The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-02-22

NNAtA INV NAfHA htAA ~ NUM- HffN
Thornton AuRualln would still be a
miehthave been king And ia turn.
n AuguHtin SAYS that II he had been
king. he would have gotten married.
and passed the traditions OF his line
along
bat as the near facts OF history
leave things, no Carlint no Roma.
partiHt, no pretender ever faced n
greater disparity 'twixt possibility
and reality, than this might have
boon Thornton II
III might have been. ana Thorn.
ton Anguptin. Ia homsspun. humble.
poor unknown, can woil afford
sikh as he uttora the words.
He should be Thornton Augustus
Rex imperator Hut every tow.
headed youngster Ia Caaa county
confidently calls him Tony"
Lite. Is Easy.
Tony" WASHINGTON. eood.heart
ed, honest a. the day, careful, cheer
ful--so they call him In Missouri.
CosH county takes life easy and the
business 81 the little drug store rests
easy upon bis hand and mind. SO
the people OF the countryside speak
carolessly of the man they might
call emperor
Garden City ~ typical OF the
small Missouri town. II has 600 PEG
Pile n Main a.. real department
store where they ring a blg gong.
that can be heard all over town.
every time a sale IL made. It's on
the map. alright. though slightly
ohacured by black mud AZ the pres.
ent time
! met Tony" tn Sombarts drug
store, aud asked him what he would
do II he weru king,
Tony Washington stumbled ~.
tie over the idea Ne shifted a we'll
chowed wad Of tobacco aud un.
crossed and recrosaed bis legs.
What would ! doG Well. don't
Just know"
He may dream OF coach and
eight. Of postllllon. or guards and
men Of honor, OF an ivory thrunn. nf
war ships aud pariiaments. and
lewel-atndded crown. hut a blue.
nosed boy comes IN with say.
Tony. mo wants a dimes worth of
arnica," and he wakes up.
Dosa Ne preanf
In his dreams he may see bis an.
eeatral home NJ. Vernon no has
never seen Il ia reality with its
servants. IL dukes and lords. lis
foreign ambassadors. itN hcralds
from foreign kings HIT the vision
fades
Say. Tony" it's a big. raw boned
Miasourian IN cowhlde boots who
brushes away the c5bweba a want
you Ia paint that barn I've Just
built Or maybe be wants help
With his hayinA. or harvesting
with bis haying. OF harvesting.
Maybe lts a Young swain who
wants kinR Tony. 10 play his fiddle
az the hoe down or the Virginia
reel. AT the Index school house. A
King without a throne. without po-
sition. or power. or partisan. this
Il rony. Rex.
tie told me h0w he happened 20
land IN Missouri. ills father. Daniel
4. Washington. Was ono of th0ms
bot hiooded southeruers who har
ried 20 Missouri with their slaves
ID the early SOS. IN m effort 20 hold
Il Tor the south when the war vas
over. Daniel was ruined
And somehow. We never got Il
back SAYS Thornton. a. be sits
easily By the bis stove ~ the phAr.
macy. and rocks back ard forth Z
guess Ne werea't used 20 doing Any
wOfk ourselves. We never had 20
guess we got out % tho knack Of
Dess Odd Jobs.
Supporting himself and his two
unmarried sisters. Elizabeth and
Marion. BY such odd johs a. come
bis way. Thornton Auguafiu Wash.
lugion. who might have hnen tha
nations greatest citizen. is Nilsson
ria humblcst
Have the Waahin2fons cut down
any cherry trcae since Gsorxes
tlmes- asked the cid man. fse
chueklad
An uncle ~ mine dgd." he sald.
and bis father started 10 ac0ld
him. Uncle reminded bis father ~
what Georxu's father had said ahonf
. thousand cherry trees aud one
lie. Hut this only made the Old
man the madden
You young scamp" he said ''Td
rather have you tell a thousand
lies than cut down that cherry
tree
Tony Isn't very proud % his sta.
lion, hut he "a proud % HIS name.
guess there's lot Of rich people
who would give a LOT Of money 10
trace their ancestors as can trace
mine. he said. Nobody can take
that away from me And II the
nation should over want 20 change