Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-07-02
FOUR BLUE PLATES.
Showing How Nice 1t IL to Tell q
story TO the Girl Who Knows the
Last Chapter.
Iron Harpee's Weekly.l

ere an old FASHIONED siirer Tea set and fof,r rerg
Old fashioned bfae plates She looking at If
the plates. The sound nerrg roices ioats from.
the 0Grden, as Os,rad oscefts tn &c AID t,centg,
faI broad shoaideTtd, ti,ie. eyed and oGrk hard
enters the room and adcaH trafd her Shs
drops the spoon ,cith schich she has been oYiiG ia
fi0fnefitdry eo'tusio' and looks up tc'th faint
ovens?
mr.. o,rens-"Not playing croquet" Miss H,l-
lener. came TO seek you. They are asking for
yoH In the garden.
Miss HoIiener-I hope, If they continue to
ask, they will continue to ask at thar safe dis.
tatce; don't WANT TO hear them. Mamma Is
there, Is she not?
M. Oicens-Yes, enacting the role OF tn
hostess charmingly. as she always does
Miss HOHelier-Theu certainly shall not 60
You look as though you thought me remiss 10
daughtery duty. ron The contrary his erpres
S,o,. Is ore OF Intense cpDro6atfoRl l am not.
ibis Is entirely mampaiS party and she likes
croquet. AS for me boldly avow detest it,
and rever could understand the wild eataa-
slasm with which so many people wnack I'M
oHendlng wooden balls about, ant thea run
wildly after them. l only promised TO p1lr
G pI me ne tea ana having done that prefer to sit
nv. O,renssha,r tarnsuq h,cosa-Bv your,slf?
no longer
Miss Youener-I had not finished my SEN
teLce, Mr. Owens. BY myself, or with pleas
ant companion.
Mr.. Queensland am 1 fortunate enough 10
De regarded 1t by you as a pleasant conpanlot?
90 lot thftk You are so very unpleasant
M. o,cems (eagerlg)-Then may stay?
Mss HoNeahr-If you promise to be en- -erta' n
Ing; o,,e..
M C'rens taking a seat on the opposite side
o. He toofl-l promise to try, but am afraid
my powers OF enn rtainment are bur small.
Are you interested in scientific subjects?
mss Hottener-Not at this moment unless
Old plates are scientific subjects. was puZ-
zing over these [dtrecting his attention to The
Due ptdtesl when you came In. They form. as
you see. series OF pictures. Mamma bought
them at q sale the other day, and they are ever
30 ancient, and consequently ever SO interest
leg. Are you learned In earthenware lore?
nope you are, and can read the pictured story.
Ior I'm dying to know what 1t all means. THIS
one evidently represents an incident IN the
cary youth OF the hero and the heroine: and
thls-l some one outside calls, "Gdbriellei Ga.
bfieHe!" Miss HOlIeneT. srfth a slight sb,,,1 OF
her shoulders, ledres her chair, and takes a fe,r
steps IN he direction OF the UOtCe, ,chen the
cdlel, apparently satisfied that the called is not
n'thtn hearing. ret,eating she returns ana re.
Sanlss hef Sedt.l Now. If you please, commence,
NJ: O1reas-You take it for granted, then,
that am learned In earthenware lore?
MSS H0llener-I do: hear that you are ex-
| that the ord has long been in need OF. You
may; by and by, If you Will be so Kind. tell me
an about 1t: but now am just In the mood to
| listen to 8 story.
NJ. Queensland l. to confess the truth. Just
| Ia the mood to tell one. But trust 1t Will not
oisappoint you. 1t is barely possible you
been in need of. and yet lack clevernes as q
story teller. But you are growing impatient
ara hasten to begin. The first plate. If you
please. lohe hdttos u 20 haht. He studies IL q
| nlonient1 once on 1me-Wtu that do for a
begin1 ing?
Mss HoEener-Exceller tly well. 1t carries
me at once back TO the days OF my childhood
have ever known happier.
