The sun., 1910-01-30

to me as I rushed along an a conflict of
emotions that the packages Of seed might
still be in the city post ofice. There had
been vast accumulation during the three
days stoppage OF all trafic. II was
reasonable to suppose that such bulky
stun would be held until the first class
mail had been cleared away. especially
>as II was not the time OF year for that
weighing farce by which the railways
were overbTdened to their enormous
profit.
So indeed it proved Whom should
l come across outside the receiving room
but my friend the driver with the dis
reputable hat who might have won
another. He reassured me at once.
There's such jam Of stuff" he said.
that them seeds will sprout and give
fort their fruit in season before they re
shipped. Take them back to the rooms
for further amendment? Sure l will.
What elee have any Of US to do but to
keep doing over just what we have done?
That's the gist Of the civil service. sir
BY Jove. then you shall have that hat
after all" cried, overioyed.
He was quick to take it. l don't mean
the hat, though he was that too later.
81 was dead right. wasn't II" he re-
sponded reminiscently. The very divvle
of a storm and all his works. was very
near stalled myself in Capitol Park that
night stopping to pick up an old lady
who had been knocked over by some
other team. She's. in the Emergency
Hospital still, poor soul, suffering from
the shock, unable to speak. though she 8
conscious. they say. Doesn't it beat
the deuce the trouble folks have?'
Without waiting to exchange truisms
hurried home to the solemn eyed girls.
-The seeds will come back again, and
III help fix them up all right" l cried.
Now get your things on and come with
me and the baby to the Emergency Hos
pital. have an idea that the restoration
is about to take place.
Actually it thinks" remarked Miss
Laphoon acidly, though she made haste
to comply.
1t was a pretty but pathetic sight that
l watched from afar-the two girls and
the baby in Laur1's arms, bending over
the waxen faced. white haired patient,
and the physician anxious and alert. OH
the other side OF the cot.
SOW the faded eyes open wonderingly.
I saw q rapture beyond understanding
illumine the haggard cheeks. l saw the
shriveiled arms tremulously extended.
heard the strained voice, recognizing, re-
ioicinC Then | turned my face to the
wall Then ] fan would beat my head
against it in remorse for my crankiness
Sbout the seeds. since through them mdi-
rectly at least had the lost been found.
Laura explained it all as we three
walked home together, having bid the
baby long farewell.
The baby's grandmother is the widow
of a general officer who served with great
dist met ion during the civil war she said.
During his lifetime he refused TO apply
for a pension. After his death reverses
came; the baby's father died; there were
three dependents. The old lsdy cF.me
down to Washington to see about securing
a competent pension by private act.
She was so anxious that she started out
in the face of the storm with the baby in
a covered basket, to see-whom do you
Think"
Don't ask him. interrupted the ironi-
cal Miss Laphoon. 1T might tax his
mental weakness. She was going to see
Mr.. Gizer. of course. We were right
after ALL am very sure that one OF my
pepa' g half dozen or so would have known
that the Thirty-eighth New York was
raised in Mr.. Gizer's district
Whit is the old lady's name, Laura"
eslIed in my search for cover.
Mrs. Marquette. Her husband was
Col. Franz Marquette,
Why, we got q petition about it this
very morning. stnged by every G. A. X.
post in the district" l exclaimed. The
old soldiers are for the bill to a man.
II Mr.. Gizer succeeds IN passing IL his
cap will heve all kinds OF feathers in IL.
And pass il shall. If my experience is OF
anv value"
Don I bother about trifies. Mr.. Buhum.'
said Miss Laphoon. lit ID so exhausting.
I'll have my papa put the bill through for
him, just see il / don't"