Don't I wish he was here to see it."
The indispensable white gloves and white net veil and bright
ribbons, flowers, etc., were now laid aside, and with a strict
injunction "to be sure send 'em right away," Melindy Jane Thrasher
was truly the happiest customer that ever emerged from the
time-honored establishment of Manchester, Robertson & Allison.
CHAPTER XXXVII.
HUBERT TRACY UNFOLDS HIS PLANS.
It must not be supposed that Phillip Lawson was remiss in his
regular duties--that he neglected the professional demands duly
devolving upon him.
Our much-respected friend had seen adversity on every hand and in
many phases. He had struggled hard to overcome difficulties, and he
had smothered the pleading of his hungry unsatisfied soul; and as
from day to day he jostles his fellow man in the crowded
thoroughfares, or encounters him in the office, shop or study, the
same remark was common to every honest-minded citizen:--"Lawson is a
clever, industrious and good fellow, and well deserves the position
which he will one day occupy."
And now, when it became an established fact that Phillip Lawson had
fallen heir to forty thousand dollars, it was, indeed, worthy of
mention that no one was heard to make uncharitable remarks.
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