Adirondack Life

Character Study

had just met Richard Stewart when he begged my pardon for keeping his fly down during our talk. The 80-year-old explained that breezy pants were just the way of things now, as there wasn’t much time left between urge and stream. That led to a story about a recent disaster, when he ran outside to relieve himself and accidentally aimed his shirttail instead of the necessary apparatus. “I wet myself right to the knees,” he said with a

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