The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-13

I up Meridian street long way. commenting
| on what they saw. sometimes choosing"
/ this house or that like children; again, de-
Gliding that other houses did net suit their
| taste.
| The temperature of this Sunday was just
as it should be-"a perfect day." said Mrs.
| John-but at last she grew tired. They
went over to Illinois street then, where
they saw trolley running.
| Lets go to Fairview,' said John. Il
| don't know that / care for parks, said
Mrs. John. 81 see trees and grass enough
| at home" But John signaled the car and
| they sped breezily to the north. Later they
| agreed that they were glad they didn't
| miss this feature of the day. There was
| a band there that played lively music.
I'm sure Johns mother would have
thought it very wicked Mrs. John told
| her mother next day. adding. but /
couldn't seem to think it was a bit
| naughty
There were crowds of people at the park
and their moving about in their gay sum-
mer attire made a pretty panorama that
yet remains in Mrs. Johns memory as
one of the charms of the Sunday excursion.
They saw the diving horses, but were not
very we'll pleased with the sight. because
diving was an unnatural thing for horses
| to do. and rather shocking. They looked
/ at a series of moving pictures and got
| some startling views of Mont Pelee in erup-
| tion They watched the merry-go-round
| and glanced in at the bowling alleys, but
Mrs John drew John away from these be-
| cause, as she explained. they seemed SO
| un-Sundaylike that she felt as if it were
wrong to be there. Then they sat on the
| grass at the top of the hill and listened
| TO the band again until John said that if he
was to see Ben Miller about that woodlot
they'd have to be getting downtown.
| AS they rode down past the beautiful
| entrance to Crown Hill Mrs. John said the
next time she visited Indianapolis she
| meant to come out to that cemetery; she
knew it was worth seeing; but John said
| shed have to come without him. for his
part he wanted to keep away from grave
yards as long possible.
| At the corner of Washington and Illinois
streets John transferred to another line, for
| Ben Miller lived over on the South Side.
| Mrs. John said she could find the way
over to the Monument and would wait for
him there. The purpose she had secretly in
| mind was to look in at the shop windows
| at her leisure. 1t would really be more
| satisfactory than going inside the shops if
| they had been open. for she would not be
| bothered by clerks asking what she wished,
| when she hadn't made up her mind or was
| only wanting to look around undisturbed.
| Ii was only o'clock then, though so much
| had happened since morning, and she
| loitered along Washington street for
| square or two-not daring to get far away
| from the Monument for fear she would lose
| her bearings. 1t was after 4 o'clock when
she finally found her way to the foot of the
| Whitcomb statute where she had agreed
| to meet John. and there a smile of
| utter satisfaction on her face. She told
| her mother next day that she wished fer
| very few of the things she saw, but that
| it was a real pleasure to look at the hats
| and gowns and pretty china and jewelry
| and bric-a-brac undisturbed. 1t was some
| thing like being at a fair or exposition.
| 1t was worth while, too for she saw dress
| that suited her exactly and she knew she
| could make over her old foulard into one
| just like it and trim it with the silk fringe
| that Grandma had given her long ago, and
| that seemed to be in fashion again. She
| saw a babys cloak, too. that was just the
| thing for little Johnny. and she could make
one like it easily. On her way she had
| gone into a place and got a glass of deli
cious ice cream soda, and had bought ten
| cents worth of candy to take home to lit
\ tie Johnny-''though it didn't seem quite
| right TO be buying things on Sunday she
admitted.
| She was tired and her feet ached when
she seated herself on the Monument curb,
but she was happy. John came presently
| and he, too. looked pleased.
Ben will trade the woodlot for the ten
| acre triangle that wedges into his farm
and the bay mare to boot, and l think I've
made good bargain" he said, as he sat
| down heavily beside her.
Presently he remarked that he was hun
| cry and disappearing for a time returned
| with paper bag of bananas and another
| Of doughnuts. These they ate with leis-
urely enjoyment watching, meanwhile, the
| passing show of automobiles, carriages
and the groups of pedestrians who find
| the monument objective point Sun
day. John regarded the automobiles with
interest. but considerable disdain.
None of them for me- he said; 'I'll
/, take horses every time
| Once more they stood and looked at the
| monument before they left. Its great,
| isn't it?'' they said, as they turned lin
| geringly away and they looked back its
massiveness was still more impressive
"as if it would last to the end of the
| world" said Mrs. John
Again the train was crowded, but again
| they did not mind, since it was "just for
an hour" 1t was dusk when they reached
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