Show an old man speaks E HERALD let the buya abide lei the garld elide all slide thala what I 1 said aheu tome ona started the project af the liitle tolk arm fourth bill I 1 am au boltl man the of their voi cac ma up tu nie through the air line a memory ot the old fields ul my boyhood heavy with the of chuver what does it signify if the hill be reu deded as slippery ua the fingers ul a bank cashier and suppose that llie hill be rendi bcd a faille lur bt bilu j tiuis that like the ruady binges af a stable dour what ut n and suppose the ail be vexed by hai d adjectives bruni those who were never b js at all bul as suddenly irom child lulo ad a tadpole tad pole i beds heds iia tail aud a wide looking aluad I 1 see every ilay who were beyer children at all whose hearts were uever hungry fur red topped boots or a rocking horse or a sled I 1 sec men every day who once looked out iroil their cradles with wrinkles hii their faces a mouth like this X aud a muddy current struggling through their little they made a pandemonium of the burc ery un til they were quieted aih paragon ic and they have been howling tor parao nc ever since I 1 suggest lake an opiate while the children slide there has never in the lavt s of these men that they have not been in mortal tear leal this world will tumble into eternal let the children slide li will make stronger healthier and better men and women of them when gome one suggests the raiding of an orchard or the dismal liny of a gt the bya will think of thase indulgences and sit down on the project and projector at one and the same time 1 like old and worn out ad my old heart is to get a bevy of little girls at limited as to age though unless past thirty into my cutter and listen to their cleatter cl iatter and innocent badinage it warms the brozen cackles cockles f my heart I 1 pity thu man who looking buck through the vapor klisit hia yeara like alie white plumed over niagara thai id not by the memory ot those days when he glided down the liili as much for the pleasure plea suro of up with the pit b an string of his sled in one hand and a liitle red hand that beloi g 1 to somebody il lac in the oilier aa he did for the ride god pity the heinri that id buried so deep that the genial rays of the sun can never thaw it out these children are one day going to be men and women and I 1 indulge the fond hope that they hilll be butter than we are give the boya a chance while this coasting lasts it ibbe true that every dog has ins day then it is a pity if every boy cannot have day they arc be having splendid they use their privilege 0 o far without abusing it and each bedenis t strive with the other to see which will get most out 01 alic stubborn hill and alia mst tear out of hi pauta soon let the boys slide ah lul the worthy mayor was a boy can depend on trtat I 1 raw him to day viewing the lung of and there waa a areal soft look about iii nuil anil hii kindly face looked as found and good natured as he human un the disc of a full air on biging aver a rembrandt land c pe the hoys seem to fully compre hand their and a the indulgence af pf the puh lie they to have forgotten iligir of bad if they ver lirow any As with mar mfr si ierio and do f he tu anne att the hays ai clr has not been annd rd social rights have ifft been violated on of race ailor or previous f servitude lt L t alif hova lidi afara il 0 o the rh il tant I 1 built went up in the smoke of the fira ih ul cm unify heair hoy hood ami ahe lova I 1 bore it be cuno and a ft ling pomp what akin awa gwa outto ny horae by the way hoys n ia tle gd ever madr aw i hikin e ln li will relm oa 01 hain and I 1 nw filid apty pty 1 amire in the mag arain and houglun d B ax und like a valri aliat liat can henr me without fi tigue wilh cyclone but I 1 do not forert the halycon day of yoro when I 1 loved roy hughle ild lt the baya if adv 11 foi oil that has lived tio in i elmp liitle alv will hid ewla and 4 S li 1 l hm he is ever likely tu gel again anil he m bat climb to the bench let hin apply to abo undersigner undersigned under signed who will gladly furnish transportation toli im let the little fellow if they wish to consider for the time being hat city fathera demolished the top of the hill to make the inclined plane longer for their ea bent fit and planted the electric light at its base for their sole accommodation but let the girls and boya slide let mayor and policemen declare hands ift and let the crippled bell weather ol 01 humanity shut up god pity the man who loved his slid god pity the woman who never loved her doll yea god pity them both for their hearts are as desti tute of joy as the the top of mount ogden is of sunflowers sun flowers nr ceol is destitute of ice As I 1 have be fore somewhere observed let the boys lide AN OLI MAN who was once a boy |