Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-06-07

which he found little savorless.
Presently came tap at the door, n
+fmid one. and after an interval an
other. The botanist came to himself
through an algebraic formula and went
and opened it. Outside stood Mary,
bowed and repentant.
please" she said, I'm good now"
I'm glad TO hear it
please may | have EuniceW
THAT barbarous fetch? Certainly
rotm
For an instant Mary's expression
seemed to forbode a resumption of the
old business. Then she sent a piteous
glance in the direction of the dismem-
bcred idol, still lying where it had
fallen, and her throat swelled like n
widowed birds recalling, lovesick, the
tunefulness of the merry springtime.
"May do my task?' she said, with a
weeping courage.
You can try to make amends, but
won't have you here. l am very much
disploased.'
Mary, pathetically forlorn, took book
she put up trembling lip. "Will you
Kiss lneF
The botanist eXpiated his blush with
burnt Offering of anger. "Go away"
he said. 81 am displeased, | tell you"
But when Mary had departed he felt
badly at ease. He was conscious of a
maggot in his brain and likened his
head to an oak apple. After lunch he
went ont for Il walk, and when he re-
turned Eunice had vanished, and the
house seemed cold and dull.
Toward evening rain drummed on
the windows. and after dinner, restless
aud Dissatisfied, he stood looking out
into the dreary garden. i was shad-
oWy no light there, and the black, wet
ground Shoue like eelSkin. But under
the laburnum in the far corner was a
broad splotch of Wilderness.
Suddenly his breath caught like a
l,ink in a running reel. He stood a
moment then stole to the bell
Good. Cod" he muttered as he rang
if in scared fashion.
"What is thatf' he said to the serv-
ant who appeared.
The girl looked and gave a cry.
ITS Miss Mary" she said and ran
into the rain, pursued by the botanist
They found the child soaked, sitting
IN her nightdress and very drowsy.
Take hcr-you.' whispered the bot
an.st Il am not even worthy to be a
first principle
The girl carried the child swiftly in-
ro the sitting room
Light the gas" she said impatient
ly and was mcckly oheycd
Then in a moment the hotanist rush
"a at the child, slapped and shook her
and seemed to 90 mad.
Let her be, you devil" cried the
GIRL struggling to defend her charge,
lut the botanist took no notice of her
for Mary opened her eyes.
what have you eaten" he shrieked
and Mary murmured, "a yellow bees
egg"
Then the botanist seemed to go stark
crazy.
sect mustard, smelling salts, cold
."..It VIC Stii'N Iithit l'L llIibdA -
Keep her awake, Fetch the battery"
Battery Yourself" snapped the girl
dMauuy
You fool, she's eaten poison--la-
Hurnum seeds, She'll die
That was only an expression Of opin-
.H for five hours later the botanlst
WAS talking TO Mary quite humbly and
|-.fuliy as she lay in bed.
\ud-and what made you do it,
}laEyf"
n was when | came back from
.ang.ng Eunicee guardian, ana there
VAS nobody left. and then | remem-
.".J the paper that you wrote about
FL" oittshiue and that you r you
.a.a,ut"-
'H.I 1t yellow bees, Mary. or golden
rain and call me uncle, Mary, And
.'4 -uall have another doll tomorrow,
.a.t as big as yourself. etliorescent
aa orratcd like Dresden shep-
.r..-s. aud-and'-
I." hotanist bent a moment and left
anm hurriedly.
a..'- made my face wet" thought
T But. darling Eunice-well, she
rckety child, after ALL poor
..r"
The darkness Of his study the
'sr was mmmuring Lucy!
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