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' e Ptop Pop on business businessJf businessgi1ea buslneiMa Jf . gi1ea llXta'Xltty llXtaXltty { ' 1t1tty ' $ itty a long lon typlni typing job lob jobMater , 1@ttel'Ykes @ ' , t tatea kes her to ride-and ride and rideandghel.the ride - - andieshepMh 1 ghel.the ghelthe , bet 4be ' . beelnnlna beginning of thenOssoeiatton their then ajKOClatlon Ossoeiatton tat1on of several year years yearsAel * " 7 " l ' - Ael \ en I tet get back from Rhode Rhodedt Rhodel Rhodelhe dt , < ' ' \he he \ . he said ald Ive lve lye rot got an idea idea'M ideavane Ideahfrant 'M M ' 1t vane ! to co go to work on But I I't 1 1't Ijfc't Ijfct 't t ' want to talk too much aboutndw about aboutn aboutOOW n ndw w , first flr t I Ive ve ye lot got to sell It to tofather tofather toy father I think hell he 11 II fall for itknows itknowa It > know knows knowa I'll Ill 111 I71 ' nevr never be any gooda iood good ( ' < a banker and be hes lies s tickled to toeach toe each ath th about e.bout ebout . his hl cricket book He s sa sa sof a bad eil egg and he loves to thinkOn thinkere think ' On ere 're re ' a e . literary Uterary family becau.se because becau.seelr becauseefr becausef . elr efr lr Mitchell was wa our doctoret doctor 0'1 01 et ' ! was concerned everything haddone had haddone hadcen done beforehand and the theth1nga thethings thethine th1nga things he knew about didn t seem seemto eemtf 4 to be b * Important He was ash asham ashamed ashamjSwWtd am ed d of being bcln such a small potato Inthe In * tir the banking business He said saidI saidwJtheyd I m * . tbey they d started making money by byPoor byPoca by"B byB " Poor Poca darIInK darling he had an Idea ofoi of o1 ofy oi 41 y ? ahia his 1118 own one he couldn t prnsibly posslbly posslblyput , po&slblyif poslblyif & , put across acro a but I can see now thathe that " Jhe the he wanted somehow to justify his hisexistence his'existence hisexistence . ' ex1stence existence existenceHe { { He dropped me at Griscom Orlscom OrlscomStreet Orlscomt . Street \ and I\nd I nd said eoodbye goodbye to the old oldman oldman oldman man We Wf ' ve ye been celebratlni celebrating thefinish the thefinish thefinish finish of the book he saidt . said .said t . < Well I Im m riad glad you took the girl girlout girlout eirlout out for some fresh air Pop p saidShe saidShe said saidShe She don t t tet get out much We 11 11miss 11miss IImiss miss you now the job jobs s done doneI I tot got Just the th tllihtest slightest bit of awink a . awink wink from Wyn on this th1s That Thatmade Thatmade Thatmade made me feel better because I was wasreally wasreally wasreally really a bit puzzled He roared roa.red . offIn off offin offIn in the little JittJe car and I tried to toimagine toimagine toImagine imagine him sailinf sa1Ung sailing at Newport Newportwhite Newportwhite Newportwhite white trousers and brown skin and andgray andgray andiray gray eyes I didn dldn t knows know , then how howthe howthe howthe the llht light ( on water chances changes the col color color color or of his eyes they turn silver silvergreen silvergreen silverirrecn silverirrecnCHAPTER green greenCHAPTER greenCHAPTER CHAPTER XII XIIWyn XIIWyn . Wyn iot got out of XIII town Just inttrne In Inttme intime I ttme ttrne beoca . b because 'caude caude ' Ifc it Cmmed tru.IIned truIIned tiuinred . teJrr1bly teirribly teJrr1blyhot teirriblyhot terriblyhot hot That little bedroom under the theroof theroof theroof roof was like hke a furnace I sat there thereworking thereworking I Iworking working " because bt"cawe btcawe ; the typewriter typewriterbothered typewriterbothered typewriterbothered bothered Pop If