The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-07-17

beautiful. The long uhdulating nclds,
bounded by the deep dark green OF the
wo Ids, above which and out lined against
the clear sky towers some ancient chu ch
splre or the town hall iurret
softly blend inlo typical pic
ture of New England country. AS
u drive It Is unsurpassed In this vlcin-
ity. As a walk IL Is perfect. There Is
which Is 30 irregular that you can on ly
see but snort distanc, at time.
Toward evening the vines-wild grape
and fruit vines-that overhang the river.
are mirr0r.d in its placid surfac', so that
It is difficult to tell where tn river leaves
OH a.d the fol- 30 begins. There are
boats o. the river which by the use OF ~
little diplomacy can be secured. and
there Is no prettier row than that up the
ten mile r.ver to the famous Hunts
mills
He was a dude aud everyD)dy on the
car knew 1t. They all stared Mt him and
pitied his brainlessness. lie didn't seem
TO mind IT,. His face was just MS vacant,
tout ensemble Of his bearing and
make up was just too correct for any
thing. Even the conductor who is
supposed to be unaf. cted bv strange
scenes or people. looked at the dude with a
pitiful smile. Someone from the street
iOt tut Cut W stOD. n NOindn
OF the poorer class got on, having in her
arms sleeping baby. They got
on to the same seat as tue dud,.
1t was very soon evident that the
woman WAS Intoxicated. The baby hung
llstlessly In her arms and ut every jolt 7
the car seemed about to drop. ID d
tie dude shrink away rom the woman
or manifest any oisiairfr No. His face
remained just as unmoved as before,
and he leaned over to everybody's
relief ard took the child from
its mothers arms aud held IL himself
jist as II he WAS accns ned Co such
things all his life. No one remembered
that he was u dude. No, the conductor
admired his nerve. and the women
changed their contempt TO grltItude.
IL WAS quite evident that the woman
could not get off the car at
the place she ought. aud ut the same
time carry the child The dudes inferior
brain .aliz ID this aud he got of too, and
was last seen bearing the. child in his
arms down squalid side street. His
lace bore the same vacant stare, ami he
did it all Ia his poor frivolous way.
Dudes are such amusing things.
! !
You ring the bell. You look up the
shalt There seems TO be no response.
The elevator must have stopped running
or taken summer rip skyward for aD
indefinite tim. You ring again, in
short you ring aud then swear aud
tear around aad wonder why in
etc the elevator hoy doesn't come down.
Just as, entirely out of patience, you
start for the stairs & . walk up six fl yhts,
you hear the e'evator door slam five
stories up. the cable moves and you de-
eide TO wait. The strains OF after the
Ball' whistled in wretched tune float
down from the mcs.Dg car. AS the ele-
vator comes opposite your vision you see
colored boy in brass but
tons io'iing comfortably in one cor
ner reading penny dreadful and
wnistling that tune. The elevator stops
at the bottom floor. OF cours,. The boy
never removes his eyes from the book.
You gaze in speschless wrath. Slowly
he lays the book down. Picks it up
again TO find his place. Puts il down
again. He lazlly looks at you aud calmly
opens the dor. Before starting the car
or shutting the door lie looks out
into the $ ret. or corridor--osien-
rea ity 10 kill time. Wherjer
wanter go 2" he summons sufficient an-
imation To ask. Law Office of Chief
Justice s. o. Lemnity. - Ain's in,
snaps the boy. You make no response,
wishing TO see for yourself. Don't you
believe what say =" demands the young
man. rousiug himself from his sleep.
A ain you are oveic ,me and have not
the temerity TO reply. You reach the
sixth fioor The boy slams open the door
AID glares ut you so firrcely that you in
voluntarily sneak on, a,if you had bor-
roweda nickie OF him, and him unbe-
in. You go back aud fully
intend to rem, nstrate with the boy.
You ring the bell. ) ,ms experience re-
pestei. II thought you said the ju lge
was out." II did. du not think he
wanted to SIC such "a jay as you"
wished had walked down. This is not
an iso:ated C ,se Of elevator freshness"
Y ~ have all had the sa ne or ne ,rly the
sane experience. This autocraG of the
elevator is tn. same To til, bank pre- ii
dent as lie is To "A poor ciient-Liways
asleep, aiAays fresh.
Everybody was lying. That sounds
strong, doesn't IL. but it's the truth.
There wasn'ta single old lie that we nad
all heard for the thousaDdth time, tin Il
was not told bv some member OF the
group in the train from Boston
was Que OF us VINO had said
mothing so far. Buc he looked good
de ,l-looktd ms thou Ih he could beat Us
all to death at II really good first class lie.
WI ell told INV story | watched this
man closely for knew he had something
Mt my tale-the others did for
courtesy's sake. 1t came his turn.
"Well. you fellows have been telling of
hairbreadth escapes from the very Jaws
OF death. aud l suppose you expect me
To do the same. Well, I'll foo. you. /
can't do IL. Never had IA halrbreadtll
escape. But | tell you what 1 have
90 c. You know that big rail.
road smashup that occurred few
months ago mp In York stater Well.
ran u halt mile TO eaten that train aud
inisse IL. / was mad, tell you, until |
read of the disaster. You know the
sinking of the Narragansett in Long
Island sound lew years ago, That's
another case OF missing the boat. drove
acrt 81 New York like fury u catch that
and just missed it. At the balloon as
cension from Providence male all prep
ardtions TO 20. got there too late-bal-
loon went to pieces, two mel kiliel. /
came mighty close to missing this train
but it's lucky for you / didn't" Anu
everybody else moved nearer the door.