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SUNDAY MAGAZINE for SEPTEMBER 1. IttS
JEFFERSON AND MTTLX ROSIE,
Aa Ii&lhierift&H&ce Tfl&at Caused Uncle Bage to Lose
His Veneration for the Illustrious Patriot
y Burton Egbert Stevekson
YKS. Uncle Bi;,'t
is I still a
Democrat,
hut :iIlv dares
t mention Thomas
Jefferson to h::n
any more. He was
always one of them
Democrats who
ne'.cr look for any
tlitns on the ticket
hut the roo-ter. He
was imiunated for
foail supervisor
once. and he says
that a mall must If
faithful to the party
what honors h::n.
He s,is that tro
ver Oe. eland
Hut It Was .i.l!t
Thomas JitTcrson
I was mi' to till.
Unci- Hue H-ed to
think that 'lho'i.as
(et'cron v. as a close
-rt'Ulil to till Al
' U'h' He al-
I .'.nil that It It
hadn t 1-ecn for
Il.i- is Jefferson
:ta .u-itrv would
11 '. t ikitii- or
al, r tr er. the Brit
l 1.. In- said that
1!. .s Jefferson
v r the i;ratt-t
r. .n h ' ever l:vel.
.r-fl ' 1 'tier talk
a' : lt."i than eat pumkiu-pie. So whenever I
r 'i ii. ' a. iv poem or .tin little piece al't:t
!! i- : r .:i. 1.1 learn it ly heart and then
;. . 5 r-. te :t to Uncle Bice. anl heM aln.iv
j.i . a Uarter. ami sot:. cTltr.es a half-. ! -liar
v ! -J 'h.- j'l.-ve was etry jjood.
I k .'i : hv why th. y Wasn't more writ almut
"1 5 . eTcron. That was a mighty easv wav
. ikj'ii; sxnkel-nnitiev: li:t alon- toward the
-r j.;T
I fc aa jQftw - -Br Li XvMflBwH
i m. T'HU. - ar-t ''itf'aA 'HH vdaaaaaa
I mh& itST P - VteT -" . ' rJaaaaaaW
1 In! har.l work t.n.itn een one a wiek. till
. had 1 h.u! to take oth r :. s atnl put
1
j "-" i .(! 4 "..( i tiin 'nn .-"I i- tt.ii i
, 'i. .! - name : iuli ad ! Wal.itimN anil
IV. i't ttklio'- am! miiiw :hir l:uiv H:i;e nearly
i .'ijfliT !.e one iav wneii i Marten ;iimv
I '.-l. :nv i ''i'.l-ei. atnl . ti "' ill ! r
('! t'w ini.iriiHt r: Ik .: T1. :n - J::iron.
He .ii.i Thoina-. Jefferson ise'.er took ii" nu.huht
r.d.- 1U' that it w.e a lellow natnei! Uiver
I . ilh convm.'il hint thai heM reitietnln'reil
r i..iv' li l'.l have Ken :n a tmht place jt he
I. ii!n t Ui'ii tinuhtv wtlhnij t.. U- ci'tivmcul. That
trie i j-a-t atl'! i;otle. anil I hae to make tny
5.vk.' 'ojiey now choj.jim the winter wimI.
I" ! ' t ;uy as well a- ;.i.try. atn! ain't hall o
;r:tu
1 li i ;k'!UI tlii wav. Or.e lay Uncle Hi-je yot
., "r troin New-York aiti4 that lu vomiil
i-'i IIK'tiezer Wilkin, h.ul jut ilieil. liaMiu
- ',tx worth nvir a million dollar... and that his
' di.jntir Uov:e. a-ni te:i. having no rear
- ' . , wa- loll to Utule Hli;e' tare, and thai
! i- take fare of the : v.- t.. till !ie co"ie
' .. The tilonev would ! tied up in the ..'irt
' - n'h or . 1'Ut if he would .'t:d twi:it-
' 'I i- !ir railroad tare, etc . hit it Kit
I
1
o-i riiht att.iv
' Hie lotildnt retnemler al-:t rn.:ti
.r :.r Mitue little time, hut titiallv it all
' . k to hint, and he l"ld u- liow he had :!ve
K'n'uezer ten dollar once when he wa
1 -.! and how a iood deinl never :oc nnre
' I l.'it hread cast u;n the water t -t'te .tc'fi
ii v d.l He nd that he th"'vht lle'd
- . i to New -York hi. el: and hntij the dear
rl lack in her future home. He sui! no
'ii wa -vi'T and lonelv and would 1 i;la(!
