New-York tribune., 1908-06-28

t.. ct 7.,as this wav We had zroash-ro
G Ono of our branch roads and dad was ra-ne- nice
to an ugly little brown bro vi ,na TGII biro @ absrdv l b. @ W
me.ae cr tbrnn9h though the process Of cutting e IS
an ordeal, by george
--,,,r, --o.,- ,,a,,eed to laugh and Valda found
bcrseIf thinking that if this tale had been -ay
tr,1e she might have read between the Hie7 @1l
therein a big and beautiful TENDERNESS WI a. sA
AGAINST her will appealed strongly 70 hfI C. 1T
I ;Sti1cts vet since he merely lying II made
her despise him utterly ,o.. -
t.1a,J Of the little brown woman cam. had
- sTrav somewhere for a month, Il1-e. tp
,orried He seemed fearfully cut up poor ie5--
and thanked us-I mean ne thaIH5i .-d- .-' !,
cot to be embarrassing; then ne and ms "'-- ana
Itt1e Abdul Ibn went away on camel, ou, <ei.
1oCI(ino back at dad far as we cOuId see .4-iA-
The husband was an Arab,-a she1h or some e-i--iis
1o+ad IN a vav with somebody high up and
abort a week afterward he sent dad packas a!
tore mn IN date leaves It was rather valuable ID
|ocTC,Ge- hut of course couldn send It 1 A.
P+see Won know. down there when q gen-leH- L
makes YOU a present and you refuse lt-''e- -le
gentleman makes you personal can anu '' d
through YOUR liver Funny old custom, o1-
en- 60 we accepted the lnevitable-and the "---
fall" f1f'' % We 60 ....-...
The listener thought she knew something Of -la
contents of this vindfal; but made no cC1l'-l-r-
and tried also TO accept the lIleFllaDe IL ---9 -
of = swiftly moving but ridiculous story
This unexpected present, explained me y'-i-1
- made it possible as / said before. Tor dad and
me 70 come back home; 50 we resigned from the
ll,I(oryy ldV and started Dad was pretty well run
doyy9 by the hot climate. and took the fever Sd
T- bad To stop in an Internal little mud village IN
NJ - OF course I rttrsed him as best ! c11dt
but-but it was triSntfuly hoI 9t'el-
and-weTl, he died.
The teller Of the tale had paused Waldo 5a" I,1l
fi+e his 1s and-ves. she was sure Cf II Years I--
come into his ewes though he turned his head away
Oh. he was doing well this splendid hurnbug er-
she watched him with a sort Of g0at1ng JoT- E1"
vas the time to trip himself for II only ne prydrc-
his handkerchief or even touched MS Fr-uc7-t7
HI. r,as il would add the missing theatre
effect. but the man did neither He kept MS he
siofrIv turned IN delicate cOnCealInent OF MS 2-'
till the sea breeze dried the suspicious IHol2-.-
Now, certainly, this man was q LlJs. e'9l1--7 --
but artist. - o.
II beg your pardon he said presently, dill.
mean to tell it lust that way. He paused a-
and then went on Well. there was mighty ...-
Measure in coming home alone, but or course l-
fcorldr't stav out there And Why should /, l--
package | was telling YOU about containel ne
eCuivalent Of a good deal more than / ever expect
70 pile t1p with railroad salary. and / was pretty
lonesome for home anyway. But there was an.
thing The dear old dad had talked a Ettle a. ~
his PROSPECTS. and a prOrnIsCuous knowledge e- ne
fact wasn't what YOU might consider healthy
tucked the stuff in nv belt slipped quietly OF n
the late evening, with the wise intention Of
LIE had stopped abruptly and was looking at her
IL with an odd expression on his handsome l8ly
''Wen." she said I'm listening. Go on
I'm afraid it hardly necessa-E-. he o51ecte. II
mild reproof: for YOU don't believe one single -
I'm saying.
How do YOU know that" she asked.
He smiled a little sadly. and lean back with
hands behind his head. Only people that
poker and the big games of life learn to control -
features: and YOU, / am happy TO see. are n}- q -
bier Besides" he added. leaning forward for
ter view, those innocently expressive eyes OF