Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-08-27

disgusted Sure / amt"
The young woman ndgeted around
him. petting and "pooring' him and
pinning him together, 80 TO speak.
Hartley fidgeted too, not seeming to
have his bearings at all. He acted
to mo like he wished he was ten thou.
sand miles away; and yet | cal'late he
didn't really wish 1t neither. The
doctor and Major phnney we're fuss
ing around and the crowd kect -ott.a=
bigger and closing in.
'1f you'll excuse me, miss" says I.
interfering as usual where twas none
Of my affairs, II think perhaps twould
be good idea II we went somcwheres
where 'twan't so popular. Maybe we
might go into one Of the rooms at
the hall or somcwheres.
why. Of course" SAYS Hartley.
grabbing at the notion Ike twas q
rope I'd thrown ont 20 him. We'll
80 to the hall Ag-Miss Page. let
IN" Present ny ficad, Mr. Solomon
Pratt"
So twas the Page girl. after all.
I'd guessed as much, though how she
! come to be IN Fastwich when she'd
ought TO have been in Europe was
moron / could make out She looked
mp at me and reached out her little
hand with a kid glove on IT, Like
wise she 8miled-not with her mouth
alone, same as an undertaken meet
Ing the relatives of the departed, but
with her eyes too Twas the right
n a SyJ,ft ~, Cd
not subject to women folks as a rule
but I'd have done considerable to &c,
| q deckload Of them smiles.
I'm very glad 10 know you. Mr.
| Pratt" says she. just as though she
meant II. And We shook hands
really shook EN-.
Alore | could get over that shake
| and smile enough TO be sensible, Ma
| jor Philander showed her arm into
his and headed for the hall. Drat his
fgurchcad. You never could beat
that old image when there was pref.
~ woman around. Hartley looked
kind of SGT back like. Then he takes
the boy by the hand and falls into the
majors wake. Me and the doctor
trailed along behind.
| The Doc kept talking about what
a brave thing the Twins diving under
the horses was, but didn't hear more
than half Of it. was watching tho
Page girls hat and thinking how
much prettier twas than the ones
them boarder girls at the hotel wore.
And yet there want a quarter so
many feathers and ribbons and dco.
dads on It.
The little chap was chirping up to
Hartley all the way What worried
him was when he was going TO get
his five dollars. Martin told him he'd
get it all right. He'd advance It
himself and collect it afterwards.
What's your name. SON." says he
to the youngster.
Denny" says the boy.
Denny Dennis, you mean? Den
mis- WHAT"
Jaw, I don't know. Plain Denny
guess"
Where 90 YOU live in New York."
Over around Cherry street most OF
the time. Me and the old man used
to hang out in the back room OF Mike
| C'iahuN piiNC VIZ -NOll otitcl III
| he got sent up. Then l got to selln
papers a2d dom shines and things
Sometimes I'd take shy At the News
boys Home nights. That's where Miss
Agony-Miss Page, mean--found me
I'm one Ct the Fresh Air kids over 10
her place
Many more like you over there"
Sure nine or ten of u.s. girls and
all. We been here week now
skinned ont of the window this morn.
| in and hoofed II over here Wanted
to sec the show Gee. what gang
Of Jays. You're the guy what put up
the candy for me, amt your"
Shouldn't wonder. Do you like
your teacher"
Bet your HE. She's a peach. Sos
the other one; Miss Talford her name
is"
"Humph What do they call you
over on the east side when you're at
hone?"
"Redny," SAYS the little shaver.
Hartley looked down at him and
smiled one of his quiet grins.
Bully for you. Redry." says he
You're a brick
We got through the crowd and into
the hall finally, Shutting the door
was a job. The folks outside seemed
10 think they'd been cheated. I'd like
to have got rid of Philander but you
couldn't do that without a block and
tackle: he stuck to Miss Page like
kedge anchor TO mud bottom. The
doctor was putting strip Of sticking
plaster on Hartleys forehead. This
cut want nothing but scratch, I'm
glad to say.
After a spell l see my chance and
I cornered the major and commenced
to talk politics. He was laundering for
the county representative nomin alton
and knew his soft spot. Hartley and
the Page girl got together then, but
they didn't seem to know what TO say
| l heard her explaining that she
hadn't gone to Europe at all. Her ma
had been took sick; nothing to speak
Of, Judged, spell OF nerves" or tbs
like of that. So Agnes and her chum
this Margaret Talford. had seen the
chance they'd been waiting for and
had got their poor children tribe to
gether and come down and took tho
Lethrop place at South Eastwich.
Seems Miss Talford had hired It afore.
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