The sun., 1916-10-29

together and wide eyed. TO approach
again o the next verse and the next
shock. These nerve racking recita-
lions especially. appealed to my small
brother Sam. who would frequently
or even from his meals. saying. TIA
wants the "Muggler's Leap
when Joseph Jefferson visited Eng
land about this period to play Rip
Van Wrinkle In London. he became q
party to these occasions. Mr.. JefYer-
o stayed at our house in kersington.
You who remember tho sweet and gen.
tie Jefferson will smile to know that
my parent told his children that a
famous pirate chief wal coming to
hide from the officers OF the law.
shortly Jefferson arrived. wrapped
up In a very large greatcoat and ac-
companied by his son Charles, who had
met with an accident on shipboard
Charles was carried carefully into a
room on the ground floor. and JefYer-
son and my father were closeted for n
while making Charles comfortable IN
bed. When my father came out I and
my brothers were peering through the
banisters at the door Of the pirate
Hush said my father. There has
been a terrible battle on the high seas
The pirate chief will be hanged II
any body speaks. and his FIRST mate is
full Of cannon balls. There il only one
thing to do. and that IL to give up eat
ing and 10 stand on one leg. Quick.
There Is no time to lose. Hush and
he left us.
shortly Mr.. Jefferson came out OF
the room and found three little boys
each standing on n leg on the stair
case.
Don't shoot said my elder
brother.
Bang shouted Mr.. Jefferson. and
the three small lads fled in dismay.
1t did not take long for us to make
friends with this terror OF the seas,
We were soon taken to see RIP and
then we played Rip ourselves. assisted
by Joe jefferson. In those days we
played many plays. The rockery In
our garden very readily became n
weird spot IN the kaatskill Noun
tains. Sleepy Hollow materialized
with the swift magic OF c~hildhood's
thought, which can make one a gnome,
or q giant. or a flea, or an elephant
within the twinkling OF an eye. My
brother Sam was a gnome. and had Ia
crawl about or all tours. He. however,
was very mutinous. and no matter
what character We cast him for, he
would insist on introducing the climac-
tic speech from my fathers perform
ance Of 'Rosedale,' where the hero
cries: Up. guards. and at EN- Quite
regardless Of plot or play. Sam would
cry. this at inopportune moments. and
when rebuked would mutter In his own
secret language and conspire against
our peace OF mind"
II have been,' comments Mr.. Soth-
ern on another page. "nursed on more
knees than any other baby in Amer
lea. While the men and women OF my
fathers generation were yet alive
would constantly meet elderly people
males and females, who would ex-
claim: Why, l nursed you on my
knee when you were a baby Old
Couldock. Mrs. Walcot. Joe Jefferson,
Stoddart. William Warren. Mrs. Vim
cent I could name a thousand In
public and private life whose knees
had accommodated me. From knee to
knee I would seem TO have hoped
as birds from bough to bough. must
have reposed upon as many bosoms
as did Queen Elizabeth on four post
beds. Whether was nursed thus be-
cause I was beautiful or good. or be-
cause the last good Samaritan desired
IN hand ma IN ranidly IN tho next
history saith not. Perchance my