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Sunday momW momma mominsfs , w eii ea Mother went to churcli church andslept and M Mdept slept dept lept late late . , the old max man W kip ' p } "m m " In a wicke wicker " chair utidet uHdef utidetj uHdefji un4efland j . ji ' r if ifand ifand and read rat ! the Public Pub/it Pub it / L Lldll Lsiifffy sdg YjQ ! I t I.given ts tyen ? s . jnvcn .given given -thco thco - yen the ( he gr gray . , . ijhawl ahawl shawl t9 tq to pr prthco prt _ Kthe x xttre ttre ' xrass Rl'us Rlus grass and itudy study 'the the . ' ht ' , ' 1 1When When Mother SO got ' 1 & awn7 " . Ap Apat P Pat at mt me ' and turd Aid paid "S S "See See " " i If Ifthe , itd et 'the the ' iknew Pope's Popes ' telephone . null nlJ ) i f lenew knew wher where he kept It itt : lIt t , " I tbottle bottle IJ.bltHe of f Vpt V Vat , . 69 ti9 IJ.blt IJblt ; . * } > He was pretty pret " well wellarthrjds ' arthritis arthrjds . . Mac 'eam eam Teamed Teameddoctor ' doctor doctor Itow how low to caic cale ease hbl'l"ii hbllii himtrained him ' traIned JmtKWtrained pur ours nursir . , doesI doe does . ' . \I I z . \ zM zo zstand M " JQ Wwb WwbPo * ' o Itand stand "fth.1til fth.1til fth1til whh " . ils feet mced braced a agaipst lfS-l lfS l ) - lfSlPO agaipstPnp'ttand Pnp'ttand Pnpttand Po . ' \ . . and .nd nd . .hold hold . out both bath hands hand hancf * . Theold Ttn The Theold TtnId old Id man would mab grab Rra * Mbe7n , tbcrti hem AM aful.Macwould afulMacwould } Idle , . ] der derwould : WO\lId WO lId would \ swinx .WinJe WinJe sina . * him film up uli ; : first firsttogether t thet h : tV WWtoKether 1 , w f ) tnRetI1er together 1 like e hey they ( , , were yer , , wrt J t In fu . n npoor & , pop poor old oM Pop Po > xrowlinx growling 1inR WithJl with " : iMbi iMbihe'd In hn InUnde hntndereIit Unde tndereIit ( th ; } arbor arbbr , IpeclaU specially , d dce < , t ce cecould he hecould could tm Q'I'I QII ' " ' ll dUUler danner getlng get ( in rea.d read ready readysing . " he'd hed rdcoInsh bM'JSccwInh bMJSccwInh ' sInK sing .ln ln . IIOM aomq Konr of tbosrf thoat those " b1d rdco rdcoh " ' ' * t Ji h . Insh * onf lonAS songs < ) I f never fc knew W Wwb.t wb.t wbt wbal wb.tthey wbalthey whatthey . they wen wen- were wenan - * all an about . , but when I J 1 had hadoatmta1 hadoatmeal hailoatmeal oatmta1 oatmeal ft'd ftd Wd se'd sed . ' hum hllm * ' . . . . . .J J . ' . . . . . roriaaJt roriaaJtKi1 . tWrltig"iW7- tWrltig"iW7 tWrltigiW7 . . . - , . . . & " _ ; J & - tWrltig"iW7D.7 ww whet , , ' tl lt # . r tkyatr " ' to " D.7 D7 . ' Allt Allt1 ' /1 1 A4 / # r4 hi oria ; . , / Kt Ki1 Kinf " , JdrrUtJ JdrrUtJlaIrl Junit.k Junitk . laIrl . d"g dg isHnkHr anI4oa . " " ' ' SUMAIM . , . " " . wu mr " If . w . OHrttl OffHfff ' " 1 I wasn't wasnt wasdt ' ' au'r aur stfre * ' ur . what what was an Uranger Oranger UrangerueeJ Orangertxcept Oranferexcept ueeJ txcept > t it was omethinx something ethlP that an- an annJY an annoyed - . nJY noyed ( tht the th , Church of Kunr Rume Rome and pvc gave : July.The JulyThe 1'01 101 Pop ' cavePop gavePop ' an extra celebration in July uly . , The Twelfth . , . ho he h aid.wal aidwal aaidwas said . , . 