New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-07-01

a a4n work t5 puppets best and worst.
Say. not "a small event., Why "sma1r'7
Great eTenR ai9 ah tafa 665 ys to call
Than that? Untwine me from the mass
OF deeds which make up life one deed
Power shall fall short in or exceed
-Pippa Passes.
Every night the "Alfresco Entertainers gave
their performance on little platform set right
under the shadow OF the great cliff while In front
or them. not a dozen yards away. the rhythmic
wash Of the a rocky shore seemed a sort
OF accompaniment to their songs much softer
and more tuneful than that of the poor jingIy.
rheumatic piano. which had nothing between it and
cover.
The village itself was but shelf Of shore with
one long. struggling lopsided street: cottage and
shop and great hotel sat down haphazard. cheek
by joVl all apparently somewhat inept excrescences
on the side of the green clad cliffs rising behind
them straight and steep. sheer five hundred feet.
and just across the narrow line of red road Law
the Bristol Channel. with on clear day. the Welsh
coast plain in view
At ten years old people are generally found more
interesting than scenery. and Basil took great
interest in the variety entertainers. The men
looked smart and debonair. he thought. in their
blue REFERS white duck trousers and gold laced
yachting caps-though they Of them put
out sea. There five Of them altogether
two ladies and three Basil did not care so
much about the ladies. I'm spite OF the rows of
Chinese lanterns that outlined the little stage and
shone so pink IN the darkness: there seemed no
glamour mystery about them. They not
transcendently beautiful like the gaUzy good fairy
of pantomime the peerless, fearless circus lady
in pink and spangles; neither did they possess the
mirth provoking qualities OF the dauntless three
clad in yachting garb. One always sang senti-
mentally of "daddies'' ''aunues" chords
that had somehow gone a-rnissing-and the other
Basil almost disliked that other-sang about things
and danced in between the verses. and She didn't
dance at all prettily, for she had thick ankles and
But the three naval gentlemen" Basil re-
spectIully called theIn sang Iuhny SONGS aIt cled
caused him almost TO roll of his chair in hts OF
ne1. if nobody wanted him. Harnet the tall man
servant, would take BASIL and they sat on two
Sometimes grandfather himself would
come, but he generally went TO sleep In MS chair
at home; for when man goes peel hsnlng al day.
walking half dozen miles up the rocky bed OF
dsinclined TO move again once he mas changed ana
f u @ IN an sS on bstoT M there Gre al
from roaa, or on me cur D[ ~ i Nv go
VAS far too grand and dgnifed 10 sit on either
wall or curbstone and as grandfather always gave
Basil shilling to put in the cardboard plate EIar
net preferred TO exPend it in this wise -.
Now, all that company had high sounding. aristo,
cratic names except one who was called as BaSli
the manager, whose cheeks were al
nest me aS as R RI9 danced in the evening. but in
the daytime affected flowing tea gowny gar
3e eTHi T Beauchamp Who sang eoster songs to
whom the particular accent EequIed fGr TN TINS SorS
We're given in similar pronounced and singular |
called De We're she looked thin young. and gen
orally cold well she might. for she played every
ever cold the night But it was for Mr.. Smith that |
Basil felt most entnusi tEd IN me gS t5r
friends" In the second, he was, to Basus think /
Ven his very BODY. TO suit the part he happened /
to be playing; and thirdly he %ts ianng5lu my
laughed at Mr.. Smith and applaGded him. and .
BASH with the first bit of gold they had had that
Clever chap that" Ne said as they strolled 4
some one somehow-looks like broken down
E STnr5eInS What he's doing with that Iot?"
snoith without concerning himself to his ante
,edents He forthwith -hrtstened him the tokey
iIcht. the jockey man was hardly ever with the
'thers but went wandsrng ABOUT on niInsSI n
I be that MI Montmoreney and Mr.. Neville
hey had such fine names? -, - -,
Rasil's face was as round as fuIl moon; ana
resh c7d fair as a monthly rose. Tall and well
et I'm ne was good games, and Keen on every
4i Tsr OF Nth fpGh1 his ETandfa16er fishing Tor trh
have eSGS S f for Pee dr hsF th s he ent
shins. too in charge of nice asHeTmGia
Sa bav and every morning Oxenham rowed Basil
nd Harnet out from the shore that they might
,ava their morning swim for the coast Is 80
60 and dangerous that bathing from the land
no nun a all. though the rocks are very nice
= ,,ot+ar about on at low tide when energetic per
ons can ind prawns in IN" pools -,
ONE day as Basil :Usily engaged In this
ursSit. Who should come up. behind him but the
okey man looking melancholy as though there
enc no sunshine blue WAGER or pleasant pools
MI 81 strange sea beasts Indeed. although he
vas hv profession such amuslnE man. he had
~ ro means a cheerful face Tired lines were
written all round his ayes his shoulders were
emf and his long. slim hands hung loose and
stless al his sides. yet II was plain he was bN
n means old Moreover he had changed MS
mart Yachting suit for old tweed coat and |
and a gray bilyeock dragged over