New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-02
DAVID AND
JONATHAN
By EDEN PHILLpOTTS
Drawings by
] 4 Coll

brother. Tie sold leather and steel ana the things
.ici 4a me business of the powmau and carter, the
nckcopor and huntsman. y bright array of brass
.tni whips shonc In a Sheaf among the attractions of
'rrlcys window; and there one might also see horse
cloths, SrrupS brides, and a glittcrug assortment of
chose brass decorations that shine and Jingle the
collars Of draft horses 90 tell of vanished superstition
Bottles of lotion, sadilcry hunters horn or two, OIL
guupovdcr and every sort of strap and buckle might
De purchased at PurcyS and behind his counter, in an
olor 81 cobbcr and leather he sat- always ready
% obhgc his least and greatest customers. He loved
work for itself and was never outside his shop,
when the shutters were up.
Jacob was five and fifty of a kindly disposition and
fond Of children, but reserved and shy. He avoided
women, and if any tincturc Of bitterness touched his
tongue, 80 was the subject of the sex. He
bachelor with sister many years younger than him
self. and il was remembered as a remarkable fact by
.se village of Little Silver that when Mary Purlcy
welded Chagtori man, year before the incidents 90
N related Jacob made alteration in the course of his
e,hoica life, and did not go across the road 20 attend
..e wedding. His miSogyuy was variouSy explained
and the maids and mothers of Little Silver doubted not
that ne had suffered sad experience in his youth
Otherwise argued they, 1t impossible 20 suppose
outstanding and pcrSonablc man should have
-.lohcd the confines Of old age a bachelor
There was his refreshing affection for children TO
Show that unnatural aversion 90 the joys Of the
family circle had restrained him. and other signs did
.. lack 90 prove tina, some accidental disaster must
.c come between Jacob and the delights of wife and
.... ones So at least the village argued but none
st speak with confidence for the mans character
-r.,y and reserve were such that none ever broke
-a1t o. his secrets or knew the inner truth of him.
Do lived alone over his shop, save for the service Of
ancient. Nlily Burt, the charwoman, who devoted SIX
hours 5av 90 his comfort His course of life was cX-
M .,v regular and his leisure brief. An hour night
.. spent ID, Nicholas Westovcrs inn, The Travellers
Rest. and that was all the relaxation he permitted him
SID. 49, lie once o week only he took walk-and that
a.. 40 ~snday-to and fro bctwiXt Chagtord Parish
r.-.. and his home. To the church of Little Silver
pr.. never went, because the vicar bought nothing
.. IDS shop.
HITLER. ON a winter day, came a stranger woman.
II ~.. Wa, If a brisk and birilke appearance, neat
AND precise in her attire very certain Of herself, and
.-. .a.. Co the eve.
"Ia wanting some cnlbrocation, treble strength for
..,.rs~ she said. Hes TO these parts, and that
.a. us YOU call Feather Bed Lane-Lord knows why
frightened him yesterday. He slipped, and had &c pull
linn .r and he's hurt his hook. And want hone and
..-- "a dog collar with my name on 1t, and want
. ..-.e.-- sickle.
d. nodded. For Your good man, no doubt"
-F.r myself ! aint got good man-nor We; a bad
uar for that matter.
-la Then you'll be Miss Wcdlake-M Miss Joanna
W.5.ase by all accounts;
EYES, that's right I've come into Lane End Cottage,
owing % the death Of my Uncle Wedlakc, who have left
me. and since be fond OF QUITO door work. De
going 90 take on his huckstcr business. And why
-...-
WELL us have good bit coarse weather UP in these
,... AMI lis rough work for a woman, should fear
-Bsy SON .ha sort that thinks we're all made o cotton
v..t-- She a-sci
And Pr-. looked into her bright eyes, and observed
tia. a. u.. l.mcly strong, and well set up. streak
.. gray had touched her hair and her face weather
,t. .e. time had not dimmed the fine nut-brown OF
Miss Wcfase's complexion. or set any very dishgunng
v-rE. r,.a her countenance.
- h.t. -0r. that don't think about women one way