Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1896-12-03
GARDEN PLAr.
or Course 1t Ends Happily for All Con-
cerned.

OF Course 1t Ends Happily for All Con-
cerned.
Black and White
Characters Trixie, child; George
Fairfax. under 80; Maud Fleming, the
chiid's aunt, aetat 81.
Scene--A garden shut In by wind
distorted sycamores; late in the after
noon OF broiling summer day; the sea
visible through the openings between
the trees. Fairfax has been playing
tennis with the child, when Maud ap.
pears In the distance and walks toward
them. He pauses in the act Of serving.
/; Trixie (not percsiving the newcomer)
Go on. Your are not tired.
Fairfax-It ia awtully hot, Trix, and
| am getting old. Let us rest under
the laburnum. Look, there is Miss
Fleming coming,
Trixie tresignedIy)--I suppose you
want to talk. ITO Maud, who draws
near --Uncle George wants to sit under
the laburnum and talk. 5..e
Fairfax--But first of all I'll go and
fill cabbage leaf with strawberries.
You look cool enough, but irixie and
l have been playing tennis anu are hot.
Maud-You look it, TriSie is lucky
in her uncle, To the child, as Fair
fax goes in quest of strawberries)--
Have you had good time, Trlx9
Trixie las they seat themselves under
the laburnum)-A lovely time! He
serves SO carefully that ! got come OF
the balls for having had the energy to
pick them.
Maud--But it would make very little
difference if he were. am sure he
could not be kinder to you, and per.
hans he would be less nice IL he did
not know that you could stop having
him for an uncle il he didn't behave
well.
Trixie--Oh, but should always
want him, and the real thing is always
the best. IA passing butterfly dis
tracts her attention for moment. You
are very pretty to-day in that white
frock, with little dots Of sunlight fall
ing through the leaves.
Maud (seeing Fairfax returning
You must not make personal remarks,
you dear child. Ito Fairfax You look
hotter than ever, and ought to eat all
the Strawberries as reward for having
had the energy TO pick them. Trix ia
lucky in her uncle.
Fairfax tflushing) 1T isn't her uncle
envy her.
Maud (hurriedly)-She is not con-
tent with having adopted YOU. She is
much concerned that fortune did not
make adoption needless. q
Trixie with an air of making things
| plain TO duller nderstandings)- wish
you were my real uncle. OF course 1t
| is very nice now, but | would like to
have you really my uncle.
Fairfax-I feel just exactly as you
| do, Trix, but one can't choose ore's
uncles and nieces for oneself. and then
have them really relations, as though
fortune had chosen them for us. AT
least He stops confusedly and glances
| at Maud. She is looking at a patch OF
| the sea which is visible between the
trees. Her face slowly grows rosy. She
turns, and her eyes meet his; they
drop. At least I'm afraid not.
Maud thurriedly)-Aren't you going
to eat the Strawberries, Trixief And
you, Mr.. Fairfax, l thought you were
| thirsty?
Fairfax = BY jove, I'd forgotten
them! Trix, you must do your share.
| picked them mostly for you.
| (They eat the strawberries. Fairfax
and Maud are silent, and Trixie OBJ
viously deep in thought
Maud (since it is necessary to sa,
something will be hot at the dance
tonight.
Enthusiastically! We will sit ou
dances out il you like. Three waltze
and
Maud-Don't enumerate, or / shall
repent. Ito Trixie, who suddenl,
rises and confronts them delightfully."-
Well, child, what Is the matter?
| Trixie--I have found out the way.
Maud-What do you mean? Begil
at the beginning.
Trixie(t to Fairfax You would like +
be my real uncle, wouldn't you?
Fairfax-Rather. tic guosses wha
is to come and is rather glad. Nothin
on earth could pease me SO much.
Trixie-Then it is the easiest thin,
in the world. You remember Uncl
, Arthur?
Fairfax--I never met him.
Trixie-Well, he was just like 20
are, only he had never seen me. On
! DAY Aunt Mary went to London an
met him there, and soon after the
, were married. So now he is my uncle
Fairfax wishing it were over)-Well
{ Trixie with the same desire to max
> things perfectly plain)-There is Aur
Maud.
Fairfax taftor pause) - ha
: thought of that more than once, do yo
I know, Trixie. | should have Spoken
but / was afraid.
D Maud (beneath her breath )-Ther
. was no need
, Fairfax tcontinuing) = Still, sint
you have mentioned it, if Maud is viii
Y ing
Maud-Do you want him made a re;
t uncle, Trixie?
| Trixie--tbreathlessly) oh, yes!
= Maud-Thsn, to please you Ia paust
. her eyes meet Fairfax's) | will do
Y with the best will in the world.
u Materials for Burnt Wood Work.