimed ti*? great; baseball manager: "why, man. tliere ara only . j three of themi" "True yez are, soiV true yez are; but yez oali't' expect the . whole twelve to come out on a wet day like this-ha (to the horse), ge lang, y?m brute." This may be an old joke on tho. other side, but as the genial' manager took pains to bring it across the ocean IV' is cheerfully awarded space inthiscofKj umn.-The Casual Listener ib'?tL Paul Pioneer IVess. "-f-Tra-. A H KA LTHY ii KOW TH. { Acker's Blood Klixir has canted a?. finn h??Mt on the American people and i? feknowledspd, to be ."uperior io ali other prepsr<*ion.?w. J% ia n positive cure for all Blood and Skin Diseases^ . Thc ine.Jioal iraternity indorse ?nd *i*w?Vj?j it. tina ran teid and sold by J. F. W. 0?T^ru??;