Hutchinson gazette., 1900-08-30

THP TALL MANs GUESTS.
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Two children were slowly to'hng mp
the smooth, hard roHd that led from
the highway to 0he level below. Tho
tall man, who had been resting on u
rustic seat, rose and looked down NJ
the approaching figures, One was o
girl, black'eyed gIlq, wjh rAhe!
sharp features Nmd wnyy black HAIR
The other WIS II boy, rather stallld
hooking boy, whose complexion Nnd
hair were light, and whose light eyei
wore un uneasy look 1hey wtI'c
plainly but neatly dressed, and boil
were scrupulously clean.
As they came across the brow ol
the slope the llttle girl caught NlghI
OF the tail man and gilye him n bow
and u smile, The boy clung closer
10 her and fcll LITTLE back
"sir,' she sndd with precise afr
81 hope we are not indrudn''
She was 10 quolnt and old fashion
cd, and she looked up at him in such
a frank nnd honest way thIAt,n smile
mppled across his pale and somewhat
carewom face.
"No," he sald, "you are not inrrud
ing. You are bath quite at liberty
10 enjoy the grounds as long as you
Nike"
"Therc :" said the QuNlnH LITTLE gi1
with nn mir OF triumph, ~ told Henry
80, | said 10 him, Henry ns long as
we are well behaved thcy won't dis
turb us,' What dld you say TO that,
llcnry?"
The small boy pulled forward by
the girl, Looked mp shyly Al the tall
nun and thus conveyed his answer;
81 said they'd set the dog on us and
chucl, us out"
"lIenrys from ihe COUNTRY sald
the quaint lItlNc glrl, "Nnd country
folks Is so suspicious, He's most 4,
hut he's small for his age, His aMl
sent him up to visit us, He nint got
amy fathpr or mother, nm, she tied n
tag TO him, but he tore the Tag all up
because he was ashamed OF IL. But
YOU knew where YOU lived, didn't you,
Henry"
"Nou bcl," said the small boy, with
solemn carncstness.
"Stt down and rest Yourselves"
sGid the tall man rs he pointed TO the
ruslc seat.
"Thhnk YOU" said the girl "Sit
down, Henry, I'm not tired myself.
When YOU do housework you don't
have time to get aired, you know,
The tall man looked hard ut the
child,
81 suppose that As quite true" he
soid. "'rhen you do housework?"
"Only for father" she answered,
"Thcre's Just father an me. He calls
me Ittle mother. Ms a'pretty name
isn't It? An do the best / can, and
once a week Mrs, Ryan comes in and
helps me-"
"Liza's n dandy cook" broke in the
boy with much gravity,
"And you have got n dandy nppe-
titc," lnughcd Ghc girl. "Hcnry is
dhe incest Mnd Of visitor she added
as she turned 10 the tall man. "lle
lilics everything. This mcrning nftcr
breakfast daddy gave me % cents and
said: Now, you and Horny go for n
nice long ride ON The street cars
And ] said 'Will they let people In
there to see the beautiful plocc?' and
daddy said: 4 guess they'd ld, n nice
lltUe girl IN, who didn't pick flowers,
NOR net impolte or nothing You
see he meant me, So Thought I'd
bring Henry out here and have him
this rich mans place, lItll be some
thing for him TO remember when he
goes home. 1t cost just four cor fares
and two transfers each way, and
there's cents lert--0nd we haven't
made up our minds what well do
with it, have we Henry"
"CNndy," said Henry, with sentcn'
tious gravity.
The tall man who was leaning n
gainst the arm of the rustic bench,
laughed.
"NIay ask your namc," he fn-
quired.
"Im Eliza Martin" replied thelttle
girl "Iy father is John Martin, and
he works in the rolling mills out at
Newburg. Are you n gardemer?'
The tall man laughfngly shook hds
head.
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