The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-24

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goat. which Ia browsing OF che bank below
the hed9srow without taking any notice
Of his mistress
-Nannygoat.'
And how viii you manage him whsn he
Ssts bigEerI- For the goat is still young.
scarcely more than hid. and Il looks too
strong for her already.
Give 'en TO father
what II fafherP'
Charlie
And what does be dois
-Plaits baskets' Suddenly abe changes
her tone. by Gsud. wish had q ha'-
penny
When have recovered from the shock
I ask: what do you want 10 forI'
To buy sweets.'
what kind1.
She reflected and than answered slowly:
Long ems
The next perpon met along The road b
q very aged woman Of my acquaintance
who lives in the village almahOuso. Her
special branch Of knowledge h the local
obituary; abe knows all about forthcoming
funerals. yea she replies 10 my ques-
ton. Il think there be one tomorrow.
but it's nothing only q child's.' An %
her own age she 10 always vague. though
not coy.
by she bye ask. how old are you.
Mrs. M"
I'm IS. she replies: then adds hurriedly.
mo. I'm mors'n that; I'm sS-sS'-run-
ming tentatively along the decades.
.Sixty-Ave!' suggest.
I'm 60 she declares emphstically.
That's what ann Yes
Next reach q hedge cutter chopping
at the brambles In hss shirtsleeves. with
straps just under his knees % keep his
trousers out Of the mud Of the bitches.
He has q thin. honest face and clear look
in his eyes. while he hacks away We have
some broken Conversation. He tells me
hs h q Nonconformist. but they don't
oppress us in these parts. The old lord
lord Y j wouldn't Let EN-. He wouldn't
interfere with no mans religious opin-
ions Every man Co worship God accord
inG 10 his own oonscience and no one 70
interfere. that IL Lord Y.s way. I be-
believe his own valet might a been a
Nonconformist.'
So. crossing stone bridge OF nine small
arches with heavy buttresses projecting
on one aids TO break the current Of a stream
NJ
smooth sliding. crowned with vocal
reeds,' whatever IL may have been six
centuries ago when Norman monks built
the bridge. come TO the Gun Inn.- the
centre Of q tiny hamlet az the head OF
creek which wanders through muddy
shadows 90 tho SEA.
The Gun Inn has no pictorial sign; Il
prints lee name literally over It's only door.
- a. 81 -.
the innkeeper IL -lcensed 70 soil ale, to-
baooo and foreign spirits 20 beoonsumed
on the premises.- He sells more Scotch
and Irish whiskey than any foreign spirits |
nowadays. but the ancient formula. which !
had reference TO jamaica rum and -Hol- |
lands, has not changed with the times.
The Gun has but one room Of entertain F,
ment. In IL a large open fireplace h |
hanked BY two narrow wooden benches |
with end pieces running almost up 70 the J
low ceiling. The aoOr h tagged and the !
table 10 built into IL. There 10 no bar
counter. but door. glassd half way down,
opens into q smAllsr room where the drink |
Ables are kept in casks and bottles. Half
a dossn men are sitting about the room
whom I enter. IL being the hour Of the mid
day rest. Ono Of thsm. an elderly laborsr
In corduroys who II about half sober, In
holding forth about the 0srEnan scare.
swGrf Twill be a terrible frightening
thing II they does manage TO get here. I
had four brothers In tho Coldstreams.
Cap'n W. him a. lived az West Lodge.
he told 'en 10 d be q fine calling for zen.
Az. he had q loud voice They're all
dead. was the lowest Of EN-. They
wasn't ever in battle. only skimmerxinR
and that. 'ceptinG Bin. IL was AGAINST
Roosha OF somewhere. Bill told me a
walked over fields Of dead bodies. Il
had q shilling a day after; q used 20 ret II
at the post Office. But . loved his beer.
same a. do. and q sold HIS penaion and
took 20 grinding razxars. 'Tain't right 10
leave EN- without nothing after a mighty
war. don't mean them Generals and
Colonels an drives In their carriages and
has everything: means the others, that's
been in the front 81 the Geld Of battle.
II they brings q safe skin out o. that thew
ought TO give EN- something'
He In silent for some time after declnrfnr
this opinion. Then he turns 20 me who
have sat down beside him and ASKS I'm a
low voice somewhat anxloualy, when vou
be a-going 10 die you'll pray for forgive
nsas the last thlng?- i
-wsIl.- remo0strats. 1t shouIdn't b.
put on too late
cay, but Il can be given In the twink
ling 0f an sye.'
"5till II In safer 90 leave more time
Maybe you're right. SIR. Mustn't be
q day late. Twas day late In asking for
wife"
Go ont" breAks In one Of the com-
pany. "'E could "a had scores o. wives.
but . only played with en-
cay. liked beer bsttsr'n q wife,
A. this point tho landlord comea out
through tho half glazed door. a large,
powerful man. In . blAS jersey with one
eye quite o0litsFated and The other posr- |
ing through Unnamed NdA. He Rlanoas
around the room and thsn with a terrific |
scOWl ooncentratss tho gaas % his sinxIa |
eye, which literally scinfiIlates, upon a
loose. dishsvslbed looking creature who
h sprawlinG rather than sitting On a CHAIR |
near tho door. The landlords Eses are
clsnChed. his hps pressed together. and
I wonder what frightfuI vollsy q abuse n |
about 90 hurst forth from thsm; but noe |
q word h said. Tho diahsvsllsd LOOKING |
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