it I brought It Itdownstairs itdownstairs Itdownstairs ItdownstairsWyn downstairs downstairsWyn Wyn sent me a postcard of some somebeautiful somebeautiful somebeautiful beautiful yachts When It came cameMyrtle cameMyrtle cameMyrtle Myrtle and I were spraying the theback theback theback back yard with the hose every everyhour everyhour everyhour hour and old Pop sittinc sitting under underthe underthe underthe the arbor with a palmleaf fan fanOnce fanOnce fanOnce Once and a wl wi lie de ile I fat got a good goodbreeze goodbreeze Roodbreeze breeze goinc going down town on the L Land Land Land and tried to imagine what itas It \\as as was waslike \ waslike aslike like on a sailboat at Newport The Theads Theads Theads ads in the Ledeer Ledger tellint telling about aboutplaces aboutplaces aboutplaces places in the mountains were wereenough wereenough wereenou enough h to make you rrind grind your yourteeth yourteeth yourteeth teeth But Dr Bartrum Bartrwn didn dldn t tthink tthink tthink think it would be wise for Pop to too totravel tootravel totravel travel We couldn t afford It any anyhow anyhow anyhow anyhowMolly how howMolly Molly Scharf paid a visit and andhow andhow andhow how grand rand it wa.s was WR'i WRi . . ' to st'e ste see ' ee her She She'iaid Shesaid Shesaid 'iaid iaid said ' It wasn t hot compared to toManitou toManitou toManltou Manitou and told us how the edi editor editor editor tor of the Argus Ar us got ( ot tired of hear hearing hearing hearIni ing about frylni frying an ess egg on the thepavem'nt thepavement thepavement pavem'nt pavemnt pavement { ' he really did itMolly ItMolly It ItMolly Molly said I looked different I Iguess Irues guess * weI we were bo both in a quiet quietmood quietmood ; : borl rl I mood I didn tbo t tell her r ra ra a about aboutWyn aboutW Wn Wyn } n there tht"rt thtrt tht"rta511 " " \ wasn \\a511 a511 t anything to toif toid ttl if n ] ) except ( ( xcept that I Id d done a Job of oftyping oftyping oftyping toI I typing It was hard to keep my myfeeling'i myfeelings myfeellnts feeling'i feelingi feelings ' all to myself because of ofCOIlr'ie ofcourse ofcourse COIlr'ie COIlrie course COIlr'iee ' \\e e we \ e cot got talkLaf talkwg talking about the theold theold theold old paper papt'r paptr ' doll days and Molly Mollywanted Mollywanted Mollywanted wanted to see where Mrs Rose Rase Rasemoot Rosemont Rosemont mont moot Rittenhouse lived I look looked looked looked ed up the address and also on the thesly thesly thesly sly the address addre'i8 addrei8 ' of the Strafford Straffordtown Stratfordtown I Itown town house hOILSe On Ou Op one of our sight sightseeing siehtteeine .eeing eeing seeing . trips I showed her the Rlt Rat Rlttenhouse Ratteahouse Rittenhouse sightI I tenhouse teahouse place on Walnut Sl.ret't Sl.rett Slrett Street Sl.ret'tIt StreetIt StreetIt . ' It waa was a.11 a11 all . boarded up for the 'ilun ilun sum 'ilunmt"r summet ' summer mt"r mtr met " and I remembered rt"membered rtmembered " my adven advt'n advtn ' - - ture lure tur at Cape May At the th * same sam sametime samtime sametinr time I manaicd managed ISO so o we walked bl blthe by bythe bythe the Squaremd Stratford Strafford house on the Square Squart Squartdud Squareand md dud I took a look at It sideways sidewaysJust sideway.Just sidewayJust . . Just as we went by a colored buUer butIei butIeiin butlerin in his h1s shirtsleeve hirtsleeve3 shirtsleeves l * and a green- green greenstripe greenstripe ( reen-stripe reen stripe - stripe vest came out on the front fron frontsteps fronsteps frontsteps steps smoking a pipe plp and looking lookini lookingacross lookiniacross loolcinfacrosa across the park I didn t