Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-08-18
HESTER TALES,
son7e Amusing 7eGuIiaFities 1f
 tf1e Eccentric Artist.
EARRING OUT 3IL. BEARERS.
-. 1evs -re Knock 3f Each -aileceor ard t7e Amount t Isnr>ser1ea-
 loraou 14c1,es -aa zoo1 Reason .s

Fbere E4s I steady 5EreAm Of cretti- ers 3r 5ha Eiug stree. st1Idio Il those laTs, 5ags writer n -he Century Whistler made 20 effort 70 conceal Che 'arr bat le vas tanplY n teht. One .aY IS we were ousiIg and silently working fhare same 9oud oustns.s4- lil1e. -aD # he door Whistler isfs.s..d aaeafive!y.
 ST. said he .-T-hat's one ann ten
 Within half m anur rhere WIS an- other rap. aat quite 50 Ioud
 Two and 5ix' said Whistler. .fpsstt'
 ,Whar 7n eareh do you mean ?'- asked after I gime.
 One 9ouad req 3hilIings; TWO pounds six shtllincs Vulgar zrade4- aen with tAeir pills, colonel They vanr payment Ah we!lr' ae stchat l9tfh an exaggerated dir ot sadness md returaed % lis canvas.
 Then came another knock most centle, lnsinuating rap.
 Dear me- said Whistler that must le all of twenty. Poor fellow really must to something for aim. So sorr- n not n.
 eauld net eake the situation 50 1iaeidlg asd seized eager,Y rhe -irsf opportunity of financial aid that Dra- +enred itselt \ rich American. se- burning n aandou. 4sked me what ae could purchase and -ake pack with Aim Il the way ot zrt
 By 1l means ger ser or Whistlecs -fehings. Cnqueatieuabsy aa xtH make for you I setect10n I'll speak 5o hIm. sold lim aud hurT-rd back vtth shp good news.
 Whistler v4s delighted aad for lay worked bpstly, 9verhaulius aud sarting his Droots The selection WIS
 splendid one and called ear 5ab- sfantiaI payment t vas arranged 5af Whistler should npet 5he. Dur-
 laser IT ] 9ank iu Queen streer tt,- following morning and receive ais neck
 Host men 1uder rhe circumstances would hare thought 3t little else 5ut by rhe next morning Whistler aad wholly forgotten lis cement. ae aad begun i nev canvas, and wfa completely absorbed tn it. For whfte I axposru.atad in vatu.
 Come Whistler" said dnaIly. '7au haFe been away from America 50 Ions rhaC you ionsz appreciate ehe ralue az -tn1e ro the rraveler, particularly rhe tnlerte1n rrare!ec. You nust nor keep he man vaiting
 Very we'll said he, laging down hIs brush. wita I sigh Vow we'll go
 Why va?'' replied T don't want 70 go protested firmly. To tell the ruth, was looking forward with a great deal of comfort 10 I morning au -o myself
 On out T8u must he said calmly, bringing ny coat and hat, and present 7 we stood n from ot the house sig aaling 1 cab.
 One came ID readily enough, out, lfter one scrutlnizing look upon he eabby's part drove swiftly by: an- otaef veat through the same strange proceed ings- 1 looked question ingly II Nhistter-ehis odd circumstance 1ad happened before we were togethec- ogt Whistler was calmly signaling. AF length eabbg took IS in.
 Whistler always carried IS a xalS- ng stick long. slender wand I sort f mahlstick, nearly three-auarterq # his own height We were ao sooner seated than he began p0king his St!c:s It he horse The animal rear,4i, plunged wildly and started down fae- street at ] breabneck gaIlop while rhe 1stonished cabby swora freely and tugGed desperately at 5he -etus Whistler looked calmly ahead md ze1t Doking.
 Butcher boys and grocer hogs made wild leaps for sarary outragad cabbies whipped their aorsea ont of che way Iust n time; ourly triyrlen 1a vied curses after IS, and stia We 1ent alerrtly on. Litgle wonder. ei1aught [, n The midst oc ny anazeuaenr and resentment, that Y aistler never gers the same cab evica.
 Suddenly he began waving ais cane md ssouting Whoa ae Sock rhs- astonished e3bby sevaratG 70 f3SS for driving so fast 1pen sle 5uotic ai-h- way aud ordered hins back to A corner ve had .T1st passed
 Here I green ngrocar's shop. with ia orderly and colorfal array of erlits and vegetables. had caught Waistler.s eye as ee vhirteft by Be surveyed f critically now from TWO direrenr p,- si5lons. rhe cabby merely nheYing his orders nader The belief. er@sHaae. that ir was policy ro lgnlor 2 .znad
 '.Is.lts 1T 5aaat.fgfe axeta5naess WAss- Ser He po.ared a.s tang eaae IT one corner T selIeve I'll aaee taa1 cr1re Of oranges moved over there acalllst that background of green Yes. rhar< better he added eanteateetig
 We tro7A 1rR to fae 5anl1. where found the A-1-erIe1n Haelag ID a5ts down in ne ..easaa sranA If mtnt= i Ef1~ u hksffza~ sr<,v,