The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-07-25


mo occasion to tell me that, Make.
Believe. wish could come into the
country with yer"
Now, who should be watching then
through the window as they stood talk
ing to Thomas Dexter but Foxey, and
| presently be saw wonderful thing.
AFTER you'd done your pretending
and went away" said Saranne, land
we locked mp and saw the two SOY.
ereigns on the table, said to Make
Believe I'D like to kiss you-for ]
thought at first they came from you. .
And now that you know they didn't
come from me-" said Thomas Dexter
''yer wouldn't like to kiss me, slSp-
pose'
What Foxey saw at this moment was
this:
He saw Little Make-Believe go up to
Thomas Dexter and kiss him.
1t was such a kiss as child might
have given to her father, but through
Foxey's heart shot jealous pang.
Presently the girls left the shop, and
Foxey followed them unobserved.
Good news sometimes flies as fast as
bad, but it was not to be expected that
the circumstance of Little Make
Believe exchanging two golden sover-
eigns in the purchase of clothes
should pass unnoticed, and Thomas
Dexter himself had, for reasons of his
own, made it known that the sisters
had been invited to spend a few days
in the country.
Into these reasons it will be as well,
in the cause Of charitable feeling, not
to enter; sufficient to say that any evil
construction which might have been
placed upon Little Make-BeIieve's and
Saranne's possession Of SO much money
was by these means nipped in the bud.
Foxey was one of those who had
heard Of the treat in store for the
sisters.
All day long he watched them with
out their knowledge; he wanted to
speak to Little Make-Belieye quietly,
with no one by, but he could not obtain
an opportunity.
Night came on, and he had not been
able to exchange word with her; with
what was in his mind he could rest no
longer.
He knocked at the door of the house
in which she lived, and asked the
woman to tell Little Make Belive that
friend wanted to speak to her. She
came at once.
"Oh, it's you, Foxey," she said, not at
all displeased to see him. What do
yer wsnt?"
II want to speak to yer" he an
swered, ''if yer don't mind coming out
for minute or two"
Without any suspicion or fear she ac-
companied him to part Of the street
where there was the least chance Of
their conversation being interrupted.
"You amt in any trouble are your"
she asked.
mo, Make Believe" he replied, II
amt in no trouble. l heered as you
was going into the country"
"Yes," she said; "it's the fust time
we've ever been. Why, whoever told
yerY
Its all over the shop" he said,
gloomily; you've been buying new
dresses and boots"
Eyes" :" E'T'7l7s
"And you've been kissing Tommy
Dexter"
She was silent; there was that in his
voice which suddenly made her trem-
BILE.
How do yer know thatg she asked,
presently.
II seed yer this morning as hap
pened to pass his shop
"There was no harm in it," said Lit
tie Make Believe, after another pause;
hes been a real good friend to Sar-
anne and me. He knows we're going
to have a hOliday-it's the fust we ever
had, Foxey- and he give us this morn
ing two nice capes and two warm
cloaks."
And then suddenly she exclaimed,
rather 1iercely:
what makes you speak Of it as If
was doing something wrong2 Do yer
want me to hate yer;S
"No, Make-Belieye, not" he cried,
eagerly. III yer say there was no
harm in 1t, of course there was no
harm in it,
He's old enough to be my grand
father" said Little Make Believe.
The situation was SO extremely novel
to her that she was swayed by oppos-
ing moods, which at one moment led
her into exculpation OF her actions, and
in the next fired her with indignation
at Foxey's interference with them.
what do yer mean,n She cried, ''hy
talking to me like thatg You've no
right to watch me, as I'm aware on.
Look here, Foxey you're a bad lot, /
know, but never thought you was
sneak enough to be a spy"
He auiyered at this and replied:
I'm no spy. l watched yer to-day
because wanted to speak to yer alone.
AS to being a bad lot--well, l know /
am; amt got nOthink to say agin
that. But / amt sneak, Make Be
lieve; never went back on a pal and
never showed white liver"
Ordinarily his voice was harsh and
defiant, but it was now so mild, and
his manner altogether was so humble,
that Little Make-BeIieve reproached
herself for being hard to him.
I'm take back about the sneak" she
said. "but it is strange that you should
have been watching me all day. What
fOr"