. 1 .i:u tace: tn-ide he aid he thmiuhl it
' .!it to iim; a tear on "oum lili-tiezer"
i -..-i that the slower w. kept fre-h
! r- it ahnot made .i try to hear him. Hut
, , '.-.l to Kar up.
! 1. Hu" I iv as soon a I Could trot a
i 1 think tnol'lt' vtmM l-'tter take :ne
i '.t that I want 'rtic"erlv to " I sivs.
r d.-ir little K Fie sike he"H like to
.'-H :i ..r li r i n; 1 -is.
mi- '. - .-.!", v.t ;. ,':, jtt ,, tiiaiin to
Me Stampcl Into the House. With Aunt Mary Pottering Along Behind
Iujsiiu an secitf alHitit the liowcrs," I --ay.;
'ltsidis. lnys j:it to ride fer half fare."
"That's m. Sa'titny." .s.ivs Uncle Hit. "that's
so. I 11 think al-.ut it We must do everything
we km to make little !tiio happy."
Hni it wasn't no o. for Aunt Mary put lur ft
down and siid they wasn't n.. u.. fi,r nto to o
n-iraihnt; alonu. and lis:dt! htM need me to help
et Kos-e's. room read v. and she didn't want to
tav in the hotise ly her-elf anvhow. 1 knew
the wasn't no u-e for me to ary alter that
Well. Uncle Hmc went to j..wn and drawed
a hundred dollar, out of the hank and l-ni'-ht
his- If a new Hatk coat and -o:i'c crae for A'int
Marv to sew on his hat. She killed a thicken
,i"'l fried it for him to eat on the train, and the
net dav we all drove in to Mt him off. We was
coilsideralile al'.ead of tram-time, and after Untie
Him had l"U'ht his tnket we m'I down in the
waiting-room, when m come Dr. Spncu.
"Why, hello. Bice." he siys, atul Mary, ami
if there ain't Sammy!"
Now. Uncle Hn-e never could j:et tilon; with
Ir Spr:t;'4. and he hadn't hardly sj-.k,. to him
siiue the true lie had that attack of heart-disease
1 wrote alxmt once K'lore. Hut he couldn't Vtry
well help s-K'akmi: now. and anyway I jjuos he
want.il to slu.w .:" a little.
"Hell... doctor'" he sivs. "iom awav?"
"No." sas the doctor. "I'm ..petlini; my
xst.'r from Huhck's. Are you1"
"Ye." s;,-s Uncle Hn;e. "I'm ;-oin' to New
.. . ..
ICN
To New -York"'" sivs the doctor; and then he
sees t!n ira;.e on Untie Hne" hat. " So:r.elo!y
dead1 ' he .n.
"Yes." as Uncle Hii.. mourr.ful-hke. "my
second cousin. I'lfinver Wilknis."
"Kli'iieir Wilktns1" av-. the dii'lor. "I don't
In'hexe 1 ever heard ou mention him "
"No." sis Untie Hi-e; "1 ain't one of them
that Iniasts al't:t thi'ir r:i h relations."
"Whv." sas the ihttor. "was he ruh?"
"He was w.nh souu thin" over a million when
he di.il." 5-as Utule Blue " 1 :n a-qom t" J.nik
arter hi little darter till she conn-, of ae. an'
take keer of her pro'frtv ler lur "
" th. ou are1' sn the din.tor. more and more
s;:r;.rs d
" is. t".it:s:i Klvn.'rer i-rvid'il fer it in his
will." s.,s Utule Blue "I'm a-i;oi:i' to Icini; her
home w:h :e I :i; all she's iot :iow; hut. .she'll
titld a f!"""! home with me."