think thinkhe thinn thinnhe thinkhe he oucht ought to do that while whUe 'W'yn Wyn 'W'ynWIUI 'Wynwas Wynwas ' Wyr ' Wyrwas WIUI was away I knew it was the th * bouse house bouseaU houseall houeall * aU all ritht right becaus because * there th re was an oldsUver olc olcsilver old oldliver sUver silver liver name-Plata name Plata name-plate plate - on the door the thename tht thtname th thname name was almoat alm06t almost polished oft off butyou but butyou you could stUl still tlll read itMolly itMolly It ItMolly Molly was all aU set up about seeingthe seeing seeingthe einftha the houses bouses where the Paper DoUs DoT DoUsuved DoTlived DollsIlvad [ uved lived She said I always alw8ya ! thoughtyou thought thoughtI thoughtyou thoughtyou you just lust made mad made * up those na.me3 name3 names namesWhen na.me3When namesWhen . When she saw somethmi ISOmething something in tbe the tbeLedger theLedger theLed I Ledger er about Cadwalader Shippen Shipper ShippenI Shippenshe Shippershe Shippenshe I she said aid 'My My ' My cup runneth over overThe overThe . The Liberty Bell and the Betsy BetsyRoss Bets BetayRoss ! Ross house didn didnt t live give her nearly nearll nearlysuch nearllsuch nearlysuch such a bounceWhile bounceWhile bounce bounceWhili Whili While Molly was with us I got gotthe gotthe ( Otthe the letter fc-om fc om trom Irom - ' Wyn W'yn telling tel1lng about abouthis abouthis abouthis his bit big idea His father had hadagreed hadagreed hadaireed agreed to it and would put in some sonic somemoney sonicmoney somemoney money Wyn said he was coming comini comingback cominiback comlniback back to town in September to get getstarted getstarted letstarted started and wanted me to help heir helphim heirhim helphim him Of course I was thrilled thriUed andnaturally and andnaturally andnaturally naturally I told Molly an outline outUne of ofthe ofthe ofthe the schemeHe schemeHe scheme schemeHe i schemei He thinks Philadelphia la is a big bap bigI bapenough bitenouih I enough town to support lUpport ! a sopbLsU sophisti sopbLsUcated sophisticaled sophlsticated cated caled magazine maga.z.lne magaz.lne magazlne . of its own some something somethine : thing like tha the 'New New ' ' New Yorker but butwritten butwritten butwritten written for all Philadelphia crpwd crpwdHe crpwdHe crpwdHe He says they II 11 call It Phllly PhiUy Philly and andbegin andbegin andbetin begin publlshint publishing about the begin beginning beginning bceinnine ning of November Plenty of wise wisecracking wisecracking wisecracklne , cracking stuff about football footbaU and andI andhunting andhunting andhuntlnr hunting and cricket and the or orchestra orchestra orchestra I chestra and famous food and anddrink anddrink anddrink drink and little artic1 articles about aboutpicturesque aboutpicturesque aboutpicturesque picturesque history Think of all allthe allthe allthe the schools school.s . and collcics colleges round roundPhllly roundPhilly roundPhllly Phllly Philly they ouiht ought to eat it up He Hewant Hewants Hewants want wants . < ; me to be his secretary Gee Oee GeeMolly OeeMolly OeeMolly Molly what a chanceMolly chanceMolly chance chanceMolly Molly was cagyIt cagyIt caey cagy caeyIt It sounds like fun she said saidBut saidBut saidBut But if I let get the town from what whatyou whatyou whatyouve think it 11 it 11work itwork IIwork you ve ye told me I don t work . . The New Nt'w Ntw . ' Yorker s grand grandbecause trandbecause . because It Its s edited by a lot of boys boyswho boyswho \ who ho are arp both smart and ambitious ambitiousYou ambitiousYou ambitiousYou You haven t eot got cm em like that here hereIf hereIf hereIf If they re really peppy they