'WI WI ' ' t three threetimes threetunes ree reetuna tuna times aj at as xood good goad at as a the Fourth/ Fourth Itourth FourthHecelebrated . . / . He Hecelebrated Hecelebrated Hecelebrated celebrated the Fourth for tot his fus IOn sans ( ! , . , but cui.but cuibut fetterHe the th Twdf1f01 Twelfth Twdf\1\ Twdf 1 \ iw f01 for ' hi \ l\1a l 1a Is * fat fater fetter father fatherH fathernever er erHehever He-hever He hever He H - -never- never - neverOi ' - K t got ( Oi tiredtelling tind tired < tellinK te1JiM telling tt _ tn * howhe himhe how him howc he c gav gave the th boys bo's bos ) ' their fint first ant ricket cricket ricketmsens cricketlessons cricketleiions msens lessons on the II'aU IIaU grass { ' xras * patchIII patchtit patch 111 III tit theyard the theyard theyard yard . . Ev Et Even n when he h was wa * half crip crip- crippled crippled . - pled he h It stilt still in mowed andweeded and weeded theold the theold theold old batting battl"iJ battliJ hotting " cteaSe crease crca whif when where th the wicketItOOl wicketstood wicket ItOOl stood tood ! "That'l Thatl "That's Thats "That That " " * ' * where I 1 tauxht taught Denny Dennyto Dennyto Dcnnyto to itep step Out OUI to it , , " . he h * uld Aid aald Dennis Demus . , , heeems heeems he , cons eems more like hke an unde uncle than a abrother abrother brother brother he's hes he ' * ' * . 21 years older than thanme thanme thanme me me . . , was raised in m the last Jreat great Jreatage greatage { xrcatac age Of f Philadelphia Phltadelphla cricket criC.ket . Popnever Pop Popnever Popnever never playedfor forrot forgot forgot that Dcnny Denny once played for the Gentlemen of Phsladel Phlladeh Philadclilnaafauist { hla ha hlaagamst haagainst agamst against come lome some English club dub that was wastoudng wastouring wastourltiff toudng touring . . . I think he was really a aringer aring arinxer arinxerr ringer ringerI ring ringsuppose placete vlaceIn placeIn I r suppose Philly Phlly , is the th last list t vlace place In America Ammaa where it still shll matters matten to tobe tobe tobe be a xentleman ReI1tleman gentleman Of course cou cours " * the oldman old oldman oldman man wasn't wasnt ' but he was Wa ! on Intlmale intimate Intlmaletenol intimateterms Intimateterms tenol terms vnth With gentlemen entJemen on account t ofcricket of ofcncket ofcricket cncket cricket At the clubs and at thebig the thehIlt thebin hIlt big private tlnvate school Ichool where heVs he \V\\s V s was wascoach \ wascoach Vscoach \ coach he knew all the Rlttenhous Rittenhouse RittenhouseSquare RittenhouseSquare Square crowdwhen crowd when they the > ' 'Were Were werq ' wer ; lust J ) list listboys ii tboys boys lustboys He was invited to cricket cncket club clubdInner clubdinners clubdinners dInner dinners . and anc ! uwd ued used , to sing SinK ; I Irish Insh nsh sonlf5 songs for sonirsfor sonlf5for songsfor them than There s I nobody so 10 Inobby snobby snobbyabout Inobbyaboul snobbyabout aboul about kecpmt keepmK keeping ; up social hcdncs hed\tu hed tu hedges \ a an ansomebndywho assomebody , somebody somebndywho , _ who isn tan t himself hlmsdf QulCe quite < | m e Ihe the Ihereal thereal thereal real McKay For POmen Pop PO\ PO \ ! men who whodldn whodidn whodidn dldn didn t know know kow ! } about cricket hardly harCly ! ex exIsted exfated exIstcd Isted fated E ' 1'ven 1ven l'ven lven ' yen foxhunlii fOllhllnlll foxhtintit K g \ ( c t < r IIrr llrr l I irr lrr tlror eror ar tlr er or r polo ) ) olo were wt"u wtu " ' I 1 | rcttv rellv reify m ! ddle ccUe 1"1I r1sae " r1 1"1 11 I > sae saeIt < " 'r r . 