Gilpin observer., 1901-01-24
eoH, FRED, YOU kKn a DEAR!"


.nnd yet she knew how 'i,e hated to he
interrupted when he wHs reading.
Fred" she said timidly at last
; Nosanswer.
"Fred" little louder.
Still no answer
please, Fred-'
''Well, what do you want" he growl-
led, glaring at her over the top of bis
book in a manner that justified her
worst fears
'"Oh, Fred Lucille Baker Is going
away, and she warts me to write in
her album
album! Autograph! Oh, take it
away cried Fred. DO you mean to
say that those things have comearound
.again?
at isn't a common autograph al
bum" said I;uth, w;hh dignity, hUitling
it up.
The inside leaves were cut from card
board in the shape of oak leaves and
the outside ones from birch bark, and
all were tied together with pale green
ribbon.
Lucille made 1t herself. She has
had n pleasant time here. and AS she
may never come back again, she wants
n souvenir and wants all her set to
write in it. don't belong. belong to
the younger set. but Lucille likes me,
and she says I write n beautiful hand.
and she says she wants us to write
something ch-charaCteristic, and don't
know what that means. Mamma is
gone, and Uncle Phil is awfully busy.
and have to give 1t back to her in the
morning, for there are so many to write
in 1t yet, and
She stopped short. for she saw that
Fred was deep in his book again.
"Please help me. Fred" she snid.
! "Go wayw shouted Fred in exactly
the same tone that he used n few mo-
ments later when the pUo came seek
ing around the couch and thrnst It's
moist nose lovingly into his face.
writing in autograph albums is all
silly girls nonsense, and l won't have
a thing to do with it,"
Ruth went She went up to her room
and cried. having first put the precious
album away in Its tissue paper wrap
per.
Breathes there a man with soul so
dead that he does not remember how
his heart overnowed with pride when
he was noticed by one OF the solder
setY' Why, Fred himself had once
swelled to twice his natural size be-
cause the captain of the senior nine
slapped him on the back and shouted,
'Well done. kid"
Presently Uncle Phil came into the
sitting room. He paused beside the
couch and peered over it.
''Havng a good timer he asked.
Eyes, sir Finer cried Fred, prompt
ly sitting up.
Unclc Phil was parsonage. and one
cannot snub distinguished war cor
respondent as one does little sister.
Its Pcrseus and Andromeda. Great,
isn't IT." he continued enthuslastical-
ly. "I'll tell you. life was worth living
in those days. OF course ! know this
IS a myth" he added hastily, "but the
days of the old chivalry and the tour
naments and all that are the days for
me! Life's deadly grind In this age"
sometimes fear that the very spir-
1t of knighthood is dying out" said
Uncle Phil thoughtfully.
Fred's astonishment fairly lifted him
to his feet.
"No, slr!' he cried as he sat down on
the edge of the couch. Just give 1t "A
chance. and you'd see
"Risk your life to rescue n fair lady
eh?" asked Uncle Phil. smiling.
Eyes, sir. would" replied Fred.
flushing almost imperceptibly under
the tan, "and so would any of the fel-
lows"
I mot long ago." said Uncle Phil, look
ing at his watch and beginning to
speak very rapidly, ~ heard maiden
I'm dire distress, and the only knight
within hail deliberately turned his back
on her. don't doubt that she Is weep.
Ing yet"
! "Wbwhat's that, Uncle PhIlf" stam-
mercd Fred. the red beginning to ooze
through the tan.
~ would have rescued her myself"
continued Uncle Phil, shutting his
watch, "but these letters had to be