| Show 0 I 1 AD said jack at the v breakfast table ivo ive got jj to ba hae e a new pair of 0 shoes lefore day all the fellows are retting r eting patent rather oxfords ox fordi fords and I 1 find my shoes getting rather worn clear through on tho the sales dad known and respected as tb th honorable judge adams laid down ma his morning paper and looked at jack over bis his glasses see here young man roan go ahead and set your patent leathers it yea need them but get the ones you have on i fixed up I 1 know where theres a lit tie itle cobbling shop down on spencer street its kept by two brothers brother sold old eold sold teri lerv both of at em crippled by the war and trying to make an honest tell the old fellows to put on nm good etro etring na half kalf 1 and straighten up the heels bee is if thea the need straightening katherine passed he her father the toast daddy she said coaxingly may I 1 take the new auto on memorial day you know you and mamma are talking of going to uncle roberts It to spend the day and it only lot 14 me take tt it I 1 d be so careful ho ile folded bis his newspaper news raper consulted hie his watch atch anxiously and rose well he said ive got to be going or ill miss that tar yes catherine Kather Va therine lne I 1 guess you may take the auto if it you think you can be direful broken bonea bones are expensive well as mighty pain painful fid and you jack remember what I 1 told you about those shoes jack cornered katherine as ehe she was going upstairs to diess for school say fla be ull ul l degling df ing bis his fleta fists into hia his pocket pockets would yell mind ta king my shoes down to those old duffers on your way to school acht sol you generally go that way to call cail for phyllis dont you katherine Kather lne took the handle baudle under her arm along with her high school books and went down spencer street she went into the little shop and eat rat down to wait she had knocked loudly but no one had responded and ehe she bad mado made bold to enter an she sat there waiting voices from the little kitchen belond reached bar her evidently the two old men wen having a lato late breakfast and eIdent evidently lr also they were somewhat hard of nearing for they kept on talking katherine Kather lne did not really mean to listen but a sentence caught and held her attention 1 I dont care so much for myself jerry an old voice waa wan saying but lawa lawal you halat ever missed coln to decoration day and I 1 bate hate to have you miss this one yd yon tar I 1 do jerry if 11 work so slick now bebby we WO afford to hire old roan man daw eone sons borso an buggy to go with but theres there 1 the grocery bill yet to pay an the medicine for your rheu matlz matiz an our n the t b e repair repairs on my wooden leg and our pe pena tonn not due yet for quite a spell and here jerry broke in now Y yea A hain hata t no call to worry a about me silas be he eald said not a enite I 1 guens I 1 ehnow now how willin you be to 0 a o without things so as to give me no a beetle pleasure you always was aa that way an I 1 appreciate it tut put dont yon you go to worrying wor I 1 bees bebby wo can hear bear the barj bari play clear hee be e an 11 I 1 I 1 I 1 they hobbled into the little shop we can ketch a glimpse ot of the bags flags a d bavin an we can put oat ant our own flag sames ever if johnnie next door will nail nall it op up on tho the porch my bly an your wooden leg kein bein away gettin fixed leaves ua us oar or ter helpless dont it itt juat just here katherine remembered herself and coughed loudly tho the two old men met down their heavy teacups in haste silas S has caught up bis his crutch and jerry bla his cano cane and they hobbled inta the little hop shop katherine opened the bundle hers are my brothie broth rs Te shoes che she aid said they need half soling and straighten log frig at tho heels and a tiny patch right here and can you fix thern today please r the two old brothers othera br smiled at her why my yea yes we well 11 fix eni today aid said strap jerry can take one an mo me the other an the boy can come an get em this thi noon katherine could dot not quite tear her self elf away from the genial old men who apparently put up so brave and cheor ful ul a sAver sity afy my ather father aya says you are nth old old lere she he began ou must 1 try lo 10 go to li exercises up in the cemetery on art memorial Slem ortal day they eay say th ea 0 o Q be exceptionally fin this year oen gen thomas wyatt ie Is going to deliver the oration and old jerry almost bounded ach to ills feet in his excitement 1 I want to know knowl I 1 be cried 1 I want to knowl why my land a 0 liberty silas an nae me fit it under hata in tho the warl wart OM tom an heres silas an me old an r rippled un cant go to see nita an and bear lear hiell him katherine her young face aglow with sudden resolve rose well ahe she said you shall go name way III 1 see that theres some way ay provided so you can both ride up to the cemetery and see and hear your old ener alt As he she hurried on to chool school she thought lent that juat like me all impulse and not a bit of at reason just because those two poor old men touched my sympathies now bow how r clave gave them the ride of their thal r live lives are you going to get them up to that cemetery rome tery id like to know hire a livery rig pocket money tor for may blay til all gone borrow from daddy never take them in the automobile instead of the girls well I 1 never neve katherine Kath crine topped stopped on the sidewalk dewalk el and laughed aloud what would the girl girls eay say and the boya boys and jack the girls 1 eyes sparkled 1 11 I hilll eho she said and I 1 know of another who will nil the empty seat old un alre davis who hann t been to a memorial day celebration for years and ehg a soldiers cold sold lere lers widow still wearing an old rusty crape veil 11 in his memory poor old dear dearl and I 1 know not one of them has ever bad had an auto ride or over ever ex 1 pacts to and after the exercises perhaps take them a spin down the I 1 river road I 1 will I 1 wilia the poor old IU 1 inake ake lem em have one royal afternoon or die in the attempt that afternoon was a dream of delight to the three old people and the years fell from them like a garment fo so wonderful a thine thing la is joy to whom joy seldom visits the color camo came in widow davis wrinkled chooks and her old eyes beamed with pride aa an she looked across the row rows of grave graves to henrys Ilen rys where the little flag nag fluttered and the great bouquet 0 of white and plumy lilacs lay ilka like a benediction the band played its sweetest and softest and the two old brothers never knew that quiet tears were running down their faces as they listened the generals generate speech was strong g and true hotd ca brave and tender and an d when it was over silas and jerry could not refrain from hobbling up to greet their old commander i when at last ll 11 was all over and the people began to descend the long hill katherine turned her automobile in the direction of the river roid she drove slowly so that her guests might enjoy the exquisite view and on and on they went miles out into the beau ticul free open country but on tha way home borne katherine Kather lne gi ve them the ride of their lives and laughed to see the widows old face flushed like a girl s and her gray hair floating on the wind while the old crepe veil 11 blew out straight behind into the delighted faces of the two old men who were thoroughly enjoying the swift pace it waa was all very wonderful and beautiful and surely there was a good deal in life after all they thought that night the general was the guest of honor at judge adams at dinner the judge and sud bis his wife had at the eleventh bour given up the r proposed visit and were glad and proud to en on certain so famous a gust gurst the general looked across at kath erine my dear young lady ladr he began in his stately old fashioned way it does me more than I 1 can ex ey press in mero mere ads rasto rd sto to discover that youth Is not all and flippancy generation when I 1 saw you today giving pleasure 1 and to those chow lire lives are sire poor and lowly when I 1 heard afterward of the delightful outing you garo gave them on the beautiful river 1 road why 1 1 I the general topped stopped and tried to think of the proper word then smiled at Kather katherine lne which was sk great deal better than finding it they told me all about it silas and jerry he ald said when I 1 called to see them on m ray Y way hero here and if ever a it happier or prouder pair of brother brothers existed eats ed I 1 have never them |
