Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-03-23
WHEN HE WENT.


iron-gray whiskers, incidentally.
There may be-" admitted the other
elderly citizen, but | don't know tina.
! could say offhand just what they
are"
Il mean they have their uses. Have
you a daughter of manageable age?
If you have I'd recommend you to buy
one. If you use proper care in the Sc
lection of the records you'll find it
handy in case of an emergency"
Perhaps you'll explain Yourself"
1T was like this" said the gray
whiskered man. MY Clara is a mighty
good-looking girl, if do say it myself,
and she's got attractive ways. She caa
handle me pretty well, can tell you.
so it isn't hard for me to understand
what she does to lot of the boys that
come around and fritter away the gold
en- moments. There's quite a gang OF
them and it's a good deal of a nuisance
in some respects; but never say any
thing. | was young once myself and ]
wouldn't wonder if | did some fritter-
ing in my time. Sooner or later it will
stop, but in the meantime | just lie
low and keep my eye peeled"
That's sensible"
It's the only thing to do. Well, the
boy jim got the phonograph. He agreed
to keep it up in his room and shut the
windows when he turned it loose, so |
said he might have it. Then | forgot
all about the matter until one night
young Manstel called to see the girl.
You know the old man, of course. Well.
the boys a good deal like him. He's a
sticker and a stayer-never knows
when to quit No harm in him, but he
just makes you weary and can't see it.
He'd kept me up two or three times
away beyond any reasonable hour, AMI
had asked Clara if she wouldn't start
him for the hatstand some time be-.
Tore midnight the next time he called.
She was entertaining him in the
parlor which opens out on the library
where her mother and | were sitting.
That makes a convenient sort of ar
rangement, generally speaking, but in
this instance 1t was rather tough on us
after it struck ten O'Clock. That's about
the time l like to WOO my resilient
hair mattress, or make the usual prem
arations, and most of the boys have
the sense to jar themselves loose. But
not 80 Manstel. About that time he
remembered a song that he thought he
could sing if Clara played the accom-
paniment for him, and when he had
finished that he resumed conversation
like a giant refreshed. | heard the
little girl say something about having
to get up early in the morning, but
the young ass only quoted, If you're
waking, call me early, and maundered
on
Il was getting desperate, when in
comes Jim with the monograph. Il
had come that evening and he was
anxious to try it. Well thought it
might break up the session in the next
room, so | consented and called to
Clara to bring Mr.. Manstel in to hear
ii. He came, rather reluctantly, and
Jim and l put the parts together and
fixed the horn.
"'There!' says Jim. Now, what will
you have? Caruso? Melba? Sousa's
band? Here are some vaudeville
stunts
Let's have one of those, I said. and
picked up one of the disks and adjust
ed 1t, without looking to see what il
was.
Sc-r-r-rrr!' and then in a raucous,
high pitched voice, that made the horn
shiver with its reverberations: I went
to see the girl the other night, and say.
the time | had was something fierce
There never was anything fiercer--ex-
cept the girls father AMI the bulldog.
About midnight | could hear him
growing upstairs-her father not the
bulldog-and pretty soon he broke
loose No, not the bulldog her father.
Daughter" he calls down the stairs.
do you remember what the gas bill
was last month";"
mo, father" she says. "Why?"
Il was just thinking about IL,
that's ALL" he said
But, of course, | wasn't going 70
pay any attention to that.
Pretty soon he called again,
''Daughter!"
"'"Yes, father!" says the girl.
"'"If the milkman calls while
you're up take in an extra pint of
cream, will you, please?"
"'"Yes, father" she says.
But, of course, | wasn't going to
pay any attention to that,
And pretty soon he called again
Daughter"
"'"Yes, father?"
Don't let that young man go
away without his breakfast"
But, of course, | wasn't going to
pay any attention to that
Young Manstel turned all sorts of
colors at the next call, which was
something in reference to thick-soled
Shoes and as Jim was quite obviously
on the verge of snickering threw
back the catch and stopped the thing.
That's no good; We'll try another |
said. Give me Caruso, jim
sd like m ctau and haor ~ co i