'rIt ' It If was on aCI anount amount ullnt oftnclcet n of f fl .rickcl rickcl rKkrl tnclcet l ( . thal that thalWyn thatWyn thatWyn Wyn fir"1 fir1 first nr < " ( rame ramt came ' to 10 ihc Ihe the hnnsr hnii hnll < c e I It Ir Iwa Iwas I t r < was wa < ' netting getting g gettingtunic ItIllR 'UI11 UI11 tunic ' umc old sn III stt rrtni rC'hu rChu rrlnw ' < k < , ' forthat for for.h.lt forth .h.lt h.lt hlt that lelphlgdCricket . . . t Hmclrrd Hmdred H indrrd mclrrd mdred Year Y"r Yr Years , . " < " of I I Ii h la 1 I " , * lelphlgd ! Iclphia IclphiaCricket lp1 } ! Cricket Crc.et Crcet ! ) . llicy Ihey they printed pnnltd pnnted It rt1ak makes ! m mecmde me # cmde "II II " wile npw nw now ( ) when I think dunk It II } hid 11\c 11 c nd " \ ! In to h he heme heroe me who Iooctup stoodup stood Iooct up for tl it e C a ! o11 ol 01 I ' Mam Main Mamline MainI line 1me 1 me ' ( ' virial 'O'lal Olal 'octal octal tradition t'iton titon " " ' , when Wyn was wasall wasall J Jall all set srt to chu'kIt chnrkit ctmrk chu'k chuk chnrk ( ' it overboard ovt'rhoard ovtrhoard ' And Andthe Aa An " < tthar'bibv ttharbibv thA the ' v if il It i1 had been hern tx h h < m . m . , would wouldhav wouldhave wouldhave hav have bopn elmo'I elmoI , almost Imo'l Imol ' a R Jrnllrman gentleman , ! ; " < Ionian be-caiiie be caiiie se secause - cause C"all Call " e Wyn yn rame canto cam * from a cricket C club clubfamily cubfamily cubfamilyCHAPTFR | lb lbfamily familyCHAPTFR family CHAPTFR H"Yos H n H"You've "Yos Yos "You've Youve "You'vt Youvt " ' ve ' Rot got to m 111 rat trrr trry trrror trryor < rry or die d.e de . to RC't RCt get RC'tInto getinto nclinto ' Into il It " was our Ollr I ! . & sjviiin saving VIIIR about aboul Ihr tht thtFront IhrFront"Houm th thFront Front"Houm FrontHoum Front Houm ttaxn " I I had hac ! qUile quite uuitc a vivid VIVIt ! i t t c ctUrl cSure ctiire tUrl Sure ' in an mr my mrmlnc mymind my mind mlnc mindof ! ofmy,1f ofmyself of my,1f my1f myself my,1f"rUlna myselfk.ettinp my , . < elf "rUlna rUlna k.ettinp kettinp "rUlnamarnC'd k.ettinpenarned " . > > rtlin rtlininarned inarned marnC'd marnCd enarned marnC'dIn enarnedin ' in there Mllrna Marriagetin MarnaKC Marriage ) ( IttM J JtiN tiN light tight was weai-mx weai mx wrarlnR wranng - a wI wt wlt t'te tte ale ' ! le Ie k 1(1of 11of ( I Iof iof of ofwhite white satin an air 1 la lace ( are and aoo hjv hdV hay 1/1 1 i t g / . ga a . cake with wllh doves clove's cloves ' in 10 frixtirisi fnnimg f " 'ltIr18 ltIr18 ' all allarnllnd allaround allarMind arnllnd around ( II It like hue what I 1 uw 'aw aw ' aw in to Han Ham Marrs Hamcum Marrselan Hanc < cum elan c m s . window on al rrankft frank rrnk " , f < . rd rei A AVn1Ul Avenue Avenuewhile Avmuewhile Vn1Ul ' while the Ihe men met K"t Kt Mot got " Ildslned Ilasirred