Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-04-04

students heard the noise and rushed in.
For moment they stood staring near
the door, then came and raised him.
But am gazing into the face of inno-
cence. The curves are so beautiful, SO
delicate, blending the cheek into the
fullness of the throat The thin nostril,
the sensitive lip, the ear tinged with ver-
million. l smoothed back the tresses of
fine hair.
Presently she asked, "Have you got a
grip
"No, l haven't girl"
"Have you got boy?"
"Nor boy"
Haven't got any children at ALP"
mot one. And l haven't father or
mother"
She pitied me.
Brothers.
"No brothers."
"Sisters?'
"Not one."
81 don't like that"
Her big blue eyes were full of SYM
pathy. l wound my arm about her.
How frail the 1.-THE figure felt in my
strong clasp!
"Deedie!" called one of the maids.
81 must go now. Emile is calling me. I"
"Go and ask Emile if you may come
back and stay with me little longer"
"Will you wait here till come?'
Certainly"
l leaned back on the wooden settee
and watched an animated conversation
between the bonnie and the child, the
former throwing occasional suspicious
glances in my direction. The tiny plead
er argued briskly. She bent her little
face near to that of the maid, and snapped
her eyes and made excited little gestures,
speaking SO fast (from what could hear,
in French that she must have quite con-
founded her guardian; for presently she
came running back all out of breath,
with the information that she might
stay little longer.
| sat for some time trying to keep her
with me, for at sight Of butterfly or q
humming bird she would be off like the
wind. When she came back from one
of these flights drew her to me to caress
her. wound her curls around my fin
gers; smoothed the tumbled hair from
her forehead. l made excuses to turn
her pliable figure this way and that way,
that might grasp the soft arms or play
with the tiny fingers. ! asked her about
bead necklace she wore, and who gave
1t to her; and took hold of it to examine
it, that my hand might touch her warm
neck. And all the time she prattled and
asked me questions, and told me about
people whose identity she didn't trouble
herself to explain, as though l had al
ways known them.
What funny Capri She reached up
and took the diminutive covering worn
by students in Germany from my head,
and putting it ON her own broke away
and capered about like a little witch
Then she came back and put the cap on
my head, and when tilted 1t on one side
she objected, and insisted on my weaxing
it straight
''Do you live here always" she asked.
mo. When I'm at home live. where
the sun gets up in the morning long after
1t does here. When you are eatirtg your
breakfast it is dark there
Her eyes We're full of wonder. .SWhere
is that country?"
america"
''Why, we live in America"
"Indeedg'
1T isn't dark there when we eat, our
laughed. Why trouble myself to ex-
plain2 She would not understand. II
asked her how she would like to go back
with me. She thought a moment.
I'D go anywhere to be with YOU"
was forgetting everything in this con-
ldence, this innocence, this diminutive
of strength and weakness.
The insisted on decorating me with the
lowers she had appropriated, and soon |
nade me look like figure in a flower (
ed-a Hector in the garden" Then she
TODD off and looked at me. and clapped
er hands in great glee and laughed, and
laughed myself.
"Deedie!"
Your nurse is calling you again; you
ust CO."
care you coming here Tomorrow she
ked.
The question startled me. 1t brought
back to my quarrel. Where might &
tomorrow?
do you wish me to conner" i asked. \
'Yes."