New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-06

uD the step had not only been grattOuS; II nad Dtt
Gtte-n that idea didn't seem too TldlCulOuS-Conde-
Sending He had taken a very frank stare at her at
first and had shown exaggerated sohcltude Tor her
comfort only after he had decided he liked her looks
She had met young Russian Prince once, with man
ners exactly like that. They were bad enough IN a
Prince, but in a mOtOrman-
She wanted to ask him il the would take her to
the ho.e but decided take chance on that rather
than on opening conversation lie was showing OH d
little already, and II encouraged There. lie nearly
ran over an old man carrying sack OF potatoes.
The old man was a philosopher, though, and 1t APP
peared he wanted 10 take the He dumped his sack
on the platform, with "Hulo, SAM. to which the boy
responded with a military salute.
"LOoban fer little new excitement alter yer auty-
MOBILIZE he asked
The boy shook his head Martin had to go to a
funeral this afternoon Bile Armages; 50 they made
me take his nun
He stopped short there to take on a young matron
with q baby carriage, who had sgnaIed MN from heI
front gate you getting busy Sam; she SAID by way
Of greeting as they got aboard
Pamela moved up seat, IN order not 10 miss any
Of the conversation the front platform
at is sort OF exciting, though, the boy went on
Benjamin Franklin would be at home all Hght WIN
this machinery; but it seems queer TO anyone else
Your father ought to buy some new cars the od
man suggested.
Yo wouldn't think so if YOU could the hole in the
annual report where the dividends ought 10 De- IheNe
dare make touch for two weeks after that comes IN
The Young man vaWned he said this, and 70 heghle
the effect left the controller and the brake TO look aeF
themselves while he selected and lighted iTesh sgaIee.
81 see by the paper observed the Ola man. lhaI yer
dad gone 20 Chicago on business till over Sunday.
The boy nodded
"Keeos pretty busy nowadays, ! expect
"Iog Jet,' said the boy. o.,
"Ye~ Grandfather can't tend 10 anything, suppose;
The yv let that 20 as something that did not even
need aommentarvO OF shake Of the head lie seemed
obegeng trihe bored. But the old man didn tmnd;
81 amt seen old Peter Darve he pursued lor goih
on two years. He don't come out at all, does ne;
ale can't said the boy shortly. Hes paralyzed'
all but one hand. He doesn't know anybody or any
thing Gets more childish all the time. All he docs no"
is % s.. by a window and play with the shade' hcep'
It going up and down for hours.
~Do. Allen still lookin' after him.
"Ycs, he comes around every few days. Nothing he
can do, though"
The Old man gave grunt' shouldered ms sack .,
potatoes and prepared 10 get of the car lie was
great man. though, in his prime, Pete Darvel was
bigger man than you'll ever be, or Hiram either
50, YOU see Pamela wrote in her letter to lohn thaC
night, after recounting this adventure II IS per
tecy clear far Peter Darvel was the big man III .S
town and when he lost his mind his son-ln-la" IIa'
must be what Hiram Williams ls-Degan 70 run tiIIs9'
And the grandson, Sam, who'll never have a ihlnu 70
lose runs the trolley when the regular noIoIIId
has 10 go 10 funeral Don't you think its likely that
Hiram found the half-bill among the old man papers,
That would account for his not knowing anything aDouC
It and having 70 advertisement II IaO Is 80,
It IS likely that he doesn't know any more about ms
hali-bl, OF how it came there, than you dd about
yours. And if the old can't do anything but play
with the windowshade-
~Do you know, John dear, believe | can see MN
dong 1t now; | am writing this IN my room by IHG
open window because it is hot with only little shaded
drophght TO see by, 50 that can see out quite wen
There a big house that | in my walk ms alter
noon-quite the biggest in town. thnk-Just me oIcI
side Of the river with a lawn that comes rght down 10
the Up the third story there IS lighted room
and that is unusual enough because tins niue Iowll
seems TO have gone 10 bed with the chickens Nch inc
Shades 20 the other windows in that room are Drawn
50 that just little light shows beneath them. buJ
there is shade that is going up and down up ana
down, all the time. And think that must be the Ola
man. 1t is a little bit creepy, somehow.