Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-09-15
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| young man IN the lrreprOachable
/ clothes Went out to dinner with
| him "
You don't say" exclaimed his
equally irreproachable companion. Il
haven't seen old Holly in years And
live in the same town with him.
That's the way it goes. How's he
looking2"
Pretty seedy" said the first young
man. Pretty seedy, poor beggar! You
heard about his marriage, didn't your"
Why, yes, / got cards, but I
was in Minneapolis at the time, and
couldn't get away haven't heard
Of any troubles. though
You ought to see him. hardly
recognized him myself--almost turned
him down when he spoke to me. say,
he was wearing a fedora hat and he's
/ grown a beard You know what
sandy beard Of lair he had? Wen,
/ you can imagine how he looks with
beard 1t wasn't as II 1t was well
trimmed, even. II was straggly and
ragged as some old tramp s-and III
! bet he'd worn his trousers for two
! or three weeks since they were
pressed. He looked cheerful, though"
"He always was pretty cheerful
sort Of a chap You say you went
to dinner with him?'
He was bound / should 60. Said
| he wanted me to meet the missus
| Living out In the suburbs-Willow-
| brook. Know It? Well, it's out where
| there's beautiful fresh air and lots Of
| elbow room. You don't notice the
mosquitoes after you've been there
awhile. Holly stopped on the way
| down town and bought thick beef
steak a bag of grape fruit and bas-
ket of peaches. He already had
few other packages to carry.
| Well, it took us pretty nearly an
hour to go, When we got off a red
| headed boy about .cag years old gave
whoop and rushed at Holly's legs
| and proceeded 30 Chamber all over
him. He was a dirty little imp, bare
footed and clothed in shirt and
| blue denim overalls Holly acknowl-
edged him as his son, Clarence Ed
ward. Clarence Edward walked with
! us to the end OF the station plat
| form and then demanded a wide
| When Holly told him he had to walk
/ he set up a doleful howl, and Holly
| turned the beefsteak and two other
| packages over to me and took him on
his shoulders.
I'VE walked about mile and
half, l should say, and then we came
to a fairly decent looking cottage, and
| three more children rushed out and
chung to Holly's legs-three! That
made four When we got to the
| porch Mrs. HOLSTER came out and
what do you think? She had a baby
| in her arms. That made five! Five!
Think of it, They had one maid.
but she didn't cook, and Mrs Hollis
ter had to go out into the kitchen
and attend to the dinner. She left
the infant with Holly and the other
young ones helped him to amuse
her.
After awhile Mrs Hollister came
in and relieved us and a few minutes
later dinner was announced. We all
went in. kids and all One of EN- was
| sitting up in a high chair and shovel
! ing mashed potatoes and gravy all
/ over himself and the tablecloth. And
/ you ought to have seen that girl they
| had try to serve table.
after dinner we went out on the
/ porch and Holly gave me a cigar to
! smoke ! don't like to say anything
/ about the quality of mans cigars,
/ and | haven't said a word about the
| dinner. but wasn't HOLSTER rather
! particular about his tobacco in the
/ old DAYS? We didn't get to talk
/ much. because the kids got to chasing
each other about the porch, and one
! of them fell off and cut his fore
head Mrs HOLSTER had Just got the
baby to sleep and that woke it up
again. Then Holly had to put the
! children to bed and one of them
wouldn't go TO sleep without a story
At last he came down and gave me
a history of the suburb, and Mrs.
| Hollister joined us presently bearing
! a jug of lemonade.
THE funny thing about it is that
Holly seemed quite to enjoy it all
Dragged no end about the kids. ! got
sleepy about ten o'clock, and believe
they were both sleepy, too. He tells
me he's given up the club"
"Oh. years ago.
81 suppose so. What do you think
he said to me going back on the
I, train?"
81 give it up"
"He said Jimmy, you ought to get
married and come out to Willow
brook to live. Chicago Daily News.