The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-03-25
GOING BACK WITH PYRAMID

Going Back With-G Galley Two
straight and starn' hard ut him.
when did you live I'm Motifs Mnls9"
ITS thirty.odd years ago, sir" says
Jake we moved to Rhode Island
when J was IN the twenties."
"Huhl" says Mr.. Gordon. That
would be around 20 or &c. What's
your name?'
"Bidwell sir" saws Jake.
you don't say?' says he. Had a
place out on the Valley road, didn't
you?"
Eyes, sir, just south of the Hog
back" says Jake. You've been there.
! see"
Been there!" snorts Pyramid.
"Why-blast it, mani was born
in Motifs Mills! But ! left in 20, when
you were only a kid Been back late.
ly, have you, Bidwell?"
mo" says Jake, I've never been
back SINCE
"Me either" says Pyramid. Always
meant TO go, too. Was Hen Finney
keeping the general store and post
office when you went away?'
High Pockets Hem" says he, his
face lightin' up some Yes, he had il.
] expect one Of them tall, lanky boys Of
his is running II yet"
"Tn bet it's Long LATE, then" says
Pyramid. "He was the only boy I'M
town ! couldn't skin on a jackknife'
trade. Good business head, LATE had.
In Wall Street he would have made
his million. But | suppose he stuck
in Motifs Mills?'
yes" says Jake. He married Alb
by Turner you know"
mo, did he, though?" says Pyramid.
about four feet ten, Abby was, and
almost that much around Remember
Susie Tuttle?"
Jake said he did.
There was a girl for you!" goes on
Pyramid. Rosy cheeks, black eyes,
and laugh it did you good to hear;
always ready for dance, or a sleigh
ride, or a haying frolic, Susie was.
wonder who she married."
Jake didn't know. He didn't seem
quite so keen about Susie's career as
Mr.. Gordon did. Jake had something
else on his mind just then. Well
says he to me, 'if you can put in
word for me with Mr.. Marcus, wish
you would"
81 will, Jake" says I; but you know
how it's apt to be in such cases"
81 know" says Jake Excuse me
for bothering you, Professor. Good
day, sir" and with an awkward bow
to Mr. Gordon, he shuffes out.
Poor cuss" says I, lookin' after
him.
Pyramid, though is leanin' back
comftable in his chair once more, his
eyes half shut, and he's chucklin' to
himself. OF course, it was none of
my funeral, and expect my cue was
to keep my trap closed and let him
enjoy himself in his own way; but
that chuckle of his, coming just as it
did, got on my nerves.
Great joke, amt it," I breaks out
Say, if I had your peculiar sense Of
humor, Gordon, I'd take gas and have
it pulled out by the roots"
"Eh? What's that2" says he, comm
out of his trance.
"Ah, l expect it's funny to YOU"
boils away. Here's Jake, old and
worn out at fifty-five, making a Twin
feedin a steam boiler and shovelin
ashes, and gettin' thrown out on the
! street for no fault of his own. Is
J it because you and him come from the
same town that it's so humorous
? Say, do you know, | amt so sure but
what Jake's got something on you
after all. I'll bet he has more'n a
S frozen turnip for a heart, anyway"
}. For a second there Pyramid starts
:, to get purple gilled; but the next min
ute he's Gained down again, which
was a miracle l want lookin' for
n "Why," says he, laughin' easy, 4"
4 wasn't thinking of Jake at all o
e course / must look into his case, ant
see if something can't be done.
a was Motifs Mills / was thinking OF
, and the old days there. Ever up il
Vermont much, Shortly"
mot me" says l., mostly mapl
4, sugar refneries and marble quarries
2. amt it?"
n ITS all green hills and coy littl
c valleys" says he. and in nearl
" every valley town,-neat, clean iii
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