The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-22

.Fair TO midding.- remarked wall,
Wanderoon, but a trife long for the matter
that IL In It
.h's a story for girls said Buster John
sand IL does pretty well.
Buster John made no further criticism
and wally Wanderoon seemed TO DE re-
Hecting.
Fl caught that chap and put him In there
because | was told he was a great .ene'
of stories; but he doesn't seem 10 be dong
ms well az his friends thought he wouid
He is getting long-winded, and ! nave nc
doubt he needs exercise, or something OIL
that kind 80,
1T may be that | am getting too old
10 appreciate that sort Of thing. but hope
not. l have seen the day when l could tell
a story myself. don't mean by that that
could sit down and work il ur in my mind.
Il am SO constituted that in order to tell
n good story must have facts to go on-not
ordinary facts, hut the truth as II appears
TO those who know something about II.
-Then tell us one of that kind, said
Buster John.
Il am afraid you would think was draw
inc the long bow-stretching the blanket,
chewing the red razor something OF that
kind. To look at me now you wouldn't
think l was once young and sweet,
would you?
And vet that ia the rumor | heard from
those who could remember about II. They
are all dead now, hut they we're not dead
when they handed the rumor down TO me.
Zone Of them was my mother, and she
said that II had had my picture taken and
some one had held 1t up TO the light. sweet
ness would have oozed out OF 1t just as
naturally as rosin out OF pine.
THE RED FLANNEL NIGHTcAP.
SWELL when 1 was about as large as
Buster John here, and still as sweet as ever
30 far as know, / went to visit my god
mother She belonged TO a rowing band
of Rypsies, and she and her companions
happened TO be camping near my fathers
house when was born.
Nobody asked her to be my godmother
she simply walked into the room, and an
nounced that she proposed to take on her
self the duties of such position, and be-
fore anybody could say a word, she touched
me on the forehead three times, turned
around twice. sat down in the middle Of
the floor, and made some marks on the
piankS WIN Hef lhuihuuai' uoi's ho' 'ei'
hand. and there she was-having made
borsalf INV podmotber before q fish could
bat It's eye.
THAT done she mace low DOW 10 the
small company there assembled and went
, ne. way s,,, nr, 90 discover Tho name Of
I,'o'ne' oo"e out " -. ~, -
the person VINO mao hiaue hersen my goa
mother so unceremoniously, she and her
companions had moved on. Not a sign
- ,hau, ,,as Ief, a,cen, the ashes Of tbe
G. -. -. -, n, 4, ,ho;r o.rnn
hre uia' 'hey hao ~ III '"e" '"p
This was nne beginning you VIII say
and perhaps you would he right about II.
I don't remember what l thought at the
t;ne I'm, as the report ia that I began TO
'ine, ouV 90 ' s ~, 49,
cry as soon as 'ne sypry Woman 'e'' 'ne
house. and kept 1t up Tor some tlme' the
probability is that l was somewhat angry
at the way had been treated.
ihat u WY say -, saoi,nop - nb;,I...
very careiui aoou. 'he iee'ns. .. .n'u,en
have no doubt that grief at that time had
something TO do with my growth. II
had been consulted I think | would have
, ,N ~I -. Ill
been several iee' taiier
what were you gr"Vhg ABOUT IN
quired Sweetest Susan, who was always
ready 10 show her sympathy.
sT-ta, "a tho ,ro,bl. replied Wsllv
ina' w -. nho.
Wanderooh' ooh ehenhoer'
did no doubt mind would lie easier