The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-05-21

handful Of change when this old ex.Judge and
started and put on his glasses.
me. reaching out for the medal, | handed It to
him. He inspected It carefully. and then he
Where did You get thisy' he asked me In
rather a craggy tone OF voice.
AGO M L. g9ve Dn1 GSTe Il ,b 10 me q o lpns sot tine
What Is your namST he asked me; still
somewhat severely. who DO you mean by
Well, seeing tie you. Judge. and knowing
f}S5tt iyGn, at R Sim li saasr to gassff FIJI i s Ssi2lu yoa S whd / !
ss toas& slG sSna me; VIII T S sHs' s' have e'ii In %n
4, though, You look Just Ike your dad. was
ABOUT TO accuse YOU OF having stolen TINS
"a TSi@ often . seSy yd sS4t is seSss WITH VIII 4 3Siy. 0p WV iikG nj Il
boy. whatever in the world are you doing here,
and how long has your father been dead; and
newspaper closely enough to see an advertise
I %sn td, had ag pp, ,d in AL al the ,E'apers of the East a
him for'?S' I asked the old Gentleman,
and h ~ ! P mItEtn ro l fI iSis ne said ADJ to me me
you've come along. Your father owned a strir
Of land BORDERING on the military reservation
the Government wanted it n few years ago and
eondemned it. and ! without knowing where
so1ta an aI sMard T az 1855 H ir iqi #. wnsre Ia h L was sna
really. worth s45' advertised far and near ioi
;nonc iath = y SHt IL ne IKE h got any ny t6 5eFGiy y;ydarnndm thf
at this minute. waiting for n claimant
@ We'll, I'm the only one of my bunch LEFT,
s sRRid L ,9ou couldn't ct vh hold q tint 81 90,
away from my boyhood home at the rate Of
about sixty miles an hour
money within a week the old gentleman re.
Piled. Meantime. | can advance you whatever
sum you may require to enable you to cease
thia degrading am ulOympnt'
II had a s~traight.out talk with him then. and
told hint tho whole Game-how I'd landed in the
excess Of sentiment, and how like 30 cents !
felt. and how didn't want &c, be known under
thing like the, real thing. The recital appeared
to tickle the old chap. We cooked up q, scheme.
resigned my Job as soon as he walked out;
dashed q check which the eXX-Judge gave me,
aud started in to toy out; Went to q barber
must che r EN- pSi,ee and came OUT ~ Of %taf the ms
T$sa ! tia up to sSs ;Iqass Ssass i
linen that / had bought; Theh, game down
issmiify; waiting for me: The old Gentleman
me up. and all | had to do was to take supper
little visit. Went owntoS n arm-in;arm with
from the district. got the merry hand
from everybody, stacked up against all
the pretty girls that were babies in
swagger married women OF my own age
who'd been smitten with my early beauty, and
had all the real gloat out Of my visit to my boy
hood town that I'd looked forward to in
moments Of song. Next morning the news
paper announced my arrival in fiattering terms
great city OF New York, the paper put IL. and
the nice. civilized whlrl l had during the ten
DAYS | was waiting on the Government for pay-
ment Of the claim male me feel like abjuring
the bowl forever. Had q good deal to do with
it; in fact. ! oo very wil,,in ,SS HANDED the old
came along. together with the John Paul
medal. and then l got out OF the town OF my
boyhood at high noon. with a mandolin string
orchestra serenading me at the station. and
nobody but the old ex-Judge any the wiser
about my arrival there a month before In a
Of a shine or a shave. And l haven't had the
boyhood home bug in my head since"