The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-03-25

town would bo a magnificent thing 70 see.
agreed with him for IL seemed ~ though II would
BE- cruel TO leave him standing on a corner az 0ll
the morning with u pair Of russet shoes and req
slOcklnRH M his hand and u silk hat on the pnIk
Oi his head"
Did You have your shoes of also" asked Mrs
Dubley
III seems TO me a. though | did" said Dohley,
and rec0llect we picked out the middle oi ,hs
street as the pleasAnteft place To walk ON NAV
account finally We came 10 nn elevated sthuul
and frrshington wanted the guard 10 take our
watches and money and keep them Tor US uilti
We returned. lie got some strange idea lha'
we would ba TObbtd. But the guard refused;
Then We bought two morning payers ana r'hh
the editorials out loud 20 each othet II WAS EN-.
barrassing, but ! felt that It was best 70 hulnui
lrrShIngtOn. We rode then up to Harlem ana
back to the Battery several times Freshington
insisted on getting out al some stations anu polnt-
ing out different picturesque bits oil The view 10
has quite AN idea Of art and strangely enough,
ms seemed 10 get upIermost WIN MN ne
sad New Workers didut appreciate New YORK
hnd he called my attention TO the sky line nj lraSt
twenty times Al one Of these stopovers ] lost
IreshingtoD lie had been whirled away on a
downtown express, although We were taking an
uptown trip at the time.
j cauEht on 10 The train rate ust as II plunged
eNay and MAS rudely knocked over ON tho plat
form by the guard. FresbingtOn put his head
out Of one Of the windows and shouted som" u'l,,
Ineligible directions as 10 where | would ma
him. felt that il was my duty not " nos" hun.
] boarded the next train, keeping a sharp lookout
at each station and inquiriig OF ne ticket "HSrs
~ 70 any SIKH OF MN. No one lhu s'rh ih'''
and finally | reached the Battery. Here was
the most Melancholy proof Of Freshington's wan
dcring intellect. The Battery station, has us
walls fairly plastpr.d with pictorial al ycrtie ner'S.
4 crowd had collected about Freshing ton who
Wa Walking about pointing out different plctri's
win his cane and talking in the manner 81 a
lecturer. lie was firmly convinced that he WIS
in an ART gallery. Finally, with som. difficult,
got him downstairs aud We boarded a Cable car
~ hl'gtpn insisting on purch !lsing large l,''l.
titos of fruit from a stand. 1T said thai ''it
WAS 1np lH9I oil the tnfIlra and that thl gDlSlIlD
ton OF animal food would BE- looked upon a. :
pracuc" worthy Of carnibals within the 10y
We thought brcaAfast would he in order. lr,-h,
ingtOn would have nothing but straw berries ara
champagne. tie SAID that the spiritual nalul'
could he highly developed il people only clo@e
delicate things If this sort. He said a great dtal
more than | cant recall. all II "a very rsih'l!c
nature. Then he thought il would b. a dehg huIl
this object in view We walked toward FIN avenue
ana thel turned north. ! began 10 reail@t ie
necessity Of getting Freshingtun home aud getuhB
myself home rs we'll. was thoroughly prepared
for the sarcastic innuendDes and hysterlcal ques-
uunlnES Of a woman whose suspicious are De
velupNi 10 an extent detrimental to the trusttulhess
and belief that one associates with temlninity,
We saw the automobile, entered II and re-
marked the wonderful eaSr with which IL moved;
tt"shIngtOn said several times that one would
think We weren't going at oil. About this time
he became dellriouS and accused me- OF ruDOlHg
flm of his watch, Then lac ap'logiHed ana gave
II 10 me as n gift, together with his money ana ms
scdrlrln. About thlS time ne l"ll asleep, or taul't
went into a trance. | looked out and discovered
mat the autym bile as in exactly thu sam pIace
that II was when We entered il. ! couldn't he
mistaken on tho reservoir. | left trcshinGtun
sleeping. fear for the boys safety. ] should
have remained by his side, but the thought OF you,
watching for my return rs | fuudly thought,
proved too much for me-. | came home Ia be met
with rrproaChaS. >ow. you have the story
Nj. Dobley leaned back In his chair cycling Mrs.
Doblev with diSplraSure and sternncss. Mrs.
Dublev reached 10 the silver bread basket and took
therefprm a small, round bread biscuit with sugar
on the top. She put II carefully on a plate and
passed it across tn" table 10 her husband.
Here. Mr.. Duhley, sh" sail, I q bun. You
will notice that il has sugar on II, There are also
rai-in~ and caraWay seeds in IT. think YOU de-
serve IT,
Then she left the room with an eloquent glance
backward over her shoulder which, as Dublry said,
was as good as a wink.