Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-02-11

| Neponset marshes. must be cruel Iha, 10
| probably why the tramps have DESTROYED their
| only decent shelter between Readyille and Can
ton. On this evening in early June as stepped
| upon the platform, the air nerels a ripple
ana murmur among the NAPLES. aud willows
looked around for Watson and the pony
cart. Whist had occurred was obyious He hal
waited an hour for me and then driven home
with the CONVICTION that the train must have
passed before he go, there and that l. for some
reason. had failed TO come on it. The capsizea
gravel car was an episode of which ne could
have known nothing.
y walk of three miles not an Inspiriting
prospect. and would not have been even IL 1
had had some Sigh: idea Of where The Brier-''
We, or where was myself Al side ~ the
! shed, ana crossing the track AZ right angles.
ran straight. narrow road that quickly lost
itseii In an arbor of swamp willows. Bevagl
} the Hee tops rose the serrated line Of the Eaae
hills. now touched with the twilightr tender
est amethyst over there. in that direction
somewhere. lay Wa.son's domirile
| What ought TO have done today" I re-
| nected. was 20 stay in bed. This Is one % ;he
DAYS when | am untitled II move among NV
fellow men. and cope with the complexities Of
| existence"
just then my ear caught the sound OF a cart
| Wheel grating on an unoiled axle. Il was
| Wlthered farmer In rickety open wagon slowly
| approaching the railway track and going to-
| ward the hills -my own intended destination.
stopped the man and explained nv dilemma
| ne was willing, after a suspicious inventory of
[ my person, 10 give me lift 20 the end OF the
Green Lodge road There could take the ol
| turnpike. He believed tina. the Watson place
was half mile or SO down the turnpike toward
Milton way. L climbed up beside him with
aiacrity.
Beyond giving vent to a sneeze or two LEFT
| over IRON the previous winter. the old man
made no sign of life as We drove along. lie
| scented 10 be in state OF suspended ANNA
| uOn- was As little disposed TO talk
| ~ was bamy evening. the air was charged
| with sweet wood scents. and here and there
star halt opened an cyelid on the peaceful dusk
| After the frets of the day it was soothing lhus
| 10 De drawn az snalls pace through the fra
GRANGE and stiffness of that fern-fringed road
| with the night weaving and unweaviug its mys-
| terles OF light and shade on either sido. Now
| ara then the twitter OF an oriole in some pen
dent nest overhead added. it were. 20 the
| silence. was yielding myself up wholly 10
| the glamor of the timo and place. when sud
denly thought Of Goliath. At that moment
| noliatn was probably proving about Watson =
front yard seeking whom he might deyour. and
was that predestined nourishment.
knew what sort Of watch dog Watson would
be likely to keep. There a tough streak in
| watson himself, a kind of thoroughbred OBJ
| stlnacy-the way he had held on to that coupe
months before illustrated it. An animal with
tenacious grip. and on the verge Of HYDRO
| phobia, what would naturally commend
but maybe n. III baIS ,p,I-. ,.N''
guard ms biIIside Hesnerides IA ,tas,o,,,,'s
| on Watson meeting me at the station, and now,
when was no longer expected. l was forced to
night. and run the risL of beiDp torn iimh fro-,,
| limb before could mako n,vseIf lnovn 20 tho
| family. / recalled Watso1's inane renaTt
| You and Goliath ought TO meet-Dayis and
Goliath" 1t now struck me as a most I'M
seemly and heartless pleasantly.
| heiebten my eniovm.nt % .ba haan,,.s - -,
| ture. The gathering darkness With ia fex
large Ganid stars w1;cb ,,,,a,',o,', h.,a
seemed 40 noetical Lecar % an nc 1r;,S i,',1
prehension. In the daylight one has resources,
| INIT what ON earth v.s soi,- % y, a. a.
dnrk with Goliath and liIeIy e,onoh a oo,,,iia
| Of bloodhonnds a. nv tbro,.9 7 T;,t'aS -.
| self safely bacl among the crowded st-oo,s . "a
electric lights Of The citv In ,e,r ,,,;,,,,..
more was m he left lone aud derens.iass ~, :
| dismal highway
When we reached the ;unc,ion 90 ,ho C,ao,
| Lodge road and tbe turnnile 7 felt .bst 7 a,as
| partinp from the only friend bsd IN r. ,,orIa
The man had not snolen two ,roras d--r;n,, ~
drive and now ratb.r oyruf.lv refSsad ,, -
fered half dollar. but / wonid bava ,one ban,a
| with him if he had.asked me. hinted that il
| would be much 10 his nacnniarv .d,San,a-,a 20
he were willing To GO 40 Gar ont ~ his co,rsa
as the doorsten of NJ Watson,s bouso b,,
| either becanse wealth baa ,,o $780, g. -,
| or because he had failed 10 understand nv
| proposition. he made mo answer anJ 81.
his mare a Sian with the ends ~ The rs;ns ~
tied OFF into space WV 'e-'' NV
| On turninp into tho mai, road io,, hol;,5
| me- !, clrstar of trsrIl;,,, 49,. 49, -.
some dozen or tvort lei. $500 - m
hbaye s;,1co ba.,' ,oi5 o"-.,.,..s ;i,o - =,
pontano II No. ~,;'-. Vi. VI
hoard t6ao eo;nc oF go go .s.hn -
s,rina 81 Sb;ne.a cr III az IA :
| Farmer y;fh b,o oot;,r,a.i - ~ $500
the villsga wa. rot ri,rpts,. e. -, sn
| alert a neigbborbooa wb.,avor dss,in, $500
| me bevon2 -'S
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| ~ s, '- u.i ~, uoosa NorWAs pines,
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,'at u. " tns Illusion. IN the
800, =. .tio tose SirSuar mound OF
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