Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-10-02

AOL 1iolC4l " any SuCu pIOpOSdl.
Il guess they're happy with me-" he
said. 4 will see them through theil
present trouble"
Childlike, they had eyes and ears
only for the prevalent excitement. All
last Elsie asked him:
where's mamma? You said she
was sick. But the men haven't car
ried her off the ship, an she wasn't in
| the boat"
Don't you worry, Elsie,"> he said.
"Im going to take you to big house
where you will find everything fixed
! just right"
| preached The lady's face was no
+. longer hidden.
What are you going to do with those
| children" she inquired.
There's none here to claim Them"
he said. II can't let them leave me in
that haphazard way"
LET me help you. 1t is a woman's
privilege
She stopped toward the tiny mites.
you dear little babes," she said
softly. Il can take mothers place for
a time''
They knew her quite we'll, of course,
and she seemed to be so much kinder
and nicer now in her smart clothes
than she was in the crowded disorder
of the bedroom.
Mamie looked at Elsie, and the self
reliant Elsie said valiantly:
Mamie an nell be glad if Mr.. Pyne
comes too.''
Mr.. Trail, who had never before
seen tears in Mrs. Vansittart's eyes,
found a ready excuse for her womanly
sympathy.
at seems to me-" he said genially,
1--WE are all of one mind. Come this
way, Eta. And mind you stick close
to US, Charlie, or the hall porter will
throw you out if you attempt to enter
the hotel in that costume"
He ratified on cheerfully, telling them |
how clothiers and miIliners and all the |
storekeepers in the town, if they were |
needed, would wait on. them at the
hotel.
I'm couple of hours" he said, 'you
both can obtain sufficient things to
render you presentable for a day or
two. Don't forget we dine at s. We |
ought to be jolly party. have asked
Stanhope and his mother and those
two girls to join u.s.
"Oh!' cried Mrs. Vansittart family.
You must excuse me. p
"Now, Eta, my dear, you will not
desert US tonight. Why, it seemed to
me to be the only way in which we
could all come together at once am
oplv foo corrv fbat Mr. brand |
be present. Surely he might have been
spared from further duty at the light
house after what he has endured"
''They offered to relieve him at once,
but he declined" said Pyne.
He looked out of the window of the
carriage In which they were driving to /
he hotel. Constance had told him of
he dinner arrangement, but he wished !.
o ascertain if the definite absence of
he lighthouse keeper would tend to ?.
eassure Mrs. Vansittart.
He was not mistaken. She did not @
eply at once. When she spoke, itwas q
With sigh of relief. d
Il will not be very entertaining, I :
ear, but the young people will have =
lenty to tell you"
"For goodness sake. Eta, don't q
lass JouI@r-- 49,; tie o.i fogiasr' IL
ried Mr.. Trail. Loo at Me-ffty- s.
We and lively as grasshopper"
please. IS Mamie an me 'vited, T
oo?" whispered Elsie to Pyne.
You two chicks will be curled up :,
llong the feathers at o'clock" he :. =
Sd her. Don't you so and worry !,
'out any dinner parties. The sooner p
on so to a!eeo tie Qu:c.-eg you'll wake
p III tie. l..cr..::ilg, a1d then we're 60 il
's out to huat-fcr what Go you r.
,:,4.: -
''i,;>nt.ias." said Mamie.
'To7s," cried Elsie, going one better. %
We're just going to find two of the CO
veiiest and frilliest and pinkiest ga
.eei-ed dolls you ever saw. They'll
I've blue eyes as big as yours, Elsie, b
Id their lips will be as red and round In
yours. Mamie. They'll talk and say h,
and say all sorts of things when you
nch their little waists. So ySu two
TRY up after you've had your supper,
Y your prayers and close your eyes, ia
I'd when you open them you'll be able su
yell for ME to find that doll store m,
ghty sharp"
Say. Charlie" cried his uncle, 81
Yer heard you reel off a screw likeI
at before Now, if I didn't know
u were confirmed young bachelor
would begin to have suspicious. Any
" here's the hotel' III
Two hours later, when uncle and
phew met in the private sitting room, /,
lere busy walters were making prep g;
atoms for dinner, Trail drew the
unger man to the privacy Of win
" recess.
Charlie" he confided. affairs are in
angle. Do you realizethat my mar! ,
ge was fxed for today7'' lef,
That's co." was the laconic answer. his
OF course the wedding ras post tor