The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-08-25

EDISON. WHATS got into ye?"

his veinS--thc days when he could
pitch hay of the wagon into the NOV
ol onto the stack in forkfuls that
would bury the best man in the town-
ship.
by George, I'm going TO eat in
comfort sor once" and he tossed his
froCk coat into a corner and sat dowa
at the table In his shirt sleeves
speeches. With delight. Boston
hurled his cutaway aflrr the lrock.
Edison Was cutting Of great sec.
ton OF rosy ham. when he suddenly
put down his shop knife and touched
the bell. The waiter appeared bow
ing, and doing his best to seem 90
livious 10 the wonder before him.
John, go down 70 the kitchen and
get each Of US a steel knife and fork.
StFsts= mind tf-=tAes- ,-4onI=@ match.
Hurry, please
AS. the man west cut, Edison felt
moved TO a silent anu immutable vow
that his recklessness should not lead
him TO carry food 70 his mouth by
means .Oi the most tempting steel
knife thaJ fate nigh, place before
him
They ate every egg and most of the
ham; baked potatoes and mashed
We're cleared away; leans. pie ant
cake Jared hard as ever at the hands
of hungry men, While Boston declared
that TIE injun bread carried him back
ward % years. over the coffee and
Perique "reminiscences of the past
came freely. The accident nj Ansel
Taylors barn-raising, the time that
.<.<1 Il &c
the fastest bundle-cuttei among all the
threshers OF the district, Boston's set
ting the hired man from the city az
work loading the needle-barbed barley.
the dances AZ the Center TO which
the whole family used 10 go, the night
the sugar shanty was struck by light
ming: recollectons OF all these and
many more than these were trans
versed TO their utmost delicious limit.
Then with changing emotions they
talked OF the departure for the city
of son and daughter. and OF the dis
covery Of oil, of the death OF tn
wife and mother, these, the things
rnaT mad DrofKed up ne TOfd rarTH ffre.
There amt hardly :. day. and never
o night passes, Ed, that | don't think
Of her. and wish't she was here. sara
Boston, as he sIroked his face between
his wthered brown fingers and thumb.
And yit. | can't pc very sorry that
she's missn' this city life She
couldn't have took to IL any better Il
do Besides. I've got Carlottie, and
she's her mothers pi'ture right over
again. She's pudeicky and hard TO
manage sometimes. but | cal-late shes
IN
ton OF alwus findin' out what crops
others is putin in atore she sows
hern. is hard TO git long with ofteher'
n most would spect. But I've maue
il a rule never to give up TO any en-
sensible crotchet, feelln' that mepD
she II weed er1 ottt litter ~t4'4e-I
we give her time. But | adin'l IL >
been middlin' hard st3ndin' one now
and then when there amt been notnih
in ii but principle. And sometimes II
does seem as If her best friend would
have 10 admit that she's gittin worse
Slid of better. But in spite of all
them catty notions she's lible 20 git
into her she's the best disp'sitioned,
kindest hearted girl that ever stooG
M. dunno what I'd do without her
She II ade q home for you fore ye got
one OF your own. and shes mace one
for me sencc | lost mine.
And We know at what cost 10 her
self" observed Edison.
"Why, no, Ed; ! paid all the DIS
heen hD,ral. I'm sure.
Il don't mean that; Decorrccy
would marry her any minute she
would leave YOU.
Boston's pipe was shattered on the
floor.
John DeCourcey? Honest? Does
he like her? And she, him."
Yes" to all four. You don't mean
to say you didn't know p
Didn't know il? Didn't know ~
tell re don't believe il-HTaln1 So
Il know about it and | know it's
so"
"Wan. | s-pose If ye know yc know.
! I'll have to believe IL. But III never
s'pected it. lie don't come there SO
awful much any more. And she never
said n word. | never had any idee
she'd been asst. Amt she the girl,
though Edison, orr 10 been told OK
I this.
perhaps should have told you.
What did instead. was to tell her
that Won would be happy with Ellen
and me and that her duty was 10 her
self But / found out that her great
est happiness lay in living for you 80
| far "a she could. she'll be happy with
Won and, with no one else so icng as
/ she thinks she can be of any use
! 10 you
The r1rtpT SIT without -T1rTkfr1T
bis elbows on the table and his CHR
resting in his hands. Edison had not
been merely playing part; he han
been wholly sincere in his enjoyment
of the occasion Yet he had not for
gotten the object he meant ~ gain.
..TIeifi do II tfrw-if eFef, h. thought
and he went forward confidently
There is one way, father, In when
/ think YOU could make Carlottas lie
happier'than 1t istmuch happier
have rarely heard Sher speak of i,
lbut I am sure il YOU could bring your.
self 10 give up your garden at the
I house-giVe it-up willIngly-lt would
please hnr more than anything else
you could do.
As he listened 20 these words the
iron grip OF passion wrung every YES
tige of sadness and sweetness out of
The old mans face and attitude. lie
was Boston Greenfield still, loving ms
/ life.work. rigid I'm within as in prin
ciple. lie sprang 10 his feet as
though someone had touched a con
I trolling sprinZ.
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