clear clearout clearout clearout out And the New Yorker Yorkers s pot got a areadymade a areaclymade areadymade readymade reaclymade public of all aU kinds of ofpeople ofpeople ofpeople people who have an awful yen to tc tobe tcbe tobe be In the Know It Its s a kind ofInferiority of ofinferiority ofInferiority inferiority But I don t believe believePhiladelphia believePhiladelphia believePhiladelphia Philadelphia gives ( Ives a damn about aboutbeing aboutbeing aboutbelne being In the Know It prefers not notto notto notto to be or It thinks it its s there al already already already ready Why does vour your fri friend 'nd nd ' want wantto wantto wantto to to live give It the needle ? If I were wereyou wereyou wereyou you I Id dIet d let PhUly PhUIy Philly be- be bt belike " - like c ( ( Id Pat Pattyshells Pattyshells Pattyshells tyshells Leave It wat wag ifca its tall tail on onthe onhe onthe the he porchShrewd porchShrewd porch porchShrewd Shrewd eal gal Molly The la'it lait last la'itthing lasthing lastthinr ' thing hing : she said when I < ; saw RW her off offon offin offon on in the train was I If f I land a job jobin jobn jobIn in n Chlcaeo Chicago you bettci bettel better come out outthere outhere outthere there here and see &e e & < \ whats uhats hat s doingWyn dolne doing dolneWyn . . . Wyn called up the first of Sep Septemer SepRmber September tem\er tem er Rmber \ ) I remember the date it itWIU Itwas itwas WIU was ; Sunday and Pop was grumblng grumbl grumbling irumbiine ing ng because he couldn t yet get oysters oysterstill oystersill oysterstill till ill next day Wyn had taken a aloor afloor floor loor In a little old house hOILSe on San Sanom Sansom som om Street for an office and bought boughturnitwe boughtfurniture furniture urnitw-e urnitw e - and were to move innext in innext next dayI day dayI I was up most of the nipht night going goingover goingver colnover ( over ) ver my wardrobe My God Wyn Wynnever WynLever Wynnever never Lever yuesscd guessed how I worried about aboutmy aboutfly aboutmy my fly clothes To work in an office officewith officecith officewith with cith Wyn Stratford Strafford and help get getout getjut tetout out jut a smart magazine that means meanssome meansome meanssome some ome female overhead Do I Ilaugh Iaugh Il laugh augh iih ( on the wrong wron side when I Iread Iead Iread read ead pieces In the papers about the theWorking theNorking theWorklne Working Norking Girl s Budget and how if ifshe ifho itshe she ho lives home she should get getalong getJong ffetalong along Jong on $107206 107206 $1117206 1117206 $ $ $1072 1072 $ ( X a year or some something somehing somethine thing hing like that thatI I d like to < ee e some omt " employers soblind go goblind goMind blind Mind before befort ' they tJ1"Y tJ1Y { " read those stories storieswas storiesI I was practically a millionaire be because beause because cause ause Wvn put me down for $30alary $30 30 $30salary $30salary 30salary $ salary alary which was a lot more than thanrated thanI I rated ritht rlght right out OLt ott , of busines'i businesi business busines'isch.ool businesschool businessschool . ' sch.ool school chool . but even e"en een " < ; so 0 and with all allthe allhe allthe the he nests n eRls en Is he blew blt'w bltw ' me I had to to'iklrml tokirmksh toskirmish 'iklrml iklrml ' kirmksh < ; h to look the way the office officeof officef officeof of f Phllly Philly PIlII ! } needed nreded me to look lookI I was WI\.5 WI.5 WI .5 5 \ . on the L before 8 6 ( a m that Monday All AD the tbe way down down- downtown downtown downtown - - town I could sea see tha the fresh paintedH paintedR painted paintec paintecft R ft , sifns |