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What aa aD an advorture advcature advisors : , , xotec goiog out to toIllinois tolUuri Ilbnoia Illinois * at iii tir the . age an of thirteen thlrtien irteta . . I'dnever I'dnever ' I'd Id I'dexcept ' never been anywbere anywhere outsIde Philly Phiuy . , except cept : a . few tri trips trip down cow to the th Jer- Jer Jet- Jet - Jetq Jereq Icr-Mfr Icr Mfr - eq q ihof mote shore . . . The oU old nan man and Mae Maetook Mactook ac actook took me wfCt over to North Pbiladelphtaatatioo Philadelphiastation Pbiladriptua Pbiladelphta Philadelphia Pbiladriptuatation atatioo station tation to let au get aboard the th Lbnlted Lhnited UnntedI , . I Ial Isleeps al sleeps alwan think think of it whenever I 1 aee see aeedrat seethat c cthat that drat hIgh hiKh wiady wmcb windy platform latfona . . 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I 1 1was was too acdfd adted excited to cat at andI and andI I 1 1was was wa > feelma fexling f lmi queer anyhow Ire im imember I re- re m - remember re remember member Iwanted I wanted to ask them if iftubenuloal iftuberculosis iftuberculoiii tubenuloal tuberculosis : . bexinj begiDJ begins with a par pam paw in inthe inthe inthe the chest cheat . , becaiw because became I felt a &OTt OTt sort & ort of ofdlscomf ofdiscomfort ofdiscomfort dlscomf discomfort rt in what Jused iused T J i used to think thinkwere thinkwere thinkwere were my lungs run lunn . but of * f course coune J 1 Jdldn 1didn 1didn dldn didn t axk ule ask If ( F they the they , thouxht thOUJfht thought I WBi was wa I :1 1 :1f : Ji'I JiI : ' . J ' j , ; " ' ' " " , . . . . . . " . ' " ; ; \ t0 " t iJ\y iJ y : \ ; , ; \f f \ . : a I . , " - ' . . " " . . < . . . ! "i i " ' " " , " ' 7 ' s4 ' 3 i iThe ' - " " } 1 \ , , " ' ' # . % ' 1 . . ; , ' , . , ' . . . 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IlIaD ties bad had IIvea givar me the mOil most mOilcomplete mostcomplete complete C ) | riet iiutructioo instructiODl instructions * about everyb every- every every-tiling every tiling - b " , tIun thing . everytIun . bow ROW to 8 g cet t undrused undressed undre sed ia in a a4Ju ais aPiilliaa is r PuUmaa ppHman kwth berth . . , arw bow bow f to DMI 6nd find the theiN theLadies theJLadiea 4Ju 4Jur ( iN , ' t . l.adiet ladiet Ladies . . , , what to tiji tip the th porteril porteriland porter , andVade andUncle and andwuld Vade Uncle Elmer and Aunt I-lattie I lattie Ilattiewould - atbe atbewould wuld would meet me i at the aepot depot ia in Chi- Chi Q Oil- Oil Oil'ago Chiac - caao 'ago ago < ' ac & . . The thuDdentom tbtmdprstorm tb nd tonD brolw broke Jun JUIt Just a as asthe athe * . the traia train was wu cominx comlna coming m . ia in . , and the theIu1 thelast thela Iu1 last < l 1 I uw saw of Pof PoP aad and Uac 'Mac Mac ' ac theywere theywere they rerw were icootinx scooting tor for khelter Ihdter shelter in one ofthose of ofthose ofthose those little littleBiasi -Biasi Biasi Blass - flau walliDS waiting waitiaa room rooms roomsDear room.Dear roomDear . * . Dear oM old Pof t"op top Pop " . . , when be icot mOlt most mOltwanted mostwanted * ranted wanted t to how ahow show ( his hi * feelinxi feelingl feelings he always alwaya al waya ways ray looked fierce 6cne : aad and he seemedto seemed seemedto aeemedC to * be aJanna glai-in glai in lanaa - at a cae me through througb the thewindow thewindow thewindow window a . a * tEoucb iliouab though he be was . wa sore ore as asgoat a * . coat IPit goat lomcthiniThe