The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1894-12-22

JaCOO ana me IOuuU CueLl-aluC A1folcs
in the silver candlesticks and dinner
cards. Could you paint dinner cards,
Julia? The boy that plays the organ
could do them, I think" but Julia was
thinking of something else, her fore
head wrinkled up, her pale blue eyes
gazing into indefinite distance.
Rupert wondered suddenly why Julia
didn't go on and finish being pretty"
Her hair was soft and wavy and brown,
and though she twisted it up tightly
twice q day it generally ripple6 loosely
above a broad white forehead. Her eyes
were very light. but shaded by long
dark lashes, and her cheeks We're the
colcr of wild roses. Beyond this her
beauty ceased. Fer Iaouth was very
her waist was very big; she her
self was very long, and her fingers were
bent quite crooked with rheumatism.
Rupert tried to s~traiShten them out as
she went Oh talking.
Its. q cake you're wantin, and ap-
pie sauce, and daisies-them' S easy got
and candles. There's q plenty left from
SilIlSEIIAtsS. DUU u FUZZY 10 p1H ieOAh
on the bill, an it as small as it has to
be, an a bit of steak here, All a handful
of mutton for a stew there, an a lilli-
putian roast of q Sunday. There's ia
cob now"
Rupert4stood up suddenly and gather
ed Jacob into his arms. He was grow
ing very heavy.
We're going to find the boy that
plays the organ" he said with dignity
He found him on the piazza Of the
little house.down the road, deep i'll scrap
books and newspaper clippings, with
two.of the girls, while the other girl
was making lemonade and putting in a
word now and then. They were all en-
Enthusiastically discussing theatricals for
the benefit of q local charity, but looked
ND and smiled as Jacob and me-"
came up the path.
"Iwaut to talk to the boy that plays
the organ, he said. They all laughed,
which was very embarrassing and made
Rupert's little face very red in its IAN
gle of golden hair. He put down Jacob
and hauled in on the string until Jacob
lost his equilibrium entirely, and then
he let it out again. They persuaded him
to have some of the lemonade, which
he liked immensely, hut 1.-THE boy" took
him uuceremoniously up ON his knee
and asked how old he was, which is a
blow to would be dignity. Rupert said
Five" wriggled away and sat Oh the
steps and told his story. General inter-
est was aroused.
LETS all help, and you make the
prettiest dinner cards you can"
Twill" said the boy.
Tim very much obliged" said Ru-
pert, gathering up Jacob, land you all
come. You look so pretty it will be like
a party. Julia won't mind" They all
accepted.
Friday afternoon Rupert gathered
daisies in the meadow, and Jacob help
ed-at least he looked out for stray
frogs and was ''good company" They
took them home and rested and had
their supper of, bread and milk on the
back porch-Mrs. Ware was way until
evening on Fridays-and thendisappear-
ed down the road to the village. By
n by Rupert went back to the meadow
and gathered the rest of the daisies
alone.
The sky behind st. Michael's spire
was rose color and gold, and q most
slender silver moon shone over the tops
of the trees. When he had carried the
daisies across the meadow, the sunset
had faded to a silver gray, the moon
had gone, n big star was reflected in
the brook below the hill, and it was
growing very cold. Rupert sat down by
the stone wall, and two tears rolled
down his cheeks. The windows of the
little church glowed with soft light.
The sexton vas preparing for Friday
'evensong. Suddenly the world seemed
very big and wide, and the child lay
face down in the grass and cried and
cried. There the boy found him, and
picking him up carried him and the
daisies home and told Julia to put him
to bed, while he himself put the daisies
to sleep i'll a tub in the cellarway. Then
he had to race across the meadow to be
in time to play.
The next morning he brought over
the dinner cards-even Rupert was salts
fed with them - and staid a LONG
while in the kitchen sticking the 90
pink candles on the birthday cake and
talking quietly and sensibly all the
time. The market man came in like a
flash and threw a goose on the table. It
was marked Paid" Julia was bewil-
dered. 1.-The boy" disclaimed all
knowledge of it and went home.
He came e again in time to set the
table. He knew just how to settle the
daisies i'll the big punch bowl and put