The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-22

tin down front o the bureau an handlr,
over some papers she took out of boy
Then l dreamt she kissed a square him.
that was kinder shet up in her hand nSs
cried an cried Just as l did when ON,
my finger with the chopin knife.
I told mother about it the next dav
She laughed at me an said little fok.
mustn't imagine things; an then she wen,
into the iltchen to stir her crarnh,r,
sauce, as sulilin' as could be. Bur iusts
soon's she d got out o hearin' I'D iumnsS
Aunt Octavia an grabbed holt O. NV
shoulder an shook me as if l was a tab.
cloth. An she says, Don't never tel
your mother that dream again, as longs
you live an breathe There's lois a
things makes her nervous Mother AIM,
never nervous'-a satisfied ripple in ber
voice.
Aunt Octavia'n 7 had secret once"
she went on in gentle flow of reminis-
cence. Il was stayin' over to her hons.
while Uncle Silas sugared off,"
She threw a pebble into the brook and
watching the widening circle on the wa.
ter with an air OF reflective speculation
What was the secret, Electra?" asked
Miss Wagner after a moments silence
20 yes still looking at the water ana
speaking half absently, Il was lonesome
an auntie left candle burning; but
twas a little bit of one an it spluttered
1 said Now 1 lay me- just's If mother
was there. Then the candle sputtered
again an I began to say Our Father
They heard me then, an they came run.
min up stairs in a norfie hurry An
Aunt Octavis says, You little screech
OWL you'll scare me into fits! What under
the canopy are you shoutin' that way
for?"
THAT was worse'n the candle, for
didn't know what she meant; but told
her that the prayer said. 'Hollered be thv
name an that was why I'd been no.
lering.
Then Aunt Octavia said, 7 don't know
how 1t strikes you, 81, but I do believe
there's somethin' lackin' in the upper
story
Uncle Silas said there wasn't He said
he'd bet cookie 'twould come out all
right in course o time. Better wait an
see.
81 guess went to sleep after that, but
sometime-mebbe twas the next day
auntie told me we'd have secret Then
she got me to promise I wouldn't tell q
Twin soul about the upper story, not even
mother. I said didn't want to tell moth
er, she'd feel so bad If there was anything
the matter with aunties house. l think
Uncle Silas felt bad, too. for he KEEP whis-
tim while she was maxim me promise
an he said: i sh'd think you'd feel like
slngin pretty small about that Speech
Tavy.' l asked Aunt Octavia about It
once a little while ago. an she said the
upper story was all right now. So
s'pose it's, but/I can't see a single bit O
difference when 1 go there. Auntie amt
never been very well, mother says, an
she takes notions. 1 spose that's why
hes always tellin' me not to talk the board
ers stone blind, an never talked any
body blind in my life, 'cept praps Tropic-
kercancers kitlens-an' they got right
over it,
The intervals of fruit-scented silence be-
gan to grow more frequent. Had Eve
been like Electra, Adam would have found
it easy to Withstand her half-hearted so
Hcitations Her occasional Don't you
want an apple, too?" sounded too mechan-
ical and perfunctory to elicit even re-
fusal AfterWard, when she saw that the
long-sufferlng- canvas bag went homo
empty, Miss Wagner found it necessary TO
assure herself in a dazed sort or way
that she had positively not eaten sin-
gle apple that morning.
1t was with a sensation akin to terror
that she detected indications OF hunger
in Electra on the way home.
stewed chicken for dinner; an toast Win
lots O gravy on 1t" began that youns
person hopefully.
She was climbing the great stone posi-
under the Osborne naples now. ana hsF
next words huttered downward with solt'
uneven emphasis.
Were goin' to have green apple pse
too; an new cheese, an coffee. NOW loon
out for leaves when 1 scrabble, poisius
herself securely on the post and oeslr
ming a vigorous attack upon the low"
branches of the naples. ,.,
Electra" said Miss Wagner, sudoehH'
a moment later. ,,..,.
Yes. Miss Dorothy" Her rosy h1us
face, with tangled curls blown across II,
became gradually visible through Wv
shower of leaves that had followed Wv
Scrabble"
you've shaken the trees enough lOt
one day, haven't you, child? Come u'""
now and listen to me for a minute
Electra sprang from the post IN protnp'
obedience. ,u,
i've been thinking of what your 'Au'N
Octavia said, Electra, Miss WaSneI
was making futile efforts to reduce Inv
tangled hair to something like order A.s
l really don't believe there is any hseI
Of her worrying about the boarderS'
have listened to you all the morning,
say nothing of other mornings that co..
be mentioned, and l am not stone p'
by any means. On the contrary m w
ginning to suspect that / see better ~ ..
week to week; and if that is So you M -
have been my atmospheric illuminant,
The smile with which she spoke W.
quizzical and merry. sudden oh'"e
animatio seemed to possess her. -
The next few sentences Electra loeV
entirely With her ewes bent upon VIC
ground she was struggling with the "a
mysterious words that had caught a""
absorbed her attention; words that SUI
instinct told her she was not nhey "
hear again: "At-mos-pheric ill-llu-'
mospheric-" ,...rov-
And then Miss Wagner's voice des'ios
ed forever the possibility of fitting thVsS
fascinating but elusive syllables lnt0 ""
mosaic of her voca bulary.
so the new piano will come neA A.
week. Electra" the voice was sayins,
with the same unfamiliar buoyancy ~
its tones" and its going to be your Fo''
Observation-Disclosures -,.-,,.
The ardent joyousness OF Eiecua
smile rivaled the sunlight when noou -,
the dining room that noon. 1t hau u ~
none of its radiance, wheA, haVlns
posed OF two heaping platefuls oil cni a.
en- and baked potatoes, followed III -
course by green apple pie. new c heeS
and coffee" she laid down her knite S"u
fork with a sigh Of perfect satisfaction;
"I'm so happy l can't eat allO'H n,
mouthful." she said, apologeticaily.
guess I'll go out and tell IfopieN''