Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-07-07


so Sir Arthur grabbed q book and sat
the door, But she WHO was ushered
into the hermitage by the grinning
Brady was person other than the ex-
pected Mary from Buffalo.
''Belle!' exclaimed Mac. you?
Where did you come from?'
Nov, that is what call a real
brotherly greeting" Belle is one of
those young women whose lips pout
from habit, and just then they were
particularly aggressive. Where do
you suppose | came from, Mac? |
didn't drop from the clouds. 1 climbed
ing outside your door until you were
pleased to let me in. And now you act
as though I were some kind of a Curl
osity instead of your own dear little
sister that you haven't seen for months.
Aren't you going to kiss me? Oh,
didn't notice.
Never mind him. said Mac hastily.
"That's only Sir Arthur, as we call
him Haven't written you about him
deaf and dumb talented poet-sad
case?7
Now, as a matter of fact, Mac had
written and forgotten not about
deaf and dumb Sir Arthur, of course,
but of one who can sing ON the Road
to Mandalay' so that it makes you
homesick for India, even if you hardly
know where it is on the map"
"Oh, indeed. Deaf and dumb, did
you say? And since when, please?"
There was a curious infection to
Bellies queries which should have
warned Mac, but did not.
Hes been the way he is now ever
since I've known him" said Mac in
genuously But hold on, Belle. I'll
get my coat on, and We'll go for a
walk Tits SO stuffy in here"
"Of all the inhospitable creatures,
Mac! I've come to take luncheon with
you l want to see how you liye-and
I'm half starved Whereat Belle
calmly proceeded to pull off her gloves.
But, Belle began Mac with a sig
nifcant glance at Sir Arthur.
ooh, | shall not mind Sir Dummy in
the least You can write US an intro
duction, or do you talk to him on your
fingers? | should love to see you do it.
A deaf and dumb poet! What a relief!
l shan't have to say things 1 don't
mean, and if he can't talk I shall not
know how silly he is. What curly
hair. Does he do it up on kids over
night?'
Sir Arthur might have been seen to
squirm.
Belle, Belle! I say, now, you
mustn't
But where's the harm, Mac? You
say he's deaf and Dumb
"Ye-e-es, but / don't know just how
deaf he really is, and if he should hear.
you know
HE would only hear the truth. 1t
might do him good I'm sure he's con-
ceited, even if he is a dummy Why,
whatever are you doingw
Just what Mac was doing was this.
He was trying to wave a warning to
the incautious Kid, who in the fullness
of his joy and prompted by an unfeel-
ing desire to catch a glimpse of Sir
Arthur's face had parted the wardrobe
curtains
''N-n-nothing nothing at ALL"
Belle eyed him shrewdly for an I'M
comfortable moment Then, after re-
Election, she asked: ''And where's your
other chum, the one you call the Kid?
Is he deaf and dumb or blind?"
tits too bad" said Mac, with an eff
fort at sincerity, "but you'll not meet
the Kid this time. He-he goes about
seeing the art editors good deal, you
know"
"Does he? Well, 1 did hope to see
him. He is the one, you wrote, who
raved over my picture. Isn't that
photograph of him stuck up there on
the WALTZ
There was no denying this, for it had
been plainly labeled 1.-THE Kid
"He's a little fellow with brown eyes,
isn't he? And didn't you say he was
bashfulY' asked Belle, studying the
picture did he draw all these sketch
es? How clever! Especially that one
of row Of red packing boxes"
Packing boxes, Belle! That is an
impressionistic study OF lower Broad
way at sunset"
Really? Well, never should have
guessed. But that smoking lamp rest
ing on blue table cover is effective"
Smoking fddlesticks! Belle, you
know nothing at all about art. Any
one can see that's night scene in the
harbor. I'll not have you poking fun
at my friends behind their backs"
why, Mac, | wouldn't do that for
the world! But look! What is the mat
ter with Sir Dummy? He's shaking all
over. Perhaps he's having a chill or
fit"
The heaying shoulders of Sir Arthur
were suddenly stilled. There! He's
over it," continued Belle. How Curl