The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-12-05

what sort OF fellow Richard is, and what
heroic fight he has made. The sleek
ones with full bellies smile. 1t sounds
rather improbable, they say. The art
professors are very sorry. OF course, in
their position, and SO on and so FORTH
they have a good many such applica~
tions. Besides-didn't want 10 punch
that smirk!-if a man has genuine tall
ent ne is sure 10 make his mark some
how sooner or later. Then out stalks
my lord Richard, as naughty as a hf-
dalgo with patch in his trousers. The
commercial nabobs make still shorter
work of me, and no newspaper needs a
stevedore about my size.
Improbable? OF course IL is i'm
probable. The truth mostly is, deuce
take III ] don't know as I'd believe it
myself, If my stomach would sit down
and be mannerly. All the same two
young fellows of fair education with
no crimes on their conscience, no dis
grace in their families, and through no
fault of their own, are nearly furnishing
on the outskirts of this rich town this
day.
"Well, town, II truth Is too good for
you. III give you some ornamental ly-
ing. Richards got to have three square
meals a day, which means color in his
face, flesh on his bones, and the old
spirit in his heart. For this I'll dig,
I'll beg, T'll-well, / do draw the line at
stealing. But I'll treat you to all the inn
pudcnce and hocuspocus you can swal-
low, and take without prejudice what
ever the Lord sends in my way"
A carriage was slowly passing the
cross-road on the brow OF the hill
where he stopped an instant. The chub-
by hand of child seated by the coach
man negligently dangled n large Bret
gel. The vagabond at the horses heads
lifted his hands TO his mouth and sud-
denly uttered a prolonged and terrific
yell. which by straining a point might
be considered Jobel. but rather resm-
bled the howl OF demon in anguish.
The horses started, the child screamed,
swayed and dropped the Bretzel; three
women simultaneously comforted the
victim, expostulated with the miscre-
ont, and gave orders TO the irate coach
man who threatened with his long
whip.
But these futile demonstrations re-
ceded with the brisk trot of the startled
horses, and Florio in gleeful possession
| Of tho plunder retraced his steps down
hill.
IAN omeni" he exulted, for an In
slant regarding with a peculiar ex-
preston his crisp, brown booty, then
thrusting it behind him beyond sight
and smell, and whistling ostentatious-
| ly.
"Where did you get it?" asked Rich
ard, but not before biting into the
thickest part.
81 found it up there in the road" f
"Oh, gammon!"
"Upon my word did," Florio es-
sured him, with candid air. "Chil-
dren drop such things sometimes, don't
they?"
Richard broke off half snd profrered
it.
"Oh, / ate mine coming down the
hill," Florio said, picking up twig and
chewing IL, while hugging his knees
and keeping his eyes fixed like dog S
on his friend, until he had consumed
the last morsel and leaned back against
the tree with a little sigh,
ut is astonishing what a difference
even trihe like that makes in q man."
"Quite my opinion"
"But rather humiliating, is II not?"
"That we, hence our thoughts, are
what we eat? Not a bit humiliating.
But, If you please, our genius Is to be no
product of the humble Bretzel. Good,
juicy Decentralization pictures you
shall paint. You have proved that a
diet of thin air does not foster art.
And l claim that my great thoughts
need snccnlent- food and q, lot of ID,
washed down with foaming beer. Il
hold il true, whate'er befall,' n gnaw-
ing stomach writes bilious verse"
"Florio, I'll come along with you
now. It's more cheerful and feel bet
ter"
"No, no! Wait a bit You're toe
tired. Let me go foraging alone once
more. l have considerable business "a
uonSdSb Deioic uigu~ vuuSihb w 'h'
cuckoo, which has just struck SIXTEEN,
it must now be about two o'clock by my
watch at the pawnbrol<er'sl In Cologne
Again Florio climbed the hill.
Upon my word, could dcvour mo-
only the Bretzel, but the fat child or
t'ie box. ncrmes, god of roguee, guide
my yearning stomach. don't know
whether can write a comedy, but be
heve can perform large-sized one
solo. ! feel all sorts Of latent in
iquitics bubhling UP in me since / tool
the road and the motto; no prejudice
There's house across the field. The.
can do no more than set the dogs OF
me. If | do not eat, shall fall dowr
like Chardo. and then where ore we
Why should they not give me som
bread IL I'm hungry? I would give /
them. I refuse 10 consider IL beg
ging. Anyhow, I'll just stroll dowi
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