Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-03-28
OLD MEMORIES
or "The. Knickerbockcr's'' Coniribu-
tOrs-Savc and shelton

Or "Thcs KntckerboCkcr's' CCniribu-
tors-sarc ana shelton.
Mr. Frank Bcllcw, the artist, tells the
following pretty highly colored yarn, in a
communication to the New York 7liJune ::
Looking upon The hHichey50cter Us the
"Maytlower" of American magazine litcra-
turc, | feel that good deal of interest at
tachcs to every one of the Pilgrim Fathers
| OF bellies lcttre3 who sailed in that good old
ship. | therefore venture TO offer you short
sketches of some Of her crew One of them
| only met once or twice casually, and have
connected with him but dim vision floating
before my eyes OF large, tlwny figure with
something about it suggestive Of the benign
| dignity Of n mastiff lie had long been a
contributor TO Tie hnickerbocker and cor
| respondent OF its editor, before he and that
editor met One day Lewis Gaylord Clark
was seated in his cosy library in Twenty
second street, hard at work on his pet de.
partment of the magazine, Tho Editor 5
| Table" when stranger opened The door and
entered unannounced. He was a large man,
whose thick boots and modest raimcnt were
covered with country dust.
| Hello, Clark, h. said, GLOW air you ?
llow's the f)lks2 Wol's ncw?'
Clark who was the pink OF courtesy.
arose, bowed siitlly, and begged the stranger
10 he seated
oval, old teller, h1w'cr yer bin ~ rcsum.
eli the visitor after hc lad taken seat.
Look rayther yallcr bout the dcwlaps.
| Not been hslin' too mitch gin and pepper
mint, hope, ch?'
"Sir," answered Clark with dignity, may
| inquire whom have"
"ilow's Clara and the young folhst"
"SitW
All the Zinc tho stranger was pr0pOuud-
lug these kindly rquiri's g, he was cdging his
chair bit by bit closer and closer to Mr.
! Clark, who, heginning to get quite nervous
was viinlY trying % keep lis distance by the
same sye,rm Of tactics.
well, Old lloss, Pm mighty glad to see
| yer. Give rs grip of yer potato rake
extending his own hand cordially, and
then bringing it down with thump on the
writing table, which made the pens and inl,
and all the little articles of virtue jump again.
! Say, Lewis, | feel dry, YOU han't q no rum
round the shaDy hev yer? No, ! be,
You've bin sud soaked it all up yourself, yc
old sinner" aud here he pokeh Clark ia n,
ribs with the end Of q piece OF shruabcrv
| which stood to him in pace Of cane, al the
same time advancing his chair two hitthe.
on Clark's left flank. "But, say, Clark, I'll
tell yer wot YOU lend me II quarter end III
run up to the gin mill on .nc corner ard pit
Iln 800 60 .'''l VIZ w. :, Ien q'tt So
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iSIosS , nnI i III c1"nulnRg ~ NlH,NS Hnet'
anntio " dnsh I,en naW ii H'ik
50 rising quickly to his feet and dropping the
| strangers hDOf to the 40 II with a crash ike
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