Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-03-25


ssleep last night and told me to lock EN- mp"
Charles Henry received his boots with for
spoil them with too much waIking?' he asked
in q whisper.
'sYus." said the slavey. "And she SAYS to
| MIS- Parker, wot lives next door, il you don't
pay up tomorrow she's a-goin' to chuck yer"
signing
The slavey produced big slice of bread and
! butter from under her apron. "You amt .
bad sort, she said "Ketch old and tuck into
| it,
Charles Henry was very hungry. but he was
also proud. "Its your breakfast. isn't is?"
he said.
NO." said the slavey, lying hard, .ft's for
you. 1 'ad corfee and sassidges hours and hours
ago.
! 'D'you think" said Charles Henry-"d'you
think you poor little coon, I'm going to rob
you OF the food you do get? Never. Don't lie
like that
With a dexterous movement the slavey re-
possessed herself Of Charles Henry's boots. "If
you don't eat" she said, .I'll lock 'em up
again"
Charles Henry was forced to comply. He
ate ravcnously. 81 should like to have the
honor OF shaking hands with you." he said
solemnly when he had finished II have re-
newed my strength like the eagle
'Orl right" said the slavey. Your beak's
gettin' very like q neagles. Shake" And they
shook.
1t was only o'clock when Charles Henry
left his lodging house and started for Fleet
street. He passed the Office Of the Montreal
scraps and crawied on until he came to the
law courts. There he sank languidly down on
seat and watched the busy gardeners as they
leveled turf and carted away heaps Of stones
| Plump pigeons strutted about under his feet
Their very fairness was an insult. Oh, il he
could only get one in a pie-with rump steak
and eggs and gravy! The warm sun came out
and made him hungrier than before. With
feeble steps he crawled back to the Scraps
/ Office ana asked for the editor.
The great man had arrived and was opening
his letters. Charles Henry waited for half an
hour and was then admitted to the editorial
sanctum. A red lush mounted to his brow He,
free-born Canadian, had come to beg aims
lest he should die Of hunger. Still, he re-
called the good time he had had. Nothing
coad taae that away.
| The greap man was reading q daily paper
Charles Henry felt instinctIvely that his shrewd,
handsome face belonged to a clever man. Some
how. his tale went very iamely. Even to him
self ne couldn't help admi itng that it was bad.
The editor wheeled around in his chair and
confronted Charles Henry sternly. "See
here. he said. DO you expect me to believe
all this? What die you come over here for?'
| "Pleasure.' said Charles Henry, lsmely
pleasure. And | was dunn fooir'
And you re strapped
Clean broke. dead broke. stony broke"
automatically and Complementary, il some.
what tauto!ogicaly, answered Charles Henry.
i've come to ask you to help me, I'm hun.
CRY
'What in the name OF thunder do you mean
by sprinSlng such yarn on me?" inquired tho
editor why don't you go to the Canadian
consult
I've been,' said Charles Henry. briefly.
For the life Of him he could not plead any
. more.
See here" said the editor again. "I've
helped ffty-seven people in the last five years
whove come to me with tales as good as yours
If any one Of them had had the decency to ever
pay me back afterward Id have helped you
One mans riding in his carriage IN Montreal
now and passed me last time was over there
without knowing me. You clsar out! I'm
busy"
/ Charles Henry's sense OF humor had been
rapidly educated during his European trip.
seems those hfty-seven have been mighty
rough on me-" he said. moving toward the
door. "Good-day." And he went out,
The editor turned to his paper, but Charles
Henry's thin. handsome face came between it
and the words. Then he flung it down. ut is
terrible thing to be hungry, he said. Gosh!
he's right" He rushed 20 the door. "ai, YOU.
come back!'' but Charles Henry had disap-
peared.
Charles Henry staggered heavily back to his
garrett. TN try to so to sieep," he said. ut
VIII udhc tuc tlIue pass QUICKER. IL o race
between death and mother; but I've had good
time anyhow; and when mother wades in she
generally wins" He slept for an hour Then
he again awoke. with that terrible craving for
food i've had enough Of the world" he said
! to the ef6gy opposite. IF once get back to
the Four Corners I'll saw wood for the rest of
my days. Who's there?" Some one had knocked.
"It's me- said q well-known voice.
Charles Henry dissembled his emotion and
tottered to the door. But Mrs. Hawkins could
not dissemble hers. She drew him to her
breast and cried over him. and patted his curly
head, and nearly smothered him with kisses.
| Then she let him 60 and Phenisby Anne shyly
advanced. Il told you I'd come and fetch YOU
whom l wanted you" was all she said. 'and
| here I am"
fort, momentarily STAYED off the pangs of hun
! ger. ~ have had a time. he said; "a bully
time. Houses OF parliament. Nine. Tus aud's
Salvation Army, the tower and geological gar
dens. Sit down on the bed. mother, and I'll
/ tell you all about it,"
Phenisby Anne looked at his thin cheeks for
moment. as Mrs. Hawkins glanced around the
barren den.
"wal, you are are Prodigy Son." Mrs. Haw-
kins began, ashamed to have let her feelings get
ahead OF her.
Hush said Phenisby Anne. "You don't
understand It's the fashion in this country to
get as high as you can. and the higher you get
! the more miserable you look. Charles Henry
you just go on telling your mother all about the
sights. and I'll order dinner. Then we'll 20
round afterward."
Phenisby Anne hustled about and achieved
wonders. Ten minutes later table and two
chairs appeared in front Of the diminutiye
| slavey. Twenty minutes later Charles henry
| sat before a somewhat rude but plentiful meal.
suffering exquisite fortunes as he waited for his
| mother to commence. 1t was with difficulty
| that he could restrain himself from tearing the
| food with his fngers-trom rending it like
wild beast. Then he began to eat, and Phen-
isby Anne's tears ran down into the potatoes
Mrs. Hawkins was too short-sighted to notice
this gratuitous but temperate addition to the
meal. Seems to me with all that money Won
didn't ought to be lodged up here" she ssid.
II reckon faint as good as our barn. How
much have you got left?''
more than 5000. guess" said Phenisby
Anne. There's his purse lying on the bed
half OPEN
Mrs Hawkins was Modified. "Sakes!" she
said. ''if didn't oughter 'pologize. Charles
Henry. I'm proud Of you. You're real level
headed. An it amt taken away your appetite,
neither
Charles Henry tried to explain. Phenisby
Anne put her finger to her lips and Mrs. Haw-
kins never knew.
Phenisby Anne felt sorry for Charles Henry,
Somewhere down in the depths of her shrewd
intelligence lurked 3 similar desire to see the
| world. only she had not given it rein Could