Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1910-02-12

girl.
Did you saw Peter ? she asked.
No, nv dear, I don't remember
ever to have seen the gentleman.
His deep, pleasant voice carried
: suggestion of depressed laugh
ter. May I inquire wherefore
vour solicitudeH To English it,
why is Peter wantedG
Oh. he's losted!
In this busting metropolis
Alarming! Come in, microscopic
one, and talk it over.
1 love to ring doorbells, she
said, shyly, her big gray eyes
sparkling.
indeed ? You may ring mine
whenever you choose, my dear.
Ring it now.
She did so, then gave q salts
fed sigh and followed him into
the house.
Take this rocking.chair, lady
II don't recall your name-oe-
tween the fire and the window.
My names Rinka Kinks.
He. seated himself, smiling by
4 book in his hand. Is RinkarinEs
your patronymic or your praeno'
men, minikin oneH
She stared hard, then wlnked
both eyes rapidly. He laughed
silently.
I mean, what does your nam
ma call your
She don't had to called me; J
don't never got losted.
All, q responsible little maid
But as to Peter; how long has
your esteemed BROTHER assume
he Is your brother-been-lost
1t seemed to pain him that ne
could not supply q larger word.
Much as twenty mindits.
All! Empires have vanished
in twenty minutes q will not a.
this moment specify them); but
touching the absentee, why
do you suppose he disappeared
She seemed to read his mean
ing intuitively. He had . penny
All, a clue Foul play, fear
But we shall undoubtedly descry
his trail Now, as to his tastes
and habits; what kind Of candy
does-Peter happen to like best
All.day suckers; but you cam
buy one wiz q penny.
Notl Cruel commercial age
What is Peters next CHI
Oh, dere's Peter! dere's he
Coo.coo, Peter I! He didn' heard
me. She complacently resume'
rocking.
I told you we had a clue.
Was it dat bookH
This bookH Oh, no; this seem
TO be Rittenhauser's advances
Psychology, volume two.
She rocked in silence. He too
note of her observant eyes, he
stiff, light.brown hair, which ros
and fell, and the soles of her lii
tie shoes, which advanced an
retreated. Presently she said
Ny mamma says you cook your
self, and you eat yourself!
Now that is startling informs
ton; an auto-cannibal, it seems
Fair guest, you have reminde
me by an instantaneous thought
process, the scientific term to
which has escaped my memory
that 1 am hungry. Can ! pei
suade you to remain while 1 pr'
coed to cook MYSELF Let n
put your pretty cap on this tabl'
and the jacket, too. There, +
happy while I work.
Didn' you had no mamma 81
asked incredulously.
Oh, yes.
Were is sheS suspiciously.
In Wisconsin, my dear.
Wat she doin' dere ? severel
Taking care Of my papa.
Is your papa sick ? solicitousl
Oh, no; my papa's doctor;
wouldn't do for him to get sick.
Cause den eyerybody'd di'
cheerfully.
Nearly everybody; all but u
other doctors or so.
No! she cried, dalightedly, e
panding her skirts and pushil
back her flying hair, ne mus
get sick, cause he has to ma
all de sick peoples well Is de
lots O. sick peoples dere
oh, q comfortable few; enoui
to keep my papa busy.
An If your papa didn took GO
O. dem dey'd all be dead J
Unquestionably; Wiscon : !,
would become anunpeopled WI
erness instanter.
An If your mamma didn't TO
care your papa he might died. :