The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-06-30

scream, and putting 'er arms round
his neck. began to kiss i'm right IN
'front.' OF George and her mother.
You ought to give him one TOO"
SEES Mrs. Mitchell, pointing to George.
George wiped 10 mouth ON the back
OF his and. but Gerry pretended not
to ear.
Fancy IL you'd been drowned" she
ses. hugging Bob agin.
He was pretty near" ses George,
shaking his cad. I'm q pore swim
mer. but l made up my mind either to
save Inn or else go down to a watery
grave myself"
He wiped his mouth on the back OF
his and agin, but all the notice Gerty
took Of 1t was to send her young
brother Ted out for some beer. Then
they all 'ad supper together, and
Mrs. Mitchell drank good luck to
George In q glass o. beer, and said she
'oped that 'er own boy would grow up
like him. Let i'm grow up good
and brave man, that's all ask" she
ses. II don't care about is looks"
He hight have both" ses George,
sharplike. why not?"
Mrs. Mitchell said she supposed he
might, and then she cuffed Ted's ears
for making noise while e was eating
and then cuffed Inn again for saying
that he'd finished Is supper five min
utes ago.
George and Bob walked 'ome togeth.
er, and all the way there George said
wot a pretty gal Gerry was and 'ow
lucky 1t was for Bob that he 'adn't
been drownded. He went round to
tea with i'm the next day to Mrs.
Mitchells, and AFTER tea, when Bob
and Gerry said they was going out to
spend the evening together. got
fmself asked too.
They took a tram-car and went to
a music-hall, and Bob paid for the
three Of 'em. George never seemed
seemed TO think Of putting his and In
his pocket. and even after the music
hall, when they all went into a shop
and 'ad stewed cells, he let Bob pay.
AS ! said afore, Bob Evans was
chock.full Of gratefulness, and It
seemed only fair that he shouldn't
grumble at spending a little over the
man wot 'ad risked Is life to save his:
but wot with keeping George at is
room, and paying for I'm every tine
they went out, he was spending q lot
more money than e could afford.
You're on'y young once, Bob"
George said to him when e made a re.
mark one afternoon. as to the fast
way his money was going, "and II Il
hadn't ha' been for me you'd neve.
ave lived to grow DID,"
Wot with spending the money and
always 'aving George with them when
they went out, Il wasn't long afore
Bob and Gerty 'ad q quarrel. II don't
like a pore-spifited man." she SEES.
"Two's company and three none, and.
besides. why can't he pay for 'imself?
He's big enough. Why should you
spend your money on i'm? He never
pays farthing."
Bob explained that he couldn't say
anything because e owed his life 10
George, but e might as well ave talk.
ed to q lamppost. The more he ar.
gued the more angry Gerry got, and
at last she ses. "Two's company and
three's none. and II you and me can't
60 out without George Crofts, then
me and i'm II 60 out without you"
She was as good as her word, too.
and the next night, while Bob 'ad gone
out to get some 'bacca. she went OF
alone with George. II was ten o'clock
afore they came back agin, and Ger.
TVS eyes were all shining and 'er
cheeks as pink as roses. She shut FER
mother up like a concertina the mo-
ment she began to find fault with 'er.
and at supper she sat next to George
and laughed at everything e said.
George and Bob walked All tho wav