The sun., 1896-08-23

lsisureiyi in an armchair on the porch and threw
pellets q corn TO her pet Plymouth Rock chick.
| effort Is monotonous. AZ q matter of dnty. we
| keep a pitcher of ice water and bottle Of
otier Of these extremes Of heat and cold our in
terest ceases.
case fhs woman who became pro.trSted we
msde quite one of the family until she mounted
VINO %eS % out Sy pho sun E'o or
ia front Of our house were treated TO chicken
broth. toast, tea. and cake. Mother was tho
leader in tho good work. IL gave her quite n new
interest IN life. for since our baby hood she had
had no one to coddle or nurse, Father talked OF
was quite delighted to act as an amateur doctor.
But We soon tired, even mother sort of gen
for endurance and the women. while volublo
IN thanks. would persist 10 borrowing wells,
always forgot TO return. Now, as brother says,
ice water and ginger Is the limit.
f & p ns asaS ns tss @
she eached the climax Of her story.
A featore of one of our early expertcncee
was that we once had two patients on hand at
the same time, They had ri'tden out from New
York and were in the wabbling state. when;
the other took a fall over the capsized Wheel.
Both meu were knocked out for ten minutes.
look around In q dazed sort of way. Mother.
who was on the verauda, cent servant out TO
wants TO know would ye rest on the lawn and
have some Ice water
The men promptly deserted the dusty path.
and fell into two lawn chairs under shady tree.
We were at luncheon, no. after the ice water.
mother sent them some tea and buttered bread.
anda tho eagerness with which they took it
But in moment, mother plunged into her
paper again, and forgot her patients entirely.
She wns aroused to their existence In start
ling @ Tay. -, ,,s.,o =, ,,o .,,u.,
as he frantiCally waved a tea cup toward her
F.. say. let's have two more cups and some moro
bread: will you, and tell the girl TO hustle
M thar al ha cor mr. nd
s,alksd inte 4, The house: iulf q ISdis%.sion:
where she told ns the story said that the two
ments. ! thought them worth studying. and,
with a passing thought of Kate Harncastle. In |
a mob cap aud went out 10 serve them the sec
ond relay l sat on the porch until they were
he pd Of S
how much he owed in iippant way. This was
you owe no money, gentlemen. My mis-
trees asked YOU to be her guests. for you were
both seemingly in distress; II you arc quite
AZ my speech they had the grace 70 turn
red and look embarrassed. Anger followed. |
didn't know What they si,O were up against the
snobs wheeled away without either a word Of |
thanks or an apology for their mistake.
straig ht Ice water and ginger. l assure YOU"
A neighbor of this family. who is no loveriof |
his servant out with a Roodly portion of old |
Ke1tucky whiskey as tonic to a srSy-suited |
OF his house. Thereafter once or twice during |
tho week and several times on Sunday cyclists |
would faint at his gate. The spot seemed
TO be fatal one for wheelmen. The |
house owner was dead game and sent
The servant bearing n tray laden with some of
his private stock scurryinE to their aid each
time. His good nature vanished one dav when
his servant told him that 1t 'Peared to him dat
al desc fainting blkers had on gray Clothes an
.oIne Of dem seemed to be de same ebery SUM-
lay" The gray suited cyclists who tainted next
1ad the hose turned on them. They were all
d ON one club and had been fooling the host.
But despite the boorishness of the few. the
army OF bicyclsts has many friends on tho
South Side" soldier who falters on the
march finds quickly that he 10 on peaceful and
,ospitablo ground. One reason is that bicycles
ire now as common as oysters along the shores
" the Great south Bay. and. with all the year
ound and summer residents alike, that fellow
ceiling exists which is willing 10 excuse an
occasional fault