The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-12-22


ms1, VIII a I3GIEsre0ee be was tsr
fram feeling. The saggesnoa was
grRGous.y accepted, fbe.ao7r opened
AID closed on 1be host, z3d the
crowd, leaning their backs against the
Ezil sDc covering en5er the cares,
waited and listened
For s few moments tbsre WIS ID
soa1d bst Tie dripping Of x..sr from
tns cares, sn0 fbe SIR and rustic q
sres1laE boeghs ab0re then Then
he mea became naeasv. ard Ehis-
Pered suggestion and snsBiciou
passed from ibe o.e 70 Il. other.
'kerko1 she's eaFed n his head The
hrsi LEX = .Dseoyed hin inter tbs
t93oel ana barred hin I'D likely =
6ot him doEa snd sitlin' On hin 2
irooiF bin suthin 70 besTe o. Us.
stand clear The door. bors.- Fer
5ust then TIE latch clicked. tie door
slowly opened, AID s Toice said,
+ Cone Il ont o. the vet
TIE voice WAS neither that uF The
Old MAJ nor of his wife. Il vas
lie To5es Of 3 small boy, i1s weak
treble broken by that pretsrnatgrEl
1o1rseaess which oulT TagsbondEgs
Hnd lie habit Of prsDsturs ssli-asssr-
uon esa give Il vas the fare of
zsnaii boy Fhs1 looked ID a. theirs,
5 taee thai might have been pref
T AID even reBnsd bat that il vas
darke1ed bE eyl knowledge from
FHhl1s a1d dirt and hard experience
iron Without Re had 3 blanket
ar9nod his shoulders and bad sFi-
+ deuily .Just risen frem his bed. Come
II he repeated. E8d doatnake DO
nolse- The Old Maa's n there talk
II . Usr,7 be continued, pointing
I 10 a ADJACENT roon which seemed 70
. kitchen, from which tie Old
Mans voice came II depressing SC
cents. Let ne be. bs added,
q1erulouslE, 70 Dick Ba1sn, who had
caught hin %. blanket a0d su, End
was affecting TO toss him into tbs
IRE, let 90 o ne. yoa Id cd fool
q re hear -
Thus sdjured, Dick Bu1sn lowered
Jobnny 70 tbe ground with sDotb-
cred laugh, While the men, entering
quietly, ragged themselves round q
long table Of r1agb boards which o.
cUPie1 The centre of The room John
u ben ErsFely proceeded 70 6 cup-
board ard brought out several Gr1i-
eies Which be deposited q the table
bars EhiskeF- And crackers.
And red heron Ard cheese He
to1k BITE of the latter On his way
. tie table ~Aud s1Ear1 He
f scooPed up : noutbful p rozts With
small ard very dirty hand And
tHr5seker, TbGr's dried supils TO q
tbe shelf but ! doat admire fem.
Appils j. swellin' Thar" be cor
elu5ed now wade II, aDd don't be
afsard 7 do1.t mind The Old We
MAJ Sic dent b7o1g 70 me
SloDg
he bad stepped 10 the threshold
Of = small room, scarcely larger than
eioset, psrtifione5 oH from the
main tppartneDt, sd bolding il its
+ DIN recess s small bad He stood
there moment looking at The con-
paDr, bis bare feet peepiBg fon the
tlaBket. and nodded
Hello. Job5uvi You ANT Eoin
+ u tur1 IN sgfa, are -ey7 ssid Dick
Yes / are Responded johnny.
decidedly.
-Nbv. vets ID, Old fellow -
In SEX
I How SICK
I've got afeFir And chiidblaiHs
And r0UmsIiz- retur8ed JehHny.
and vanished within Alter 3 no
DeBi's pause, be added n The dark.
apparently frCn under TIE bedcl9thes.
Ard 5iles -
There was 81 embarrassing 81
Ilence. TIE mea looked 81 each
other, Gnd al the Bre Even with THE
sBpstiZinr banquet before them, j
seemed ss if they might again fall
into the despoDd-ney Of Thompson :
I grocery, when the voice Of the Old
Man, iHeaUtioDsly lifted, came de-
/ precaUngly from The kitchen
CergaiDIyl Tbet's So IN course
tbey l. A gang O. lazy drunken
loafers. and that sr Dick BaHen's the
Ornariest Of an Didn' I kev 10 more
sabs than 10 come around var with
+ sickness II the house and 10 prOvi-
si0ns Tbei's what l said: 'BgHe1.
SCI /, 1it's crazy drunk y08 are, or E
fool, SCI /, to think o such thing.
Staples, / sez, be yoa maD, Sta
pies, End 'spect 70 rzlse HI under
nv roof aBd iuFRiids YIN rouud y
Bat Iney would come,-tbev would
Ihel's wot you musI 'spsct o such
trash = lays round ihe Bar
4 burst Of laughter from The mea
followed this unfortunate exposure.
" belbsr il Was beard IN Tie kitchen,
o. Whether the 0ld Mans irBre con-
paBion had just then exhausted ali
other modes Ct expressing her coz
temptuous indignation, ! cannot say,
buI back door IVES suddenly slamm-
Cd Win great violence. a moment
later and ihe Old Man reappeared.
baply unconscious Of The cause Of
the late hilarious outbarst, and snl-
ed blaudly.
The old w9maa thought she'd
jestrU over 20 Mrs. MeFsddsn's for
s s0eiable call, lie explained with
jsuB1y Indifference, as be took Z sest
81 The board,
Oddly enough i needed this u
toward incident 10 reieve the enbsr-
rasmeni thai was beginning 70 be fslt
+ BY The party, AID their natural au-
dEeiIy returned with their host. /
Z do net propose 10 record the couvivs-
slitiss Il thai evening TIE fnquisi-
tive reader VII accept The statement
that the conversation wss charscter-
lied by the same intellectual sxslts-
1ip1, the same cautious reverence,
the same fasiidi0as deIcacy, the
same rhetorical precision. AID the
same logical and coherent discourse
f somewhat later IN the eFeni1g, which
Distinguish similar gatherings of the
masculine sex il more civilized local
ifies and under mere favorable aus
F n l.