Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-10-18

Brown could see.
 And so I brought this printed form
 for you to fill in," he continued. T had
 to come through Washington on my
 way down, and I knew they had a cer.
 tain form that had to be filled in be-
 fore you could get the money"
 Wasn't the one Judge Brown and
 all of us-fiXed all right?" awed by the
 thought that anything attested by the
 minister and Mrs. Judge Brown could
 possibly have a flaw in it.
 He leaned back in his chair with the | glow of satisfaction that creeps over a man when he is well fed, comfortable and has pleasing woman asking his l opinion.
 Yours was all right in way" he said benignly, "but they have regular forms with questions to be answered. I was allowed to look at the one you sent, for had telegraphed the author ities to let me know if they found out anything as to his whereabouts. There's $S9 due"
 Her blue eyes opened in astonish- ment. But 1t only cost me sixty"
 You can put in charge for nurs- ing" and the jovial eyes of forty-two beamed into the gentle eyes of forty. Tt does my heart good to think he had you to make it easier for him."
 But didn't charge anything for it. The moneys yours," she objected.
 %,s umphant that he carried an over wheming stock of knowledge. "It doesn't belong to :ue, for he left no widow and no child under sixteen, so nobody will draw that money except you. You paid all his last expenses. It belongs to you, all right, little wo- man."
 The cozy fireside had given him a taste of what home life might be, and Miss Mary, who had never been called little woman" before, turned rosily red and finally agreed to fill out the application for reimbursement accord ing to directions
 He registered at the small hotel as Jacob Rhine, IT,, and declared his in- tention of staying until he could have a stone put to his fathers grave.
 When the stone was in its place Miss Mary walked with him to the cemetery one afternoon.
 Her own lot, in a corner of the ceme- tery, was surrounded by an old fash toned arbor vitae hedge that glistened in the February sun.
 Tt was good of you to put him here with your mother and father" he said, pushing back with his cane the leaves from the border of violets.
 "There was plenty of room." Her deeds of kindness were simply the nat ural expression of her feelings toward | 
 "Yes; there is room for two more" He eyed tine remaining space figura- lively. "He was the only relative I | had"
 Miss Mary removed the dead leaves that had drifted on the adjoining grave.
 And she was the only relative l had left. Everything has seemed lone y since"
 He helped her with the leaves me But you have home that's something. I often wish when I'm off on trips that had home 10 return to-that there would be some for me-"
 You poor man" she said. utterly unconscious of his meaning.
 q would like to come here some ines, so he wouldn't seem left here lmong strangers" he said huskily.
 'I'll look after his grave just exact y as do after mothers and fathers" he said hastily.
 Do you think you could look after ne some tOo?" He caught her hand IS she reached out to remove the caves from the violet border.
 She looked at him blankly, then un- lerstood. Her eyes opened wide like hild's. He kept hold of her hand, and her yes finally dropped before his. What on earth will Mrs. Judge Brown sayY' she gasped weakly.