. Chimney-pot papers . occasion half so well. And to exchange a wordwith them is to feel a pleasant contact with all thegentleness and mirth that have lodged with themduring the space of their eighty years. The oldgentleman is an astronomer and until lately, when hemoved to a newer quarter of the town, he had behindhis house in a proper tower a telescope, through whichhe showed his friends the moon. But in these lastfew years his work has been entirely mathematicaland his telescope has fallen into disorder. His workfinds a quicker conmient among scientists of foreignlands than on his own stree
. Chimney-pot papers . occasion half so well. And to exchange a wordwith them is to feel a pleasant contact with all thegentleness and mirth that have lodged with themduring the space of their eighty years. The oldgentleman is an astronomer and until lately, when hemoved to a newer quarter of the town, he had behindhis house in a proper tower a telescope, through whichhe showed his friends the moon. But in these lastfew years his work has been entirely mathematicaland his telescope has fallen into disorder. His workfinds a quicker conmient among scientists of foreignlands than on his own street. It is likely that tonight he has been busy with thecomputation of the orbit of a distant star up to thevery minute when his wife brought in his tie andcollar. And then arm and arm they have set out forthe party, where they will sit until the last guest hasgone. ON GOING TO A PARTY H5 Alas, when the party comes this Christmas, onlyone of these old people will be present, for the otherwith a smile lately fell On a Pair of Leather Suspenders. NOT long since I paid a visit to New Havenbefore daylight of a winter morning. I hadhoped that my sleeper from Washingtonmight be late and I was encouraged in this by thetrainman who said that the dear old thing commonlywent through New Haven at breakfast time. Butit was barely three oclock when the porter pluckedat me in my upper berth. He intruded, happily, ona dream in which the train came rocking across thecomforter. Three oclock, if you approach it properly throughthe evening, is said to have its compensations. Thereare persons (with a hiccough) who pronounce it theshank of the evening, but as an hour of morning ithas few apologists. It is the early bird that catchesthe worm; but this should merely set one thinking ON A PAIR OF LEATHER SUSPENDERS 11^7 before he thrusts out a foot into the cold morning,whether he may justly consider himself a bird or aworm. If no glad twitter rises to his lips in theseearly hours, he had best
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