Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-20

Some bearded meteor trailing light
Moves over still Shalott'

Some bearded meteor trailing light
Moves over still Shalott.'
You can then imagine DR.. Loyds feelings when
one morning. he saw that the Old Place across the
river had been TAKEN busy people were putting it in
order and 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 forbiddng. Good-by to still Shalott
to the undisturbed sauntcring with thoughts and
problems! But, thank Heaven, the river ran be-
tween and there could be no actual contact let the
air be rent as it might
OF course there were hours of quiet over in Old
Place although even then the tinke of piano,
the echo of a song, the wall of child made mufHed
discord Sometimes he saw woman walking in
the paths 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 it
were not for that host of hornets about her There
she was now, one at each hand, another pushing
between, two running afterl 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. H could hear her now.
@Dem ar twins 'sponsble for all desc yer cad
aches Missy Paula. Wen Miss Bella done die an
lebe yo dem ar twins an de liz gal, wild dare con-
traptions she glib yo desc mis'ries, too"
There. there, Nanny Rose" he heard voice
of silver.
@To be sho. it's de Lords will, honey, He do
torment dem he lubs I reckon he thinks dars de
maxim OBJ an angel in Missy Paula. Dare, yo shet
yo' sweet eyes"
So her name was Paula; it sounded the way rose
petals feel
She was singing one sunset on the river bank;
the little wretches clamorng for song after song.
Nov, Paula, sing The Young Chevalier,'" and,
"Oh. Paula, darling, 81 Bleus SEES Yeux.'" And
her voice seemed to people the place with nightin-
gales.
Well. now and then at nightfal, on the other side
of the river, one could not complain And he was
safe on his side Safe was he? He went out one
morning, and there-two little yellow heads bent
over one of his frames, and four audacious hands
lifting the cover and working ruin what are you
about" he called and so fercey that, starting to
run, they ran directly into his hands He caught
one; but the other in desperation made for the
towering old pine, of whose long, low boughs
leaned over the stream. How did you come here!'
he demanded. 1--WE jumped in breath. "Then
jump back"
To his horror for, after all, he human the
one that had clambered to the end OF the big pine
tree DOUGH- suddenly hurled himself through the air
with shout, landing the other side, which, in
deed the bough almost touched
"Now you! said DIR. Lloyd to the other boy
I'll dassent" he gasped 1--WE fetched run and
Jumped II can't jump standing. Monty can do
most anything. II can't"
"Then I'll show you howl said DR.. Lloyd And
suiting the action to the word, he swung the boy
back and forth moment and then let 60 Under
other circumstances it would have been only light
Joss to the soft turf opposite But the boy squirmed
md kicked to such degree that the toss failed and
he fell on the bank and rolled off into the water
In a moment, Of course, DR.. Lloyd after him.
Although boys holy terrors, you must not
drown them And he brought him up the bank,
dripping, yelling crab all struggling legs and arms,
himself dripping too, and in altogether
,ropitious condition in which to meet a lovely lady
for the first time.
For the shrieks of the two had brought the others
IS if they sprang out of the ground "T4e threw
Johnny into the riverl oh, Paula, Paula, he threw
Johnny into the river!' resounded the shri cries.
And there, suddenly towering over them with
heightened color and blazing eyes, was Paula.
go, srl" she commanded. And bowling, DR..
Lloyd took hold of the long pine bought regardless
of pitch and swung himself across the water.
The next day Benson told him the bough of the
pine-tree, that leaned the river, had been cut
off The lady the stream had ordered it, he
thought This outrage. And DR.. Lloyd
found not only the long bough gone but the tree