Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1899-05-11


Fathers gone out to dinner. ans
so has Uncle Jack-Uncle -Tacl
only came the day before Yesterday
Nurse snd cook are in the kitchen
Kate-that's the housemsid -hai
gone to see her mother at Pos
Bridge; and Corrtman's ont will
the dog cart. Courtman's realI,
nicer than any OF them
Perhaps You are accustomed !,
plsyisgty yourssIf
Tears suddenly rose in Teddy
eyes, but he tried to blink then
away before the visitor could sc,
them.
'There-there used to be mothel
you know. Fathers are different
somehow, aren't they? The
haven't time, | suppose?' looking
with wistful eyes at his visitor fol
confirmation of the fact.
Quite different there's nothins
in the whole world like a mother
Geoffrey was thinking of his owr
boyhood's days.
A tear fell from Teddy's down
bent face on the carpet at th.
speakea's feet, but as it soaked IN
at once, Teddy hoped it had no,
been noticed. He rnmpIed hii
curly pate and hesved a sigh.
Il say, what shall we play at p
You choose, replied the man in
grey, his hearing always painfully
on the alert for surprises. Il must
say that | am rather tired of this
get-up-yours is so much better
than mine
We'll. yours is rather hideous,
SAID Teddy, endeavouring to mir
gle candour with politeness 'bu,
then / suppose it's more uncommon
than mine. | had it for fancy
dress ball, and I'm going to anoth.
er soon, when they make a new
mayor, You know, and do so wani
to be able to turn somersault.'
Il would be useful
Il shall have to manage to learn
somehow said Teddy, with porten.
tous gravity. Bob Smith can turn
beauties. l say his eyes travelling
afresh over the others costume,
what are those things? Something
like the tops of toasting forks
He broke into an infectious
splutter of laughter, and Bora.
dale smiled in response, despite
the torture of inaction.
Il can't imagine why / chose
this rig-out,' he replied, keeping
up the farce. Il wish I'd some
thing else to put on
Teddy suddenly sprang into the
air, bis face red with excitement.
why, there are heaps and heaps
of things upstairs; let's go and get
some, and then perhaps you'd
teach me to turn somersault +?
1 can nearly do it-you'd only have
to give me a shove at the right
time. Do come along, only rery
quietly, or nurse will come, and
don't want her to-
Nor did Borradaile; and they
stole across the hall and up the
staircase, he taking off his heavy
boots and carrying them under his
arm, upon which Teddy, with 81
lent, burglarious chuckle of enjoy
ment, sat on the bottom stair and
removed his little patent leather
house shoes, tucking them under
bis capacious scarlet and white
sleeve.
Master Theodore, where are
you p
Teddy held up his finger, warn
ingly, and advanced to the top oil
the stairs.
'I'm here, nurse I; I've only come
to get something out of fathers
room; he said | could have il.
Its getting on your bedtlme, "a
don't be long up there. IN pua
your supper in the study, unless
you'd like to have it with cook and
me in the kitchen
'I'm just not going to have it in
the kitchen put it in the study,
and father said / could have some
chicken il / liked.
The steps retreated again, to the
accompaniment of muttered re-
marks, and Teddy having routed
the enemy, led the way triumphant.
ly to his fathers room.
Nurse 10 so cross he explained,
trying at the same time 70 drag a
heavy bon forward. T'm too old