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the .-u:ipayna .'m early -tar or two, 1j:r:ii t.riyhtly.
came out.
'Y.:v.vT'."
"Frankie"'
The noise tif Vj.i del Hatiuitio drifted tip to them,
thtti and mulllcd aJiil far .tvv.ii.
"What :s ::, i!f.ir :"
I-!i"t that tin? I'aiiiheon. the round dome
v h the :iat top, ju-t lfside. the Madaina
!d..ie-"
" oiiioitud that old I'antheon! K:.s me.
at.r-
Hie raised her head slowly, "j-tuti:: :i; the curved
ri-liliiii-. of Ijit lips. Then s-he hc-iiaicii. "Hat
j :-t !'" -ho -anl sternly.
Ay un there ii.e. -tleine. ami more -tar- came mil
or the (.i:n.i!M.
Then -he yazttl tint over the twihyhi iity f K-lls
.ititl domes al'al spires, a- the tllt-k yrew dccji-r
.liiiiut them. ""Ah. Koine"" -he ...:!, with a happy
h"'le .iyh. "!-nt it l-Mutif-il
' .rioiis. isn't it1" he -ail coutetiledlv. a- they
hailed oil the Mime balustrade Mile !y -ule.
And they Mylicd compaiiiunably, anI were -ilenl
fin snore.
TWO little Southern loys. who were I'rouyht to
W.ishinyioii early m I-;.-, haviuy tired of
city -iht-. ii-il t wander down to a jvl ;n the
meadows near the then tmimi-hiil Washinyloii Mon.
umciit ami :t-h for the minnow- that Mvam aloul.
A hrt man with a yrait-h l.-ard. Mo-.piny
sliyliTiv.u-ci! t ) -in them :it :ir-t only m ea-i.tmiliy.
lull m time .- ottcu t' at the lads tame ! cspict
him. and iivame friendly, a- children will with j.cr-ii:i-
much older. :i one occasion t"ie I-ovs
aun tinned that the net tl.iv thev were yoiny t -ee
the i're-iilent. licticral iiraiit. ride in proies- ton on
hi- way to 1-e inauyuratcd a Mfomi time.
Thev were much excited over it ami caycr to see
the President. Their -:!ent friend mviiiciI intcr-i"-:eil.
anil learned that they anil their parents
iiotild .-it in a Maud at a certain j-oint t the
rmite.
"Well. I'm yotny to hv the jirife i.m mvM-lf."
he -aid. with a leer Millie "and if 1 fail. I'll try
to -ii" von." he --aid a- he went away.
The net day the lad- were ill their plates lolly
l-e!ore there was anv lieiil. After tnilitarv and
cut." ldie- had jia cd came an ojcn carriage
drawn liy four lmr-i--. and in it .it the President.
He wa looking for sometliiny. seemingly, for he
tiirtnil hi- head iiiijuirtnyly. If-idcs ackn-twlcdyiny
the cheer- of the onlooker-. At laM he seemed to
have found what lie wanted. He wa- Iit.kiny riyht
at the two ti-herl o -.
A- for them, they were standing up. almost
luirstiny with excitement.
" father! Mother! Look! Th.it the man we
eo tishiny with! Look! The man in the carriage
with the four horse".! I.itik!"
"Hut that'- the President, l-iy-!" protested the
parents, horritied :it the Malcmenl.
"We can't help it! Thai's, the man we eo tishiny
with!" the l.vs cnil.
Ami they were rtht. for a- hi; carrtaue pa-Mil
their .-land. I'rcMiletlt llrant wai-l hi- haml to the
!i a -jK-cial wae to them and Niwed to their
mother and father.
"I'idn't weMiy s-? There now !" cried the !-o-.
"W I'ri"-iden! t'rant." r-.iul their la" her.
"Will, it"- the man that we jro li.-hinij with, even
if it i- the I're-ident."
And it wa.
A FHULADELFHIA IDYL
Tlll"!l" wa- !! dottlit that
Jo-ej'h thi" im;rej;iial'le.
Jo-ejih the loftily in
tlilft rent, had 1-enfiie Jo-ejih the
- i!m1'H-i1. Jo-eph the tleotttl.
I he . t nidmj; fact Wa- jMlent
! 1 i- whole familv. from hl
' 'tr. who hitherto had lit n
ti itl woni.m whom Jn-e ii
i j'-id rttl worth;. of the lea-t
. "iii'imii. to the tiny M-ter.
i' 'i .- t see ive and eiil-er.iiit
. 't . iittsi had lii'ii l.ivi-htd nj-oti
.i s t'l-r.uil rather than an
. t'riiiative hrtither.
it the least amttsinij feature
"the a'Tair Wa- the prompt
S a- 11 as theco'Ilpli telle .
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i pair ot -oit lilue
ne ul.nut. .mi! the :'.i
lTi'lepi-ndt-TUe wa-J li.it:!.'!
the i"al-- of the titnlel
mi; w;iie oj-en; at'ti :t;e
jarrtson tnrilitl mil with
. ' " :- roll of the co:n:i:crd
i ' -. a niiiK tlaitn:in"4 of
T i rnl t nlii"s, tn llu llnltUll'
: ' it tor.
