Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-11-29
time fill ten will do"

time Till ten will do"
My heart sank. The Man who had
looked up hopefully turned to the
frontispiece once more.
If he would-would absorb the con-
versation. there might still be a
chance. Yet, if the Boy found him.
self too we'll entertained he might
stay forever. But the Man was by
this time in such state of nervous
irritability as to be incapable of con-
versation.
His very boots expressed his desire
to summarily eject the Boy. How
wished he would
Our friend is suffering already
from home Sickness" said that
wretched superfuity.
laughed the tears inso mine eyes,
and pricked myself badly.
"Have you seen that sketchP" said
the Man at length, handing me the
paper. Something on t. e page, writ
ten in pencil, interested me consid-
erably.
"What is that?" asked the Boy, con.
descendingly.
"Harper's," said the Man.
"Have they changed the cover,
then?" he inquired; 'it will get mixed
with Pearson's."
at is Pearson's," said the Man; 81
made a mistake. What do you think
of it?" he turned to me.
at seems a bit startling" said the
Boy.
1 looked up, and my eyes met the
Mans.
"Have you pencil?" asked, coura-
geously. 81 should like to mark this"
l wrote tiny note in the margin;
only one word, in fact.
81 always annota e books" ap'
proved the Boy.
The Maj took the magazine and
looked al the page; he locked happier
than he had done since his entrance.
Thank YOU" he said, SO fervently
that he aroused the Boys curiosity.
"May 1 look2" he asked. UNLESS 1t
Is poetry"
at is poetry" said the Man. "The
incest verse have ever SEEN"
He looked regretfully at the clock
and at the Boy and me. 81 am afraid
1 must"
Must your" said the Boy, cheer
fully; that's the best of living on the
spot; we need never hur: y away"
"Have you oiled your door lock"
asked the Man. at was very stiff
when / last tried It,"
put down my work. 81 must see
what I can do" said; I felt happy
enough to laugh. If the Boy would
only stay on the sofa he might come
again and stay ten h urs.
He jumped up. "1'll help him to
lever the door OPEN" he said. III
wants stronger hands than yours;
can post that letter besides"
at is on the hall table," told him
80, that's all right. can get il
when I go out" he said. "Good-by."
He politely waited till his senior
RdQ ndO lllS
"Till 1 return them" said the Man.
81 thought you did not know if you
were returning" said the Boy.
81 have made up my mind" he re-
piled "Good-by."
They were in the hall. The doo1
opened again and there was the Man
81 had to-" he said, breathlessly
after the first two seconds. Con
found thai fellow. Don t mind, dear
they are to last me long time"
Mind"
"Look here, you'll lose that train,'
said the Boy, opening the door.
The Man had managed to get gooc
deal out of four seconds, but all the
same he swore, and it is odd how Il
relieved my feelings.
When their steps sounded down thu
path 1 went to the window and raised
it; as they passed the Man tried tt
look round the Boy, who was be
tween us, but lodged him unsuccess
fully. l watched them growing small
er and smaller with the lamps unit
they were out of sight then 1 tore
out the page of magazine, and, car
rying it upstairs, locked it In TIT
trinket box, where it IS still.
The Boy was a nice boy, and coul'
not find it possible to hate him, ever
though he spoiled the Evening Of my
life.
think of it now that he is stou
and fatherly, and in my heart il
amusement, evaporation, and some
thing far more bitter
Because the Man never came back.
Rock fever killed him.-Black anC