The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-27

| up of scraps as sure as James was a
foot high
/ A bit further on, he concluded,
| James was to get out and deliver
Haight's roses, while he, Kelly, would
make two stops down a side street and
overtake him. Haight was No. 812,
right neal ST. GATHERINGS.
| James glanced up. "St. GATHERINGS"
he repeated.
Hospital" explained Kelly. North
end of the block
| For long while James sat stiff and
silent. Suddenly he asked:
! Which gets the most?"
ooh, Dainton. She's good for near
every day. First time this week,
| though. Here we are"
After a prolonged rummage behind
| the wagon James started off, While
| Kelly wheeled westward, hoping that
Dainton's man would ultimately shake
on long ago.
She, standing cloaked and gloved at
an upper window, was debating the re-
verse. There was no earthly reason
why he should send them at ALL if he
didn't want to, but if he did. She
finger mailed whole row on the calen-
dar, then glanced in the mirror for re-
assurance. Besides, he knew that it
was visiting day at st. GATHERINGS, and
her night at the opera, and certainly
he knew, or should know, that today
was-Today! She capitalized the word
| in an indignant burst, then glanced out
for the tenth time that half hour-to
| behold the familiar purple and silver
| wagon.
She sent the maid to the door, Pres
emily, hearing the drivers voice in pro-
| longed explanation, she descended the
staircase with dignity.
He advanced, apologizing that her
violets should have been forgotten. The
boy must have overlooked them when
loading the wagon.
She crushed his assurance of spe-
cial messenger with a naughty II shall
see it is reported" and swept past into
the street. t..-
The third blunder that month Such
carelessness! And, of all days, on that
day! Utterly inexcusable! And after
she had waited half an hour and put
on that particular gown! She would
see the boy was well reprimanded
And she bit her lip, horribly positive
that, dressed as she was, in that par
ticular gown, she would appear to any
encountered girl friend obviously vio-
letless.
And as she turned the corner a gray
figure, swinging box, descended some
steps and wheeled northward. She
recognized cap and uniform The
youAS SSlltielIltu aWnO forgot the VlO-
lets, and on such day! He hurried on
ahead, whistling blithely about "Just
One Girl" She strobe after, an APP
preaching Nemesis, welding him more
closely at each step to the lost legion
of cigarette smoking, novel reading
messenger boys.
She was just despairing Of his cap
ture when, with a backward glance,
he passed in at st. GATHERINGS
She had explored several wards and
was pausing irresolutely near the
screened corner of another when a
pasteboard cover met her eye. She
stopped, then Strengthening, with an
angry flush marched menacingly I'D to
the screen andrew back.
BY cot stood the gray uniform.
head hung, fumbling his cap and shut
fling his feet. Follow propped sat a
pop-eyed, pig-tailed little girl. She
was grinning to the gums. One arm
was bandaged; the other Rugged to
her nlghtgown huge bunch of violets.
An, say" she was confding. be-
tween prodigious shifts, 81 wasn't rec
lee mad at you-not a bit!"
outside Miss Dainton met the mr.
pie wagon. It's driver approached.
groveling
The matter is settled she inter
rupted, loftily. II have no Complaint. /"
and stalked out