The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-14
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Copyright. 1909. by eeai B. Hampton.

Copyright 1900. b, eenj Hampton.
 V : IS seld5- that a plot harpers in real life
 Dramatic incidents are plenty. and people
 in general do not distinguish. yet there is vnst dife-c1ce.
 There is tale which happened and whic1
 seems to well-fashioyed, yet secause was in ts, I may not trust my own judgment. SC will tell the t1le s-d le. it be jvogei.
 '. began ir Wash;zs:r1 when ny lad Thilip vas five Jears old; and euck l. sndsazre Soy tha: found rnvse,. oocspioucas wherever went wits him. On day hal hin in big shop. in the elevator. going down. He did aot like the plunge and he clutc@ed my hand while the machine slid, stopped. and dropped w4eh aidoeus .srddenness-
 Next en me stood very taI woman whc &aG como In at the iact stca. fest her stir as fvers~ one looked toward -s. and she bowed hsr head a" hower vnigh+ beed its stal< over Phip
 "Ths dear iittie soul" she sad.
 Then felt quick nioveme-. and heard an exclamation. hp: rathe. expected people to be startled by the gooa looks of my sor rimply checked off oIe more perKcr If discrimination in my nina and tSe LoY and left tb~ elevator and ..urrtae cat ?rt the younsster in and stopped to givs the driver c-der, anA at that E.oment there touch r:y
 I turned quickly. T5e-e was the tall rscrran of the eieve,nr I her p'aInly in tkis clearer light ard realized at once that sEe was uncommon. feet eleven inches I rnew afterwards. She was not young-I think abou; sixty y<ais old--end her iare-, there was color tn her cheeks Ike si.rs bloom. The face radlSnt And about her quality w:.ich aeeertS Ftself without tiop--dtstinction. She was unu:stakanly some body.''
 I saw all shis as stood at the cuTbstone, Phil regarding earnestly from tse cab:
 T beg your sardon, she aegar. but couldn't let little bay get away. It's such big world II might not have found him again Hay y speak to sims" and she 5esr toward ,,i1i hisn- VII you hand with fr:encliness end pulled his cap over his chin elastic Mli batting fer the mastery.
 A laugh rang cut, which was 1stonlshingly heard a lsrzh so spontaneeas. except in chidr.s. She turned to me with her eyes dancing. she ssd ..sery Aad SO ike ' W :ts n9aele But have.'t told you-I am unpardonable You nave sde me Gea things child is exactly like my own boy aa he used to be-indeed the elevator. and then thought must have i'm aglned i:. because Philip is always in my mind. likeness than thought. I.s like having my child
 ln very glad told her "And it'z strange, but thfs Is Philip, too
 -'Nor'. she said: Certainly Providence led pause: "Tou mustn't think I'm kidnapping you. but I feel as if couldn't lose you and your boy. don I live in Washington hope you will. let me show you my sons pictures and prove prove how e1-
 of course said ses, and in minute she had my address. I knew we'll enough that was honored and that had been talking to great lady, : ''Who is Mrs, Gordon?" I asked at dinner that asgkt. There were ten people at the table and eight answered with sone variation of You surely must know" And then my host gave me shor- History Of ker.
 Mrs. Gordon daughter of Nathaniel Emory Hewitt. who had been Governor of Delaware. Sec known ran, The girl had visited in England and mad nie. and married young Lord Heringstone, and ssrc not 600 unhappy for apparently he was every thing that is we'll rid of-and with child of three four. year two later her father Lad been made minister to France, and, Mrs. Hewit: was dead, she had gone to be at the IDF1,i hnrCo liyOd fh1on and at the end of that time he- engagement was announced Admiral Gordon. Englishman who had splendid fighting record.
 How she did it-that clever woman-I don't see.' said Mir. Van Arden. "He had great posi-
 was glad to be at hone the next afternoon when Mrs. Gordon came. While Philip explained the puppy in detail I watched the transparent, pressive fa>e; face more filled with youth tha1 many of eighteen yea:s
 .T see," she consulted with Phil earnestly, 'the puppy run faster because he has four legs and you have only two. But he hasn't any hands at son. to lunch OF Thussdaye" she demanded with an like summer breeze. as unexpected
 On Thursday. .n the large house where she Eyed, 1t appeared to that the rooms filed with pictures of my boy. It was odd 0 see him looking at me from many strange oosae-s--Phi:ip as baby. todder of two, strapping, square mar of four, and again. with his legs beginning to lust as was wv ya al, m oier like d pTcphecy--at seven and nine and fifteen Keeping lis promise of beauty. The pictures cul- minated in tho strong lace, st:ll with my lads eyes, ot Lord Ecrinestore at thirty-tive good lace. which explained his mothers light-hcarted- ness The son has inherited from. the right side; he was satisfcS with him.
 I looked at likeness after another, and saw, IS she showed them to ne, that this sea was the of aer life It seemed unreasonable hat Iixe this should gc through life with put genuine love afair. The first marriage -aust have been simply two stages delusien and disap- posntment. tho second might have teen convent nee ambttion-cven shectiop-anything b1. love-
 Pnii,S. when he had hscE extraetsa lrnpy ard sedse6, from Its coat and entsaglsmes,s, stalked os table where stooc a painting ivory of a .tiild, he regarded 1t w:th carbestnoss, aI.d Rir= Gordon and I waited. That's me-" he deci ied md t1rned--ihc question brin:, sestled-to exam