The Washington herald., 1907-09-26

| forty the women Of her acquaintance
were supposed to give no thought 10
such vanities, but she was evidently of
a worldly turn Of mind. and she remem-
bered the set OF the overcoat worn by
her guest.
supper over. they sat by the open fire
she with her Battenberg piece, he with
a cigar encirc.ed by a gilt band which
she wished fervently Mrs. Judge Brown
could see.
And so / brought this printed form
i for you TO nil in." he continued. 7 had
/ 10 come through Washington on my way
down-and I knew they had a certain
/ form that had 10 be filed In before you
could get the money
Wasn't the one Judge Brown and
/ all Of us-fXed 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 a pleasing woman asking ms
/ opinion
Yours was all right in a way he
/ said beniguly, but they have regular
/ forms with questions 20 be answered. ]
| was allowed % look az the one you sent
for / had telegraphed the authorities ia
/ let me know i they found out anything
/ as % his whereabouts. There's eighty
nine dollars due"
! Her blue eyes opened In astouishment
/ But u only cost me sixty"
| Aou can put in a charge for nursing %
| ana the Jovial eyes of fOrty-twO beamed
/ into the gentle eyes Of forty. TT does
! my heart good 10 think he had you "a
/ make it easier for him."
! But l didn't charge anything for Il
The moneys yours" she objected.
/ There's where YOU are wrong" Fri.
( umphant that he carried an 6verwheIn-
/ ing stock of knowledge. 1T doesn't be-
/ long 70 me-for he left no widow and no
child under sixteen. so nobody viii draw
/ that money except you-you paid all his
/ last expenses Il belongs 70 you. ali
! right little woman"
/ The coy freside had given him d taste
/ or what home life might be, and Miss
/ Mary, who had never been called .giftI,
/ woman before. turned rosiIy red and
/ hnally agreed % nh out the application
tons.
He registered at the small hotel as
JACOB Rhine jr, and declared his In
/ leAtion OF staying until he could have g.
stone put 70 his fathers grave.
| When the stone was In IT'S place Miss
Mary walked with him to the cemetery
/ one afternoon.
| Her own lot. in corner Of the .cema-
/ terry, was surrounded by an old-fasbioned
arbor vitae hedge that glistened In the
February sun.
1t was good Of you to put him here
with your mother and father" be said
( pushing back with his cane the leavaq
from the border Of violets
There was plenty Of room 8" T4ey
deeds Of kindness We're simply the NAT
uTai expression Of her feelings toward
/ humanity
1es-there IS room for two more -
ne eyed the remaining space fguratfvelv
ne was the only relative I had"
Miss Mary removed the deed leaves
that had drifted on the adjoining grave
Ana she was the only relative 7 had
I eIl-eIeTything has seemed lonely since %
lie helped her with the leaves me-
chanically But you have q home
I thats something. I often wish when
IN on on trips that 7 had a home ~
return to-that there would be some one
/ waiting for me-"
You poor man. she said. utterly nm
conscious Of his meaning.
1 would like to come here sometimes
/ so he wouldn't seem left here among
strangers, he said huskiIy.
( IN look after his Just exactly nc :
/ DO mothers and fathers" she said has
/ tily mas
do you think you could look after me
some too!' he caught her hand. as She
Ieached out TO remove the leaves from
the violet border -'''''
9He looked at him blankIy-then IN
/ derstood Her eyes opened wide ill., 7.
chilIs. ''h0 d
He kept hold of her hand. and be,
eyes finally dropped before his
nat on earth will Mrs. Judgs
| Brown say?' she gasped weakly
iCcWnght, 1907, by Homer Srrag,e,