Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-02-19
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Fighting shrimpIin.

"a USTER felt it his greatest priv
ilege to sit of a Sunday morn
ing in his mothers clean and
FURNISHED kitchen and while she
Tashed the breakfast dishes, listen
p such reflections as his father might
HRre to indulge. in.
On these occasions the senior
shrimplin, commonly called Shrimp
Pr his intimates, was the very picture
pf unconventional ca Sc taking as he
oiled in his chair before the kitchen
Move, a cracker box half filled with
*awdust conveniently at hand.
As far back as his memory went,
Cnster could recall wildly these Sun
day mornings, with the church bells
flnging peacefully beyond the win
dows of his modest home, and his faith
ri in easy undress, Just emerged from
his weekly bath and pleasantly red
clent of strong yellow soap, his feet
ineased in blue yarn socks-white at
toe and heel-and the neckband Of
his fresh-starched shirt saving away
OF the lobes of his freckled ears. On
these occasions Mir. Shrimplin in
clined to a certain sad conservatism
al he discussed with his son those
eFents of the week last passed which
had left their impress on his mind.
BUT what pleased Custer best was
when his father, ceasing to be gently
discursive and becoming vigorously
personal, added yet another canto to
the stirring epic of William Shrimp
lin.
Custer was wholly and Delightfully."-
syinpathetic. There was, he felt, the
very choicest inspiration in the nara
tive, always growing and expanding,
or his fathers earlier career. before
Mrs. Shrimplin came into his life,
and az Mr. Shrimplin delicately inti-
mated tied him hand and foot. The
eatne grounds of mutual understand
ina and intellectual dependence which
listed between Custer and his father
Nero lacking where Mrs. Shrimplin
Was concerned. She was unromantic,
.with a painfully literal cast of mind,
though Custer-without knowing
~hat is meant by a sense of humor.
Inspected her Of this rare gift, n
dangerous and destructive thing IN
Woman Privately considering her
relation to his father. he was forced
z I'd the conclusion that their union was
most distressing instance of the
broneness of really great minds to
7leave their deep channels and seek
The shallow waters in the everyday
Efoncerhs Oh me- nc 80 .;s,a,. o..
Ishe was narrow and provincial; Tor
had she not always lived on the hats,
a region bounced py the ouus'i :
On the north ana py oeo'ts . .
Furniture factory on 'he SUI .
On the west the mats eXtenuea as "a.
4ns clVlilzatloil l.se'A -. -
direction; that is. to the gas mouse anu
4 line creek bank, wnlle on Inc cas- ~
were roughly dennea py uie.iie,, >
tannery and the hrlek siaes iieei i,o '',9e
beyond winch vacant iols ihol =
low pastures. the COW pastures ielu
Ing In their turn 70 tiie ca. 49,
where the lever Nalles iolieu Wy .llso
mills wnlch tllteo lne
Fields 10 the sun.
Mrs Shrlmplih nau peen ooi - -
the flats, and the htts iiau "9,nIsosu
her meeting ana nlatiiis WIN gu iti. .lg.
lin, when that gentleman nao ~ %
''ftSs - +1o+l,-
est OF Whllins ceieois'se 80
powder, to the use OIL which nc 10. 10
not personally cohlniie.eu' az ,'i,,
time he was also an llineiaii' IL
poster and had ms lousinss a. ~.
Scfaffer's Railroad NUE. nao
the B. and .. trachs' -. 4,
Mr.. Shrlmplin was h1e Iees "a. 90
and narrow ches'ea. uioope a.,