Cañon City record., 1898-09-22
STARS.
By RANN KENNEDY.

! ~ LII thc Auoi AhAA6 PNoPic WCAS Se@rs
~ ling about the house, this way
and that, up 80 the eyes" in work
The maid and a temporarily engaged
| ;ssistant superintended operations
over steaming tub; Mrs Jameson
and her sister Caroline lent them
an occasional hand. devoting the re
Dainder of their time to cooking,
securing, cleaning and the hundred
and one matters of domestic neces-
sity; tradesmen. with that unerring
instinct of their kind which always
prompts their visits on the most in
convenient day, made frequent de-
Tuands upon the door; the children.
home for awhile, were busy too, for
this was washday in the house of
Jameson.
The baby sat solemn and silent in his
tiny chair, securely tied thereto by =
disused pair of his fathers braces.
Scattered on the floor around him
were toys and picture-books. on his
lap lay a slice of bread and jam, a
broad red trail of the latter indicating
direct path over bib and chin toward
his mouth He turned a large and
iistiess eye upon the surrounding
hustle.
Baby is quiet to-day" said Mrs.
Jameson once, giancing casually to-
| ward him.
Yes; he's thinking Of something
not even eating his bread and JAM"
ibid um sit and finka-fink?- This to
the child, with seductive waggie Of
finger.
But baby sat Inotionless. gazing cow
ike with his eyes He did not even
say -Goo-goo,"
At that moment the maid came in
from the scullery, bearing with her
a steamy atmosphere and an unwhole-
some odor of soap. In her arms was
ponderous basket of damp linen
fresh from the wringing; this she de-
posted with a thud upon the floor
I've done this lot, ma'am. she
said. "au' I'm almost ready to start
on the coloreds- IN put this here .
minute while 1 go and get my line
out. Hope it'l be fine day for the
drying"
Mrs Jameson stood 1t rest for mo-
nient and surveyed the bulky basket
before her. She sighed II was the
dream Of her life that 1t some happy
far-on day her good man should earn
just that little more-than-enough
which would warrant her in putting
out her washing. But now she WAS
middie-agrd. and the dream had not
yet come; when IL came-years later
lit had lost its value, for her good
man WAS gone.
NO. don't put the basket there
she said. Its in the way. Put IL
where baby is. and move him into the
corner"
did ums-havc to be put in a corner
like a bad boy?- said the maid. as
she followed out her mistress instruc-
tions.
The baby remained as impassive as
ever.
Suddenly miracle occurred. The
iamp-oii man having arrived and de
iirered himself of his odoriferous bur-
den, il became again necessary for
Mrs. Jameson to pause from her la
bors to pay him For this purpose she
went to the cupboard. wherein she
kept the sundry little boxes that
served her for bookkeeping. and. draw
ing one forth. she presently poured
into her hand a tiny shower of change
This comprised several coins of the
smallest sort, but one OF them stood
out royalty from the rcst-a bright
coppery beauty flashing with the
sunshine. II was n new halfpenny.
The child's eyes giistcned de-
sirously.
-ci-gii" he said. which. being in
terpreted. is "Give."
But this remark remained unheard
amid the hustle; and it was not until
the iamp-oil man had receirrd his due,
ard the coins-bright b4dpenny as
wcii--had been restored 10 their little
box and cupboard that MrS Jameson
bccame aware Of the child's restless
ness.
.Halioo. little manniei What 90
want now?"
''Gi-gi.- This with an imperious
wave of hand.
''Gi-gie Oh. he wants his picture
book. Give him Il, Caroline"
And Mrs. Jameson, turning away,
began TO scour n saucepan.
Blu, baby had no joy OF his picture
book. On top of his bread aud jam it
lay UNDECIDED. its crude, gaudy Illus
trations seeming as naught beside
thnt golden glorious something he
had moiacntariiy seen flash across his
cosmos.
''ci-gil- he cried p,aintiveiy.
Perhaps It's his ges.gee he wants"
we.swar, iare.,ga inr Rski->.
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man is wise when he selects the West.
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