The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1910-03-03
T Ale''c For
3 Winter
Evening
Two Pairs Of Shoes
from shs .0ld Home Hosss"
By JOSEPH {. LINCOLN

names CRANKY. Tell her aiI about the
cape. She'll like II. Ailt. BY the way.
my dear fellow" ne whispers 10 J0ua-
dab. III you wnni 70 pie'lse her-cr--
nightly congratulate her upon her
boys success In the laundry business.
You understand" be says. winkpg.
.only SOD aud self made man. don't
you know"
Mrs. Grunby was roosting all by her.
self on sofy In the ps,rlor. She was
fieshy. but terrible still and proud. aud
when she. moved the diamonds on her
shook til her head and neck looked
like one Of them set pieces ut the
Fourth OF July fireworks. She was
def. 100. and used an ear trumpet
pretty nigh ~ big ~ steamers venti-
lafor.
Maybe she was dying 10 know u.s."
but she didn't have Z 1T trying to
show II. Ne and Jonadab felt we'd
ought to be sociable. and 70 we net.
one on each side Of her on the sofy.
and bellercd How dye DOR and
.Fine day. amt itr' into that ear
trumpet. she didn't say much. bur
sbs'd coupie on the trumpet and turn
10 whichever one OF us had hailed.
beelIng over 10 that side a Il her bal.
last had shifted. She acted to me kind
OF uneasy. but everybody that come
into that parior-snd they kept piling
In al the fime-looked more n mid
dlinr sovful They Kent oretfv ou,et
too. 20 that ever yell Ne let out
echoed. a. you mIehf say, an round.
l begun 10 Rit shaky at the knees. A.
n was preaching 10 : big couxrers.
don.
Aster 4 speIl Jonadab. not being able
% think Of anything more 10 ar and
rsmembsstnx Phil's orderx leans over
ana vboopa into the trumpet.
I'm real glad your sou done % wen
With bis n undry.. be sayx
Well cir. Phil had give ~ to under.
ssapd that them congrstuIatious would
make I hit. and they done II.
OId Iady Granby-whsw. She rot
Redeem she vas afors. which was 1
miracle. pretty MIA. She couIdp's
sbAak for ! minuse-1uss cack,sd IKE
: hsa. fbsu 80 busss out with. .Hou
dars your' and eoapcss out Of that
room IKE Z hurricane. And u was
ssil a coubd b Tor minute. aud thsn
two o. shrss Of the giris begun 70
sQueal and gigyis behind their hand
ksrchiefH
Jonadsb and NE went away too. We
didn't oounce any 20 spsak of. 1 guess
q -<n<ak' would come psarsr 70 teIL
Ing bow We quit.
Course Ne knew we'd GOT our foot
In n romrwhercs. bot we didn't We
just how. Even then W Want really
on 10 pills game. Bot We was sus-
plcious a little.
-3arxIlla.- says Jonadab. getting
ready TO turn ia, -'tain's possible that
that Teller with the sprsipcd last name
Is having fun with Us. Is ityr
.Jonadab.~ SAYS 4. ave bccu Won.
derinr that myself.
And We wondered for an hour and
fnaIly decided 10 whit awhile and say
nothing I'M We eonld ask Ebenrzsr
And The pext morning one of the stew.
ards e.mcx up Ia our r,om with some
coffee ana grub and says that Mr..
catcxhy stuart requested the pleasure
Of our romn.nv ON a afore breakfast
tcsl,o,t .aIl and would u,.lt Us al the
nler n hair an hour.
pm mud ,h.Sicebost met "a on time
1 s'po-e n twas style. but II ! hadn't
kpown IA have xworr he'd run short
Of duas and had dr.S...d up ia the bed
clothes 4 felt OF bis coat when ~
want noticing. and II IL want made
out Of a blankct tbru I never slept an.
der one
pbIl .a,a he was sorr, we turned A
% curlv the night aforc. SAID ned
planned 20 entertain IN ali the even
Ing We didn't burrab much nj this
being susplc,ous. as 4 said. and b,
change, the subiect 10 icebosts.
That lcel,aat ~. a bird. / csflatet
70 Know lu,at when 4 sighted one
hut 4 f,atlr,u On skates was something
brsnd new. 4 didn't think much Of II
ana 1 CONT, 49,, thar Jonadab didn't
p.Isher
But i. .hou, three shakes Of a lamb,
faI, Iva. re.dy 10 take n All back aud
..x n.,er said A 4 done enough
uraylpg n t,.e ncxt half hour 10 xquar,