The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-10-03

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In the bachelor apartment on the top
floor Of the Riyeryiew court Paul
L4aurfson paced restlessly up aud
down. Occasionally he stopped 20
look out at the spring landscape ana
sighed.
'You1l be al right now, my boy"
was the doctors parting shot Just
take plenty Of fresh mir. Get up on
the roof as often Ms yOu can"
"Confound the roofF' muttered Paul.
bat he took his oyeFcOat and went up
In the apartment below the bach
alor', her eyes red with weeping. Hyl
via Randall WIS washing out a I'm
eerie waist
sIfm mean Of Sarah not 10 come
today ahe complained, regarding her
ehrlyeied fingers Fuefuily. she knew
had 10 have this waist done up, And
now I've got 10 30 up ON the roof
myself and hans tho thing out 70 dry"
But before she went up sylvia
stopped 10 obIlteFate the effect Of tears
and TO throw scarf jauntiIy over her
head.
II might meet some one" she OK.
platned. with a demuFe little smile AZ
h6r reflection In this mirror,
A strong wind whistllng over the
h0nsetopa anatched the waist from
Gylvia's hands Just as she was pin
ming Il 10 the line and would have
carried 1t over the edge Of the roof
had not help come unexpectedly
"oh. thank you thank you. 80
much" exclaimed sylvia. Then, motto.
ING how good looking her benefaetor
was. she stopped In confusion.
you're very welcome, I'm sure"
answered Paul. lifting bis hat and re-
munIng his constitutional
"It's-its my own waist you SEQ"
staInmered sylvia.
Paul turned.
els It. indeedY' he replied. 'SThen
I'm doubly glad | rescued H."
Il mean. Numbered II for myself
don't 90 out Sarah didn't come,
didn't think thercd b. any one up
here
Al this Paul burst into laugh that
even Sylvia In her embarrassment
found contagious.
II see," he said. lyon are the queen
IN the garden. hanging out the
Clothes"
Sylvia assumed an injured look.
'You Nnow that isn't right" she cor
recsed. at was the maid who was In
the garden
Honest. was III" asked Paul. IT
never was much good ON poetry. I al
ways thought II was the queen, but I'm
delighted 70 find Il II really both"
Without another word sylvia vanish.
ed, leaving Paul transnxed with as.
constituent
"IIow deliciously naive ana chlldlike
she isr' be- chuekled az be sought a
sunny corner In which to stretch his
lazy length. Having found ono, be
smoked 4 cigarette or two and then fell
to acrlbbllnR.
What be scrubbed remained for syl-
via 30 discover, This she ala the very
next morning. for Sarah, the falthlcsa,
was still conspicuous by her absence.
and there remained a handful OF huffy
tribes that had 10 be- Numbered syl.
via went az the task with cominenda.
BILE resignation. The drying stage
reached. with careless Indifference to
appearances she ran up 10 the roof
baFeheaded aud bare armed As no one
was Ia sight this time to rescue artt-
clea vugrantly disposed, each piece was
pinned to the line with flrmness that
detied whirlwinds
This accomplished. scrap oF paper
tapping IN the side Of the chimney at.
tracted sylvla'a attention. She pulled
u out erom between the bricks and
read the following:
The man was ON the heusetop
seeking recreation.
When aaddenly tho wind changed.
bringing variation.
The queen was IN the reoftrce
Hanging oat her gown,
Atoms eame = brisk hreoas
And blew the thlnK down
with snlff. Sylvia tucked the paper
into her beit Then she picked up one
o. the little stones with which the roof
was covered and tried TO mark with e.
but without success A small sharp
pointed stick proved equally futile,
Suddenly IN q corner she found a burn
"a match. Triamphantly shs scratched
4 word aeroas the rhymes aud then put
them back In the chimney,
Here. an hour or two later. raul
foand them, so the queen had not
come into the garden again. be argued
u Was Just a. well perhaps. lie was
about % tear up the nonsense when
Sylytaa acFawllng letters caught bis
eya
-silly," he spelled. aud shouted with
amusement.
Then he poeketed the mlssive. 10
oddly transformed from the ridiculous
10 the sublime. and songht his Favorita
corner, There was 40 sun shining on
q to-day, and the wlnd was bleak. but
he turned up his coat collar and settled
down 10 4 smoke and mere scTlbblinEs.
The latter be soon read aloud