We have no rooms replid the senile clerk paying no tension to my old mans remark but there is a woman acrost the st that takes loggers.
Not to excess I hope replid my father but soon we went acrost the st and the woman agrede to hord us for the night so myself and mother went to our apartmunts wilst my father and the 12 year old besought the garage. When we finley got reunited and went back to the hotel for supper it was past 8 oclock as a person could of told from the viands. Latter in front of our loggings we again met the young man who had welcomed us to Hudson and called my father to 1 side.
There is a sailer going to spend the night here he said in a horse wisper witch has walked all the way from his home Schenectady and he has got to report on his ship in New York tomorrow afternoon and has got no money so if he dont get a free ride he will be up vs it.
He can ride with us replid my father with a hiccup if tomorrow is anything like today a sailer will not feel out of place in my costly moter.
I will tell him replid the man with a corse jesture.
Will you call us at ½ past 5 my mother reqested to our lanlady as we entered our Hudson barracks.
I will if I am awake she replid useing her handkerchief to some extent.
Latter we wandered how anybody could help from being awake in that hot bed of mones and grones and cat calls and caterwauls and gulish screaks of all kinds and tho we had rose erly at Syracuse and had a day of retchedness we was all more than ready to get up when she wraped on our door long ere day brake.
Where is that sailer that stoped here last night quired my father as we was about to make a lordly outburst.
He wouldnt pay his bill and razed hell so I kicked him out replid the lanlady in her bear feet.
Without farther adieu my father payed his bill and we walked into the dismul st so I will end this chapter by leaveing the fare lanlady flaping in the door way in her sredded night gown.
VIII
Hudson to Yonkers 106.5
It was raining a little so my father had my mother and I stand in the st wilst he went to the garage and retained the costly moter. He returned ½ a hour latter with the story that the garage had been locked and he had to go to the props house and roust him out.
How did you know where he lived quired my mother barshfully.
I used the brains god gave me was my fathers posthumous reply.
Soon we rumpled into Rhinebeck and as it was now day light and the rain had siezed we puled up in front of the Beekman arms for brekfus.
It says this is the oldest hotel in America said my mother reading the programme.
The eggs tastes all right replid my father with a corse jesture.
What is the next town quired my mother when we again set sale.
Pokippsie was my fathers reply.
Thats where Vassar is said my mother as my old man stiffled a yawn I wonder if there is a store there that would have a koop for David.
I doubt it they ever heard of him said my father dryly how much do they cost.
Well I dont know.
We entered Pokippsie at lenth and turned to the left up the main st and puled up in front of a big store where myself and mother went in and purchased a koop for my little brother and a kap for me witch only took a ½ hour dureing witch my father lost his temper and when we finley immerged he was barking like a dog and giveing the Vassar yell. 2 men come out of the store with us and tost the koop with the rest of the junk in the back seat and away we went.
Doesnt this look cute on him said my mother in regards to my new kap.
What of it replid my father with a grimace and with that we puled into Garrison.
Isnt this right acrost the river from West Point said my mother with a gastly look.
What of it replid my father tenderly and soon we found ourselfs in Peekskill.
This is where that young girl cousin of mine gos to school said my father from Philadelphia.
What of it said my mother with a loud cough and presently we stoped and bought 15 gals of gas.
I have got a fund of usefull information about every town we come to said my father admireingly for instants this is Harmon where they take off the steem engines and put on the electric bullgines.
My mother looked at him with ill consealed admiration.
And what do you know about this town she arsked as we frisked into Ossining.
Why this is Ossining where they take off the hair and put on the stripes replid my father qick as a Harsh and the next place is Tarrytown where John D. Rockefeller has a estate.
What is the name of the estate quired my mother breathlessly.
Socony I supose was the sires reply.
With that we honked into Yonkers and up the funny looking main st.
What a funny looking st said my mother and I always thorght it was the home of well to do peaple.
Well yes replid my father it is the home of the ruling class at lease Bill Klem the umpire and Bill Langford the referee lives here.
I will end my chapter on that one.
IX
The Bureau of Manhattan
Isn’t it about time said my mother as we past Spuyten Duyvil and entered the Bureau of Manhattan that we made our plans.
What plans said my father all my plans is all ready made.
Well then you might make me your confident sugested my mother
