Dodge City times., 1888-04-19

ley placed in his own throne before the fire
and Phoebe in the rocker, he stood at the
end of the mantel and said:
snow, Mrs. Barker, Wen have a taste Of
that root-beer you bottle away for the blood
in the spring. Ny blood has been heated
lately and think it needs medicating. Mr..
Gurley, never had the pleasure of sprout-
ing your jacket, but your father before you
has run many a race with me: he was a
long-legged, long-winded fellow. and fair in
a wrestle. | know something of your
stock and suppose you wouldn't be where
you are tonight if you didn't mean to be-
friend this young lady
Il think Eve declared my friendship to
her, sir"
"Heh!" said the master, leenly inter-
rogative.
"And it's certainly a loss to me that I've
never been here before, TO cultivate the
good will Of my fathers old friends
81 didn't mean that" said the master,
with massive sincerity. THE generation
coming in never runs after the generation
going out. But you're welcome for his
sake"
Mrs. Barker brought not only the root
beer but a platter Of nut-cakes. These she
portioned on her fiowered plates, and
poured the beer into tumblers as heavy as
Jumps of quartz. This liquid might have
been tap of the very juice then coursing
upward everywhere from the earth; it
smelled so ripe of wood odOrs.
..There's all the roots and barks in it."
explained the masters wife, d" boiled down
and strained, and cleared with yeast. And
it saves doctor bill every spring.
''Now Miss Phoebe said the master,
standing on the hearth with his tumbler
held before him and his nut-cakes handy on
the mantel, you're not to feel that you're
on trial"
II want to be put on trial. replied
Phoebe, keeping her eyes on the plate in
her lap
"Let her eat her bite in peace first,
Ogre" begged Mrs. Barker, pulling a
splint-bottomed chair to the corner opposite
her husband and sitting down with her own
refreshment. Then she can talk. The
poor child she never came here that she
didn't have to stand an examination of some
kind"
I'D rather speak at once,n said Phoebe.
"Tell us the rights of it, then in as few
words as you can, but remember you are
not going to say any thing which will alter
our impressions about yourself"
81 hope not, MIR. Barker"
Certainly not" he affirmed. coming
down with mastiff-hle crunch upon nut
cake.
ats NV older brother who has followed
me here. And he is" said Phoebe, with eff
feet, ..just out of prison
"Oh. dearr' murmured the masters wife,
''that's worse than Th0rney."
a. don't know what | should have done if
Thorney hadn't been the boy he ls," OBJ
served Phoebe, with maternal dignity. Cur
ley smiled at her.
Stick to the analysis of the sentence and
omit rules and explanations commanded
the master. Miss Phoebe. what turned
this brother to bad courses, and what bear
ing has his conduct had on your past his
tory!"
II don't remember when he ever turned
to any thing else, and once his conduct
bore so heavily ON our history that thought
would end my part Of it. 1t was when
first grew sure-t that he meant to make US
worse than he was"
Gurley's great stump chair faced abou
with jerk toward the rocker. But Phoebe
met the older mans eyes. continuing:
Il could not get out of tie trouble that
way, though. and leave Thorney. I've
lived right ahead"
"Have you no recollection Of your par
entsln
'Only glimmer. like fancying you see
star between clouds"
''In order that we may thoroughly under
stand your position, Miss Phoebe, give us
skeleton outline of what you DO recollect."
"Irecollect first. Thames whipping me
and Thoruey doubling his fists at him. We
were in a great many places which seem
dim to me. When was seven or eight
wears old we lived in Pittsburgh at an or
phan asylum. Thane was gone for several
wears l knew afterwards he was serving
out a sentence A lady in Allegheny City
took liking to me and had me
among her children to help nurse She got
place for Thorney, too, right across the
street, because l was unwilling to be quite
away from him. But folks were never SO
kind to him: and the rude talk he heard
STAYED in his mind. You can not cultivate
Thorney" Phoebe admitted, dropping her
sincere glance to the level of Gurleys eye
brows.
Il lived in that family until was in my
teens. They were refined people and
taught me almost like a daughter don't
let myself think their name cloud, l made
such q Door return for all their care. Thane
came back 1 was studying regularly and
the lady said could in time be governess.
But he followed me when / was with the
children on the street. He could take
Thorney and make a thief of him. / was
young and foolish. That was four years
ago. thought we could run of from him,
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