Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-03

y ali his fifty years had known and kept his
D exact place as he saw it out of Scottish Pres
byteran eyes. The unobtrusive dignity OF his
bearing showed that he felt and knew that
others felt that he part of his family Service OF
this sort molds rarely. 1t gives him livery that
be made to order, and any one who has eyes Tor
it increases in sefrespect through recognizing what long
and personal service make us all If we are willing
Just now he was gancing with disappointment at the
table upon which he had set the paror lamp and care
fully turned down the fame under its red shade The
table, except for ornament or two, was empty. lie
went to one of the bookcases, and kneeng before it,
scanned in the haf-lght the titles of the books AS he
came upon the one he sought he gave little grunt OF
expectation confirmed and taking out volume OF en-
nyson he began to turn over the leaves The book how
ever opened naturally of itself at the page he wanted
Placing So upon the table, he gazed with reverent
tenderness. Eth my dear mistress" he unused aloud
AN ye left lyn' open there when ye were called to
the Palace O the King
Signing, he turned, and with far-away mind ran an
habitual eve over the Ma, na, he muttered,
"theres ma true hame here since the mistress died
There's thing ye Gamma touch. McKenna' His
tered "that has no held" He reused himself from his
reverie and going to the closet took from It bright
colored smong acket and placed it upon the back OF
the armchair drawn up in front of the open fire. In
doing So his foot touched object under the chair and
STOPPING he drew forth chids knit worsted slipper
"a wee thing to be toddlin all alanel"
Signing again, he put the slipper into his pocket and
satisfying himself more that the room was all in
order he about to 60 suppressed smoker stopped
him. It came from the direction of the chair. His
mouth relaxed its seriousness as he crept toward and
looked the back There in its capacious leather
depths huddled little girl in her nightgown her hair
tunbled about face so pink with merriment that 1t
threatened disaster if it were kept IN another moment
She was shaking with mrth.
Aha l catched ye" he cried, and pounced upon her
Her laughter spouted out in breathy gprgle, seem
aid" she bubbled, when you mutter to yourself!
laughed inside till | almost burst my head"
He eyed her with transparent sternness Miss
Evelyn what are ye dom there! lett ye IN bed Have
ye mo- been asleep yet 2"
EVELYN shook her tumbled curls gleefully. Then
soberng her face, she spoke with plaintiye pride:
Not one single tiny bit | just can't go to sleep,
Donald And my room is so big and dark" She doubled
her feet up under her. taor-wse, and put more i'm
porance into her tone in anticipation of his protest
"Im going to sit here and watch the fire."
"a pretty time O night indeed, to be watchin the
fre We' no have that. Come, dearie let me carry
We upstairs and tuck ye in
EVELYN increased her impressive air. But am mach
ally wake-ful And when I'm wake-ful can't go to
sleep without any one to sing to Mama always had
to sing me to sleep when l was wake-ful"
"Pd sing ye to sleep myself" said Donald grimIy;
"but Heaven knows yed be long time awake 1t wad
be like an old corbie the fencerail croakin to
lan1bkin in the meadow" He held out his " Cud
die doom moo, and I'll give free ride to Noddie
aOh, Donald" coaxed the little GIRL "pease let me
stay here till Kenneth l won't go to sleep. I'm
really very very wake-ful tonight And want to see
him so much And it's so awful late now he'll be home
soon won't he?"
Il Gamma say, dearie" he said gently There's no
teln' that. He doesna come in sae- he moved step
away uncor1fortably-" sac regular"
Evelyn felt that she was gaining her point by the
mention of her brothers name She had had had her
doubts about it before but she srategetcay pur-
sued the topic "And l don't see Kenneth at all any
more because I'm always in bed-or he is when I'm not
at school. Then when come home he's gone And to;
night know shant go to sleep for hours and hours
So shall Just sit here and see him when he comes IN
She settled back pleasantly, that assumption OF
careless confidence is often half the battle Wont he
o see YOU curled up sound asleep and catchin your
death cold But it's surprise he'll no get this night
1oeeS I1a her RI
Please please Donald" she cried. "Tm not sleepy
%Tubs, ye wee beggar! The sandnan'l be snatchin'
We in twenty winks There We go" He hoisted her
lightly to his shoulder in spite of her wrggng protesta-
tions And I'll tell ye all aboot the brownies and the
"oh. will you2" cried Evelyn, delighted. She made
trial more, however, reapsing into plantiveness
And how they churned the butter, Chagi Chag!
Chngl" went Donald in a pleading tone At each
chug he took artful step toward the door 10 pay
for the cakes she left the hearth for them Every
time one took nbbe the ithers pushed the churn-handle
doom, and then pulled it up again. Nt6bte-chaggeyl
Nibble-chnggeyi And O the brownies on the churn
wad Jump doom and the at the cake wad Chamber
up And then it would begin again. Ntbble-ehnggety!
N5ble-chnggety! and they went out into the hall and
live coal dropped from the CRATE and soon after
wards the mantel clock struck ten Left to itself the
room took the we-kept air of hotel apartment kept
ready for transient occupation The butler was right
It was room from which the personality had departed
It was longer center of household lite mere lay
about the subtle melancholy of place which, created
lovingly to be lived in is committed to the orderly
care of servants.
short while only was it left alone, however. For
voang man, letting himself in at the street door and
taking off his overcoat in the hall, entered brsky. He
was good-lookng, clean-buit fellow, wearing youth il
a buoyant fashion, though with suggestion of over
drawing upon his vitality. His fine-grained face hao
begun to harden somewhat defantly to dissipation ant
although the hardening as yet but superficial II
narred sensitive mouth and CLEANED little uneasily
from a frank eye.
He rubbed his hands together before the cheerful fire
"Brrh 2" he said aloud. I'm nearly frozen" Then as
he turned his back comfortably to it. he the smok
ing-jacket spread out upon the armchair Good old
Donald" he thought, as he took off his Tuxedo and
put it 1t really cozy in the pleasant room and
he was glad he hadn't gone-afer ALL it better thar
the other places He shrugged his shoulders impatenty
How fiat all these things got after the first taste 1.-The
same old round night after night; everything like every
thing else-everything tiresomel