Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-08-17

You seem to DO making a good deal
OF small natter"
Il wasn't referring % the ovorshoei"
I said
/ She did not rolent.
II youu only go away"
J She rested one hand against tho
corner Of the boat house. while she
Affixed the overshoo 20 her foot. She
wore, I noticed. brown gloves with
cuffs
How can go away You children
are always leaving things about for
mo 10 pick up. I'm perfectly worn out
carrying some girls beads about with
me. and I spoiled a good glove on
your ovorshoe"
"Tn relieve you Of the beads. II you
please"
She thrust her hands into the peck
cts OF hor coat and shook the tam-o-
shantor slightly. 90 establish II in a
more comfortable spot ou her head
Tho beads had been IN my corduroy
coat since 7 found them. ] drew them
out and gave them 20 her
Thank you: thank you very much"
"Of course they are yours. Miss"
She thrust them into her pocket.
"Of course they're mine" she SAID
Indignantly. and turned 70 so
Wen waive proof OF property and
that sort of thing I'm sorry not %
establish a more neizhborly feeling
with st. Agatha's The stone wall
may seem formidable. but it's not OF
my building I must open tho gate
That wallis a tribe steep for climbing d"
I was amusing myself with the idea
that my identity was a dark mystery
20 her. had read English novels In
which tho young lord OF tho manor IS
always mistaken FOR the gsme-keeper's
son by the pretty daughter OF the
curato who has come home from school
90 be the bellies OF the county. But nay
lady OF the red taui-o -shanter was not
= creature Of Illusions
TT serves a very good purpOao-tho
wall I meSn-Mr Glenarm"
she was walking down tho steps and
n followed. pleased 20 hear my name
from her lips. ] am not a man 90 SUI
FER lost school girl 90 cross my lands
unattended iC a snow storm. and the
e y
"a pleasant loanng place on a winter
day. She marched before me-. her
hands in her pockets liked her par
ucuarlv that way-~-ith an easy swing
and a light and certain step. Her re-
mark about the wall did not encourage
further conversation and fen back
upon tho poets.
stone walls 90 not a prison mako.
No- iron bars a case
quoted
u have heard that-beforoi" she
said. half turned hcr face and laughed
as sho FASTENED on.
Her brilliant checks were delight
TO the eye The snow swirlod about
her. Whitening tho crown OF her red
cap and clung to her shoulders. Have
you over soeu snow crystals CLEAN.
break. dissolve iu fair. soft storm
blown hay DO you know how "a man
Will pledge his soul that a particular
sake will mover fade. never cease 20
rest upon a certain flying strand over
a girlish temple? And ho losos-his
heart and wager-iu "a breath, II you
fail 20 understand these things. and
are Furthermore unfamiliar with the
fact that the color in tho cheeks OF
a girl who walks abroad iu driving
snow storm marks tho favor of heaven
itself then I waste time. and YOU will
do vol TO rap az tine door of another
Inn.
I'd rather missed you. 7 said. and
really. I should have been over 20
apologize n I hadn't been afraid"
Sister Theresa IS rather fierce"
she declared. And we're not allowed
20 receive gentlemen callers-lt saws
SO in tho catalogue"
$50 imagined. 1 trust Sister The
rosa is improving"
Yes. thank YOU
And Miss Dcvereux-she IS quite
vel / hope"
She turned her head my way as
though 60 listen more carefully. and
her stoD slackenel for a moment:
then she hurried bnthe4y forward
"Oh, she's always well. I believe"
You know her. OF course"
"Rather! She teaches music"
$50 Miss Devereux Is the music
teacher, IS she? Should you call her
a popular teacher"
The girls call her"-she seemed
moved to mirth by the recollection
Miss Prim and Prosy."
light" I exclaimed sympatheucalIy.
Tail and hungry looking. with long
talons that pound he keys with grim
delight l know the sort"
she's a sighti"-and my guide
laughed approvingly. but we have
TO take her; she's part OF the treat
ment"
You speak of ST Agatha's as
though II were a sanatorium."
"OA, it's not so bad; there are
worse"
We approached the gate. Her In
difference TO the storm delighted me.
Here. thought IN my admiration. IS a
real product OF the Western owrld. I
felt that We had made strides toward
such a comradeship as IL is proper
should exist between a school girl in
her teens and a male neighbor OF p.
/ was-golng back 10 English fiction
the yOang squire walking home with