The Somerset reporter., 1893-10-26
When The Time Came.

"Oh. il Dick would oalY do some
Thing =" sighed Millierut very softly t.
herself. 81 do believe if il were npthia9
more than getting run over 10y a ear
lagc-a very light carriage, with M
body in it, - hc Woul mol really b'
hurt very much thai p1pa would lac 81
nlr4.ed Iic Noall ii Il, marry cael
other. aftnral Baf Diek wont. I'm
afraid he'll nrFer do anything. H.
never has. Nud then she loolled over
at Dick, Who AT very meel1ly Oh til"
other .ilc of HE room tWirllug hi
rloyp, ll,tlcSslv. and ,hc pouted.
Il suppose you are pouting at ne:
said Dick
'Yr.. Sire answered.
lin sorry" hc continued. Il sup
pose it because don't amount To any
thing"
"Of course it i. Dick" She answered.
"Wcll, What in the Wold can
amount TO-, sand Dick, dri"etrdly. i
cannot 60 and make Il fortune. for am
rich already. can't found great fun
liz. because ours has been H. good a one
for centuries a. Il fellow can wish, aud,
besides, that would take too long.
haven't the talent to be an artist
haven't brains enough Ia he a profes
sional man. Every one agrees on that.
| am too small 10 be Il soldier. And ii
| went into business it wUItl only he Il
question of time hrfure I'll lose my mon
rv instead of making any. they all
agree ON that, too. Al caa be j., a
gentleman, aud no one seems To clrc
ANYTHING about II genll man any more.
believe your father would like me
better if were an advrutn"cr,
"Oh. no. he wouldn't" interrupted
Millicent. But the colonel would like
TO see You once in a while without such
awfnIly good clotlc. on. Papa has had
a hard struggle in tlli, WOrl /. and ne
doesn't seem to have any confidence IN
any one who has not had. lie j. always
talking about the duty man owes To
the worl to do something for it.
II would be willing to do anything for
the world could, MIlliccnt nut don't
know what to do, and don't believe |
could do it If ! did know.
~ believe if you had got angry and
called him names when lac refused to
lea me marry you. he would have turned
right around aud said yrs. But all YOU
did was to pie, mp your hat and gloves,
and bow very politely, ana say good
evening and walk out. That's no way
to handle papa He needs an iron hand,
and he gets it occasionally from his only
daughter. too" Here Millicent Shook
her head cmphatieallY.
'But respect your father too much,
Millv, to say anything mean To Aim, aud
if had. then he wouldn't htNr let mc
come to see you any nprr. and that
would have been more than could have
stood"
you're not like Other men, Dick
mo. I'm afraid not. | suppose that :
why they call me Il dude. iu, I'm not IA
dude: I'm not silly. cant get my
clothes soicl. no matter how | try, and
rs | never seem to Wear them ont. |
haven't got any that look like old ones.
The fact il. | can't help looking like
what ana boy who ha. been brought
up in II kid glove. If | Wore blue jeans
and II flannel shirt, they'd always look
new"
"Why couldn't Aod get into fight
with some one" suggested Milllcent,
desperately.
I'm afraid no one would fight with
me, I'm so small" he aIlswere I.
Papa was awfully ID htcd with the
butchers boy and the grocery boy the
other day when they got intoa fight in
our back yard. 1t frightened me; but
the colonel went out and gave them
each dollar, and laughed all the rest
of the afternoon about l..
81 might get the boxing master at the
club to give me a black eye; don't sup
pose it would hurt very much. But If
did, the colonel would find out that |
didn't get it in Il fight, and he would
think that had been trying To deceive
him"
'Dick," said Millicent seriously, Il
wonder if You are afraid!