Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-06-16

be looked scarcely approving. till the
idea came 10 him that she was. after
all, merely being a good follow"
A book on the table turned Mr.
Williams attention 90 his own library.
~ wish you would come down 60
Yazoo and see my library be- unused.
watching the drifting TIDE OF human
heads on the level with tho window
"You imagine you Want 90 hear me
talk Why. " you ovoe got near that
library. you wouldn't want go hear
anybody talk--eyon mc-for its the
finest place TO keep sim In you ever
saw"
Have you collected an these
buoksf' was asked. when ho had
told about the long shelves. ceiling
high, filled with books.
NO. ! started out With what the
Yankees loft OF my fathers aud
grandiaihors libraries. and I've been
adding a book az time ever since.
When ! get lazy. those long summer
mornings In Mississippi can go in
there and fi0p into my big chair BY
The window and hnd any kind or a.
book, sirom comedy 90 tragedy. aud
hack again. right within reach or my
arm.
And what kind do You generally
reach FORT"
well. II one OF my seven children.
or my wife, or my m0ihor-in- iaw. ur
one Of my HlK niecoa has been OBJ.
stroperous. make a haul for Bin
Nye, o. somebody who can make me
laugh
MIR williams has had long experi-
once with interyieWera. aud considers
himself q connoiEeour Ga the various
brands OF the art lie told some of
his opinions about the craft "rhe
worst I ever struck. though be said.
was when n woman 0shod through
tho Record and found out my views
ON various topics. and wrote that up
as an Interview There % no impu-
dance quite as cool on az competent
as newspaper impudcncc, any way.
and she was what You might call a
ripper"
Come hack 20 Yazoo, Air williams.
and forget these annoy Ing little IN
cldeuis Do you read all day ln your
lhrary7"
"a would IKE TO-" he said "but %
course have my little rocroat Ions
HHEFf hNNfM WWN "H.H NHt| NNNHH|H VII WIN
those Idiots who ait all day on a
muddy bank and danglo g cork after
fish. ] think ] would lose What
mind I've gOt n I bad to SD end watch
for a silly fish half q day"
Hunt. ala you say ! certainly DO
not ! never squnndored an hour on
that yet aud ! never Will ! suppose
Mr. Williams was getting wr0thy
over the idle sports Of foolish men,
and the srggostion OF "Rldingi dldI
npi seem DO help the situation
no look like a man who would
JOLT around on a horse an day, making
himself sore and uncomfortable" HoI
demanded = ncvor get on a horse
till ne roads iu Yazo0 get SO muddy
shat it's the only way loft tO travel
don't waste much time iu "a buggy
either. and / don't walk uu'cas ] have
ta."
Clearly n M. williams had q hobby
n bore no acmhlanco 10 the regulation
style. OF else lt was Woemily neglect
ga. LOcom0ilon seemed distinctly ont
OF hls line.
II have ihs finest rose gar en- 10
Mississippi" aali Mr. Williams "and
81 out with my hoe early On the
morning. and play az gardening tiilI
I'm tired ~ front porch has a climb
lnF rose that tho pe pie down there
travel miles 40 aee
Prom my library window ! catch
Uhins 0f rose perfume an day That d
a great place % slt There's q BIS
eastern rug On front Of my fireplace
and over q are crossed tho swords ny
grandfather sud iaihor carried az
nuena Vista and shiloh. I alt there
and dream, read when ! feel IKE "a,
fnin the 0aor of me roses tlll the sum
mer Is ldied away and ] have 20 come
hack % work again