Mr. O,ce7s "a glor Of pleasure lighting his
.tacel.Once on time there lived In the .'6ig
I0uE0D vii q ls%ei
girl With fair cur1s and the most wonderful
Ca K gray eyes. She was an only child, and
adored by her father and mother and ali the
rest OF the household, as she well deserved TO
be, being the qua1ntest, brightest and most
generous little creature that ever sang and
danced through q merry childhood. In the
MISS HOtlerer-A ''lovely" boy?
M.. o,eens tgrauely)-His mother thought 80.
Mss Al. HoNe"er-Ais eyes and hail?
AT. Ocens-Blue and black. II my memory
serves me Alright. He was the son OF pretty
little woman, who. having at the age OF Ii mar
fiea TOT iove pccr German geoiog'sr, found
nelSei1 at 20 widow with no money and q
Daby boy. An old aunt TO whom she applied
Ior assistance offered her and her child home
InaJ nome was the dfminutive cottage to which
have alr ady referred. Here she managed to
make living by the aid Of her needle, the lady
at the big house" being her chief patroness.
Ano the fact OF the lady OF the "b,g house"
Dtlng her Chief patrOEess led to the two chill
aIen growing up. as it were, together. From
the very first the boy constituted himself the
guardian and protector Of the little girl He
gu quo her hrst toddling steps. Bis was the
Old nough to IL ad, he followed her faithfully.
Never was kn1sh In Olden time more devoted
~ iaoy lair You see them here on this plate
gathering blackberries. Her blsket. as you
viii observe, is brimming over, While his is s.iii
empty.
Atss Ho11enaer Cooking at the Plate ,oith an
GppaTdnce or great tntereS0-Ye5, 50 1t is.
Ply everything Is so blue. including the black
berries, isn't II? And really / can't see the
ios eiihess OF the little girL Her nose. 1 am
And the berries look like pears. But perhaps
berries did look like pears 10 those days.
,, mr.: 0,censaWell. time went on. and the
OF the gray.eytd girl thinking only OF the
biue-eye ed boy as the son OF faithful dependent
who had inherited his mothers faishfulness.
t Taen one Sagshe was then i2 and he IA
before?
M. oweas-oh yes, many time. But this
done. '~
Mss Rolener-Had he never presumed to
Nh. O1cefaS-Often. But this time he added to
the 1eproof the remark that her conduct had
not only been unkind, but unladyllke: she had
young dairy WHO Was surreputioGsiy enio =.
Ing skip with it. The picture on the second
plate represents the quarrel She is turning
away uUu uilu, VIII uaSnlOg eyes, while she
says: and yet am lady. But you seem to
forget what you area sewing Woman's boy,
my mothers servants son."
Miss HOUene'-EXtTemely rude and unkfnd
after 80 many years OF devotion on his part:
out dare say she was very sorry directly after
her ung1ateful speech, and no doubt regrets it
tll This Gay. But really now, Mr.. Owens do
you think this Illustration good one? To me
IL does not look like quarrel at all She is
smiling sweetly-
M. PROFESSIONALLY, assure you.
MISS HOttener-And he certainly he ia hold
Ing out to her an intensely cerulian apple, win
a slight crack across IL.
Mr.. Otrefs-Y0u mistake. 1t Is q ball which
she presented to him just before the unpleas.
antness, and which he In his boyish indigna-
ton, Is mutely' demanding she shall take back
Mss Hollenei-And they don't appear to be
Ing pearsI mean blackberr1eS.
M. Orens-Appearances are often deceitful.
They are several years older. The boy left her
In silence, but the taunt sank deep into his
heart, and that very night he babe "good-by"
to the small cottage and went out into the
world to seek bis fortune. After much hard
struggling, he found tt-not great one, but
more Than enough to support the dear mother
and himself In comfort And at last timely
invention brought him fame, and fame brought
him once more face to face with the love of his
boy hood: Her father had died soon after their
separation and she and her mother had left
the "big house" In the beautiful village, and
gone to live In the adjacent city. At least they
lived there during the winters, but passed their