Pocahontas star herald., 1914-01-09
CHAPTER 1.

haSh " '1' A+"eo1o Ituuflck an
clapboard buildings forming. in lone
VILE. Conn, tho extensive group AZ
voted TO the manufacture OF Jones
Pepsin Gum. was the abandoned powe
house. wherein were housed the water
wheels which oQee had furnished fore,
to drive the factory's machinery. tn,
streams diminishing flow. the iu
creased needs OF the business. and tn,
economy OF steam all had initiated I'd
ward industrial abandonment Of IN,
old building
Small boys never fished there FOL
the sluioe-waters were too swift. load
ers never idled there. for the watch
men OF the mills were too strict a
their guardianship: but lovers somd
times wandered there. OF moonlight
nights; and In the afternoons, whel
the academy sessions had ended
broadway" really named Jackso]
Jones. but nicknamed Broadway" be|
cause OF his continual glorificatlon d
New york's great thoroughfare, which
he had seen upoa occasion. sometimeI
went there TO get away from Jonej
Vile" This afternoon he was to teac
two Jonesville ..irl friends new dane
steps which he had learned in Me-
York city. Later. dancing these wit
him at the Odd Fellows ball, the
would confound all other girls
Jonesville.
The girls came promptly. clar
Spotswood was the daughter OF the 10
cal Judge. Josie Richards the daughter
OF a recent manager Of the gum fac
tory. Her father was now laid up with
rheumatism. and Josie was In training
for bookkeeper's post in the great
enterprise which swallowed most OF
Jonesville's youth OF either sex. as
soon as they left school.
Now this step. girls" Broadway
said in preface. was invented on
Broadway for use upon Broadway by
broadway people. Don't mistake II for
a quiet nap It's not n sleep-dance. II
was not dreamed out in Jonesyilie."
And was everybody dancing III"
u. asked logic
Every gifl saw" he answered. He
had been telling OF a bali he had at.
tended in New York, but not quite all
he might have told about Il. Every
one saw, but one"
And was she dancing old style?"
NO: she was being carried TO an
ambulance. She had just sprained an
ankle"
"Oh. Jackson. you're too funnyl"
Thanks for those kind words" He
watched them whirl together for a
moment. mo; not quite that way.
Clara. Don't give a Broadway step
Jonesville twist; you want TO give
JonesyiIle step Broadway polish"
Breathless they stopped their ef.
forts. "Oh. you and your Broadway
You're always talking about Broad
wayi"
Clara" said Jackson very seriously,
have you ever seen Broadway"
You know | haven't"
. We'll, II you had. you'd never see
another place you thought worth sec
ing"
"Oh, you and your Broadway" Josie
Richards was an extremely pretty girl,
more serious than Clara, who was fiuf-
fy. mo wonder the boys all call you
Broadway"
Il suppose a minister is proud when
people cali him doctor" was the an
swer. when people call me Broad
way feel about like that"
I'D rather folks would call me An
drew-Jaclsson," remarked Sammy.
Andrew Jaclrson-was a-statesman
--not-a~ street."
"Your--sr-little brother" began
Broadway, but, not being eloquent by
nature, he left the sentence incom-
plate.
He Thinks he'll be a Caesar. He
wants to kill some boys by strategy,
for he's too fat to fight"
The girls laughed again. Now they
had begun the pleasant homeward
walk along the high road to the border
of the village
=" gVu COAhc 10 supper cara
asked.
AS long as can't eat on Broadway
Ia rather 90 to your house than to any
other place l know" said Jackson.
But I've got to 90 home first. This
collars wilted."
lie was the only boy in Jonesyllle
who would have thought of that; he
was the only boy in Jonesville who
owned pair of patent-leather shoes.
AS they passed his uncles residence
me old man, who was his guardian,
caught a glimpse Of him through an
opening in the neglected shrubbery on
the great lawn. and sent serving
man to bid him enter
jackson made a wry face for the
benefit OF the girls, as he said good-by
10 them, promising TO appear for sup.
per at the spotswoods'. He carefully
oneyed the summons. but it irked him.
HIS uncle always irked him. Ho be.
neved, and there were others who be
lleyed, that his uncle tried to irk him.
Ihey never had got On very well to
eeFnes; the cid man was hard. oou
safVa'iYe to the point o. -s4aoo. a..s4s