The sun., 1909-06-27

sogsy pie or,isti' This does not reasstir,
internally In the middle u ths nlEAt
sWeu. by thle titnA three or four q
my boys friends frgtr the nsxt bi0pl
bows b H from The q next Hook sis ostensibYy
comparing The following days lsSsonl
and they all adjourn 70 tho upper pafl
OF the house, In sccofdance with Standine
orders. It's not long before they .begip
to wrestle with esoh other. and tAe
humping up there Fynds % Il ths house.
runaway locomotive, and then I have e
60 up stairs and put d stop to that
by This time mayhap my eldest dauyh.
tor ri1akes her appearance frou the Up
sia!rs prlmpins region. ell prsttIed up
and she begins to work mo right awsy
chin. and then know 6he'. about due e
say Dad. would you really mind NOT
smoking downstAifs any mere th!s eve
niue3 Mr., O'Shuoks iA 6ornihe.' Whats
q man with msfriaScAble dApghters .tf
do In such a case except to crfwiNe stan.
and do his smoking theref MI; OSn6SHl
10 an addlepated Wlllisboy. a. iar 40 l,ss
made him out. that you Nouiont Pc.
got to obey the orders Of his daughter
hasn't he. when she tucks her hair up an
pv When its not Mister O'shucks's eve.
ming, however, the mel Shbors continue tS
run In. The man tyo dcors from my iea'
y paying for couple q icta N u A neN SUB suS,
division couple q mile OUT 1ns p ins ~oSc Sai
hopra with me for the sole Iurp9se o.
telling me that I'm nnissing ti,e oS.rii<:ss
OF q lifetime In not investing In . couPie
Of lots there myself. I've had 70 toll thii
neighbor that Il would b pure folly FOL
me to try to aoquire any mofs suburban
lots, as I am liable TO shuine % IRON ,f sn.
koweysrwmy how talk about my end probahi,
subject Of religion. He calls himself
e man Of liberal views on religion. ant
generally I'm prettF grrtefui when tht
two elderly spinstSrs from ths hossss
across tho way run In, bonhets, vraps
gloves and all. for visit OF stats IN sh'
parlor. .a..,s., e
share in the entertainment OF these tVt
admirable spinsters, but it's plain to b
eeer, always that they don't regard M
favorably fancy they've 81 fne dovr
as Q bounder and 20 on bocause er1ckt
downstairs. can't sot any talk cut O.
en- at all. y
Then, too, We have The regular evening
parties at my houss. and al Of my neg
bors have the sane dreAry. AeAins. Tht
women folks prepare for these things
couple OF weeks in advance. They. LAY
themselves out in the devistng OF indi
sestible eatables, and al hands have Il
stun themselves. We have to sit aro.tne
for three or four hours While squeeky
voiced girls sing Let Ne Like 9 Soldier
Fall and such like, while bull votGet
youths who think they can sing mur1el
The Palms and while badly instructe<
young women assassinate The Invitation
TO the Dance on the piano; and duftnl
this time the women folks hand each othe'
stinSing little digs with beetincelly anil
Ing cotintenanoes and exnde the worker
over jokes about eating the hostess 'ou
Of house and homo and ali that.
Not to mention the dozen or % o
evening visits . month re have from
various kindly ladies In the nelshborhoo<
who run In TO inform my wife how ths
sick folks In the neishborhood hrs Gettihs
on. They describe at great length an<
with minute detail all OF the syrnptoms o
the siok folks. and they often drag my
wife out to see the little girl Ia the mex
block who's got q damaged heart from
jumping rope too much.
Il reckon you've made - your nins
by THE time that I'm right In suspectinl
myself OF being . ofsb. q grun p and
Crouch. asd ] reckon you're RI ght.