Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-02-16

And look" exclaimed Mir. Arp, with satisfaction. lat the way he's turned out!"
 "He ain't turned out at all yet. He's too young," said Buckalew Besides. clothes don't make the man."
 Wasn't he smokin' cigareet" cried Eskew triumphantly. This was final. Its a pity Henry Louden can't do something for his own son." said MT. Bradbury. Why don't he send him away to college?"
 Fanny won't let him." chuckled Mir. Arp inadvertently. Takes all their spare change to keep Gene there In style. l don't blame her. Gene cer- tainly acts the fool, but that Joe Lou den is the orneriest boy ever saw in an ornery world full"
 "He always was kind of mischeev- ous," admitted Buckalew. T don't think he's mean, though, and 1t does seem kind of not just right that Joe's fathers money-Bantry didn't leave anything to speak of-has to go to keepin' Gene on the fat of the land. with Joe gittin' up at half past to carry papers. and him goin' on nine teen years old"
 "It's all he's fit for.' exclaimed Els kew. He's low down, tell ye. Ain't it only last week Judge Pike caught him shootin' craps with Pike's nigger driver and some other nigger hired men in the alley back of Pike's barn." You ever hear that boy Joe talk pol itics?" asked Uncle Joe Davey. cross ing a cough with chuckle. "His heads so full of schemes fer running this town. ard state, too, it's wonder :, it don't bust. Henry Louden told me he's sec Joe set around and study by the hour how to save s3.000. 900 for the state in two years"
 And the best he can do for himself." added Esliew, lis deliverin' the Daily 1 Tocsin on q second hand Star bicycle and gamblin' with nlggers and riffraff! None of the nice young folks invite | him to their doin's any more." That's because he's got so shabby ! he's quit goin' with 'em.' said Bucka- lew.
 "No. it ain't." snapped MT. Arp. "It's because he's so low down. He's no more n town outcast. There ain't ary one of the girls I'll have thing to do with him. except that rip-rarin' tom boy next door to Louden's, and the oth- CTS don't have much to do with her neither. can tell ye. That Arie Ia bor"-
 l Colonel Flitcroft caught him surrep- titiously by the arm. ssh. Eskewv' he whispered. Look out what you're sayin'."
 i You needn't mind me-" Jonas Tabor spoke up crisplE. 'I washed my hands of all responsibility for Rogers branch of the family long ago. Never was one of lem had the energy or brains to make decent liyin'. beginning with Roger-not one worth his salt. l set Rogers son up in business, and all the return he ever made me was to go into bankruptcy and take to drink, till he died sot, like his wife did of shame. I done all I could when I handed him over my store, and I never expect to lift a finger for lem again. Ariel Tabor's my grandniece. but she didn't act like 1t. and you can say any thing you like about her for what care The last time spoke to her was a year and a half ago. and I don't reckon I'll ever trouble to again."
 "How was that, Jonasw quickly in- quired Mir. Davey, who, being the eldest of the party, was the most cu- rious. "What happenedy'
 'She was out in the street, up on that high bicycle of Joe Louden's. He was teachin' her to ride, an she was sittin' on it like man does. stopped and told her she wasn't respectable. Sixteen years old, goin' on seventeenw
 "What did she say"
 "Laughedw said Jonas, his voice be- coming louder as the recital of his wrongs renewed their sting in his soul. ''Laughedw
 "what did you doy'
 'T went up to her and told her she wasn't a decent girl and shook the wheel" MT. Tabor illustrated by seiz- ing the lapels of Joe Davey and shak- ing him. "I told her if her grandfather had any spunk she'd git an old fash toned hidin' for behavin' that way. And shook the wheel again.r Here Mir. Tabor. forgetting in the wrath in- cited by the recollection that he had not to do with an inanimate object, swung the gasping and helpless Mir. Davey rapidly back and forth in his chair. q shook it good and hardv'
 "what did she do then" asked Peter : Bradbury.
 Fell off on me-" replied Jonas vio- lently. "On purpose" q wisht shed killed ye." said Mir. Davey in a choking voice as. released. , he sank back in his chair.
 "On purpose- repeated Jonas. And smashed a straw hat I hadn't had three months. All to pieces! So 1t couldn't be fixed-'
 And what tLen:" pursued Brad bury.
 "she ran." replied Jonas bitterly iran. And Joe I.ouden-Joe Louden"- He paused and gulped.
 "what did he do?" Peter leaned for ward in his chair eagerly.
 The narrator of the outrage gulped again and opened and shut his mouth before responding.
 He said If I didn't pay for broken spoke on his wheel he'd have to sue me~