Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-19

Sunday was lying IN the grave lar away
Peter stood looking at it then bending
his head down lie said, ooh, Milly,
can't We help me-'tain't wife L want,
but mother for your boy"
III.
Several things had happened by the
time Monday came round. Peter had
made ND mis- mind Jenny had got her
dismissal the two of them were starting
from Winscott on the same day.
The hearts of both were heavy and
the lovely morning seemed to mock
them with its bright sunshine and clear
blue sky.
Jenny, still lingering, ought to have
started an hour ago she was to walk to
the station. Peter, riding. was unneces-
sarily fdgety about being early. "Valor
will come and 60" and, like Bob Acres,
Peter felt his beginning to ooze out rap
idly.
lie ran upstairs to bid goodbye to
his little son, who. ready-dressed, was
standing on tiptoe at the window shout
ing vigorously
Take me, take me " he cried "Pe-
ter wants to 60, wants to gowith Jenny.
The girl who had dressed him, in her
endeavors to keep him quiet, shook him
roughly. "Jenny's going away" she
said, "where you won't see her never no
more. nor father neither, If you amt a
good boy so there " and at this mo-
ment Peter entered, and. as he thought,
saw in the childs eyes the dead mother
looking so reproachfully that, with no
time for reflection, he caught the small
creature in his arms, comforting him by
saying, Peter shall 90. Father will
take him."
"And Jenny. too ?"
Tes, Jenny has gone on, but we
WI Don get ~ with her.
A certain i..ount Of tact had stood
Mrs. Grant i'll good stead all her life
time. but certainly none of it was forth
coming in the ensuing argument with
her son.
"Take the child Garry the boy
with him-to see Selma Ridiculous
Impossible What would she think
what would any one think-at such a
thing being done ?"
"Think that / am very fond of my
child, mother, and that l want to see
whether she can be the same.
"You know well enough that Selina's
never been accustomed to children, and
tisn't her habit to take much notice OF
them.
So. Peter remembered, it had struck
him before, but his mothers words put
the seal on his resolution.
Had Mrs. Grant only used mild oppo-
sition or been contented to laugh at him
for the over-indulgent father he knew
himself 10 be, little Peter would have
most surely been left at Winscott. AS
IT was. with determination which those
about him had rarely witnessed, he called
for the childs hat and coat and ordered
the girl to dress him.
"You amt going to take him as he
is, said Mrs. Grant furiously; at least
let him have his best things put on.
But no. Peter was contented that the
boy should be clean and tidy, and his
manner was so decided that Mrs. Grant
saw that she had best give way.
"Is Jenny gomez" she whispered to
the girl near
"Not a quarter of an hour ago she
wasn't. cos | see her lOiterin' about
trying to get a sight O little Peter.
Mrs. Grant hurried away in the indi-
Gated direction there, Just preparing
to start, she caught sight of Jenny.
"Tm going to run most OF the way,
rnissis; shall be in time" the girl be-
gan, anticipating the reproach she
thought Mrs. Grant had come to fling al
her.
Here, stop bit l want to speak tc
We. Masters going to take little Peter
with him, and | want you to look after
the child. Don't let him be in the way
while masters there, and she frowned
and nodded meaningly. " You know. "
Jenny heaved a sigh--the news was
like reprieve to her.
Now, off with You as quick as you
can, and they'll soon fetch you up on
the way"
Thus it happened that at the cross
roads Just at the end of the lane Peter
and his son overlook Jenny.
"Why, Dapple is lame, master
cried Jenny, who had watched them
coming along.
"Yes, | saw she had a corn before we
started, only 1 didn't want to give II
because / couldn't have brought the
youngster. Now / find how bad she goes
1 don't know what to do"
leave him at Gryce's forge, and III
carry little Peter to the railway. "
You couldn't manage it, said Peter,
smiling "it's seven miles, Jenny.
"Oh, master I'd carry him all over
the world if needs be, ;" and having by
this time got the child in her arms,
Jenny fell to sobbing violently. The
pent-up tears poured down like
drenching April shower, to be over as
quick.
"Well / don't know, suppose w
try" said Peter between the two O
us we might manage, mightntwe
There was small bundle OF wearing
apparel and a basket of good thing
which Mrs Grant had given her son Z
carry. Peter put these on the ground
and bidding Jenny wait with the boy
he led Dapple away.
When he returned it was to find the TIVE
romping boisterously. Peter could no
help joining in their play, and iul
half hour slipped by before they starte'
fairly. -,
At last on they went, Peter with tn
boy, Jenny with the basket aud TIN
bundle; but even then, although tn
time passed quickly, they did not max
much Roadway there was SO much 4
look at, so much TO stop for; little Pete
made demands enough TO employ dozel
people,
"Do you know it strikes me, Jenny
that we shan't catch this train 2"
"There's another in the afternoon
MASTER" Jenny was prompt to answer
II seemed 10 her that this morning wal