Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-25

to the man and what he said All with
unaffected brio. untaught but delightful.
But to her silly old grandpa it was moth
ing "Say thy English" he would inter
-fupt. and Helene would sigh, droop and
painfully begin:
"Trink-le. trink-le. lee-tel star-r-r.
'Ow I vont-ter vat-t-ar-r-r-"
Stop" thundered the old martinez one
hot afternoon beneath the trees. 'Ow.
not .ow'! Ignorante! Again.
low I von-ter-
His eyes flashed dangerously low, ;
not low! (And yet he dropped the "h''
worse than she'd
"Ow'-crack. smack. OF course he did
not strike her hard, but 1t seemed bar
barous. We murmured indignation. but
sweet Helene sought no shelter; stood
there. never fiinching. gentle dutiful.
Now" snapped the grandmother in her
turn, and the child said again. the best
she could, her
-" DOW I vont-ter''-biff. the old grand
mother cracked her over the knuckles
with her fan stubborn, Limited" But
we paid no attention to her words. for
Helene had collapsed into a sobbing lit
tie heap. Madame the countess. our
great lady, folded her about with her
ought to interfere in the correction Of
French child; and when the grandmother
observed. coldly: Helene. come the
dear little creature Strengthened with new
dignity. composed her face and followed
the old lady.
Helene must be punished for losing her
self-possession." remarked the grand
father. with cold and intentional dis
tinctness, and he bluffed us all!
Now for the lonely little girl Of Uriage
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1t Angelo. who had the good American"
-baldheaded. tender-hearted, generous,
humorous American actor-why should
I not name his name?-Nat Goodwin.
No, the lonely little girl was the child Of
a lady no one knew-most beautiful but
very lazy, 1ounging in extravagant negli-
ges and reading, reading always. Her
child. a delicious doll, with great blue
eyes, would sit and read beside her. It
would break your heart.
Well, that hot afternoon when Helene
was punished child and mamma, I OBJ
served. paid great attention. In the even
ing cool, when their big landau rolled up
for the drive down the sweet valley
toward Grenoble. the child went to Hell
enc with a lady's self-possesson. saying:
"Mademoiselle, have not the honor Of
your acquaintance. but mamma and I
would be extremely pleased if you would
ride with u.s."
Now. the grandfather-colonel on re-
tied pay-is, you might say, mildly on
the make. In his way he loves Helene
and would be glad TO hire donkeys for her
when We go up Premol and the Four
Seigneurs. and carriage drives and en-
frances to the Casino if the cost OF it
would not clip off, dollar here and there
from his poor stakes at baccarat. So he
would consent to let Helene go with any
one prepared to pay for her.
Can you imagine what that carriage
drive meant to sweet Helene? Here was
nice dressed little girl in a nice noun
tain vacation hotel. mid delicious scenery,
gayeties of all sorts, happy. smart. clean
people always doing something, yet she
had no part or parcel in the pleasure.
French renters, like her grandparents.
living on small incomes from investments
cut out superfiuities ferociously. Helene
had never once enjoyed pleasure not in
cluded in her board.
Oh how she was agog with pleasure
when she got back. Oh. the wondrous
things they saw upon that memorable