that s so uke all of em � that s a th and were silent and and tbe conductor came in he bad once called at office to ask about h are you mr we to you witb us to this your boy yes this is my son ted well now what do you know about that i here i thinking you were a ter yourself not a d over hardly and you with this great big fellow forty why brother ni never see forty five again is that a wouldn t hardly a thought it yes sir it s a bad give away for the old man when he has to travel with a young whale like ted you re right it is to ted i suppose you re in college now proudly no not till next fall i m just kind of i the dis rent the once over now as the conductor went on his way huge against bis blue chest and ted gravely they arrived at late at ni t lay in the morning pretty nice not to have to get q and get down to breakfast they were stay ing at uie hotel because business men always stayed at tbe but tb had dinner in the crystal room of the ordered blue point with a witb a tremendous of potatoes � o pots of pie with ice cream foe both ri than an for ted an extra piece of pie d n by � hot staff some feed ted admired � stick with me man and you a good tbey went to a musical comedy and each other at the matrimonial jokes and the jokes they the arm in arm between acts and in the g ee of bis release from the shame which fathers and sons ted chuckled did you ever hear the one about the three and the judge when ted had returned to was lonely as he was trying to make alliance between and certain interests which wanted the race track plot most of his time was taken up in waiting for calls sitting on the edge of his bed holding the asking wearily mr not in yet didn be leave any for me all right hold the wire staring at a on the wall reflecting that it resembled a shoe and bored by this twentieth that it resembled a shoe lighting a then to the with no ash tray in reach wondering what to do with this burning and trying to toss it into the at last on the no message eh all right call again one afternoon he wandered snow streets of which he had never heard streets of small and houses and cottages it came to him that he had nothing to do that there was nothing he wanted t� do he was lonely in the evening when he dined by at the hotel he sat in the afterward m a chair with the arms lifting a cigar and for some one who would come and play with him and save him from thinking in the chair next to him showing the arms of was a familiar man large red faced man with pop es and a deficient d n by he seemed kind and insignificant and as as himself he wore a and a e tie it came to with a t the stranger was sir instinctively rose how tt you sir p member we met in at s s my real estate how d you do sir shook hands embarrassed standing wondering how be could retreat well i suppose been having a great trip since we saw you in quite british and and all over the place he said doubtfully looking at how did you find business conditions in british or i suppose maybe you didn t lo � into em scenery and and so cm scenery oh capital but business � know mr they re having almost as much ment ss we are sir was speaking warmly now so business conditions not so good di no business conditions weren t at all what i d hoped tr find them not good eh no not � not really good that s a dam shame � i you re waiting tar somebody to take you out to some big sir oh vo to tell you the truth i was wondering what the deuce i could do this evening don t know a soul in i wonder if you happen to know � there s a good in this city good why say they re grand open ri t i guess maybe you d like that eh eh went to the opera once in london d n by garden sort of no i was wondering if there was a good � was sitting down his i r over shouting say sir i supposed of course you had a of waiting to lead you out to some � god forbid � but if you what do you say you and me go to a there s a of a at the in a picture t ol just a moment while i get my coat with greatness slightly afraid lest the noble mood of change its mind and leave him at any street comer with sir to the palace and in ent bliss sat beside him trying not to be too enthusiastic lest the knight his adoration of and at the end sir murmured jolly good picture this so awfully decent of you to take me haven t enjoyed myself so much for weeks all these � they never let you go to the the devil you s had lost the delicate refinement and all the broad a s with which he had adorned it and become hearty and natural well i m to death you like it sir they crawled past the knees of fat into the aisle they stood in the waving their arms in the of putting on 