Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-12-14

and you don't care. You even lump
right over the hedge"
Dick got over on his own side hasti.
~. swell. I'm sorry jumped. Miss
Norton" he said contritely. And I'll
tell the other boys TO keep or too.
Goodby."
Kits curly head nodded an unwilling
response as she bent over the pansy
bed again.
He heard every word" Nell sat
down on the top step and laughed.
How do you knowT'
The cat went indoors. and she never
does unless he Is at his desk,
There was u pause. and the pausies
suffered from too vigorous treatment.
"well, ! don't care II he did" said
Kit finally, but her tone was lower.
"lf they don't stop II I'll put up barbei
wire
Ii was not an idle threat, though IL
needed provocation TO carry II ont.
Two days later, just at noon. a happy.
leisurely procession passed over the
lawn. Even Dick. tho traitor. was lead
ing and whistling I'm sweet forgetful-
ness, with baseball bar over his
shoulder. Kit said nothing. The point
hxu arrived where mere wrath was
futile. Early on Saturday morning
she superintendent the placing OF her
outposts of defense and by the time
that the boys appeared neat array
OF barbed wire strands was s,retch he'd
along beside the hedge.
It's all right for the boys" said.
N.Nll .gsEA an.
Lean
IF he can't inake his little brothers
behave then We Will It's bad enough
living next door 10 perfect Old crank.
on your summer vacation anyway.
without being on intimate terms with
him. EyefDmother says he's eccentric.
and that means crank"
He doesn't look like one"
Well, he il. all the same All writ.
ers are cranks. and the more success
ful they get the crankier they are. so
AIR. KirlSe Ross Mclean must be a
terror And he doesn't write books
either not real books. He only travels
aud writes: doesn't make M thing
out of his own head
Nell did not answer. She wal look
ing over AT the cool, darkened bay
window and thinking OF the figure be
You'd the tortoise shell cat figure
that. sitting at the broad. Hat top desk
near tile window. sometimes turned to
gaze over the hedge where the pansies
grew and the croquet balls clicked
Just YOU wait" said Kit following
her glance some day those boys
wi t.l
path and tumble in the wire. and wei,
see . double twister turned
Sunday evening supper was mat.
ter Of individual vagary and caprice
81 far as the Norton family was CON.
cerncd. Molly went home after din
ner Mrs. Merton went upstairs for
coy nap about twilight, ana .he
girls usually took iced tea aud salad
sandwiches cut on the porch. where
they could lie in the hummocks.
book in one hand and sandwich In
the other. safely screened from prying
eyes by the wistariu vines The Sun
day following the putting up OF the
wire the bammocks were occupied.
when some one came along the side
walk with a quick. firm tread and de-
liberately walked through the broken
place In the hedge and across the path.
Kit gave smothered exclamation
and sat up. but before she could speak
there syas the sound of u fall at the
barbed wire guard, and the girls rose
with frightened yet half laughing
faces.
'Hellow called Kit gently. Are you
hurtT'
There was no response for minute:
then some one answered In strange
voice:
II beg your pardon, but would you
mind ringing our bell and calling the
boys? My foot is twisted, and / can
not stand up"
An hour later Kit stood 2,Iiluly at
the head OF tho steps AS her mother
and Nell came slowly from the house
next door
"Will he be sick longT'
About month before he can WALK"
said Mrs. Norton at Is too bad. And
he Is a very delightful person 10 meet;
not at NIL eccentric. He takes the
blame entirely and says he is worse
than the boys and that we were per
fectly right in putting up the wire"
That's what he said 10 you, moth
erie. darling interposed Nell discon.
solately 'He probably thinks that
Kit and I are beathens."
"Barberous heathcns" XII spilled
wicked.y
This IL far rom being o Joke, Kath-
crime, said hra Norton. II am afraid
YOU mnst both do penaDce by being az
KIND rs possible or course he IL e.
a.
"CraHk O.
celebrity corrected her mother.
We may find him odd but after this
/ misfortune Wc must do our best to