Evening star., 1928-10-21

not the onfg' f7i'io disses sos ST!Et' ~
pointed I'M a sense
that hadrrt drop
of blood in it.
but, also he wanted to know where
the bull was? Likewise his faith in
his hitherto fiawless parents received
such Jolt as to entail instant con-
ference with his grandmother as soon
as he got home.
When q. boy catches his nom and
pop in a 1lb. he naturally has to tell
his grandmother about it. For
cne reason, grandmothers understand
things, arnd, what is more important
they giva you nickels for chocolate
bars-every small boy knows.
And the wise little old confident lis
tened with satisfying eagerness until
the loslcrl time came for clipping in:
NY. NY, my, honey boy. I'm sorry
you didn t enjoy Bull Run I know
your grandfather will be SO surprised"
We'll, he oughtn't to be surprised.
grammuh, because he didn't see any
bull, an neither did nom or pop
but they all come hcme an said they
dld-an' If I had told whopper like
that thtr woulda spanked me, you
know tbs would. grammuh."
Well. 'Thy didn't they see Bull Run,
honey"
"BecaIse there wasn't any bull to
run. There wss plenty Of horses ant
sheep e. cows an lot of hogs an
teency-tincey pigs but they was all
eatin' grass in the fiei's an not both
erin mob ndy."
my. my, my, darling, AMI the,
WHAT"
why pop and nom an M an
granlpuh got cut an walked an walked
end rfr(iIh v-l,e n
hurt. an MON scrt CT cried an
kissed him on the sleeve where his
arm wasnt-an' all the time I was
waitin to. see the bull come a runnin'-
en- he didn't. Honest. he didn't. gram
reuh. An they come hcme sn' tole
you they had saw Bull Run-but they
didn't elnnmuh. because there wasn't
ar1v bull, there to run
It was perfectly natural mistake
fer S: all child to make-and. doubt
less, nrny other Children have mad.
that sane. Il Simply shows history's
crying 'need of a nagnifying glass.
TWO women who had lost tleir youth
and wers setting along comfortably
without it, we're Cumming over tea,
cold ham and cliTe5. when an ancient
personege came in lugging a basket If
wash. To see her vaver across the
room was to expect her to crurple up
before she could &c. to a chair And
when she reached rocker she hal an
air OF falling to pieces in rivalry of
the ore-horse sha". Eut i was cnlv
a hatit, seeing that in spite Of her
eighty -odds she was as tough as a
pine knot-to quote her own diagnosis
and her laundry was as white as snow.
Wien the hostess woman had sorted
T1Nthe= fNr t1e l1{~a
she ds.wered the old woman with two
cups of tea and toast and all that was
left Of the glass OF Jelly she had bought
from 2, church garden party. Then She
plotted her down to the pavement
where a middle-agsd son was waiting
to take her home in his fiivver. Which
would have settled the matter except
that the visiting woman asked where
on earth she had come from? And the
other explaine like this:
II frst saw her about four years ago
She sat across from me in a street car:
her face yellow wax glaze, and her
fingers picking at her coat, which. SUI
perstitton tells Us, is sign Of death. As
we both got out at Seventh street, some
man said to his companion:
IF that old dame doesn't get home
In hurry. she is going to die on the
vay-I give her an hour- Oh, we'll,
it's IS good way to 60 es any
ITO live long life and then die on
street. like fly behind a curtain, is so
pitifuT that followed the doomed crea-
ture, 50 that I could help cut in her
last ordeal You know none Of US
wonts to fall on the bricks and have
lot. of strangers swarm around until the
ambulance comes to cart US to the
nnorgue It was slow work pegging
after the wavering body and hesitating
steps, butt got there. all the same
The passing soul dickered at market
stalls until she had bought enough meat
and vegetables for boarding house
dinner over Sunday-sen6ing her or
ders horne bv the butcher where she
crossed over to the Avenue and. after
Shopping a bit turned into a cafe at
Ninth street and after that she went
tc movie.
"I was mad enough to bite her. but
It wes a good movie. and sat next to
her in case of dissolution. And she's
bsen doing my washing ever since. Also.
she has a vote, which is more than I
own. and q son who gives her the best
room in his house and feeds her on
what she calls the fat of the lam And,
aa have had to tell this yarn to every
friend who comes across her here. sup
,pcse we talk about the election. You
meet me in front of The Star Building
November s, after dark. and we'll come
home early to beat the crowd to the
cars. And I'll give you hot biscuit for
breakfast"
A WHITE bus stood before a funeral
"A parlor out Southeast way.
II was a big touring bus, with many
leather plump seats And on the side
next to the funeral parlors, was a let
tered sign:
Pleasure Trips
A boy skinrning along the asphalt on
roller skates made sudden dart Tor
delivery truck. He had barely caught
on, when somebody near enough to at
tract the drivers attention, called out:
Boy behind"
Around flashed the drivers arm with
an accompanying bawl, and of glided
the boy.
cept that the informer had on a nice
black suit and nice collar and hat and
nice. shiny shoes He was such a clever
imitation that if you had not seen the
tncident or noticed the smirk of COM
placency, as he watched the success of
his interference, you would really have
mistaken him for a man.
A youngster has no right. naturally,
TO tag onto vehicles, but against that
Law is the world-old dictum that boys
will be boys And they have such a
little time to be young in. AS every
man knows. And every woman.
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THIS is about another boy roller
skating on another street at an
other time.
A man who was watching him from
a car window said to the man next:
There's sight that makes you feel
siks laughing and crying together"
He said it with loud generality that
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