Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-16
By Pauline Darlington Bouve

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had lived her unobtrusve, placid life 80
Now and then peal of laughter or the -
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young as''1 people dashed by through the
S" CAPTAIN INK Kidd sat gazing the deep
cent cent for he blinked his eyes reaeetiyely
he gazed and twched his WHISPERS As go 80
and then with an obviously retro ~
spectve witch ao,. +on;nb+ my
Captains aas Edd Rss?s Tay s91sn
A sudden shower of sparks cracked up
the chimney and Captain Kidd drew
Happiness si and beauty are for the
young and old, you and l. kiddy.
Let me see-it's twelve years since your =Fa.3sS
mother left you in the coal bin biz j in the
youngNany more and it's foolish for us
to think or to talk about it. We just
an old maid and her old cat, aren't we;
that; only sometimes, Captain Kidd a.,
h h5Sn with hit little feet pattering over the
floor and Never mind an old maid and
they Captain Kidd beautiful dreams
that can come true; but they hurt b.
nobody but just . a foolish old woman and
Miss Mehitabers hand was strokng
Captain Kids soft fur as she spoke, and
Captain Kidd was rubbing his head cad Captain Kidd Too
against her knee with sympathetic and Va. Remo,cen.
do you know forty years old
to-nght Forty years old! An old woman Isn't had no tt
Captain Kidd that isn't old at forty 5s I1sPGken
toes? But there is no husband no eh,dren when she
old old when forty years have slipped by! and happ
4Purr, You are all right looks expostu Are
lated Cantain Kidd pnsh spots then und
,-orr cheeks have nice soft trembling
Shine in them that makes Eighty Angora flute
across the street when look her
plain ooknq Don't talk nonsense!" Or that is And
yrbat might translated
understood for she knew his purr
language his earliest kittenhood There was And
when believed down
but that time before were hand
1eft in the coal bin in fact-and learned steady
Miss Mehitabel ghed she drew Cap For
tain Kidds black tail through her thin fingers into
He and broad shouldeed, klddy and tor my ar
had gray that looked at straight the morse
and couldn't tell lies and lit all my Kiddy, g
fault thought they said something to that pause
was meant for else and-and that was all Men
He va brave and true all the time who whe
vas hind How could he help little and all
and Marian, you see cousin Nj
s fall and fair and saucv anybody and whe
to blame 1t was just according to nature: wagon sh
And night-a night just like this, klddy- VIVA
with the snow Coming down in great white swirl asked
J-pca Ahner Philbrick big hay ham,
Iyaoon On runners I'm giving the young folks Il lau
a ride he called mother. Where's Mettle! was love
Mehitabe doesn't care sleighing but happ
TIL tell her Abner said mother the time said Liz
was neeninq through the blinds when and la,
Of hrood shoulders of
hes as Ince Abner held ND his lantern nv You
gave a great thump you look
Tell him I'm coming, mother!' l cried, and Yes
then with trembling fingers put my cloak and as stoo
hood and mittens Uncle Abner my dimi
put with laugh. You get into Ansons be prett
rocket if YOU get crowded for room and last?
then Joe Littlefed cracked his whip and away She
went the soft white under and around Take OF
and above ike one
Il was warm and safe and happy, Kddy; for and hoo
loves to- feel the protection of his presence to be For
proud of his strength, to be satisfied by his laugh,