t both amused and angered him. He had imbibed, at a small western
college and in the little taste of business life which he had had in
New York City, a wondrous spirit of democracy which his stay in Europe
had by no means lessened. It was not the man's potential social
usefulness which made appeal to him, it was the soul which he saw
shining, clear and lovely, in his daughter's eyes; it was not the
father's slow, grey dignity which made him wish to help him, it was
the long, pathetic gaze, which, from time to time, he saw him cast
back along the vessel's wake, the lines of patiently-borne sorrow
which had formed about his fine, strong mouth, the stoop of weariness
and woe endured with uncomplaining fortitude which bent his shoulders.
He might be of an artistic worth which made him peer of and received
by kings--of that John Vanderlyn knew nothing and cared less; but that
he was a gentleman of lofty mind and many sorrows patiently endured he
felt quite certain, and, as such, his heart yearned to him. He would
have been delighted if some way had come to help him, but he could not
bring himself to such a curious investigation of his poor affairs as
his mother would have had him make with prying inquiries. It seemed to
him that such a course would be impertinent, and so, whenever she
suggested it, he temporized and hesitated.

As the voyage progressed, too, it was plain enough that others than the
Vanderlyns began to feel, instinctively, the real superiority of the old
man and his daughter. Down on the steerage-deck they were,
involuntarily, given a certain courteous consideration by the
passengers, and even by the stewards--and to impress a steerage-steward
is no ordinary victory. The old man showed a kindly heart, especially to
the many women with small babes among the huddled passengers. Love of
children, plainly, was mighty in his soul and by the hour he sat,
surrounded by a circle of the little ones, to their very great delight
and the relief of the poor mothers who thus obtained the first hours of
freedom from continual care which they had had since the long voyage had
begun.

It was his playing with the children that gave birth to a sensation
which thrilled the ship from end to end. He was trying patiently,
persistently, to amuse a little, ailing tot. It was beginning to seem
certain that she would not last the voyage out. The mother was in
agony as she held the tiny wailing, creature out toward him while he
cooed