Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-13

have been living again some -,
dream OF his hours nap or he mivht. VSyelY
been considering something even fs. nave
away. a''hef
His gaze went out contentedIy a,.
the horse that was paving ftie aoove
stone across the street and II d,a curb
draw I'm when the little girl aSa. hot
him from the foot OF the stairs
Il got a par'sol, ] have"
She was probably little worse for,
fully travel stain can be worn In si ,aes
afternoon. The loose white staa,. md-
the crumpled dress. the tangled ,nl,n,gs,
hair, suited admirably the ventnrys .iioT
little face all puckered with animstinnne
She carried under her arm naia ZION ION
cotton parasol. quite out of proportIo. uiae
her small body, and tied with wids ' q, 10
ribbon. which did not match. Not que
standing the directness of her to,s Win
plump. absorbed face Of the little ~, 'he
heard. "''hs
Il got par'sol 50 the sun can't oa,
my eyes" she repeated. But ATTN
the sun was already frowning hard IN
made no attempt to put her Treasure ~. ,s
use. "
Haven't you got one: HUH" shs a.
manded. ue'
His eyes slid lazily down for the sr,.,
est part of a moment and then retnrni.
to their resting place in the air ahova ~, ae
OF.
was not disconnected. She Looked eni
zled, but not uneasy. pug
You got a pretty white suit" she o.,.
Her interest was sincere. She lootsi
her own sturdy thin ones al
Are YOU as big as me-" she asked
No reply.
HUH" she repeated, and her n,,o,,,
eyebrows expressed concern. ''e
No reply.
Cant you talk" she asked wis,tnu..
A head Of silky brown nodded slouIs
Does your hair curl by itselfP" ak
asked sue
No reply.
rs this your house," she asked
Again the little boy nodded slowly br,
he did not adjust his gaze upon I ny
questioner MS
Mine is that yellow house over tbsra
See?" She pointed diagonaliy across ,bs
street '"'
His eyes did not follow the pointed An.
[ger ''"'
Look, she insisted "Right-ovs,
there" ''
There was silence for amoment.
Say, dast you come over by INV
house, she asked. '
This time the little boy looked tow.,a
her, but one could still detect in his ewes
the thraldom Of recent sleep
Huh she repeated.
His lips seemed to have grown toge,h.r
We'll, dast you?"
A weak little smile rewarded her
She sighed. then looked OF musinp,v
The cookies'il be done when get back"
she said.
Two c1inging red lips parted and from
the tiny oval space came husky littls
sound.
nd-o'-cookies? il dronsd
Little round ones like this" she said
with arising infection making a circle AZ
fingers and thumbs. With raisins inside
and sugar on top
Surely the spell of that other wodId
was giving away to a present interest
The little boys legs slowly uncrossed
themselves. The little girl watched him
curiously.
And ! have some car'mels left since
last night she said
A fat hand clutched the rail The little
boy looked at her sOlemnlv.
'Mother'll spread EN- all out for us on
my little table, she said.
Then he rose. Yes. he was very fat
and verv small. He worked his way 10
the bottom of the stairs with great
energy. but little speed. When he reach
ed her side he Slipped his little warm
hand into hers and closed it tightly over
her fingers.
Tome on he said hoarsely-Th Chi
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