The Washington times., 1905-01-08

On the next Saturday evening Joe
reached home first He spread his sig
on the narior table and washed what
seemed to be great deal Of dark paint
from MS hands.
Half an hour later Della arrived, her
right hand tied up in a shapeiess buzz
die OF wraps and bandages.
How Is this7'' asked Joe, after the
usual greetings
Della laughed. but not very joyously.
s.Ciementina," she explained. insisted
upon a Welsh rarebit after her lesson.
See Is such queer girl. Welsh rarebits
at In the afternoon The general was
there You should have seen him run
for the chatting dish. Joe. just as IL
there wasn't a servant in the house
know Clement,na isn't in good heaIths
she is SO nervous. In serving the rare
b.. she spilled great lot Of 1t, boiling
hot. over my hand and wrist It hurt
awfully. Joe. And the dear girl was 50
sorryl But General Pinkneyt-Joe, that
old man nearly went distracted He
rushed downstairs and sent somebody
they said the furnace man or somebody
in the basement-out TO drug store for
some oil and things to bind IT up with.
It doesn't hurt so much now
What's this2" asked Joe. taking the
hand tenderly and pulling at some
white strands beneath the bandages-
It's something soft said Della,
| that had oil on 1T Oh. Joe, did you
sell another sketcn?v She had seen
the money on the table
Did I?- said Joe; Just ask the man
from Peoria He got his depot today,
and he isn't sure. but he thinks he
wants another parkscape and a view
on the Hudson What time this after
noon did you burn your hand. Delez"
Five O'Clock, I think, said Della,
pIairtively- THE fronI mean the rab-
.bit-came of the FIRE about that time
You ought to have seen General Pin
key. Joe, when
"sit down here moment. Dele" said
Joe He drew her to the couch. sat
beside her. and put his arm across her
shoulders.
What have you been doing for the
last two weeks, Dele2- he asked
She brayed it for moment or two
with an eye full of love and stubborn-
ness, and murmured phrase or two
vaguely OF General Pinkney; but at
length down went her head and out
came the truth and tears.
az couldn't get any pupils she con-
fessed. And 1 couldn't bear to have
you give I'D your lessons, and I got
place ironing shirts in that big Twenty
| fourth Street laundry And I think
did very well to make up both General
Pinlney and Clementina, don't you.
Joe? And when girl IN the laundry
set down hot iron on my hand this
afternoon I was all the way home max
ing up that story about the Welsh rao-
bit You're not angry, are YOU Joe?
And il I hadn't got the work You
u,ightn't have sold your sketches TO
| that man from Peoria"
He wasn't from PEORIA, said Joe.
slowly
well. it doesn't matter where he was
from. How clever you are. Joe-and
kiss me, Joe-and what made you ever
suspect that I wasn't giving music les
sons TO Clementinag 60
"I didn't said Joe, until tonight.
And I wouldn't have then, only sent
lup this cotton waste and oil from the
engine-roorn this afternoon for a girl
t,,,sfasrs who had her hand burned with
a srnoothIng-iron- I've been firing the
engine In that laundry for the last two
weeks
rand then you didn't
.snfy purchaser from PEORIA said
Joe. and General Pinkney are both
creations of the same artbut you
, wouldn't call it either painting or mu-
sic-''
And then they both laughed. and joe
began:
when one loves ones Art no service
But Della stopped him with her hand
. Ne. She said-..just when ons
loves.