The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-10-15

know, unless in one of her ladyship's Own
dressing jackets"
"Nol 10 andare Il casa" lie wept. But
Nicholson did r OF understand him in the
least. She went and found one OF the dress
ing Jackets and brought it back to the bath
room. 1t was covered with rich lace and
tied with ribbons. 1t was too big and lac
was lost in il, Sut when Nicholson bun
Gled him up in it amt he stood with the face
frliS dangling ever mis- hands and his beau
tiful little face and head rising above the
great rich ruit Nhey made Ac was q Won
derful sight TO see.
But he was not aware of &c. and only felt
as il he We're dressed in strange triciery,
ana when he was picked up and carried out
OF the roonl-the beautiful trousers OF san
dro being left en- the floor in the corner
he felt that the final indignity had been
offered.
She carried hin, into one OF the wonderful
rooms he had csurht q glimpse of. 1t was
ali blue ana was 80 amazing with las friils
and blue flowers and lace ornaments that
he thought it must be place where some
otaeI strange thing was to be done to him.
But Nicola only put him down on ii soft
place covered with lace ana with a sort Of
tent OF lace ana silk at the top Of Il.
She said something 10 him liz English and
went away and left him.
lie sat. aud stared about hi,ll. Was it y
esticri lay thcir heads on those white
things? Was this soft wonder that he saI
on a bed? He looked above him at the
beautiful tent ana fetl SO lost ana strange
that he could almost have shouted for
Maria aeaju. Il she na4 been there-or lf
he could have understood what Nicola
said, fl would not have been so awful. But
h was 81 grand and strange and Ceriani
aGd Maria and the donkey seemed IN another
world. thousands cI mIlcs away. IL. was
as if suddenly he bad been taken to Para
disc and had found himself frightened be-
cause ii Wa 50 far from Ceriani ana 50
different.
Nicola came back with a plate. There
were things To eat on ii. ami she offered
them u him. And then nc realized that
a suaEsc ,hias had happened 10 him
witch hal never happened before in his
/ life. There before MIN was a plateful OF
good lhinss-thic-s such as tine IurestieUi
/ brought in their hampers. And ne did not
want tteInt Something seemed 70 have
tuied up his throat and he could not eat
| Ie-PiceinO-acsually could not eat The
: tears came into his eyes ana he shook ais
/ head.
! mon no fame q am not hungry ne
whimDered. And he pol1ej the plate away.
II suppose ne has been stuffed with cakes
all day" said Nicholson. "aud ne is too
I sleepy. Good gracious how pretty he ISL
She turned down The frilicd and embroi-
/ dered sheets and gave The pillows a little
: tNuA-i'. men sac pi.htd IlCtili9 ul' AGAIN,
/ put him into the bed and covered him up.
4 He lay among the whiteness, q lovely pie
! turc pat 10 bed, his eyes wide open and
! shining with mis- ave.
/ go 10 sleop' she said. ''anl DONE he q
! ba1 boyb Ana then she summed oUt the
! hghC and walked OF, o. tho room. leaving
I lEe door little open.
pcciuo lay amona the zofness. his eyes
/ growing bigger and bigger In the dark. lie
V1.S IiFtts aH.l ,,l-af.t- around him
/ seemed 50 large ana magnificent. This was
( the way the kiu-'s son was uj;c to bed
/ bundled up iu b strange garment, with
/ lace lrils tickling his ears ana checks and
/ with big sleeves which pr vented his using
/ his hands. And hc could not hear the
+ donkey il her stabie--the GoEtev who MUS
I he there this very moment. because she
/ had not been taken away, bat had been
BOUGHT back from HepDo. On. i he could
/ hear her now-bu- perhaps-perhaps Inc
/ never could set To the stable agaa-tne
( forestieri-thc strange, -ich lady wodld
! never let him so back-aevcv!
! 4 little sob broke FROM hiu-uuder Lady
Aileens dressing Jacket MS breast heaved
! piteOusly. he turned aGd buried his face
/ upon the pillow and wep5, aud wept, and
( Wtpt.
! lie cried SO that re found n was begin
I niu-, 20 make little sounds ian spite Of htnl-
! self and he tired tn smother them because
he did not know what the foresJiegi did 70
children VINO mace noise-pethaps held
them under the rushing streams o. water.
Eut Just at the moment when he was try
ing t. stide his sobs and prevent their be
coming walls - strange tninS l"pjsaec. The
door was pushed open and some Oh" came
into tue room. 1t least he heard - sound
Of feet on the floor though be ald not see
,i,, ono even when ne peeDed. Feet They
we've not Nicolas feet bus softer and more
patter3ng. lie held bis breath to listen They
came 10 his bed anu stopped. And Then ne