I --hs fat hi r openlv re-
1 m hi- son's overthrow.
j t-'i"!:; h:m-elt tntich pla-ure
j' w i't hill-' the eficct it would
1 m the development of
Hi- .other Miuleti. though perhas a lit ssiiilv.
f r :' woman iloe- not live who can 1-e altoither
t ' . '! d -then ht reahe- that he I- iw longer t'r-t
h art of her miii. She knov. that this ti: le
' ie. and "he wt-hes ;.ir it (what true mot In r
' - - t . "i. for that Wa. she ft el, lies ln yreate-t
1 ' :. Shi" tlreatis n wi;at Wi-e mother tsitj-l
' " "r that Way, he fears, niav he his j;real -I
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his
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ciiaracti.r.
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I ? --"all M-ter. keenlv :e-pon-:e t the parental
tint tc:i-e". Mimeti: u mi sutj ;nnt stoue-
'1 as -he mtv Jo-eph ili-jt.it lum-elf in
' i hasacter.
""ilv ptltun i:t the household who seel-uil
'K .itul serenely tuifon-uous thai the atnio
". i- ch.inttl With Uliusu.ll emotions Was. the
r of the lilue eve-, herself the ih-ttirli-r of
' - ;e.ii.t. a lotine, cm -t from the We-t who
r i hajN-ron. an msi.i'Je ami liartr.k-ss relative.
.sins her tirsi vi-it to I'enn'-s hi-toric titv.
I have suhI. tho whole atTair was merely ati-
-Taner of "IVJ, T'S-j:. it '" un the part
-p ". w-f.i;rnr. the tirl rcvtiation r.-inj to
- '.i t lit r. t hf ill tr.t v a " 1 1M" Riven hete
' r. though of course less important, natnc of
Iiilatnl. a she saw hir son matieuvrnng to
-eat next to Alice at lurhetn.
hii-' That . the sweet. soul-sarisdViiH;
Cethe- aipnjriate name lome by Iut of
e eves, and as Jieph sat opposite ia the
.etl seat to which hi mother had deftlv
mi. he fairly gloat d over the pnt'ttv svUat'les
"ii"tel his ionfersaij..n to "Mi-s Altie."' or
"ie maul attention to the ants. real or
..of "MrS Alice" His ht-h- o"il hai
'. at tbe thought .f Tietr c .""'pell.tl ..
" - ' -ti-. i"u" crt ." i'
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One l.tt.tK
I rom Sttll
l-ltie !.-
T .
frtelld-hip Itetwteil their fasn-llti-
:is an e.cti-e. he had
early asked for and easily
oltiaitlttl the .sweet privilege
of tlsitiij the le-s formal
title.
To Jitseph fell thetleliilhttlll
privilege of aci-ouipanvin In
n.other" jjuests in their e-fiir-ifiis
to thetlilYerent plan-,
of mtire-t in and around the
fity i hi- hirtli. ami mikc
tour is a much n:tre ttni
Vellietlt mt::i!i-r to tliv.de
than three, Mrs. IMind was
-tcuetimes toiiihtd ami tl.it
tered liy lur s,m's ure-it
entreaties that sin- should
allow no otht r duties, to in
terfere with thai of ;ni!y
then: the ph-asiire of ht r coin
jki'iv :! the-e otca-ifti-.
ills Mil-ctiucnt loudiiil.
miif the to'.ir were en route,
flight have enhhteiutl anv
one Itit a fotlur. Happilv
for all foiu-irneil. however,
the-e tli .ir one- are m-Moiii
hsiitisetl to If c.irj'tii'"lv cntt-
tal. ami the sound of Ji-eph"s
joo"is vt-ne as it oiiasioiially lloatttl to hi r from
around the i- r:it r. or a xhtiiji-e of his happy fate
as he ami Alue Walked ahead or Impend Ifhltlil.
vias enough ". nvonitle Mrs llelaild to a Mtuatlon
that protluted such re-ult-. And v. htii, a
happtiiid iitit itiiriiuieutlv. Joseph cati.e ami
-ttt.-! It -ule hi- mitthtr for a moment, kimus
her haml a l"U:ij, conttlential -T:eie. the cup
of the im-thtrs toiitt utnieiit ran Itill to the
oVert'tiWitl.
Was there ever Mit h an aii'ttsi n li'fore J"-eph
thought not. i'iiuM Mali another evt r ton.e a.un?
Joseph fell sure that all Ills -ca oils Would Ii" like
thi- if iitilv Alnes-haritl them.
What dear, tlelmhtful tlrives th.-v took! Whit
lo:i and interest my raml-le-! Somt times tin v
vunt through I'.iirn.i.unt'- prm.lv tared tor yrmiiitis:
tiore t.tteti tht v tho-e the v.imhny tlrives ot the
Wi .tliikon. At St Titir's tin v It tt the ai-iiaMe
t hapt roil :t virentiallv seattil m Wa-hinyton's old
M,i:a:e pew while he indultt! in a tit t p patriotic
reverie, ami Jo-eph lul Ahie out into the Minnv
itraM-vartl, -o s:r.nelv tjuiei .trinl the tit's
h'll t"ili. anil presenini her to tho-e men ami Women
of his tan ilv vho-e privilege ii vias lit lake tht ir
last rs; in these narrow pnvisicts hallovvitl alike
itv ti .e atitl fashion.