about lomcthini .omethina omethina something somethingThe . .omethinaThe The porter OM 011 on the car was wal wonderful wonderfuL won derful erfuL AI As A * I 1 ooce ODCe once told Wyn . . Pullman Pullmanrrters Pullmanporters PullmanDorters porters an are the finest gentlemeu gentlemen gentlemeuknow centlemeiiI rrters 1 know : ; they the " ought to be bon hen boncral1 henorary boaorarv cral1 orary icibera memben members of f the Merion Merlon MerionCncket MerlonCricket MerionCncket Cncket Cricket Club Oub . . Ho He lade made up myberth my myberth myberth berth before anybody and 1gut I SUt cot into intobe intobeds latobed be beds < \ bedstaking , takinx taking care are oot oat act to buice bulge out&pUIst outagainst out &pUIst pUIst against & xauist the areen green ( reen curtains curtain . which whichwould whichwould whichwoula would have seeioed aecmed seemed IInmodelt immodest immodestRather inunodesLRather . Rather thannm than run nm ram the nsk nale risk of attract attract- attractinl attractIng attracting - ing inl any anemic anentloa attention 1 I kept my suit auit- auit suit- suitcase auitcase suitcase - case in the berth with me ma . . 1 t wish wlm 1 I could know how bow mucbof muchof much mucb of f what I J 1 thiak think wow QOW now was reali really reallywhat reallywhat , what 1 I theucht thought then thai , , , and how bow much muchb muchla muchis b la what Jnow Inow I J now thmk think I J should mould have havethoughtP havethought havethnufbtf thoughtP thought P It's Its It'a Ita ' hard to carry carTJ thoughts thoughtsalong thoughtsalong thoughtalonj * along ; with you . . , like Wee kite food I m u the the.cebox theicebox theicebox .cebox cebox icebox . they doot don't dont ' ' keep . , fOu you 'ou ou ' kidyourself kid kidit 'Ourself Ourself yourself ) ' without kncw1D8 knowmg It . Pop Popbad Pophad bad had been tdimg telling me how Uetting exciting Uettingit excitingit it would be to get xet iay mt my : first firat sifht alght sight oj io ioOhio ofOhio 01110 Ohio and Indiaaa Indiana Bad aDd and IUmol Illinois IUmolwhen lilmois"When lilmoisWhen . . -when when "When - ' " yoa you wake ufo mhe P . " . he said gut . "you'u youu " youll u'U uU ' ' be to in Ohio . . * Goodness GoodnessJmowa Goodnessknows Goodnessknow Jmowa knows * what I expected to see . see , J 1 Jraised 1raised 1raised raised the blindreads blind bnnd ready reads read . , for anrthinx anvthbur anvthng At As A * fa far ( ar , as . 1 nnieiaber runembe remember , it looked luoked like likenothing likenothing likeaothinc nothing ' at I't It all Just juat flat flal fiat fields fieldl burned burnedbrown burnedbrown bum dbrown brown by the heal hat . . As for ( or the tbe oul- oul out- out oulaJdru outskirts out outskirts - skirts aJdru oficago of ChioKO ClucaKO icago , when wh.en . we rot got thereat there thereat mereat wefOI fOI at last . , . f always aJway . think Ihank 0 ol of Wyn WyirdeKnptioa I s Idescnption sdescnptlon descnption descnptlon : of thrm Ihrm them dvihntlOn dvilization dvihntlOnwith dvilizationwith dviliiationwith with Its Ita pants down . . " . Though there I a Iaomethlng asomething somethinc aomethlng something encouraxini encouraging encouragm in an m the long longlines longlines longliaes lines of Stock Itack and refrigerator refrigerator refrtgerator carl can carlJOU canyou caryou * JOU you see outside Chicago It aecms scans aecmsat scansas seema * at as * though there there's theres ' . a lot of food m mthe mthe inthe the world a and rood d it keeps your mmd mind