Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-03

as he had seated himself beside her in the
tonneau
Why SO tragic. Fanny" Paddock
asked me to come and see him and his
good works. went: he insisted that
look al his kitchen and there was your
girl with the adorable head dutifuly wip-
ing the dishes--a pretty picture isd-
, dock was going Ia take her and a friend
INTO town on the trolley but the hour was
iatc and | took them home in my car
Sne AMI the othrr girl inside poor old IN"
VIGOROUSLY out in the cold. Then went
To sec now much Wagner the dear people
were SWALLOWING at popular prices tins
afternoon: went into the balcony to look
for Dick. and 10. the adorshl head was
Just in front of me. But no. | did not
let her see me: | knew she would lose
falth in me If she thought was pursu-
ing her: l went about my business. bat
on my way out ran into her again. What
could be more natural than that | should
walk TO my sisters house with her."
You must have known she was going
to the settlement house; it's "A little hard
to accept SO many condolences. And L
had asked you to let her alone.
Paddock invited me to visit him; she
and her friend were cleaning up the
dishes. 1t was her first visit. too.
so YOU took her home in your car?
! You did that?'
And her friend with her Joe is a
kind of usher and policeman at the set
| tlement house. Paddock seems to be
gathering in all sorts and conditions
even met
joe" exclaimed Mrs Blair. with more
| animation. and then. You must get rid
of that fellow. | don't like him.
Mrs. Blair spoke with much energy
that Wayne laughed aloud.
why. Fanny, Joe has saved my life
many times. He's been SO miserable
when 1 went bad that I've been ashamed
to face him"
Mrs. Blair relapsed into silence. and he
saw by the flashes of the electric lamps
tl,at s-l,.A -ari.. rSf
troubled.
You know without my telling you that
you must let this girl alone. These
chance meetings won't occur aSain-ie
they have been chance meetings.
Il swear it. Fanny,
She's terribly poor: she has ambitions
and I'm trying to help bcc. she's utterly
unsophisticated. as you can see; y"n NIL
ruin her future and make her wrctchodiy
unhappy IL you don't avoid her
When do you think man can begin
to be good? Do you think am SO utter
ly rotten that no decent women may ever
dare know me? Come now. FalIn!
There are plenty OF girls you can
know IL you want to-who don't live in
boarding houses ard starve their way
through art schools.
But they haven't her eyes they don't
carry their heads like goddesses,' he per-
sisted.
You haven't seen too many eyes in too
many divine heads l tell you II won't
do, If you will think of Ii minute you
will see that only a word is enough to
you can call on her at her boarding
house? Are you going to walk with her
to her lessons? Do you quite see yourself
taking her to concerts and to churcn sun
day mornings? My big brother. If you
don't stop being preposterous l shall get
angry" - s,s.,
pointed; l thought you had advised me
n L. l.atI-t
Marry. That girl? Wayne. you are
impossible!'
VERY likely; but the girl isn't so i'm
possible. / hadn't thought of marrying
her. but the idea doesn't exactly terriiy
me- She's an immensely interesting per-
son-she haunts me like theme in music
She's poor, and if l could save her from
the pitfalls of art-the failures. the heart
ache of failing to arrive-that Ism SO I'M
possible, is it ?"
Yes. it's absolutely out of the ques-
ton And IL you don't let her alone I'll
ship her back where she came from:
just one more Of these condolences ana
I'll do that We've had enough marriages
in the family, l hope, TO last Tor some
time
"Ah, So this bitterness of spirit is not
all for NE? Has John taken to evil
ways?'
whats the matter at fathers? Why
was Addie crying this morning when
went in to see her?'
II dare say she cried because YOU
came. if you We're as fierce as you are
now
"She had been crying and looked miser-
ably unhappy"
"Probabiy a row with the cook. She
isn't used to keeping house. SHE'S going
to Boston with the colonel ana that VIII
set her up again.
Mrs Blair was silent for moment, then
flashed:
..How much do you see of herr
Ilr-ha a
glimpse sometimes as l go to my COUCH
at night" -. ,,,
You must leave the house; you must
come and live with US at once, declared
Mrs Blair, with impressive finahty
"Thanksr' Wayne laughed. DO you
think tease my stepmother TO MAKE her
cry? Do you think my moral example
is bad for her? Addie snubs me every
chance she gets only TINS NOR niils -
breakfast while the colonel read papal
encyclical or something equally exciting
Addie and I discussed the relative merits
of country sausage anu chocolate eclalfes.
To see me sitting at the preahidst laoio
between the colonel and my stepmother
is edifying beyond any words Addie Is
a good girl; | like Addie. But she isn't
in the same class with your protese.
Here's the club; shall / detach Jonn NC
Candless from the sacred rye-pots and
send him OUT?
You know John never drinks, ana ne
in Buffalo today.
Then he will drink beyond any doubt:
one muslin Buffalo! -
Wb;Ie he stood chatting her at the car
door she clasped his hand tightly and
begged him to see her soon: AS the car
started a newsboy hailed W-yne tamil
iarly from the street, and Fanny saw her
brothers broad shoulders bent over sne
Iad and his elbow crooked as he felt for
q coin. How true it was that every one
liked Wayne, His generosity was bound
less: the very recklessness and eXtrava-
sance of his derelictions endeared mn, "
many AS the club door closed upon him
the newsboy dashed off with an exultaht
sbout on the wings Of new fortune.
10 he continued TOMORROW