Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-25

- aASSA0 JO1 W IOSI 1I6
weight. 1t was surprisingly light, and
rolled toward him easily. He dropped
the thong and stared at the thing
anew. Then he pushed his silk hat
back on his head.
Poor damn rtool!" said Adam. But
whether he mean the Italian, the
organ or himself would have been diff
1cult to tell. The observant and idle
policeman had lowered neal during
the transaction just concluded, and
now watched Adam with interested
amusement. The latter went up
gingerly to the machine and patted
us Vanished side gently. Then, but
toning his overcoat, he stepped be-
tween the shafts and hauled them up
ward. The organ gave a jerk which
nearly landed him off his feet, righted
sigh.
Into the depths!" said Adam cryp-
tically. and moved of slowly in a
northerly direction. /
The policeman shook his head in
bovine amusement.
o the tricks them coolidge boys
do be up to!" said the policeman; and
traiied on to the nearest saloon.
The sun was high and clear now,
shining as though in wonderment
that so few Of the city dwellers had
yet come out to see it. Adam trudged
along doggedly. On either hand the
theaters and restaurants settled down
to their morning of uneasy slumber,
while the automobile shops opened
their doors. A little further north,
past Sixty-sixth street, and the gorge
U apartment houses with their SER
ried rows OF blinded windows lifted
skyward. From the cross-streets
came a few. struggling milk or grocery
carts, with noisy d~rivers\who dashed
their Gathering beasts and whistled at
the sight of Adam. Occasionally an
o~pstreperous street a shot past, lg-
noring him; or early workers, hurry
ing to the long days toll, paused an
Instant in their slavish haste, to stare
At the odd spectacle he presented:
And thai was ALL, Determinedly, but
without n definite purpose, he plod-
ded on, the exercise gradually sober
Ing him. and presently he began to
take a sort Of savage delight in fore
Ing the weight of the organ along. 1t
was something to tug at, and he felt
like Juggling. It was a spiritual neces-
sity Of the moment, to do something
hard. and in default Of any other plan
served very we'll. Further and further
uptown he crept. In the little park
ings above the subway, the first spears
OF green were beginning to show,
though family. The shrubs were full
of tight little brown buds which would
cover The scars of autumn pruning be-
fore long. In one or two windows
there We're set boxes of flowers, where
the sill faced to the south and was
sheltered from the wind. Altogether
the day seemed full of promise and
had a peculiarly new look to it. A
good day for beginning, thought Adam
as his head grew clearer. !
AT One Hundredth. street he stopped
to rest. his body tingling with the ex-
ercise, and leaning the organ against
the curb in what he had noted as be-
Ing the orthodox manner, set his hat
atop 1t carefully, and wiped his face
with a very fine, monogrammed cam
brio handkerchief. Two passing
schoolgirls regarded him with awed
fascination, and could scarcely drag
themselves by. A stout matron, bound
early for the open markets, scowled
at him disapprovingly, and a butch
er's boy stopped to converse.
Hello, b." said the boy. with
Gettin' hazed?"
Adam looked at him solemnly and
liked the Interpretation.
Yes" he assured him; I'm being
initiated"
Ter what collidge frat?" asked the
butchers boy"
1.-THE Compania Infortunata," said
Adam, devising a little dog Latin at
this sudden throw-back into his un-
dergraduate days.
"Oh!" said the butchers boy i'm
pressed. do you have to play it?"
He indicated the organ with a grimy
thumb and a jerk of the head,
It was Adams turn to be impress
sed. Really, this boy had a touch Of
inspiration in the suggestions he
made!
Yes" said Adam. Eyes. I am go
"Fine!" said the butcher boy. "And
what do you do with the coin?"
"Coin?" repeated ADAM, puzzled.
Sure. Coin. Doodle, CASH." F..
"Oh yes, the collection!" said Adam
slowly. zone passes the hat or err
something, doesn't one?"
"Naw!" said the butcher boy. eyer
jist holds out yer lid like dis, see?
And they throws de money in"
Why. 80 they do, that's right" ex-
by this further suggestion. Really
this was a good boy; far too good for
the average butcher, he felt sure This
money idea was the best notion of the
lot. For he began now to feel an UNI
familiar. yet unmistakable sensation
of hollowness in his middle. Hungry!
That was 1t. The being up all night,
the organ. had done ii. For the first
time in years, perhaps for. the first
time in his life, Adam was experience
ing real physical hunger; a demand
for sustenance. AS he had not q cent
to buy food with-all at once he re-
membered this. for such a contingency
had not occurred to him when he gave
the Italian his all. And now, here at
hand was the first occasion Of his
earning a meal. Money would be
thrown into the hat. Yes, but his
holding it out was none too alluring.
Say, kid" suggested Adam. you
hold the hat for me-. Sort Of pass it
like, on commission. How about it?"
The butcher boys little eyes
cleaned avaraciously for q second,
and then he shook his head our
fully.
'Nothin' doin'." he replied. "Me
Job is wort more to me, an I'm late
now. I'll stick around and hear one
tune, and then I'll have to got"
Still Adam hesitated. Across the
way was a little bake shop and
creamery combined. From its direc-
ton there waited the odor Of hot
coffee-cake. temptinsly delicious. red
client with the spices OF the orient.
That settled It. The pangs It raised
were nor than mortal could endure.
and 80. with q vigorous twist, he sent
the handle spinning.
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