mmdOD mindon mindoa OD on sensible lenSlble things thinxs . . Iguess thinIguess I fuess sueaa I should thoud should thin have been noticing noticIng notic- notic noticthat - Ing the blpus bigness of Amertca America and all allthat allthat that sort of thing , . actually I was wasthinJcfng wasthinking wasthinking thinJcfng thinking of the imsortance Importance of myself my- my myaeJf my myself - self aeJf selfI I 1 got KOI off oB o8 the train at last last . , , I muat must muathave musthave Rnisthave have looked terrible terrtble . , . . I know Aunt AuntHatbe AuntHattie AuntHattie Hatbe Hattie exclaimed there's theres therc'l thercl ' nobody nobodywho nobodywho nobodywho who seta gets ( ets such IUch wonderful dark rings ringsunder ringsunder ringsunder under their eyes like bke the Irish , it itwas Itwas itwax was always alwaya her technique techmque to apeale apealeof speakof of me as Poor Motherless duld ( Childwhich pia old , . which just jUlt made me mad and myretort my myretort myretort retort was I'm Im "t'm tm "I'm ' " " ' ' grown up I ' " Theyhustled Theyhustled They Theyfore hustled me Into the a luncb lunch room be- be - before before - fore we took the tram train to Ma Mamtou Manitou MamtouI ManitouI ltou ltouI I get a little borad bored when I think thinkabout thinkabout thinkabout about Aunt Hattie and Uncle Elmer ElmerwhIch Elmerwhich Elmerwhich whIch is II certainly ungrateful unw-ateful unw ateful - They Theyalway Theyalways Theyalways alway always . knew alt all the unimportant thiags things that were g gping ill oa on and very few veryfew importantNow of the Im important cr1ant ' ! . Now I'm Im I ' thinking what I think thinkDbw thinknOw thinkabw Dbw nOw aot not what I thought then . . . All AllI AllI AllI I thought then then , , , f for or a while , while . , . wasterrible was wastemble wasterrible temble terrible hcxneiickncss OOmeslclmeSl homesickness I guess pelS Uncle Uncleand Uncleand Uncleand and Auntie Almtie foundme found me difficult atfint atfirst at atdrea fint first . They'd Theyd ' ' never bad any chll chit chitdren chlldreu drea dreu dren of their t6ar own I if ' theJ they theJwere theywere they were wereff'Ier wereever wereever ff'Ier ffIer ever ' young r-nma r nma - themielves themse.lYOl themselYOl themselves . they theyd d for foraotteu forgotten forgottea aotteu gotten all about It it . . That fearfulhot fearfulhot fearful fearfulmare hot journey , I can an fed feel the loot soot on onmy onmy hotJourney Journey my damp amp forehead . , lay like a nighl night nighlmare nightmare mare between me n * and Philly Phully Itwas It Itwal Itwas wal was too much . uch . all a1l au at once . . . What Whata a jolt it is il when when wben you first firlt realue realize realuethai realizethat realuccthat thai that you are _ yu fOa you . , . locked tacked into your your- yourIelf yourself yourself - self Ielf and andnotI andnothing aw ) aothing notI nothing Dg to be done about aboutat aboutit at it . . . But you woulda't wouldat wouldn't wouldnt ' ' dare ad.mt admt admit ad.mtthb admitthis admitthis . thb this to t * aayone . 