The Florence daily tribune., 1899-03-21

fire in the grate-''l say. fellows, don I
believe he likes doing it after all "
Townsend had lifted the kettle from
the fire and was making tea in a brown
teapot with brosen spout While II
WAS STEPPING he picked up the pieces of
the shattered plate from the hearth
where the old woman had tossed it
when size had finished her omelet
Here's your tea. came distinctly
through the open window few min
utcs later What will you stir it with
todayr
He turned 10 II motley collection of
articles on a shelf at the old woman =
side She selected a toothbrush. at
which Townsend was seen by his watch
ful friends To- make n grimace
"Im ready 20 on. they heard her
say and Townsend seated on the Ia
bie's edge in proximity to his cooking
appurtenauces swung his legs idly and
began to sing .Thc Sunshine Of Para
disc Alley
well I'll - be - hanged said
Chadwick
The ten and the music seemed to
have composing influence upon the
old woman The incessant swaying of
her body ceased Only the nervous
hands beat continual time with the
toothbrush against the teaeup
II went through pork establish
mont the other day. sstid Townsend.
resting his elbow on his knee and his
chin on his hand, "and there learned
the intimate connection between the
rendering of pig products aud the ren.
dering uf song stored the infotma
tiun in my memcry tn tell you,
The nd woman showed some interest
In rendering pork you know you
try the fat and in rendering song
yua try the audience Seer ! will now
Illustrate the rendering OF song he
went on hastily, seeing that his patient
waH growing restless in her effort to
understand his nonsense
He was singing Ben Bolt in II
highly continental mHnner and tears
were running down his nearer \ with
cred chuKS when Il step in the entry
caused IA instant change IN her de-
mpunur Springiug to her feet, she flung
her tcucup straight at the door Town
send sprnng from the table and caught
II neatly ON tlie fly
''Out. cried Griuiston nnder his
breath
"Hpw has she beeny' the newcomer
asked with no trace of surprise nj the
warmth ot her reception She wis II
woman pf 40 tall and angular, aud her
features shaved her iinship to the in
sane woman her mother
About ns usual returned Town
send II saved the emp today you see
but | wa+ too late for the plate indi
eating the fragments on the table
The listeners beneath the window
nuw Thought il wise Ia make good their
escape all except Allen He walked
along slowly alter his friends who We're
running in pursuit of an electric ear
that had flashed hy the end uf thralley
He let Townsend come up with him
Hello, old man What are you do
ing herey
Spying ON you, returned Allen
snahs wP6 An And dds Bae es ySap S8Psf4p Sfa5h
With all my heart
"Oh that all right said Town
send mitch embarrassed They re- lust
twn old women | found out about The
daughter makes necltles, and she has
10 deliver them nj a shop in the square
every day at ; q clock so If | can stay
with the mother while she's ont she can
keep her Job, you see Then ii saves
her some trouble if the old woman has
her supper while she y gone 1t amuses
me. too he added rather shamefacedly
Allen never told Townsend who had
been his companions in the recounniter
ing expedition. out il was not hard Ia
guess nj some of them Chadwick camt.
TO Townsend the uext day with
." say We got some money here
that sot the other night no matter
how and don ike to keep it Dr.
yoh know any poor people that it would
helpr'
And Morton who had cut several
recitutinus for the purpase of going into
Boston to make some purchases, brought
him Il hig bundle of silks saying
"old man Allen tells me that You
know IL woman who makes ueokties
" IL yen get her to make me ulI some
ont of thesey Pretty aren I theyg he
added sheepishly
And Grimston who was fond of an
tiquities implurrd him whenever they
met 10 render song to try men :
souls Mabel Shipper Clarke in Ma
tional Magazine