The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-12


stop his ears and Melissy look appre-
hensive.
Il stamps when he puts me. to bed,
and once 1 clum out of the winder and
played in the snow all night; I did,"
Her intoxicated fancy took wide
range.
''One time 1 hooked the bosses uo
and druv clar off and made them go
gallumphln' all day. The~bovs was
awful mad. but 1 didn't keer'' The
tossed head and the insofent laugh
were the very incarnation of desperate
Wickedness- Eli had his mouth behind
ms hand and his body shook. Simple
Jeremy's dazed look was gradually
growing to one of comprehension.
Davy pointed out to Mart by panto-
mimic gesture the contempt on Adj
gates face.
The little wildcat" Adgate mutter-
ed, which Spurred jumps on to more
atroclous self-defamation.
never mind nobody, and nobody
uaSSnt tech me when 1 don't want
.nem ter. L SHES cups and saucers at
EN-. l don't think nothin of doin'-
theft"
A heavy coffee pot struck the green
necktie with brilliant emphasis Its
owner lodged angrily and uttered i'm
precautions against the brat"
Thet's the kind of little CELL I be-"
nnished jumps breathlessly, while
Melissy drew her skirts away from
the pool of muddy coffee on the floor.
Shedevil." calculated Genus, APP
preaching his wife, enraged both with
her and himself for the foolish posi-
ton In which he felt himself placed.
Is this the high jinks we wants goin'
on IN our house? Let's tex our things
and go, and be we'll rid of the rubbish"
She tells the truth. anyhow. don't
she returned Melissy, sheepishly,
ashamed to be the mother of such a
violent mite
An l don't tell the truf, nuther,
Not hardly everl" disclaimed Jimps
with vehemence, afraid to leave omen
even this loophole through which the
enemy might worm in. "Yestiddy i'm
the dog room telled a lie. the drefful-
est one how much this confession
cost the child at bay no one could have
guessed. i telied lie right clean out
CT my own head about-about a little
squirt that bowed perlite and talked"
she could not keep from her voice
the note OF creative tenderness She
glanced around with the pride of self
abasement. for the boys, once her
speilbound audience, now must be wit
ness to her downfall. 1t was the last
drop of the price she must nav to stav
with Jeremy 'forever'n ever"
l said he talked to me and called
me 'ma'am.' an twas no seech thing
at ALL I lied, didn't 1, boys? A dreffui
black lie!"
The blazing sprite with hot tears be-
hind the proud pale look appealed to
the gray weather beaten men who were
her boys"
You did. Jimps." came from them I'm
loyal unison
Little Mrs. Adgate gathered I'm her
skirts and stepped gingerly across tho
cluttered floor. At the outer threshold
she turned, as if to speak, @but Jimps'
face did not yield. Genus hurried her
through with an unceremonious hand
upon her waist. His harsh laughter
was heard as he hitched up.
Then jumps flung herself on Jeremy'a
breast in a passion of weeping.
The boys 'ull never b'lieve me again.
They'll gag me to def" she moaned.
but you know why, Jeremy. You
know why!"
Jeremy could only pat her cheek
with hand that trembled Eli rubbed
the horny back of his hand across his
eyes.
Il lied to that woman deceitfully. but
1 telled the solemn truf at the end"
Jimps' tears flowed afresh, for that
darling lie had been her fondest treas
ure, and now 1t lay discovered The
solemn truf' had cost her the bitter
est pang.