Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-04-07
CHAPTER ~.

It was gray stone, with long roofs
Of thick green slate An architect who
loved the milder Gothic motives had
built what lie liked: it was to be seen
at once that he had been left unham.
pered, and he had wrought picture
out Of his heod into noble and eX.
ultant reality. At the same time 4
landscape designer had played so good
a second, with rea.ly-made accessories
Of screen. approach and vista, that al
ready whatever look Of newness re-
manned upon the place. was to its ad-
vantage, as showing ut least one thing
yet clean under the grimy sky.
Altogether, the new house was a sue
cess. 1t was one Of those architects
successes which leave the owners
yelled in privacy; it revealed nothing
of the people who lived in it save that
they were rich. In our swelling cities
rich families. one after another, take
title and occupy such houses as for
tHEes rise and fall-they mark the
high tide. 1t was impossible to mag
Inc. cl!ill''s- toy wa"on left unon a
walk or driveway Of the new house,
and yet it was---as Hlbbs rightly called
it-"Dcau:iful.'
What the architect thought Of the
"Goiro iii Napoli," which hung in its
vast gold rcvrI of rocco frame against
the gray wood of the hall, is to be con-
jectureG-pcrhap he had not seen it.
Edith, did you say only eleven
feet Hibbs parted, staring at it, rs
the whi+e-jac!icted twin of Il Pullman
porter helped him to get out OF his
OvcrcOat. 49,.
Eleven without the frame" she ex-
planned. les splendid. don't you
think? 1t lishtens things Up so. The
hall was kind Of gloomy before
40 y.nom nOw!' said Bibbs.
"yhs statue in the corner is pretty,
too" she remarked Mamma and
bought that And Ribbs turned at
her direction to behold, amid Il grove
Of tnbbcd palms, a "lile-size,' black
bearded Moor Of & plastic composition
painted with nuapDcasable gloss and
hriIiancy. Upon his chocolate head he
wore Il gold turbAn; in his hand he
held a goId-tippcd spear: and for the
rest. he was red and yellow and black
and silver. ... ..-s
"Hallplujah!' was the sole comment
of the returned wanlcrcr. and Edith,
saying she would find mamma left
him blinking ut the Moor. Presently.
after she had disappeared, he turned
to the colorrd man who stood waiting,
Bibbs' travelling bag in his hand.
"What do YOU think Of it," Bibbs
asked, solcnnly. ...... .....-
Gram" replied the servitor. "She
mighty hard to dus'. Dus' git in all
'em wrinkles. Ycssuh, she mighty hard
to dus'.'
81 expect she must be- said Bibbs,
his glance returning rehectively to the
black. full beard for a moment. us
there a place anywhere | could lie
down."
'"ycssuh. We. got enc mem spare
rooms all fix up TO- you. sub. Right
up stains, .slh. Nice room" .
rHc.led the way, and Bibbs followed
slowly, stopping at intervals to rest
and noting Il heavy increase in the
staff Of service since the exodus from
tue odd house. Maid and scrub
women were at work under rne pa.
tently nominal direction of another
Pullman porter who was profoundly
enjoying his own affectation OF being
harassed with care. +.
"Ev'ything got look spick an span
To- the big doiIis tonight" Bibbs'
guide explained, chuckling. "Yessuh,
we got big doin's tonight! Big doin's"'
The room to which he conducted his
tagging charge was furnished in every
particular like a room in a new hotel;
and Bibbs found it pleasant-though,
indeed, any room with a good bed
would have seemed pleasant to him
after his journey. He stretched him.
self fiat Immediately, and having re-
Piled Not now to the attendants
offer to unpack the bag, closed his eyes
YEARLY.
White jacket, racially sympathetic,
lowered the window shades and made
an exit on tiptoe, encountering the
other white jacket--the harassed over.
seer-in the hall without. Said the
emerging one:
HE mighty shaky, Mist Jackson
Drop right down an shet his eyes
Eyelids all black. Rich folks gotta sc
same as anybody else. Anybody ast
me if l change it'll at ole boy-No
sub! Lem keep is money: keep my
black skin an keep out the groundr;
Mr.. Jackson expressed the same
preference. "Yessuh, he look tub me
like somebody awready laid out