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So then I takes the Sweet Caps Kid off to one side and I says to him, I says: "'Kiddo, I says, 'listen: I've got a strong presentiment that we should oughter be going completely away from here.
"What's the matter?" he muttered. "The sunrise over the mountains quick it's glorious." His heavy eyelids drooped and closed. He dropped on the pillow and buried his face out of sight. "Ah, Jim dear, do come just to please me." "I'm dead, Kiddo dead to the world," he sighed. "Don't like to see the sun rise. I never did. Come on back and let's sleep " His last words were barely audible.
The car is back there, and we'll shoot out to the inn. What do you say? I feel like a house afire this evening, kiddo. What does your speedometer register?" "Charley, aren't you tired painting this old town yet? Ain't there just nothing will bring you to your senses? Honest, this morning's papers are a disgrace. You you won't catch me along again."
The furniture was solid mahogany a bed, bureau, chiffonier, couch and three chairs. The windows were fitted with wood-paneled shutters, shades and heavy draperies. A thick, soft carpet of faded red covered the floor. "It's a nice room, Jim, but I'd like to dust it for you," she said with a smile. "Sure. I'm for giving you the right to dust it every morning, Kiddo, beginning now.
Over on Sixth Avenue the elevated, a flare of fire, roared across the street between the glimmering parallels of light at the station and streaked along into the crisp dark. But at Forty-fourth Street it was very quiet. Pulling her cloak close about her Edith darted across the Avenue. She started nervously as a solitary man passed her and said in a hoarse whisper "Where bound, kiddo?"
"That visit to the Morgue was enough to give anybody the blind staggers." Her pamphlet was tight in her hand. "You ain't mad at me, Charley?" He stroked her arm, and the taste of tears found its way to her mouth. "I'm feeling so sillylike to-night, Charley." "You're all in, kiddo." In the shadow he kissed her. "Charley, you you mustn't, unless we're engaged."
Do not go get some other girl and take her for I would hate her and nothing in this world make me false for one second to my kiddo boy. I do not know just when home again as the folks think I better stay up there for a visit at Aunt Jess and Uncle Purvs home in Chicago after the trip is over.
"Jim, dear, you must get up now! Breakfast is almost ready and it won't be fit to eat if you don't come on." He opened his heavy eyelids and gazed at her sleepily. "All righto ! Just as you say just as you say." "Hurry! Breakfast will be ready before you can dress." "Gee! Breakfast all ready! You're one smart little wifie, Kiddo." The compliment failed to please.
They sat down on the sand-dune behind the tent and watched the waters flash in the silvery light, the world and its fevered life forgotten. "You're the only thing real tonight, Jim!" she sighed. "And you're the world for me, Kiddo!" She waked at dawn, with a queer feeling of awe at the weird, gray light which filtered through the cotton walls.
He sat on the edge of the bunk, wriggling in his clothes, for his body crawled with lice. "Gee, it's funny to be in where the Fritzies were not long ago," he heard a voice say. "Kiddo! we're advancin'," came another voice. "But, hell, this ain't no kind of an advance. I ain't seen a German yet." "Ah kin smell 'em though," said Chrisfield, getting suddenly to his feet.
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