The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1901-10-03

able to make the mater" countess.
"The mater, you know, suffers. al
though she never complains. She has
indigestion"
Poor mater! thought of that long
campaign of suffering, of privation.
even doubtless at times of starvation,
and Catarina knew it. We came near
Princes road.
"Tell him to stop!" Catarina cried
suddenly. Then with the confidence
of old acquaintance:
II can't bear to tell any one my ad-
dress is in Princes road. 1 abhor 1t.
But the mater is positively loath to
leave it."
"Catarina," l said, mo one, hope,
Judges you by
She started up as If she had been
struck by whip, her eyes in the moon
light glaring like those of a tiger,
throwing luster upon the pallid, beau
tiful countenance.
The sudden glance recalled to my
mind the picture of the mater MAIN
ed and bruised from the terrible battle
of life, with her broken English, gar
Princes road, which she had piously
accepted as the English vernacular.
"Catarina," pursued firmly, mo
one, 1 hope, judges you by Princes
road"
She seized my hand. The tears gush-
ed to her eyes. 81 thought you were
going to say something else. If you
had, by Jove, I'd "a gone for you"
We walked on in silence till we came
to the little greengrocers shop. was
about to bid Catarina good night, but
she said: "Come in for a minute and
talk to the mater. She sits up waiting
for me always. And If you tell her |
danced well she could listen to you tell
ing it hundred times"
We entered through the darkness of
the shop. A pale light shone, however,
through the crack in the parlor door.
Catarina, a little surprised that the
mater had not opened to greet her.
called out, mater, mater, mater!' as
she entered the room.
There the mater sat in the old arm
chair In front of her on the table was
a little painting representing herself as
a young girl Of about Catarina's age.
Beside the painting was Catarina's lat
est photograph. \ newspaper was still
in her hand. Her face was smoothed
of wrinkles in it's last repose. In the
pale light of the lamp 1t had an ex-
preston almost Of joy.-Black and
White
GTu tho Sxviyn,,
This phrase is, one fears, bad English
in so far as it has acquired soupcon
Of vulgarity which, in the first place.
perhaps, it did not possess, since it is
thought to have originated from an
glers being in luck when they find q
swim or school, of fish. Thus it has
come to mean being in the popular cur
rent either in opinion, speculation or
fashion-dans lie movement. in the
vogue with others. 1t is possible that
the phrase was suggested to anglers by
the eastern metaphor ITO swim in
golden lard" meaning to be prosperous,
"And, gentle sir, when you do come to
swim in golden lard (B. Jonson, "The
Fox" 1, y.
Webster gives it as colloquial and
says the meaning is Ito be in a favored
position; to be associated with others
in active affairs" The Imperial Die
tionary also classes the phrase in the
same way and describes "the swim" as
"the current of social or business
events; the tide of affairs; the circle of
those who know what is going on"
The Dictionary Of Phrase and Fable
gives the origin as from an anglers
phrase and says, "a lot Of fish gathered
together is called swim, and when an
angler can pitch his hook in such a
place he is said to be in a good SWIM "
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