The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1922-03-02

"oh, l'm-Pm Not Saying Anything
Against Abe, Am |, Mama?"
what do you keep bringing him up
for?"
Because I got eyes what see. Be
| cause l got eyes what see if you 90
the whole world over, another boy like
Abe you won't find. A fine young
| business man that would treat you like
| a queen. l tell you, Esther, the quick
er you get such a nonsense as meet
| ing the swells on trip to Europe out
of your head the better. Abe maybe
amt so swell, but all 1 ever heard
| you could say against him was his big
| ears and"
Mama, please don't keep harplng
on-on him."
81 amt, Esther, I amt. Like your
papa says, l should be the last one
! ever to force my children to get mar
ried. But take my word Esther; the
best thing what can happen to you
on this trip is you should write him
to meet US in Paris like he wants you
should. l tell you, Esther, if you can
| make up your mind to want him bad
enough to ask him to meet US in
| Paris, that, l say, is the best thing
what can happen on this trip"
"Oh, mama, you-you make me so
mad. If If l want to write to Abe
to meet US in Europe, II don't need
you to always keep telling me about
it. II came away toto get away
from that crowd Of boys at home. +"
"To pick up with such sporty kind
Of men like this Danziger from Chi
cago, guess. l tell you, Esther I
think"
Il can't help what you think, mama.
Papa and l like him alrighty. He's
been all over. He knows more about
the world than you and papa and Abe
and me put together. He's going to
show us Switzerland and the Riviera
| if he can change his ticket"
Il"
And if you want to know ii, II
like him. l like him whether you like
him or not. Maybe If you and papa
wOuld-would leave me alone with him
me, too. II like him-so there! l
| just do"
Her voice slipped upward and she
sat down hard and suddenly on the
extension of the mothers steamer
chair, her lips quivering as If wounded
and her eyes with a hint of tears in
them turned away from the mirth of
the promenade deck.
IF you want to know it, II like
him-so there!"
Under the caves of the steamer
hood, Mrs. Lefkovitch's face crumpled
into incredulity.
Esther, you! A little sporty nix
like him, what travels more as he at
tends to business. That's what l need
yet, my daughter what could have
man like Abe"
you got to quit calling him a nix,
mama. He's just prince, that's what
he is. Papa says he spends more money
in one day on this boat than all the
other cheap skate fellows put together
Papa saw him-with his own eyes give
away a five dollar gold piece to poor
sick fellow in the steerage"
ga, l know, l know. But / never
in my life thought much"
He'd let cards alone pretty quick,
let me tell you, mama, If all the cheap
skates on this boat who lost their few
dollars that first night wouldn't always
be after him trying to win them back"
-Four hundred and eighty"
"Look, mama, look! Oh, mama, we
we-we've been missing it. Oh! Orr
In sudden proximity green as sward,
and as If a volcanic shudder had
spewed it up through the sea, the isle
of Madeira, Tipped by waves and under
the luscious kiss of southern sun, lay
with its fertile TANKS to seward. VII
lagos, toy size. perched on the slopes
in an attitude of sliding off. Vine
yards and geometric truck gardens
lay to the sun. In the background a
mountain lost its head in mist.
"Oh, mama, isn't it-isn't It gor-
geousT
ia. And you say Esther, in Ma
deira is where we get the hand en-
broidery so cheapT"
Eyes, yes, and see, mama, that dar-
ling little white town"
"Ach, how wish my boy Niche
could see it with me. I tell you a
mother amt got much pleasure if"
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