The labor world., 1899-12-30

: amiss. His mistress had told him that
they were going down into the country
"a lovely place, where rabbits grew
wild, but rabbits save, of the Ostend
and cooked variety were a dead letter
to the cockney Bootles, and her
econmiums provoked no doggish en-
thusiasm. Their destination. however
troubled him but little as long as he
and she were together, that was the
main point, and the very moment John
opened the door of a suitable carriage
Rootles was in first with scrambling
audacious haste at which the guard
smiled genially, for his official frown
had been laid in the dust Of whole
silver shilling
II thought you'd like him in with
you,' said john, and although she tried
to thank him for this last kindness She
could find no voice, and John was near
" as bad. For all. his quiet bravery,
he knew that this parting might be the
beginning of: the end between them.
You'll take care OF the; little ferns,
John? One is delicate and wants more
to drink than the others" .sF stga. 81
"I'll take care Of them," he promised
her, "and I'll be sure and tell you when
my ship comes home.' .ss .@.
h But for all the real hope he had, the
ship might have foundered long since,
and they both. knew it. =ss t..${
"The train is just off! Goodby, darl-
ing! take care Of yourself''
'Goodby, John! Write me very
soon.'' & r5,5as&ats $ss sI5.s,;f sys.l AN,
She could not see the kind worn face
for tears as the, train left him behind,
but she had .Bootles to console her, and
he had nothing! Nothing but faithful
ness and "a quiet courage under the
shabby coat as he went back. to his
work. +! ssl 53s, .,lts ri
Uncle Marsh's house near Brighton
was quite the grandest that either Lucy
or her companion had ever entered in
their lives. Money seemed to ooze at
every pore, and Bottles. unfortunate
Booties, had the i'll luck to disgrace
himself the very first evening. "A love-
Sly Persian cat was one sof the chief
ornaments in the drawing room and
Bottles had glanced askance at it., res
membering with difficulty his com
pany manners. But when Lucy took
the magnificent animal on her lap
Bootles' hardly maintained forbearance
forsook him. He took atfiying leap and
his mouth was full Of Persian fur in a
moment. There was a grand hubbub
over the insulted cat, hurt only ii'. her
dignity; end Boot4es @wsi:, 1erernp " IS
consigned to the; stables, while the
Dachs and the Pomeranian could come
and go at their pleasure. The master
| of the house decided this, and Lucy
could not rebel, keenly as she felt ii.
But she did not feel it so keenly as
Bootles, and if he could outmanoeuvre
the vigilance committee Of butler or
footman or both, he would scuffle
wildly past them, and burst into his
mistress's room painting with an eager
delight that was touching to see. RE
tripped up the butler once, who Nas
fat and heavyweight: there was a
second hubbub over this but the cat
was considered the more valuable ant
NAL Of the two, and then Mr.. Marsh
contemplated the advisability of chain
ing the fierce. Bootles up. Lucy pre-
vented this, but only by discouraging
further mutiny, and Bootles j. began
dimly to see that his palmy days We're
over, even in a pleasant place where
rabbits grew wild. +.-.... .- -. ~ q
True, his mistress came often to see
him, and they had pleasant walks to-