" 'tmthtr s.tvs." he told her. "that when thev
hatl to l. yrantlmother hete. her one comfort Was
that she Was m stall tjil comjmny ami amony
ptttpk' she hatl aiwavs known. I'lramlinotlK-r was
licti in 1'hiladeiphui. you know. a:nl he usetj to
s-iv that ht r alhne-iist was a Josiv; already it
trade her iiretl to think of meetmj; anv new
petpSe. ami if she wa mined in St llr's she
wouldn't see a Mngle !ira:ii!i- f.i"e whin -he eot
lip"
i.. s- !. .J ,. ... .,- V n "h- U"." s, .,.,:!,!
at the dimple that came anil went in her ft theek
ami wattlutl the tascinattm; upward turn ot lur
mouth, a phenomenon wlmli he Ifheved it. apper
tain exclusively to tilts -radons nfiuieii of votmjj
womanhood. He had mentioned this jfcuharity
to his mother one eventny. ami had lien deeply
hurt and MHiu-uli.it indignant when she said that
to the li-st of hcl oltseriatioll it Wa- the u-Ual
thiny for the hps to turn up at their lormrs when
the owmr of thelll Mlilled. jttseph had I it'll too
will lirotiyhl up tt dispute with his mother, !ut his
private opinion remained unchanged.
What imi they h.nl that day at Old Swedes:
Churtli. jitpmi; at one another throtiyh the huyit
kevdiole of the old .icristi ! Ami alter thev had e.
hallstnl the rather limited resotiries of that lellt-r-al-Ie
liiiiMiiiy. Alite ami Jo-t ph .-at down on one
of the liiheti covernl lones m the ancit nt yrave
lard. Mr-. Ileland ami the ili.ip mil thoughtfully
j-referriny. thev sai-l. a dry liiiih iu-l around the
tortit r. And there and then Ahteini roii-t tl a fiost
thnllmy rmuaiite. in win. h the jtreat kev-hole l-ore
a ton-pieiioiis jiart. and whtii the hero and ht route
had triumphantly emerynl from innuncr.iMe perils,
and had Iiijiiii to "hie happy forever nlltr."
J j'h assured the fair narrator that it was ur-
tainly the U--1 Morv he i-v.r heard.
In t'arpenter's Hall it w..s pure jo" to Jt.se; h ti
follow Alae from room to room and from ca-i to
ia-e. Not that he can d m much for tlu-e things
himself, hut her interest and pleasure m them was
-o kien thai he tell a laryediearti d toltrame.
and even a Jt!es of jtr.itnude. towanl tin
whole ttillt Ltioii. Miite it was mtni-tt rtm; t hi r
happiness.
In this world not hint; endures and happine-s is
the nit.si ephemeral of all things, ami all too -on
the t.n.d day of tin- most memoral-Ie visit arrived.
The t ritcial moment came wluu. dinner limy
over, the family ritunitd to the dravimy rumi.
l";ou ; reten-e of watt limy for the earriaye. Jom ph
had li-yuilttl Ahie t-. the window, ami there on the
broad tishn-ned s,.at. jn the .shadow of th-- Iuaiv"
ittrt.mis, with tin- '.s. ot thttrtul t oim r-.itioii
-.-my on lifore tin in. ami all the tt-sd.lt r "trits
ot the tlimlv Iiyhtn! -truts U'luml tin m. hi - .rr.w
y..t the Iitur of his iiitlymeiit. it:e t.t Aim s
slimier li.. :i-!s lav mi tin- tushi-in lif.-i.n tin ri
i win will yirls have smli it mpiatioii in tin w n . f
aidi tit it.uth'i. In another instant l-"h if
Ji-st ph'.s tl-i-itl our it (tin! Ills ho; t s d-nive
him. or Was l In re indml an a:i-wer:ny pr - 'ire
to his ilo-e yrasp") ami in a loin- thai tairl. 1 r-.k--under
the in lyhl he -aid, a- he I--ail-i! y-nth t-
w.tnl th r
"' h Miss Ahie'" Thin with a manli di-nird
for lonieiitit.iiahtii s "th. Ahn-! I'o joi tl.itik
I tan evi r In I this vvav av'ain'"
Fill what .iv, Joseph" ' Alice impure! - ! .
"As if 1 wished to Mt hv lour side al-i.ii ..td
hold lour hand in mine." he repln-1.
Am! Alice, frt-einy the tapttie hand, put 1 '. h-r
arms armim! Joseph, for she was Mven:ni .tid
he was ---veil, ami kisstny him fondly -...-I ' ile
the turners t: her harminy moush w.-nf ; . s .
that it-". ractmy -lnnple pLtvnl hale ai! nk
w."h it-elf I think it hkilv. dear httjt- J. t ph.
li.. i"-i will ful j'l-t tin- w.v uiativ. : ..,
and
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