The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-06-10

this manner. / did not ques.i on him
mnch for / wanted to keep him as quiet as
possible to get him home. did not ask
him how much money he had W hen he
started and | don't know what he had
when he returned. lie was not searched
at the noIice station. We had no trouble
with him.
JOY AND SORROW.
At the home OF Mr. BRISTOL found Mr..
Morrell Marean. He looked worn out
and was very nervous. The mental strain
he had undergone since Saturday was
plainly to be seen.
"what did Mr.. Bistoll have to say about
his trips" | asked.
"But very little. l did not want to ex-
cite him by questions and asked but few.
He told me that he required rest, and took
it In this manner. From other remarks
he made do not believe he thought be
was causing his wife any uneasiness. u -
Ibid you refer TO his inventionr
"Fo, it was not mentioned by anyone;
It would have excited him.
Was he well supplied with money
when foundf'
II am unable to say. He had plenty of
provisions in the wagon and hae wanted
HAS a physician seen Mr.. Blistollr
mot yet 1t may not be necessary. /
with the rest he will get he will soon be
While talking to Mr.. Marean I oh
served three Of the four boys OF Mr.. Bris-
toll amusing themselves in the yard.
They were Louis, Dexter and Harry. The
latter, bnt five years old. was dressed in
kits and his clothing had evidently been
changed since his return home. The two
others wore Knickerbocker corduroy
suits, exactly the thing adapted to an ex-
tended outing such as they had just en-
joyed. Louis, an intelligent little fellow,
after some persuasion, consented to tell
his history since Saturday.
when we went away from home"
said ne, Eve went TO Hoboken on the ele-
waited railroad. We next went to Union
Hill. Papa took us to a store and bought
us all new clothes and boots; have mine
on now. Papa then took us to a place
and asked us to wait for him, and he went
away. He soon came back with horse
and wagon and told us to Jump in and
take ride. Oh wasn't 1t jolly funl We
lode ever so far and went up turnpike;
that's what papa said It was, and after
we passed nice place called Englewood
we stopped for the night. Papa
drove the horse and wagon 10 field, and
he fixed our beds in the wagon. We
slept there all night The next day was
Sunday, you know, and we did not drive,
Papa stayed with the wagon all day. but
we went out in the fields and walked
by the brook Papa didn't have any books
to read, but he didn't care; he watched
the horse. During the day some men
came 10 the wagon and they helped papa
put the tent up. 1t was nice tent"
THEY HAD FUN.
"What else did you do that dayt
"Oh, we went fishing and shooting.
We caught some fish. but didn't shoot
anything. Papa had two guns and a rifle
in the wagon, and didn't we have funp'
After you got up Monday morning
what did you dor
u a .. ot.fI H. or.fI
ate our breakfast. You see we caught
fish, aud papa he cooked them and he
made nice coffee, too"
"And after breakfastP
I'VE took up our nice tent and put In
the wagon, and then we went away. We
did not go very far, and after while we
stopped, aud papa put up the tent again.
We went fishing then. Oh, you
oughter seen usl We caught pike and
trout and bull frogs. too. Papa didn't go
a fishin' though. Poor papal he stayed
by the wagon all the time. We had a
good sleep that night, and yesterday papa
cooked the legs of the frogs we got and
also the fish. After breakfast we went
away again, and we did not stop until we
went where Uncle Morree found u.s."
'Did you think your mamma knew
where you were!'
"Oh, yes: papa told us mamma knew
we were on a picnic"
"But she did not"
"No,p replied the boy sadly, mamma
didn't know we were having a picnic.n
ibid you have good timer"
"Oh, yes; it was bully fun"
"Are you glad to return home again to
mammal"
"Yes-I don't know. wanted to
see poor mamma and wanted to stay on
the picnic TWO or three weeks"
did papa tell you IL was picnicf'
''Yes. of course, wasn't it one" and the
little fellow opened his eyes In amaze
ment at the question. not realizing how
serious an outing he had enjoyed.
Mr.. Lester L. BRISTOL was too much
prostrated to be seen aud so wos his suf-
fering wife and his father. / left the
house that Is full of sorrow and joy when
the little fellow ran away to pluck rose
from q vine for mamma.