The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-05-24

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market and 1iIe1 ,baekti With frt.1.
r'rt frn|t then - funied on % ntc1r
for his ne1icc[
Poor Everett be fhourbt. sick
and coopSd up IN the city. while am
going of for . month 10 the mountains.
and here forgot all about him How
scl0rh people are. npywnyfr
By and b. he climbed three Nights d
stairs 70 . close little fiaf whore MrA
Harris and her son lived Yea Il nds
bad there for . sick man, Shirley
thought- bad enough for 0 wen one
this hot weather. there was no doubt Of
it--nnd once more be thought Of the
cool mountains and u the dashing river
where he was going.
Everett was ovcr5oyed 70 zee him,
and the tender hearted fellow cholred
IIttie as he thanlxed him for the fruit
Shirley sat down By him and felt re-
norseful They talked Of matters ~
the store. aud the spirits Of both roee
a. Shirley told some amusing things
that had happened lately.
You know young bridges II doing
your work, he said, laughing.
''YeA ron told me- replied Everett
with little sigh.
well, no doesn't like II very well,
but his father wouldn't get any body ii
your place. He said Charlie could Just
Is well do Il TIL you came back. lie
had lots Of trouble at flrst, but gets
along pretty well now. He's not bad
fellow, either, but an awful dandy
wears a silk hat and patent feathers
Eyes, know, and reccllect once he
fell down In the mud and came into the
Office nearly crying
"Yes-well and you know big
Roger. the drayman2'
''Oh, res; Roger has been 20 zee me
twice. The last time he brought me q
sausage over foot long HIS wife
made II, and thought IL would do me
good.
Shirley laughed At the idea Of saus-
ages for sick diet TIL the tears came
II suppose you ate the sausage" he
said, at last
ssNo, I'm keeping II for next winter"
aBut / was going 70 tell You about
Charlie Bridges" said Shirley. The
other evening Roger was waiting Tor him
TO make out some shipping receipts,
and went over In the corner where
It's rather dark. you know, 70 sit down
on the stool there. Well, just as he
pumped himself down, no felt some
thing pop and squash undcr him, and
jumped up like he was shot. 1t was
Charities silk hat Everybody laughed
except Roger and Charlie. Roger was
awful sorry, and offered 70 pay for It,
while Charlie shed tears but refused
tho money. The boys liked him the
better for that, and he and Roger are
as good friends as ever.
Everett laughed 50 heartily that he
began coughing IN way that cut thir-
ley TO the heart His mother brought
him some water, and, when his cough
was quieted, Shirley had grown grave
and silent
What Is the doctor doing for you?'
he asked, after a long pause.
Mot much, now said Everett, q
little sadly s'He says need fresh air
most, and that, II / could get strength,
my cough would stop"
Shirley continued 70 look grave and
offered no reply.
II must try and get back 70 work by
September continued Everett s.Just
think II have lost eight whole months.
Ii Is terriblcly And tears stood In the
poor fellows eyes.
"Where would you go for an outing,
old mau?v asked Shirley, after pause.
"oh, I don't knowl haven't con-
sidered II Almost any place In the
| country where could get away from
this smoke and have fresh air. Yes,
there Is place." he added cts
whore we used to live before we came
TO the CITY," and he glanced quickly at
his mother, who bent low over her
sewing and did not seem 20 be ksten-
ing II should like to 90 there," he
continued. 1T Is about Fifty miles
north OF here, and there are nice woods
and q little stream where used TO
catch perch and club should like to
60 there again and fish. know people
there, too, and don't believe it would
cost more than fifteen dollars month
for board And the sick mans eyes
shone at the thought OF his old village
and the stream with It's perch and club.
An hour before, Shirley would have
laughed scornfully at such sport, but
he did not laugh now. Pretty soon he
said goodnight to Everett and his
mother, and walked home under the
street lamps, thinking.
That night, when he got 70 his room,
he made q new calculation. 1t ran as
follows:
Three round trip tickets 70 Pokeyillo. - %
Board for three one month. .t.........s... % 90
4 Fish lines and hooks for perch and chub... %
Total tO2 %
Then he wrote a little note which he
sealed, stamped and dropped into the
mail box on the corner. II said:
aDEAR EyRHErT;
Il am going 10 take vacation In August
and. as viii want company, Invite you 70 90
4 with me--also your mother. 70 take care Of Us
| I have been saving the money for year, and
have enough for o months trip for Us all You
can prepare 70 etart next week. will come up
tomorrow night and we can talk II over
Hastily. SHIRLEY" L
/ Shirley Holmes never spent a happier
month in his life than that which he
/ spent with Everett and his mother at
Pokeville. Everett seemed TO get bet
ter from the first day, and before the
month was over was thoroughly him
self again.
4 Mrs. Harris visited with her old
friends, while the young men spent
whole days in the woods, sometimes
fishing, sometimes just lying beneath
the biy traaR