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crossed over, and went deliberately by the
shop, with only one eye, however, turned
IN Its direction, but not sign of Jennie.
lie went back to the barracks in detected
| frame of mind.
cts an awful pity-such nice girl /;
and there's the cottage already for her TO
step into and me ready to retire from the
service and good trade at my back; it's
too bad, all along of that Captain McGee
too. And the fruit in the garden (of the
cottage oil ripe and no one to pick it."
The very next morning John Weare
walked deliberately into the shop and asked
for penny newspaper, and had the felicity
OF being served by Mrs. Evans
"Quite stranger, Mr.. Weare," she said
but that was the only remark she made,
and for the life Of him he could not screw
up his courage to ask for her sister.
That night John Weare was miserable.
''She can't care a rush for me-" he
thought, ard marched all over the town,
and nearly to Greenwich and back, in his
excitement
The next day was lucky one for John.
lie came across Bibbs. Bibbs was Mr..
Evans eldest boy. No one knew what his
real name was, or why he was called
Bibbs but he was never called ANYTHING
else.
"Bibbs," said John Weare, "come and
have some fruit" and he carried him off in
triumph to the cottage and stuffed him with
goose berries till he couldn't move, and with
black currants till his mouth wa9 as black
as crow. Then he carried him inside
and stood him on the table, and sat down
before him.
"How old are you, Bibbsp'
He thought it better to begin the CONVEX
saiion with question.
''Five and half. Is that your sword
up there2"
Eyes. Who gave you those bronze
shoes, Bibbsp"
Now he knew Jennie had given them to
him. but he 80 wanted to hear her name.
"Auntie. She's going away soon," he
added. Let me look at your sword now"
"Where's she going to p he asked in con-
sternation.
''Devonshire. Do let me try on your
sword"
why is she going?" he asked, with
sick feeling at his heart.
''She's i'll, l think and she's ALWAYS cry
ing now one day she was crying over her
silver thing you gave her, and kissed it like
anything"
The 'silver thing" was little heart about
the size of shilling, which he had bought
at Charlton Fair, last October, and timidly
requested her to accept.
John Weare jumped up and showed Bibbs
his sword and carried him all over the
place, and entreated him to have more
black currants in his delight. But Bibbs
declined.
Aunt 'Jenne's going to bring me some
from Ethan tonight"
$50 Jennie was going to Ethan. was
sheP" John Weare took Bibbs home, and
on his way presented him with q white
wOolly lamb that moved on wheels and
squeaked, and a monkey that went up II
stick en- being gently pushed.
"Crying ever her silver thing" said John
Weare. '1'll go and hang about the Ell
than road till l see her and beg her par
dOn"
And he went, and Jennie met him, and
pouted and declared she hadn't once thought
of him, and then broke down and cried.
And John begged her pardon, and declared
that he had been a harmless brute; and
then Jenny contradicted him, and said it
was all her fault, and told him how Mrs.
Dunlop, the colonel's wife, had one dav
walked in and told her, in the kindest pos
sible manner, that she was spelling her
o'oeSA ouoihSsos ioi thS WIN Huu
been interested in her welfare kept away
because of Jennie's flirting propensities,
which filled up the shop with idle officers,
who were always in the way; and how she
had been so ashamed and wretched and so
cut up at the desertion of John Weare,
that she had determined to 90 back to De-
vonshire.
''Bat you won't nowP" he said as they
leaned over the style leading to the Ethan
fields.
you'll get ready at once, and we'll be
married as soon as possible, before the
fruit in the garden is spoilt?"
1t took lorg time to talk her into it
(about three quarters of an hour, but soon
she was very happy at heart, and Chartered
like young maybe, and told John how
she had snubbed Captain McGee, and had
thrown all his flowers cut of the window.
"And it really was all through that dear
Bibbs that you waylaid me to-night?' she
asked.
"Certainly."
"Why, but for him might never have
seen you again."
"Perhaps not"
"Il give Bibbs regular hug when get
home, she thought. And she did, and he
day before che was married she bought him
a rocking horse, which he delights in to
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