The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-05-11

EileH looked INTO the S1reEd. Ilischic
I vous face. with its Unf-Lte9iU- eyes. You
/ understand what l mean. $40 sad grave
/ y. ''And"-Wary had this effect upon
I her--''women think of more than sou in
Eglne, With this remark this vD-g. very
/ young settlement worker swept down the
. steps and went to make her calls Wary
. stared after her
well. III be jiggered.'' ne CALCULATED.
She amt j"s' like the rest. Size talked
/ Ekc-I was a man.
As she turned into the street on which
! the settlement was situated. after the last
. call, he was fOrcibly brought again TO her
/ mind and before her horriicI eyes The
! portion of the street in the vicinity Of the
/ settlement was in a state Of wild excite
/ meGt. The settlement steps wore crowd
/ ed with little children, chiefly girls and
/ the cUrbstonCs were lined with older chill
/ dren chiefly boys. In the middle Of the
/ street stood, or, more accurately. danced
/ ana CIvorted. Wary before two bodrag-
/ gled cats. whose tails We're tied together
/ with an old red neclItie. Ellen. for an
! outraged moment, stood rooted to the
/ spot. Then, with her lips in q line that
/ would have done credit to the Douglas to
/ whose race and clan she loved to thinl;
! she, Ellen Douglas, belonged, she 3p-
/ preached Wary. With one hand she seiz-
| ed him. Unite that string" she said.
faint no string"
] 1 nlle lhdt-StrlnSI S1ld Ellen Doug
/ las And Wary united the red ncClltic
which technically was a string
one Of the cats rushed furiously away
/ but the other yellow kitten with green
] eyes. covered up to Ellen. She took it in
/ one arm. With the other hand she held
! Wary. Come with me-" she said. She
! expected Wary to resist. but he did not
! He even opened a cheerful conversation.
/ you'll git yourself all synutched up
with that cat" he said swceny, as they
| entered the hall Of the settlement.
Ellen deigned no reply. She led the
! way up to her room. Ellen had but one
/ chair. She did not offer her couch She
| sent Wary down to the kindergarten room
! for a kindergarten chair. Wary seated
! himself in the kindergarten chair, and
! Ellen sat opposite with the kitten.
Wary" Ellen began. cit surely cannot
! be necessary to tell you that it is posi-
I lively wicked to be cruel to animals" She
/ strOkcd the yellow kitten. and she met
| Wary's eyes squarely. "TIow could you
/ do it, Wary?'
1T was fun" Wary said. MY, how
/ they yowled!'
Put Wary, it was cruel It couldn't
/ be fun"
"You ever tied two cats tails togcther?''
/ Wary incurred.
Ellen's voice was infexibly stern mo
I never did" she said.
Then how do YOU know It amt fun?' .
At a similar point the family usually
! dismissed Wary. but Ellen did not.
WARY" she said reproachfully.
Wary was unprepared by experience for
| this. lie Wriggled, but he replied "WO-
mems got such upside down ways O ar
! gum
Il am not intending to argue with you.
! Wary Ellen said. 81 only ask how YOU
! could be 50 cruel to thos" cats and so
] tbDITphf less npOpla foo" that
you are. Why are you. Wary?' She lift
/ ed hoy eyes and looked gently and stead
/ lily at the boy why are Ncu?'
Wary was but twelve, in spite of the
/ fact that he was forward. lie was having
4 new experience. and he found himself
unprepared for its handling. He had fire.
/ QuentlE been rcbuked; he had frequently
! been asked, Wary, how could Eou?' but
this quesioner was the first to ask and
/ then to expect and to desire q reply. The
! Vulnerable spot Of the child Of the streets
! IS acutoly responsive if ono can but touch
/ 1t. This girl was unconsc.ousiy trying to
/ understand Wary and Wary happened to
/ need to be understood more than he need
/ ed to be made different He had had so
/ many monitors-and so few friends,
why do YOU. Wary Ellen persisted.
Wary regarded her frankly. well, no.
/ body cares wot ] do-'less it bothers en-
| 50 ! jess do Wot ! thinks on an have
! run.
Tut Wary that doesn't excuse YOU
| You ought to do right because it Is
| right said Ellen, "A tritle uncertainty.
Don't people care wot you dO?'
Yes said Ellen. 'Oh, yes. There are
people who do so much-peOpe who are
fond of me-
Don't YOU care whether they cares?
| How d you feel if nobody cared less it
bothered 'cm?"
Il care, Wary" Ellen said earnestly
! Il haven't known you long, but do care.
| Do you think knowing it will make any
| difference to yOu?'
Il dunno" Wary said, staring at her
| TN kinder have to git used to thinkin
| IT."
Ellen looked at him in silence. Then
| she smiled She suddenly recollected her
announced resolution to try chivalry with
Wary. She impuIsively unfastened the
| blue scarf that she wore and held it out
! to the boy. TN old. old days" she said.
| when men fought they were called
/ knights, and they didn't tease animals
| and little girls. and they didn't fight for
| fun"
"Wot did they fight for?"
Ellen smiled dreamily. "They fought
for lady's smiles
"Knder silly of EN-" said Wary scorn-
| fully.
ooh" Ellen fastened to explain. "They
didn't fight just for that. They fought for
! good cauSeS-to protect weak people and