The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1905-04-28

| ulSl. ulun KNOW Just where BrIndiSi
is, so interrupted them to ask if Brin-
dist were near Venice. Mrs. Carter is n
great traveller, and she laughed heartily
at my question. Then she turned to
mother and said: Jessie, think that
! daughter of yours needs a little brushing
up in her geography. think she'll have
to come with me this summer and study
it awhile And it was just that stupid
little mistake of mine which procured for
me that glorious trip. Perhaps if 1
hadn't interrupted Mrs. Carter and
mother, might never have gone, or at
/ least until had myself earned enough to
60"
well, y Helen returned slowly, "I'll ad-
NIT it was so in those cases, but 1 won't
agree that it happens so often. For ex-
ample,,-glancing about for an idea, she
caught sight of young man, former
schoolmate, passing just in front of the
Armour home-"for example, don't
suppose it was trife made Alison Jarvis
turn out the kind of an individual he has
become lately. He used to be an awfully
nice boy, but I'm afraid he's getting dis
sipated. He doesn't go with our crowd
much now. Iguess he isn't invited the
way he used to be before he began going
with those South Town boys"
II wish Icould prove to you my side of
the argument. Let's try your Aunt Sues
idea of studying how the big things come
from little ones. Wouldn't it be interest
ing to find the cause of this one case?
wouldn't be one bit surprised if it were
just some little thing which was the
pivot which turned him.
"All right" agreed Helen. 81 don't
believe your theory, but it would be fun,
as you say, to try it. Will'-Wili was
her brother-'insists AIS not as black as
he's been painted lately. Well get Will
to find out for us if he can"
Then the talk drifted to the more alb
sorbing subject of sandwiches and games.
At dinner time the two girls confded
to the accommodating Will their desire
to find out what had changed AL
Same old woman's vice, is it ?" said
Will, banteringly. Trying to pry into
private closets regardless of the kind of
welcome their inclosed skeletons may ac-
cord your
Mary, not accustomed to his teasing,
blushed furiously, wondering if she had
really been guilty of an indicate pre-
sumption, but Helen spoke up quickly in
their defense:-
Now, Will, you know perfectly well it
isn't any such thing. As pledge of our
good faith-does that sound nice and
lawyer-like ?"-Will was studying law
and Helen, too, liked to tease OCCASION
ally-"I do affirm that if you'll do that
for us I'll do something nice for him on
your account"
Then l certainly will. It's what I've
been trying to convince you for month
you ought to do"
The girls told him why it was they
were so anxious to know more of Alson's
private affairs.
"I'd like to prove that your Aunt Sue
and l are right, you know" said Mary.
WELL" said Will, turning to his sis
ter's guest, Don you let them prejudice
you against AL. He's off the track just
now, know. The girls aren't having
much to do with him, but I've seen worse
than he is
Will went off whistling as though his
confidence at least was not shattered
The next day he was ready with his re-
port.
Girls" he began, MARY wins in the
argument about trihes, and as result,
I'm feeling pretty mean about the bust
ness. guess I'm the triae in the case"
Both girls laughed as they glanced at
his six feet of length and his great broad
shoulders.
ooh, its no laughing" matter he said,
good-naturedly. This is the way it hap.
pened: Washington's birthday you know,
everything in town closed, and thought,
as AL was living in boarding house, I'd
better ask mother if might bring him
home the night before and have him spend
the day here with us-we were going to
have kind of celebration anyway, you
know. So about seven clock that even
ing, just before l started for the travel
lecture, ran up to mother room. Itwas
on the tip of my tongue to ask her if she
wouldn't include Al in the number of her
guests, when noticed she looked pretty
blue l know she whisked away a tear
so shouldn't get sight of it. pretended
l didn't see it, but l said, Got some
trouble little mother?"
Helen knew in just what a hearty,
cheerful way he had said it.
mot very many, dear, she said, but
didn't feel like bothering her about any
thing then and decided it would do just
as we'll to bring Al home the following
Saturday night and keep him over Sun
day"
Will look dubious.
"But it didn't do, )" he continued "Hav-
ing nothing to keep him busy that holi-
day, Al went of with a crowd he had
always before refused to join pretty
gay set, I'm afraid. The man who had
half promised him the position he'd been
shaving for during the past year hap
pened to see him with those people. and
the next day he informed Al very CURLY
that after due consideration, he found he
had no place for my friend. Alison guessed
why, and now he feels reckless, and says
he might as we'll have the game as the
name, might as we'll be really bad since
he has to suffer anyway. He talked in a
desperate sort of way this morning when
he told me about it. Somehow feel re-
sponsible for the whole thing because l
hesitated about asking mother"
Will looked thoughtfully across at the
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