Ildslned.n Ilasirredin I Usirred . in .n n the theknthen Ih tlicIcitihen . kllwm knthen . . Fvcn F"en Fen Fven " after Mother MOlhrr die dlC died " < < l ' I I pp Of op ' mad road inadrfthetic . , t.athnlc tathnlc 'tathetic tathetic Fraltkonrn ' . aueml atlem at cm { | ts IS to 10 k keep < 11 lhe the lh < Front Fralt FrontR FroniKofn konrn R . " , spmal IIpKlal special He went in Ihe'ft Iheft there theresometimes ilierrs ' . somdunes sometimes metunes to sit III in the Ihe redveJvet redecivet red eciveteasy veJvet ecivet veJveteasy velveteasy easy chair clla.tr cllatr diatr . but 1 I dun don t think Ihmk he was wasever wasever wasever ever quite eas easy ) ' It didn dlttn t seem seen ccm rightto right rightto riihtto ; to sit Sli alt there n m to shlrt.leeyes shlrtleeyes ahtrtaiteyq shirt . sleeves . . On Ihe the Ihemantel themantel themantel mantel was a wonderful Kill gilt arK amt ! amtlass andclass t1au glass glassgot [ lass clock dock under tinder a glass glas . bell bellGrandpa belll bell.Grandpa bellGrandpa l . Grandpa cot got it at the Cent Cettenptal CettenptalExposition CentennialEjtpotition tal talExpositIOn ExpositIOn in 1976 1876 Phtladelpbl3 Philadelphia Phtladelpbl3ham't Philadelphiahasn't Philadelphiahai't Philadelphiahait ham't hamt hasn't hasnt ' for tonpotten forgotten tten the CentcKiial CmtcPJlIal Centennial even evm yet yel yet . , the ldman eoldman eold oldeold , ' : Old ld nun man usad usul used to talk lalk aLoul about aLoulit aboutt aboutIt it t sometimes sometunes . . If he was ala alive ve now hr he hrwouJd hewould hewould wouJd would pretend that this New YorkWorld's York YorkWorld YorkWorld World World's Worlds ' ' * , Fair Pair Fa r was wa just lust an upstart upstart.thoufh upstartthoufh . . thOUSh though I daresay he'd hed ' ' ' like lake us Its gen gcrl gcrlera genwas e/l e l elera / era era ! ) Tammany flavor avor TI Tat [ al cl clxk clxkwas Jk Jkwas ( was made an imitation mtatluo of Hoi-lie Hoi lie HonlC Ionic I - II IItt iiturn iltura tt turn raJ ) H Hall all , , . you cou : could Id s see e all II tt ( I r e : eworks eworks works , . whIchwere which were usually slow II It IIhat Ithat Itha hat * Philadelphia Pluladelphla blood ' Pop Pov sa . d . d d.Th dTh . The kitchen clock , a muchmor muchmore much more morehomely mor morehomely I\ornely I ornely homely \ thing thins ; , wasfast was wal last fast fast ] . . Pop and I f fwere t were like tlioic those Ihos two twoclock twoclocks twoclocks clock clocks . , so 10 different but gra icratiiallycommx luaUy lushly lushlycoxnmg luaUycommg commg coxnmg closer doser together together aKam agam again I d go gocrazy (0craxy 0craxy ( o ocrazy crazy if I tried tned to figs figsout figure outthe out the theproblem the theproblem me problem , but " ut it a gave rav me a not nol onthere onthere on there are a , lot Itfive 0 o of five lovely things Just Justout Justout justout out ofreach of reach That's Thats That'l Thatl ' how 1 I felt yearsafter years yearsafter yearsafter after , when the old man died So Somuch Somuch Somuch much comedy and hard.Clne hardsense hard sense .Clne Clne . and andIhynesl andshyness andshyness Ihynesl shyness in him and I 1 couldorvcr couldnever |