Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-09

leading the smaller OF the Smith twins, and
breathing very fast. The twin came in reluct-
antly, and atgonce broke out into a denuncia-
tion Of school life
Il want go bomel want to 20 homel
sha'nt stop-he may say what he likes to me-
l shant want my mammal / hate this
placel"
Tut, tutl" said Gordon Helme, when tears
of passion followed this mournful wall "You
must be a little man. my boy"
Let him go He'll find his level" said Cor
don Helme to Mrs Hickson
But he thought yet again Of Peggy and her
| splendid talents with youngsters She was y
tomboy herself when he had first told her he
meant to marry her in the distant future. At
twenty-four now, with all her experience of life
in India to boot, he'd warrant she was as SEN
sible still in mind matters as the average tomboy
| girl generally is
Mrs. Hickson was quite content to let the lit
tie Smith fall into other hands. But she did
not leave the study Immediately. She had
something to say about blankets and the butch
er-the village butcher patronzed by Southside
had had to divorce mis- wife, and Mrs Hickson
didn't exactly feel that Southside ought to be
associated, even in the matter of dead meat,
with such man. Fortunately there was an
other butcher in another village, if Mr.. Helme
would think it over.
Mrs. Hickson did so hope and trust. further
more, that Mr. Baynes would not be so rough
with the boys in the p1ayingfield this term.
She had not word to breathe against Mr..
Baynes as a man. That, Of course being the
son of bishop-Colonial, to be sure-he could
not be other than gentleman But he always
seemed to forget that he six feet high, and
big in proportion and entered into the sports
Of Southside as if he just one of the boys
himself
His charges at football last term had done
considerable damage to the small fry who were
! AZ h1~,c1 apIn g L.
way; and now Mrs. Hickson trembled to think
what might happen when Mr. Baynes had bat
in his hand.
"He wants sobering down, Mr. Helme-there's
no other word for it," remarked Mrs Hickson,
"If only he were fond of musici''
"I see," laughed Gordon Helme. "Its charms
might soothe-that is, restrain-his savage hand
and foot. Oh, well, we must hope for the
best!''
She departed when the tea-bell tinkled; bus
tied away with sort of gasp. The first tea
OF term was generally interesting, rather than
heavy with responsibility The young gentle
mems spirits we're low then, as a rule. Even
the many varieties of jam, which made the teas
of the first week remarkable, hadn't much cheer
ing influence upon the majority so very soon
after their goodbye to the charms of home life
But Mrs. Hickson seemed able, this term, to
look none of her cares galy in the face.
Gordon Helme pushed his hands deeply into
his pockets and marched about the study
There again! If Peggy That is to say,
she was a sublime musician, and, of course, most
accomplished with young men. If anyone could
tame Baynes, rather keep him within civil
lied bounds, it woman like Peggy. She
would make him ashamed of his bearish and ele-
phantine behavior among the minnows of South
side, and compel him to laugh at the same
time. Somehow, he himself hadn't the right
sort of tact with men like Baynes He had
talked seriously to the fellow last term. when
Pncher Secundus laid up with broken
rb-due to Baynes-but it hadn't done much
good.
IT can't have these kids grow into lot of
little muffs, Mr. Helme," Baynes had said with
an amusing assumption of superiority, physical,