The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-12-11
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sab - mother Gd1m used

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Can't yen uzke n exception just
his aacsY begged Frsi. my brother.
IookI1z Ike Z pers=.urai sinner
No. You might Lose IT. somebody
night ind i; ne night be exposed TO
a. sorts Of aIaui@: someone might
ze- into the ho1s-
Stop. mother. you ara p~icturlng In
probabilities 70 yourself
Secondly continued our mother.
-y01 are TOO yo1ag 70 car! 4 latca-
key. don't wish you 20 oe out late at
alzhi: you are the only male protector
xe have. and 1 want y0u 70 Be a. home
z5-h Is
Under any othe- circumstances Fred
might have beea proud 10 Be called ouf
only male protector but this dis
11Gio1 made 10 impression upon hin
c0E. When mother had taken the
L-cak=y froa the keyboard and coz
xElL; I 70 aer pocks7. Fred wasn't IN
IL k11l-sst frame OF mind
TO mathis ago We had moved from
.Es E1-E t0Hl where We were born 10
! z-g4 c.-y--oeler. Fred and l. We
Ee-e s-- UPSET Aud confused by the
sz5dez EziIczi change from country
q4.et to TIE hustle Of a metropolis.
No-5e- certainly came much against
h=- .cci4aatl0n- but Freddy exhibited
an C11suzl musical talent, and |, too.
was zo5esEIy gifted with a propensity
for drawing. and We felt the needs Of
instructive advantages which we could
nor obtain in our native Our
maternal parent was unwilling that we
should 20 forth into the world alone,
and - the little home was sacrificed,
and We SCI up an abode elsewhere.
Our mother, who had been the most
con6ding soul in the world, was sus-
picious of everything and everybody in
her new surroundings and insisted
that the house should be locked and
bolted az 10 o'clock every night. At
that time We bo,ted the door to our
apartments. At half past 10 the front
door was locked by the janitor, and
every body was supposed to be safely
tucked away in bed.
Ridiculous" growled Fred. after
mother had left the room with the key
in her pocket, ITO expect a grown man
to be at home every night at 10"
Fred was invited to a little supper
after the concert at which his music
teacher was TO render the star num-
bers.
'She will let you stay out till II if |
ask her. and l will sit up for you"
You know mother goes to bed at 10,
so IL l should be a little behind time,
don't mind, Milly, don't mind; that's a
good girl
Very we'll, brother mine".'
"Or half an hour, or an hour, She'll
be asleep, anyway, and I'll just cough
gently under you window, and then
you'll come down and let me in"
"See that you watch Is not too far
behind time, Freddy" l laughed, land
I'll see what can be done"
"Ill 90 down now and try it on. If
you hear me cough. let me know"
Freddy went out. \ moment after
ward | heard him cough Immediately
under my window. l looked out and
hodAlt w hiIhs al Al MT OAu ltIlOh,
| can hear the signal"
Mother finally was prevailed upon to
give her permission for Fred to stay out
until II, and after supper made herself
comfortable in the big arm chair with
the evident intention to wait for the
male protector of the family.
AT 10 o'clock she looked pretty sleepy.
| on1 4hA nfpflyn aP NIa .nA-f 1A1f I4..r
awoke her from her first nap. She
gathered up her knitting.
HE will soon be here now, Milly;
It's really not worth while for both of
us to sit up. I'm going to bed but not
to sleep until he is safely at home"
1 babe mother goodnight. In less
than five minutes, l knew, she would
be sound asleep. An interesting book
would help me over the next hour. Be
fore l knew | was deeply involved in
the love affair of a young couple, and
when | turned the last page of the book
1t was twenty minutes past midnight.
A sudden thought struck terror to my
heart. Fred may have been here and.
absorbed as | was in my story, l might
not have heard the signal. l rushed to
the window, but nobody was to be seen.
The minutes dragged with leaden slow
ness. A quarter CT L. Where could
he be? At l o'clock | began to divest
myself of my dress and slipped INTO
my gown. Then l arranged my hair
for the night and had just finished put
ting one side of my head into curl
papers, when the signal came.
went to the window, opened 1t just
a bit and said softly:
rs that you, Freddy"
"Yes."
"Here is the key" / threw 1t down
into the street.
Yes"
Don't leave 1t in the ~keyhole; bring
II up with your
"Quitc right
"And take off your boots; don't let
mother hear you"
Very good"
seized the lamp and FASTENED ont
on the stairs 10 light my belated broth
or on his way. The key a turned in
the lock below. Then there was a
pause. Freddy was evidently taking
off his shoes before coming up the
stairs.
You are n -" | was on the point
Of Whispering, when I heard the boot
less step quite near me, but / suddenly
checked myself. From out of the shad-
ow Of the chairs emerged n shining
bai.,at ,.,.tI ,nufpn I,.VN,- ard In