Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-11-24


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ne Il lave, yez pick tho SS
Walk the straightest ' craa,c, fiure. an,
nh, IN Garry Owen. 'eeth' and sing
"a al Al tne house be stril,tr,
ehairiey Burke's in town pands sence
Inc hoad-Yaird hands coo
~. IN, an niver goin' bac I'''es dhrOppin'
AN Ihere' two freights ~
Ie wan on aither tract '"e switch
an Mr. Gearry. from Tbe O.,
mad enough to swAar shops, he's
0urStn't spake word b,,.
'iat Chairley's there sia' the
oos'' ohalriey! Charley! Chair,ev D.,
., ye OWL. wild yer waye icy Burke!
S5hari1 al tLe throubles afr A.
ohov ona .t an ghloomy days. ' nese
have - d meself, wild all the graif,
Must lave me pick tn rasb.
Charley Burke's In town '''' sence
Before we turn back NON,
the smiling Major, as / stood ,inro Su'u
over the indefinable humor of +ta
refrain, before we turn hocl, '"St
TO show you something eminent,v c ,lu'
acteristic. Come this way half do1on
steps," 0o@eh
AS he spoke I looked up. first "a =,
serve that we had paused heforo "
handsome square brick residence CON
terlng a beautiful smooth lawn r.
em@ald only Uttered with the uaht
gold of the earliest autumn Iaovon
On either side of the trim wall, 49,
led up from the gate to tbe car,.os
stone ballusters of the broad nioz1a
with its empty easy chairs. woro
graceful vases, frothing over with joto
blossoms, and wreathed with lauroI
looking vines; and, luxuriantlv Iacin,
the border of the pave that turned the
farther corner of the house. bluo
white and crimson, pink and violet
went fading away in perspective as
my gaze followed the gesture of tba
Majors.
Here, come little farther. Now
do you see that man thereY
Yes, / could make out a figure !,
the deepening dusk-the figure of .
man on the back stoop-a tired-look-
ing man, in his shirt sleeves. who sat
upon low chair-no, not a chair-on
empty box. He was leaning forward
with his elbows on his knees and the
bands dropped limp. He was smok.
ing, too, | could barely see his pine,
and bat for the odOr of very strong TO-
bacco, would not hove known he had
a pipe. Way does the master of the
house permit his servants so to desc
crate this beautiful home? I thought.
"Well, shall we go now?" said the
Major.
turned silently and we retraced
our steps. I think neither Of us spoke
for the distance of square.
"Guess you didn't know the man
there on the back porch?" said the
Major.
"No; why?" I asked obviously.
II hardly thought you would, and
besides the poor fellows tired, and it
was best not to disturb him." said the
Major.
"Why; who was it-someone l
known"
ut was Tommy"
"Oh," said inquiringly, "he's en-
ployed there in some capacity"
eyes, as master of the house"
"You don't mean it?'
81 certainly do. He owns it, and
made every cent of the money that
paid for itl'' said the Major proudly
That's why I wanted you particularly
to note that eminent Characteristic
spoke Of. Tommy could just as well
be sitting, with a fine cigar on the
front piazza in an easy chair. as with
his dhudeen, on the back porch, on an
empty box, where every night you'll
find him. It's the unconscious drop
ping back into the old days of his
father, and his fathers father. ard his
fathers fathers father. In brief, he
sits there TIE poor lorn symbol Of the
long oppression of his race"