The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-05-19
sUAska s~fkAmsoAr1Ne.
How Old Peter Nabblestact Found ITS
Pleasures Out on the Aikall flhihb.


Old Peter Nabblestack. given to money
getting. but with a very great fondness for
New York, and finding especial pleasure In
riding around on steamboats, in summer. was
now tied down by the exiRencies OF business
TO the alkali plains In the far, far West. where
there wasn't water enough to float q chip. AS
the summer waNed and his business still kept
him there. he pinned more and more for the sea.
He wanted to walk down the breezy wharf and
see the shoals Of ~jauntily dressed people all
making in the same direction to meet and
pour aboard the boat In a steady stream
at the ganRway he wanted to see the boat
itself with its hustle and animation and It's
crowds Of pleasure seekers; he wanted to get
out on deck where he could see the sparkling
waters OF the harbor. and the many vessels.
large and small. steam and sail. from near and
far. at anchor and under way. and boats like
his own coming and going and criss-crussing
sns KIM S t White nso ana S SG, I and an ~ fhsin x, ,lsSs;
pleasure resorts. He wanted to see once more
the most wonderful and most beautiful harbor
bring about him some reminders OF the Joys
He sent down to st. Louis and bought a long
strip OF netting, painted white. such az they
tSe d ssSnn ana 5hf tb s'd 4sii Of ana stee ,S's sG Ss st Gsssssa
seen. Ike the deck Of a steamboat. Then he
Y w biu oh Wv vi thS Cuhip otOoi
without a lead and look. not over the rail to
the distant horizon. where plains and sky met:
good Tor tRc eyeS ana food for the ffmin !"
but still there was something lacking. :,
sent to Kansas City then and hired a bapd
steambo;at,. When VIZ IL they 'H walked n0Si'o out = on The
time. and and planted pI St All thie ir' st E1Sffsu and ,YF sat sfe down
over by that netting bulwark to play. he felt a
entity entity, "a and a%' WHEN RSf ,t5ey hSG fnisS Siep r HSGn 's and
somsthlne lacking stlII; But ths leader q this
supplied the one thing necessary, to make his
patrons happiness complete. The band was
under such, circumstances would naturally
t naS gIy ses aaedcs not bS Hnt tbi snE sadsr aTyi Ras 'i WSat
F St,rfh had Up the band nd there err i for. The u longing T that
And the next. day after the band had, come
t 1Hi ana a %s p,HIysf I'VE from p10ESeffll f Tro7 a,%5seq WITH vi
which Peter had been familiar from the daysoi
fGddIIe stopped playing and got up and nut his
addle and boy under ms arm ana took on MS
1t up gently as he came. SO as to- rattle the
coins in it and attract attention to his coming
and his mission. 1t was the one thing needed
shipRsa r 3 SSiIar $&SeerialIy; and lis
with his fiddle, under his arm. shaking Ills
hat In front Of imaginary people sitting alone
on Stools on the deck OF MS imaginary steam.
back to his stool and .scooped the money out Of
his hat and put 1t in his pocket and put his hat
on his head again and sat down on his stool
once more. and once more put his violin up to
his chin and swung in with the others.
With this noticeable accession In. volume the
music kept enyly on to the end Of that piece.
and then the musicians. got up. picked up their
stools. and carrying these with them they
marched back to the alkali steamboats, after
Peter still sitting out forward gazing through
the mcshes of the painted netting under the
veranda railing. listening to tho music coming
family from the after part OF the boat. and filed
to the neck with pure Joy: it might be, that
bodily he was still out there on the alkali plains.
but in spirit he was now enjoying the delights
of summer steamboating on the bright waters
OF New York bay.