The Press., 1898-04-07

use of DIG DO1tle WILL prove WAdC l"
can do"
Waller. that yon could nave got ~,'l..e-
body to do that Have you any foreign
postage stamps about yon!'
Friendship between the two gentle.
men was cemented and made permanent
by the production OF several foreign
stamps and an envelope 10 place them
i'll People were coming up to the re-
freshmen tent now. the band having
decided TO rest for half an hour and re-
cover breath, and Master Waller invited
Mr. Bradley to take his chair
lyon den mlnd!'" asked Bradley
of Miss Llewellyn
"No OF at all she said politely.
MAY | smoke!
"Let me strike the match. inter
posed Master Waller. Tim awfuIly
good at that. And tell us some OF your
adventures -
"They wouldn't interest Miss Lew
ellyn.''
"Girls don't count, said Master
Waller. "Tell me- Make it one where
you nearly lost your life
So 10 or 5 minutes were thus occu-
pied, the small boy seated on Bradley 8
knee and staring at him with open
mouthed establishment. Miss Llewollyn,
her head bowed studied the band pro-
gramme in apparently Il laborious search
! for the misprints that a musical pro-
gramme always offers. Bradley gold the
story we'll, without obtruding his own
share in the adventure, and when he
had finished punched the small boy hui
morously to bring him back from south
America to Regents park.
"And is that story true?' asked the
small boy respectfully.
sit has that drawback, youngster.
"Well, said Master Waller, I'm a
man that's awfully fond of adventure
but shouldn't care for that. What did
you think of when that fierce animal
was waiting to spring upon you?'
"Guess "
Can't said Master Waller "Can
you, Miss Llewellyn?''
She shook her head and again became
interested in the band programme.
Bradley looked at her and waited for
her to speak, but she made 70 sign.
Now silence may at times be tolerable
for grown up folk, but for impatient
young men like Master Waller it brings
nothing but WEAKNESS
sis there any chance of seeing these
orchids, Mr. Bradley asked the youth.
eth be something to brag about to my
people if l could just get sight OF
them. p"
"We'll all go over to the marquee
and have look Miss Llewellyn, will
you come, or shall we leave you here
There's rather crush. -
Lets leave her., suggested Master
Waller ''Miss Llewellyn likes being
alone. y
Il think | will stay here, . she said
"We shall be back in ten minutes, !
said Bradley.
Master Waller had to trot to keep NJ
with the long strides of his new friend
but he did not mind this because he fell
kind of reflected glory in being accom-
panied by the man who had brough
home some Of the rarest Of the amazing
specimens in the crowded tent.
'aGirls are nuisance, aren't they'
said Master Waller, looking up conf
dentially.
"Sometimes - said Bradley.
''She isn't so tiresome, though, a
some. .
Il think agree with you there.
Works awfully hard-too hard, IN.
mamma says. :
mo necessity for that surely, SAT-
b Adley rather sharply.
"But Miss Llewellyn has to live,
urged the small boy. my mamma say
that she was we'll off for year or tw
before her father died, but since that
"Her father dead?''
Here, l say said Master Waller
don grip a man S shoulder like that.
Sorry r
''They come into money, SO my mann
ma says. a few years ago.
II remember that.
!, "And then Miss Llewellyn's govern
: or put all into something, and it neve
Z came out again That's why she has t
: manage the calisthenic school that G
! to. And say. Can you touch your toe
!: with the tips of your fingers without
: "Where does she live now?' Nj
3 Bradley seemed excited.
Z SIN rooms = replied Master VALE
E volubly eve been there to tea alon
with my sisters. (That's fine orchi
: there You can't see it now. A girl
: hats in the way And Miss Llewe
!: lyn's got awfully nice furniture an
: photographs. and Master VALE
: slapped his knee suddenly. 81 remen
{ Der now where I've seen your face b.
: fore, Mr.. Bradley Only without tt
E short beard = ~
s Come outside. . said Bradley, "an
: tell me
They made their way through Il
crowd and reached the exit. Bradle
s held his breath and bent to hear II
small boy S reply
son her dressing table, = whispere
s Master Waller confidentially, ''in IL
S beautifullest frame you ever saw. and
) Where are you going?''
Back to Miss Llewellyn,' erie
S Bradley
"Well. but. said Master Wall
8 protestingly, wait for me.
8 Bradley did not obey the young MAJ
: He strobe across the lawn. past Il
) band, which was playing quick marc
5 that was not quick enough to keep pa,
: with him Before Master Waller four
s the two there had been swift exchanl
: Of low sentences that altered their viev
: of the world and made them both thin
8 Of it as place where happiness is to
found.
: And why did you refuse me befor
! dearY''
/" Because all my people pressed me
accept you, said Miss Llewellyn