1 don't dont ' ' know what whatI whatId I d have haveif have bave doae done if It hadn hadnt t been for forthe forthe forthe the dog . , . Pattyshells Pattyahdls Pattyshella . . . He was called calledthat calledthat calledthat that because cauae b when h he . was a . puppy he puppyhe ate up a whole wbole bat batch of plstry pastry plstryAunt pastryAunt : pastryAunt Aunt Hattie Hattlc had ready for a lunch lunchparty lunchparty lunchparty party He was waa a aig bq big brow browa brown mutt muttWIth muttwith muttwith WIth wonderful yellow eyes eya , , , and andtook andtook andtook took to aie me at oaca 0IIce once . . . I 1 1used used to tell tellhim tellham tellhim him ham all sorts SOr'll SOrll ' of crazy CI'U1 CIU1 ' stuff atuR atuRwhen stuffwhen whea when I Icouldn't Icouldn't Icouldn't Icouldnt couldn't couldnt ' talk tal1c taut to anyoae anyone else . . . I &aid aid said &aidto saidto & saidto to Wy Wyn once once . . , If Iever I ever meet a man manwith manhim auawith with eyes yes like Pattyshells Pattymdls PAnnd ; ' I'U IU 111 I'll Ill sedtellto I'llsedtellto ' sedtelltosay tellhim tell tellblm Wyn WynI'll blm him everythingPAnnd everything nerything And Wyn used to tosay tosay say , . ia in the dark . . Now pretend rye I've Ive ryegot I'vegot I'vegot Ivegot ' got yellow eyes eyca . . . That sweltertac awelterina sweltering afteraocr afternoon wheu when wheuwe whenwe wbcawe we got rot dow doWD down to alanltou Manitou . . . Bride Brick Brick-paved Brick paved - . ' paved streets atreets , you OU could fry an egg eggon eggon eggon on on . . , and soft 10ft coal smohe anoke smoke driftifuracross driftinacross drifting driftifur driftingwhistles across town town . , and arid those awf awful awfulwhistles l lwhistlea whistles whistlea from the railroad yard , , , and andthe andthe andthe the gloomy bell every eveI'7 eveI7 ' hour boor fromthe fromthe froas from froasTime the coIJep college . . The college beD bell waa was waaTime wasTime Time . , the eaglne eqine engine scream acrqma screams * were Dis DIS- DIStance Dis- Dis Distance Distance - - tance . . . IW011ldn't 1wouldn't I 1 wouldn't wouldnt W011ldn't W011ldnt ' have said aald that thatthen thatthen thatthen then . then . , but don dont t suppose kids kldl doo't doot don't dont doo'tfeel don'tfeel don'tfeel dontfeel ' ' feel these things . . . We drove up.had upshady up uphady hady shady .had had . , old Thanlcsiriving ThanJcsgiTina Thanksgiving A Avenue Ymue with wllh IU its it * bruwn and yellow fCUUW bouaea houses bouaeaand housesand bouseand * and scrollwork .crullwork crullwork scrollwurk . porches . , and end Ireal I real real- realIZed realized realized - ized to my amazement that tllat Uncle UncleElmer UncleElmer UncleElmer Elmer Taswell Ta well must mUlt be rich nch . . . The Thefront Thefrunt Thefront front frunt door had long IonS longchurchshape church-.hape church.hape church .hape hape church-shape shape churchshapewindows church.hapewindow churcti-shapawindow churcti shapawindow - . window windows * . ofcolored of colored RialS glass Kla/ Kla Klaeverythinu " / nery- nery every- every nerythins everythin every-thinu every thinu - thin thins w was s shut Ihut uy np up tight to tokeep keep keep ( cap outth out outthe outthe the heat heat . , and as we went in down downthe downthe downthe the hall came a blast bias I of fried friedducken friedchicken friedchicken ducken chicken and thick gravy and crack- crack crackIm8 crackhag crack-hag crack hag - Im8 hag ham with sugar lugar and clove doves cloves.There clovesThere & . . . There never was a tuwn town like Mani- Mani Manitou Manitou Mani-tou Mani tou - tou for big eat eats . , but 1 I ( ' guest 'JeSI JeSI guess all the theMiddle theMiddle theMiddle Middle West Weat is la the tbe same lame sameI lameI I tned tried Kxnetimes aometlmes sometimes to give K1ve gyve Wyn an anIdea anidea anIdea Idea about the years yean 1 I spent lperil in Mam- Mam Man- Man Mamtoo |