Show 1IY1r1 ONE ON EDWARD ATKINSON I Tart Reply to His Cordial Greeting of Old Friend Tho late Edward Atkinson used to tell tho following story at his own expense ex-pense In his boyhood he was one of i number of boys who used to play ball on tho Boston common which was then against the law At regular Intervals old Ernstus Clapp the constable con-stable would bear down upon the trespassers tres-passers and put them to flight The boys used to have crcat fun with this rather choleric old man Disastrous Clapp the boys dubbed him Ono day after Mr Atkinson had grown tip Into a prosperous and re jpoctecl business man while passing along a Boston street In company with a friend he recognized In a bent and wizened old man tho likeness of his old acquaintance Constable Clapp Mr Atkinson Immediately addressed I the old fellow Dont you remember mo Mr Clapp he asked Tho old man loaned OH Ills stick and surveyed Mr Atkinson coldly Naw ho finally answered and started start-ed to hobblo on Why Im Eddlo Atkinson whom you used to chase oft the common years ago Clapp glared at him suspiciously and finally put an end to tho Interview Inter-view much to the amusement of Mr Atkinsons friend by saying sharply Well sir no honest boy ever had causo to run from me |