The Washington times., 1906-04-08

for year2 Aud Danny did not
know what il Gas The preacher.
who was in a hurry 10 go 20 his
dinner, had told him, but Danny
had had no iibretto with which TO
follow the drowsy intoration- But.
the preacher spoke the truth
Suddenly Danny slapped his leg
and gave forth a hoarse yell Of
delight.
'Hippopotamus," he shouted tc
an elevated road pillar We'll. how
is that for a bum guess? Why.
blast my skylights, I know what
he was driving at now.
"Hippopotamus, Wouldn't that
send you 10 the Bronx It's been
a year since he heard It; and he
don't miss it so very far. We quit
at 469 B. C., and this comes next.
Well, a wooden man wouldn't have
guessed what he was trying TO get
out Of him"
Danny caught a crosstown car
and went up to the rear fiat that
his labor supported
Old man McCree was still sitting
by the window. His extinct pipe
lay on the sill He sat very still,
as though he was listening 70 the
cries Of some children playing in
the street. The sensitive ear of the
blind man caught the sound of his
sons footstep.
"WiTl that be you, lad?" he asked.
Danny hared into the rage Of a
strong man who is surprised at the
outset of committing good deed
''Who pays the rent and buys the
food that is eaten in this house?'
he snapped, viciousIy. Have no
right TO come i'm"
--Ye're a faithful lad said old
man McCree, with sigh, lis it
evening yet?"
Danny reached up on shelf and
took down a thick book labeled IN
gilt letters, ''The History OF Greece"
Dust was on 1t half an inch thick.
He laid It on the table and found
place in it marked by strip Of
paper. And then he gave a short
roar at the top of his voice, and
said:
Was It the hippopotamus you
wanted to be read TO about, then?
Did I hear ye open the book?"
said old man McCree- Many and
weary be the months since my lad
has read il 10 me- 1 dinnO; but |
took a great likings to them Greeks
Ye left of at a place 'Tis a fine
day outside, lad. Be out and take
rest from your work have gotten
used TO me chair by the windy and
me pipe.
'Pel-Peloponnesus was the place
where we left off and not hippopota-
mus said Danny THE war began
there. II kept something doing for
thirty years. The headlines says
that a guy named Philip of Macedon.
in 33S b c.. got TO be boss of Greece
by getting the decision at the battle
of Cher-Cheronaea. III read II.
With his hand to his ear. rapt in
the Peloponnesian war. old man Nc
Cree sat for az hour, listening.
Then he got ND and felt his way
to the door or the kitchen Mrs
McCree was slicing cold meat She
looked up Tears were running from
old man McCree's eyes
DO We hear our lad reading to
me-" he said. There is none finer
in the land. My two eyes have come
back TO me again
After supper he said to DANNY:
"'Tis happy day, this Easter. And
now We will be of to see Katy in the
evening. Well enough"
"Who pays the rent and buys tho
food that is eaten in this house,"
said Danny. angrily. Have / no
right to stay in it2 After supper
there is yet TO come the reading OF
the battle of Corinth, 146 B. C., when
the kingdom, as they say. became an
in-integral portion OF the Roman
Empire. Am 1 nothing in this
house,"
(copy-ighf. 1906. by Press Publishing Com.
pany, New York Eoridl