The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-07

9 say yes, en- settle the whole shcDanB
1 this mornin', do your" said he.
The woman was reading n book.
She wet her thumb and turned leaf,
reading on slowly until paragraph
was finished.
.'Silas Jud," said she, leaning an ell
bow on the volume to keep 1T open.
you amt never yit read Sir Beverly,
the Knight of the Mystic Moor'?'
Il nin't--never."
no, feared We hadn't. Ye'd be
less pesterfyin il We had. How kin
ye ruminate on matrimony with me,
an you dom no chivalry deeds?"
Il made lilly a good husband
Yes, but where's Yer backbone
oozed to since she went?"
He answered with a sort of whis-
pered whistle, that conveyed a skele-
ton idea of a tune.
why don't We buckle on yer armor.
an fare forth with a chunk of my
hair-ribbon in yer helmet, an prove
yer waller, If We want me so terrible?"
He did not answer. but walked away
silently and she continued to read.
That same question he had put to her
every week for three months.
Jud was a lorn and a silent man
who lived apart from other men in
Deer Hollow. and looked indefinitely
forward to n small California farm on
the hillside for home. He made his
living cutting wood, and even man
aged to save trifle against the farm
OF the future. For year now. which
time had ELAPSED since the death Of
his wife. he had spent a great many
OF his hours in the cabin to which he
now repaired.
At the door he nausea and listened
No sound he heard, but when he had
tiptoed in a curl haloed head E,as
raised from a hunk .nd ona 1arya VIC.
let-colored eye greeted him its mate
being hidden bv n chunky fist that
screwed vigorously around, rubbing
avav tha fnu, ran,,i,inr s,.a,, r,,,a,,ss
Then dear red lirned moutb strotcbaG
itself into an q "a larns as halr1
dollar.
."rumed hack, mana ." Ga "a tho ou,nsr
81 the fist and eve ana mouth qua
golden hair. and she climhad 10 tbe
f,onr .'''"Ueo - .''e
yen. honey -bugo no answor.,
cheerfully
"Rahv,s dress +oraav ,oro,soeoa ~
tot bringing the parmant ror insnaco
ton
pore li,r gel Ills ba bo,, lJo too,,
st up. ierked needle as ,arce
small sword out of the vail ,,ayed
thread n cav
stabbinr his myers NOW ana thon
but getting on, neyertheless-ofterh III :
Kind The child sat near ha,. t.oa 81,
her dmnlad hands ,noiii,,,I ne. 49, AZ
fashioned.p and altogether wise
Baby wants mamma" she sald al
last, and the utter irreleyancv Of This
observation seemed not at all apparent
to the man
What would mamma do for babyo,
Baby sit on her zap, and mamma
sing"
Having finished the Dress ana MI
It on her. he tool, tho cbild nm an
his knee boIdinr her tandanl,, ~,
his rough coat and rncked hImseif
back and forth as he sang
The song which fort,Tnate,y +,,a
little one preferred of .,,1 the VAST
repertoire of the mother who wac .one
was the only one he knew After h hIr
dozen verses OF ii tho chi,d s,innod
away
Mamma dot ha Nv sn,,f,n,
"Whv' en- conrss 49,, ~ 90 :.
h7ossomn ca ~ f.tah, hsy
milk can ,,f brovn s,,,,a, "a" -
strange ..mnsho fron, nai, 49, 49, 800
from hook over he ' dy,n ,," a,, 49,, g
{, The t,renlaoa ,.,,,o ame us'ns eAnoe, 80
t. cook hefora so,na ~ ma No. - -,
once more..on III ,,na 80 :,
her hnnysr tentinn.,,, Nc hsat,i tem
~ = uiiiii.ehtiohally hastehlpg
49, ~ usi"s spooii
win - ~ ''t po's' 'oes
"Iv,at o,so o,,,a
hab, 80, i"ni''i'p 40 ior
1ie asheo' aAter me wee appe-
t,e was appeased.
D aS On moor WI docks" said she.
po"n ne got on al fours, build
.ns nia'chiess structures with the half
1891 s s ana slving the most des:
80 ues,i '' ,."hF oi tNe animals rep
sp'eu tneteih'
,vs an eaemtiul week went BY When
$50" va eoiiie' 1i'as iared MN
~ uo iiis aecuseolhea "oolng
,.s re- lhs eapin OF me Nlao"
~, Ky lie %" ilei ieahlhs' as before
-, -. 'lio sateen gate, ana reading, as
a. H." ta - nv. nv iatiipus pooh OF beVerlN
49, 49, 'ooh ,,ie pace 'hal she lett foi
A'. ~. saStts, alter moment
sa, ~. NJ "on . Pose you eonid, ANYHOW
80: Nv, ~ seltie tie Whoie shepahi
''' sha NO '.a nat 10 yout
n,atai,, vs. 80 - ''er sua'n con!
t,s sr iau heFer put ~ mat way
pptot W utHiHB req ana luinblnB tn