Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-07-28
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sOand much TO strangers, but Id like TO
tell you about it, if you have time to lis
ten, for they've all forgotten Robbery
down here. except me; they're poor folks,
you see. and things drifts out of folks
heads when poverty drifts in.
Robbery yes. sir, that was his name
leastways the name we gave him down
here. As to father or mother, we never
had any, l think; never had anyone in
the wide world to belong to, except our
two selves-Bobbery and me. was the
eldest, two years older than him; but
then, was blind, you see, SO the two
years didn't count for much, and Bob
bery got ahead of me after the time when
the long days of pain slipped into long
nights, and God shut me out of the world ;
not that grumble, sir-I've given over
that; and Robbery was always such a
good lad to me, that perhaps I didn't miss
so much, after all.
Igrew to fancy things, and make be-
lieve saw great deal, particularly after
Robbery took to working at his trade
shoe-black, sir; and sometimes, when I
became accustomed to being always in
tho dark, went out with Robbery, and
held the money that he made.
Well, not much, perhaps, but enough
for 10 two, and the little room we had
down at Kingstown, over against the little
river; only Robbery was an extravagant
lad-not in drink. sir-we were always q
sober lot-but in oranges.
They we're almost his ruin, sir-those
oranges. He used to come up stairs suck
ing them softly, SO that might not hear,
and thinking to deceive me; but I some
how snelt oranges. and it always made me
sharper to catch Robbery whistling little
tunes to himself on the way up, just to
put me off.
He made q deal of me, did Robbery
along Of being blind, you see-and SO
did the neiRhbors; but I was rare proud
of him. You don't know what it lie, sir,
to sit alone iD the dark all day, and then,
on sudden, to hear fellow call out,
"Here we are again! Come down and
feel the sun set, and we'll count the cop
persv' 1t would make you love anyone,
sir, who had voice like that, let alone a
fellow like Robbery.
Perhaps you didn't happen to be in
Kingstown, sir, last spring when the floods
had risen, and the land was under water
for miles round. Robbery had to wade
. little going down to his work, but he
rather liked it, he said; and he used to
tuck up his trousers, and call back to me
and laugh, as the water crept round bis
feet, and he said folks wouldn't want their
boots blacked, he feared, for the water
would soon take off the polish.
used to sit on the window-sill to feel
the sun, and if listened very hard l
could hear the ripple-ipple Of the shall
low water ct every step that Robbery
made, and il had q pleasant sound, and
made q kind Of company feeling; but
when he was out of hearing. and II still
kept rippling mp against our ~slls. the
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