The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1924-06-19
CHAPTER v

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James Sanderson was pleased with
the lads build and clear eyes. The
big house on Mob hill was pleased with
him likewise While he was unim-
pressed with the grandeur. taking II
as a matter OF course. yet he had a
smile for every one without being IA
mlllar. II was not 20 be doubted that
he had a manner. as n he We're the
masters son. let alone the child OF
the masters sister and penny
scrunchin' missionary.
When James Sanderson had arrived
az that place which permitted him to
build house OF his own. IL was OF
piece with its neighbors. a wonderful
example OF ornamentation. The pOr.
tico was corinthian-columned There
were plnnacles and many-angled roofs
all wood painted gray. Wherever a
space permitted. the whole was iced
with carved wood. acanthi and fat
Rubens-like babies all sprawllng to-
gether.
II was with a twinge. after the fire
and earthquakes had swept away his
house with all OF the others. that San
derson admitted that a change would
be necessary. This he agreed 10, as
far as the exterior OF the house was
concerned. There was now nothing
but severe lines, and even his plea for
a Doric column was overwhelmed by
the architect.
He was, however. positive about two
things. He would have none OF your
low ceilings. lie wanted large rooms.
where there was space for . man TO
breathe.
The other matter was a vipw-rOom.
Formerly. n cupola had served this
purpose. The nearest that Sanderson
could come was 10 insist that upon
the roof be built a plll-box Gas the ar
chitect called ~ which set al the oppo-
site end from the roofs water tank. II
had many windows and was reached
by a spiral staircase which had a land
ing before the door, and then contin-
ued 10 a trapdoor in the roof. From
the windows OF this tower room was q
sheer drop OF sixty feet.
Wisely. Sanderson had this room
prepared for Bob. II was apart from
the house. "No sense keepln' the lad
In boarding school. A fellow wants
a little privacy. A place 10 bring his
friends where we grownups won't dis.
turb them. nor hear them"
The room pleased Bob immensely.
Sanderson had fitted II up. as he said.
10 give the lonely hoy homelike
place. Actually. he had adorned the
room as he would have liked HIS own
room when he was a lad.
Floor space. nothing TO speak ~:
walls covered with the sort OF hunt. 4
ing prints that Sanderson had always
admired: four chairs. all bought sec
so as 10 be 'homeilke. and 4
not stiff:~ a rack OF books, filed with /
some Of his uncle's own. A broad 4
double bed, curtained from the room .
had slept upon grain
sacks when he first came around the
Horn) a table witch a humidor. lest
Bob take to cigarettes (which he early
ADD.
His first days In the streets stnrtled
him. II was strange TO walk through
he crowds OF hurry,ng people and see
10 face that he knew. once or twice
Re had greeted a japanese. only TO bs
-ewaried with a blank stare. or a So
,ercillous giggle After that he was
alent- Yet he could not help but feel
ZACH time he saw brown face dlsap-
year in the crowd. an unexpected
,oignant loneliness II seemed 10
lin that a fragment OF his familiar
world had vanished. leaving him alone.
He was entirely unaware Of encour-
ging looks thrown at him. Bob was.
Is a woman with two tiny bundles re-
marked to her companion. not AZ all
ard 70 look at There was something
about him Not infre-
uenfly a girl. or a free-and-easy
Dung matron. found time 10 smile 81
I'm.
Sanderson liked tie man-compaDy ,
/ gave him a feeling that no guest no
.atfer how intimate could insfill The ,
oy's rapt attention when be spoke he
ook not as duty. but as interest II
ras a combination Of both. The
Ilghtest encouragement was sufficient
, start him remlniscing Of bis college
ays He felt that Bob should be fore
armed. but did not realize that Ia
as srrning BIN a. well