Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-19

maids, r 2 inquish-
inv his profession. i'm which he had at
tanned eminence. and pursuing certain i'
searches. which his excellent income al
lowed.
On one side of his estate was river
doom Int hardly wider than a creek; ana
tho land went back through glades anu
Gardens to the farm. His house, IN his
mothers day beautiful. was interesting
now. with faded velvets whose scarlet
was silver. with old portraits and worries,
and Marna's immaculate Housekeeping.
Yet, when he considered. it seemed desc
late. But he had little time for CONSIDER
ing: his laboratory occupied him within
doors. and when he walked abroad it was
chiefly with a view to the examination OF
his frames ranged under glass for the
action of the sun. He congratulated HIM
self on the quiet This Is perfect" he
said $50 remote. so still
LAS often in the purple night
Some bearded meteor trailing light
Moves over still Shalott.'
You can then imagine DR.. Lloyd's feel
ings when. one morning, he saw that the
Old Place across the river had been taken.
busy people were putting it in order, and
a horde of children moved in the alleys
of the overgrown garden. And although
the yellow heads and peachy cheeks were
lovely as flowers, to DR.. Lloyd the trolls
of underground would have seemed less
forbidding Goodbye to still Shalott, to
the undisturbed sauntering with thoughts
and problems. But, thank heaven. the
river ran between, and there could be no
actual contact, let the air be rent as Il
might.
OF course, there were hours Of quiet
over in Old Place, although even then the
tinkle of a piano. the echo of song, the
wall of a child, made muf1ed discord.
Sometimes he saw a woman walking
in the paths or tying up the roses that
had run riot on the gallery. young
woman, often gowned in white, perhaps
pretty-at any rate. graceful. NO one
need object to such neighbor as that, II
il were not for that host of hornets about
her. There she was now, one at each
hand, another pushing between, two rum
ming after. And she seemed to enjoy It.
But sometimes she sat on the gallery and
an old colored woman combed her long
dark hair and mothered her. He could
hear her now.
Dem ar twins sponsible for all desc
yer 'eadaches. Missy Paula. Wen Miss
Bella done die an lebe yo' dem ar twins
an de lii gal, wild dare contraptions, she
glib yo' desc mis'ries. too"
There, there, Nanny Rose he heard
a voice of silver.
ITO be sho. it's de Lords will. honey.
lie do torment dem He lubs. I reckon He
thinks dars de maxim Of an angel in Missy
Paula Dare, yo' shet yo' sweet eyes"
So her name was Paula. 1t sounded
the way rose petals feel.
She was singing one sunset on the river
bank, the little wretches clamoring for
song after song Now, Paula, sing The
Young Chevalier,'" and "Oh, Paula, darl-
ing, .Si Bleus SEES Yeux.'" And her voice
seemed to people the place with nightin-
gales.
Well, now and then at nightfall, on the
other side of the river, one could not COM
pIajn And he was safe on his side. Safe,
was he? lie went out one morning and
lie hnn
one OF his frames, and four audacious
hands lifting the cover and working ruin.
What are you about he called, and so
fercely that starting to run, they ran
directly into his hands. He caught one.
out the other in desperation made for the
owering old pine. one Of whose long, low
boushs leaned over the stream. How
lid you come here?" he demanded. I'VE
jumped" in one breath Then jump
back"
To his horror. for, after all, he was
human. the one that had clambered to the
end of the big pine tree bough. suddenly
hurled himself through the air with a
shout, landing on the other side. which,
indeed, the bough almost touched.
Now you.' said DR.. Lloyd to the other
boy.
IL dassent," he gasped. I'VE fetched
, run and jumped. IL can't jump stand
ng. Monty can do most anything IL
amt
Then I'll show you how said Dr.
Lloyd. And suiting the action to the