Evening star., 1909-07-11

strike order that
broke the peace tor
seven years
Now. the way Id planned to put in the Fourth was
for few of to get together out to the house
Pinckney, and Mrs Pinckney and the tw ms and may
be the Purdy Pells-and have nice quiet time, with
plenty of flags and bunting hung out and gallon or
SO of mild fruit punch handy and few other holiday
trimmins, just to show we was as patriotic as the
next ones. Course, I'd figured on touchin' off few
dozen punches of frecrackers and some Skyrockets
SOS to give little Sully an idea of what was comm
to him when he grew up. It's the youngsters first
Fourth, you know, and wanted to start him off right
But here along last Wednesday. Sadie gets word
that the whole push of has been invited to the
Twombley- Cranes swell place on Long Island. where
the doln's are always big scale AS we hadn {
got invitations out, and the others havin ac
cepted Sadie says she don't but We II have TO 60
too
oh WELL" saws l, tell EN- we'd rather STAY at
home: but barrin that, we'll be delighted to come "
So early Saturday nornin Sadie and the nurse and
little Sully gets under way for Wndymere, while
leaves orders for Dennis Whaey to run out all the
flags early Sunday nlornin' and keep EN- fyin until
And if you and the other help feel like maxim any
other demonstration says | slippin' Dennis couple
SOMEWAY or other don't feel Just right about
~ lettin this partic'lar day get by me- unless
have hand in doin my little stunt towards hepn it
along For can always work up more or less enthu
siasm about the Fourth It's in diff rent class
from the other Joy DAYS bigger, and comm oner and
spread around more even. There's no partic lar
church tag on it. for one thing, and It lets everyone
the ground floor
No matter whether your folks in the
Mayhower. with the grandfathers clock and spnnin'
wheel cargo landed last fall from the Kaiser Willy
the Grocer at Hoboken, you're welcome to Jump in
and help us celebrate whatever it is we think we re
ceebratln and so long your name don't appear
in the casualty list next 1nornin. you'll be glad you
did
1t makes no diff renee if YOU don't do any moren n
get up at FIVE to fire few rounds of blank cart
ridges out of the bedroom window, you kind of
pat yourself the back and feel that you've helped
start racket that stretches out from the banks of
the Allegash up in Aroostook county Maine to Wei
come Wash and that it's gon to be a big noisy
eagle screamin day. open to any party that wants to
call himself American citizen. matter what
lingo he says it in En- Feel that way about it
yourself. don't you.
WELL then, maybe you can imagine the size of
" the jolt that's handed TO as | steps out Of
the Twombley- Cranes big tourin car that's brought
and lot of other guests up from the station and
gets look at the front entrance to Windy1nere
Was there red white and blue buntin draped around
the porch pillars and starry banners hoatin in the
breeze3 Nothing doin in the buntin' or starry ban
ner line. There's just flag hung out the
doorway. whackn big one too-ard blamed if it
amt the British Union Jack. old blood and curry
Now say amt one Of these nutty lingo fanatics
that's always prlmed to froth at the mouth such
things amt forever aching to tie bowknots in the
lions tail and then holler Chew raw-beeft at him
Why. I've met up with lot of Englishmen that
thought was almost as decent as if they'd been born
on this side. m always ready, too to go halfway in
any hands thesea business that's started But
this act Of runnn out English coors the night before
the Fourth and being sprung me the way 1t was.
hanged If 1T don't rlle up my Irish sonnet
was Just tryin to choke it down. SOS could meet
lWombey-C Crane without appearin grouchy. when
pushes past to the car There's a couple of little
silk American flags stuck either side of the head
lights and he's pointin his finger at em indignant
Patrick, says he mad he can hardly talk,
What-What does this meau?'