New-York tribune., 1903-02-15
More 6Uays 6ba,1 One.
BY A. ST. JOHN ADCOCK.

,ice Of exaggerated surprise.
when 1 was younger, then," she laughed. IL
that is any better.
Il think II is-much
We'll then. when 1 was younger"
..T,efore / knew you?''
.Tong before. In fact, when 1 was quite a
Enall child r. T.. ,,,,,r-
INJURED. with sigh.
laughed again. Il was the very worst small
child you could possibly imagine"
i can't possibly imagine that
IF had been little anger"
Il should never have met you-
oh you might ,
Thank YOU But I'm AFRAID not Lhtue
angels don't stop on earth
Their Stances net: her eyes caught a twinkle
from his and they laughed together
What were we SayingT'
81 Was saving" he reminded her. that we ar
-a,,eed last week that / should come and escort
Won and your mother to the Royal Academy thls
afternoor and when 1 call-ano, as
ro-nted out il isn't every day that can leave
nv military duties at the War Office to look
after thenselves-your mother is lying down own
with an attack OF neuralgia and has asked you
10 postpone going till tomorrow
sOb YES, And then you said she was per
-a-se rroy okirg capricious and all sorts or
-hings. and I said 1 believed she was, and
took after her
And said you were mistaken in that"
SO l was going to tell you an anecdote OF
myself 10 prove that was not mistaken only
you keep interruptlng me.
~Ple1se let me have the rest OF the anecdote.
and II t-y not to interrupt again-In try
hard
He was young; what was more, he was de-
ridedlv good looking: what was more STILL MS
manners were engaging and persuasive, ana ms
drr gently ironical tricks of speech gave ms
airy nothings a pleasant piquancy, all OF Whlch
must have preposseSSed her in his favor even
had no sUbtler sentiment inclined her toward
him
We'll when I small child she yielded
10 his entreaty. Il vas dreadfully Wllful' ana
had the most shocking temper
You must have lost il before met you
And remember one day was out with my
nurse, and. being in one of my wickedest MOODS,
I insisted on doing everything she told me not
10 DO For instance, L would keep running
races with Charley-dear old Charley
''Oh, why wasn't 1 Charley"
'r4e was only q dog
An, but you didn't treat him like one"
You promised not to-
-T apologize. Not another word
u kept running races with Charley, and nurse
kept telling not to; she said ! was over
heating myself and should catch cold, and that,
racing in the middle of the road, / should be
run over and killed; but I took no notice The
more she warned me and ordered me to walk
quietly with her, the more disobedient l was,
and al last. all Of sudden, she managed to
catch hold Of me and slapped me angrlly -
'NO-nO.'
Slapped ne so hard that cried
This is heartrendingr'
He leaned back in his chair and regarded her
with pensive sympathy-
I won't tell you any more she said, snil-
Us- you are gong 10 De silly dbouL IL
Tell me the rest he implored, and will
be wise
1t happened that our dear old vicar was
coming up the road
Dear old chapr' he murnured absently
Why wasn't I the vicar"
He saw nurse slap me, and when he reached
Us he stopped and spoke to her. and patted me
on the head and told m. not to cry Of course
! cried more than ever
Naturally-you would
IT made him fancy l WAS hurt, and he lect-
ured nurse quite severely the sinfulness OF
ought 10 be patient with me and win my affec-
uon, and govern me by kindness, not by force
1t made me feel good 10 listen to him, and l
know il made me think what q bad woman
nurse really vas"
She hadn't a word to say for herself?"
On the contrary, she said q great deal She
said was wilfUl and passionate. and every
thlng that was contradictory and unrnanageable,
ano there was only way OF dealing with
me- and that was by Furnishing me and making
me do as I vas told"
The dear old vicar didn't admit that I
hopeg'
He was angry with her. He said there were
more ways than one in which I could be man
aged He said 1 was high spirited and self
Wlled and OBSTINATE
Mhat dear old friendr'
he told her was OF those who could
not be driven, but 1 could very easily be led,
AnG an that was necessary was little tact
! nope II cid the nurse good?'
OAly tor a few minutes AS as we
turned bend OF he road, and were out of his
oh oloh care for The vicar, he was an old donkey,
ana the next time / dsobeyed her she would
make me- remember il"
What did you say TO that?"
Nothing; but l ran away with Charley at
I knew Won would"