Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-06

very much relieved that this converse
ton. over which he was beginning to have
certain moral qualms. had terminated. Il
helleve that We have some ice cream left
from luncheon, and you would do me a
favor by helping us to get rid of it. You
won't mind. will YOU
oh, no. an instant chorus assured
him.
Very we'll. then: I'll see if | can find
some cake TO go with it.
We've got some cake, SIR said Skee-
zlcks, opening the now soiled napkin. ITS
our wedding cake that we brought along
to eat
Very thoughtful. I'm sure said the
minister. with another struggle for gray
1ty Just let me have it and I will see
that 1t is cut up nicely for YOU"
x
Outside in the hall he leaned against
the newell post of the stairway and al
lowed himself to laugh quietly for little
bit 1t was this instinct for whimsical
things. this love of laughter. this large
enjoyment of life in it's every phase, that
aside from his active influence for good
made Mr.. Pearson the most popular min
lister the suburb had ever known After
he was all through laughing he wiped the
tears from his eyes and said. Bile the
utu lie went Dack toward the
Kitchen. He had scarcely reached it when
there came a ring at the door bell. and
shortly afterward Nora ushered a young
man and a young woman into the par
lor.
Why SkeeZicks.'' exclaimed the hearty
voice of the young lady, and KITE made
one of her violent rusheS for him. What
are you doing here?' she demanded as she
released him, limp and breathless, from
her crushing embrace
oh, we Just came to elope," confessed
SkeeZicks. with whom evasion was an UNI
known art: 'but we didn't have a license
so We've got to wait"
Katie sat down and laughed until her
face was red SkeezickS looked from
her to the young man. and then he sud
denly stiffened. He had seen this young
man once before under peculiar circume
stances. and just now he Shrank from
him. Strangely enough. he did not ask
the counter-question that had been on
the tip of his tongue. but when Katie
was through laughing she took him into
her confidence.
You know what you asked me this
morning about clipping. Skeezicks?"
Y-e-e-s," he heSitatingly drawled.
We'll, this is my afternoon off and l
had made up my mind to do that very
thing. SO it took me all of heap. Miss
Elizabeth is to have her wedding next
gone on her trip I'm going to leave. But
this is the only chance I'll have before
then, and Jimmy, here-Mr. Harter. 1
mean-is so anxious. so we just slipped
off to get married today and have it over
with" and she beamed over at the
heavy-j awed Jimmy.
Skeezicks nodded DULY. He was trem-
bling with painful INDIGESTION, which the
minister relieved by just then coming in
with the ice cream and cake. Mr.. Har-
fnr nj In, ic nln
stated his errand with the gruffness Of
a dyspeptc ordering his breakfast.
Every WELL" said Mr.. Pearson, cor
daily. clearing off the center table for
the children. Now. if you young peo-
pie will just watch" he told them. I'll
show you how it is DONE so that when
you come back to me in fifteen or twenty
years you'll know just what you have
to go through with and, after a kindly
question or two of Katie and the young
man, he proceeded to marry them. hav-
ing called in Nora and his wife as wit
neSSeS.