"N" don:.;. ' agrees the diKrtor. "no dotllit"; Iml
!u takes ..:t his s-.ettacle and jiolishe. them, li-.kin
ti.i-jht ;.i7zlnl. then he put them on aam
ard tak.-s i". t!ier loti lMik at Utule Bie. who
was .setting there pu'Tn! otil like a j.diter jii;o.n.
.-.lid
But K-fore he t'otiM
say anything more
the train come m.
and we hurried
out to the plat
form, and Uncle
Bii;e ks,ii tis and
chmUd on lard.
and the It'll rnnjj
and the steam spit
out. and I till you
I fi It nullity I. hie as
i watched it pull
away! But I didn't
have nitiih time tit
think alxitii it. for
Aunt Mary hustled
me into the huj'ny
jiiul wo !rovt hack
home :is fast as
Billy could liiMif
it.
Atini Mary had
decided that Kosje
wa to have the up
stairs spare lid
room, so We took
ever, thini: out of it.
and she cleaned it
while 1 I fat the
earjft. 1 had to
work mi hard that
1 Was most dead
1 e'.enini; and did
n't iai any Mippir
to .s'al. Mi and
wini l" lid nvht
;ii.i) .e.t tnorn
ini; wc tai ki d down
the carpet aiMin and Aunt Mar, jiot out xitne tit w
iiirtaius for the window, and 1-v iuhiii it was all
ready, and mighty sirumptioits u looked. My
room linked pritt mean IkmiK it: hut 1 wouldn't
It a :irl. een to have a room like that.
After dinner Aunt Marv s,-t m, to w.ivliiiy the
front windows, whuh 1 don't call l-...". work at all.
and whith I nevir could learn to do anvway. for
the .i;lass would ah'.ajs tav streaked in spite of tin.
I was working awav. whin I heard a hiijix stop out
in thero.nl and looktd npaud there was Ir. Sprivi;.
"Uiettui'4 ready for the company, are oti.
Sammy1" he .:-.
" Yes. sir." I say.
"When do im e.spect her?" he says.
"I don't know. Mr." I :-a.s. "Uncle Bii;e didn't
know just how lotii; it'd take him to m ttle up things
in New-York. But he thought he'd In tier ; him
self and not miiiI the money ler the railroad fare,
like thev wanted him to."
"Oh. they w.intnl him to tlo that, did thel"
says the dittor. and then he ln-j;an to grin. "See
here. .Sammy." he say. "did you ever hear of
Cousin Mli'iieer1"
"No. Mr." 1 sav. "not till the letter come. But
Unrle Blue has told lis a lotal-out him since then."
"There's tiotluni; like a fertile imagination."
s;iys the doctor, and chicked to hi horse and drove
nil 1-efore I could ask him what he meant.
He stopped the next day and the tic.t to timl
tmt if Uncle Bitje was hack. He aid In was s,,
anxious t.i sve- httle Kite he couldn't hardh wait.
U tii It Biue hadn't writ no letter, like he said he
would, and we didn't know whei to l.ok for him;
l.tit thai xi:jhl I was woke up ly soinelioily liani'mi'
at the trout door.
".i:n." sas Aunt Marv. ronuni; to my door
with a shawl around her and a lamp m lur hand,
"lome on down with me and , who it is."
It was nujihtv dark and I was kind of skei-red.
hut I knew I had to 1. s.. J ,,t nj, and put my
jsints on. and me and Aunt Mary went down lo-itth-r.
the kuiitkini; urowtni; louder all the time.
"Who's there1" sas Aunt Mary, when we ;it
to the lltom of the stairs.
"It s me. Alniah." sa.. a voice.
"tiHl heavens'" says Aunt Mary, nearly droji
pini; the lamp "( iiii the dir ipuck. Satiitn.
Was tilth.
Marv as
1 had it open in a trtnute. and there
Bine, lo-ikmi; uui;htv dustv and tired.
" Where's httle Komi-1" sas Ann:
he come in. and she held up the hidit
out the door: hut thev wasn't nol-!y t
"Thev ain't no httle Romc." s.iys 1
sliort as voti please
' What" si.s Aunt Marv
like vour cousin UU'iiivr1"
"Satn." Ssiys Untie Bi.'e in
Is she dead t
.1 tunnv voice, vou