Arizona republican., 1911-05-17

| OhSAAtSo VI Olls ldtt was
broken by a frown, and her eyes
flashed. The big boys call me Gin.
ger sir" she said
The big boy is an insensate crea.
ture," said the Honorable John Rufin
And what do the little boys call
you?"
They don't call me anything
/ I've taught hem not to- said Polly
dolly with q sudden, Unangelic trucu.
lence.
The Honorable John Ruffin chuckled ::
" might have known it . red hair
Will out" he said.
e Yes, sir" said POllyooly.
| She left him TO finish his breakfast.
! and went TO the set Of chambers Oh
the other side of the landing TO clear
! away the breakfast Of Mr.. Gedge-Tom-
kins. Mr. GedgeTomllins felt no
need for converse with his fellow
creatures at breakfast time; and if he
had. it could not have been gratified by
converse with child of twelve: for
he was a strong silent man seriously
bent on a brilliant career at the Bar
and in Politics. Pollyooly never had
a word from him beyond his instruc-
tons about his breakfast for the next
morning. though she often heard mis-
snort as he broWsed sternly on his
morning paper. II is 10 he feared thai
she did not lavish the affection and
care on his bacon which she lavished
on that OF the Honorable John Ruff
fin.
Till twelve o'clock she was busy
washiGg up the breakfast things and
doing the bedrooms of her two en-
ployers: and then, having finished her
work for the day. she shut their oaks.
with sigh of relief that another day
had passed. and her employers had
not heard of her aunts death.
On the landing below. Mrs. Meeken.
the lady who acted as laundress 10
the two sets of chambers on that floor,
met her and with her carneying smile
asked her if her aunt were nearly
we'll
She's not any better, thank you"
said Pollyooly, and quickened her pace
But the old womsn's inquiry had
wrinkied her brow in an anxious
froWn
None the less, in spite OF her carli-
ing care. as she turned into Alsatia
she assumed truculent air and swag-
gered up TO the door OF the house in
which she lived. As she came to il.
a careless, but active. little 10y of her
own size came running out of il.
With the spring of a panther, Polly
ooly was upon him and her fingers
clenched in his abundant hair.
" III teach you to call me Ginger
Henry Virgins" she said; and she
smacked him with striking yigor.
Henry yelled and scatched and
kicked, but not till she had lavished
on him his due need Of smacks did
Pollyooly loosen her grip. Henry bolt
ed bowling down the street; and Pol
lyooly went up the stairs, smiling Sc
renely
For the next twenty days Pollyooly
retained her two posts of laundress.
undisturbed Five or six times the
Honorable JOHN Ruffin and Mr.. Gedge-
Tomkins inquired how her aunt was:
and she replied that she was no better |
Mrs. Meeken was more frequent in |
her inquiries: and she received the |
same answer. But Pollyooly was not |
happy always the fear of the newt |
able discovery hung upon her spirit, |
depressing II often for as long as ten |
minutes 81 A time. She was on the |
way tc develop a cleft between her |
eyebrows from her frequent anxious |
frowns Most children wculG have |
taken fortnights security as a per
manent guarantee against discovery.
But Pollyooly rad too active an imagi-
nation: ard the dreadful! fear OF find
ing hersnis and the Lamp adrift on
the world was always with her.
In the meantime she was doing
everything in her power TO provide
against the evil day OF discoy-
cry; bur her power was not 4
great The rent of their attic vas
three sEillings week: the Jumps
milk cost another shilling, since her
aunt bad held a pint OF milk a day
TO be a necessity for q child of three,
and Pojiyooiy adhered firmly to the
practice The stale bread, the bacon
lat which the Honorable John Ruffln
;purned All MI Gedge- Tomkins got
no chenc. OF spuTui1g, and an occa-
iional i,reaten egg. made the chief
part CT their food. and there was some
lines e red-lctter day when too many
)randies and sodas on the top of too
much char payne made even his be-
owed bacon abhorrent 10 the Honor
ible John Ruffin; and Pollyooly
,rorght home six slices of untouched
aeon aud two boiled but uneaten
ggs.
On the afternoon of the twenty-first
lay she was taking the Lump to the
,ardens on the Embankment. when
alf-way down Alsaria she passed Mrs.
feeken; and the look Of cunning tri-
mph which that good lady gave ]
er stirred IN her a strong qualm of
neasiness The sun was shining too
rightly for the uneasiness to last:
ut IL she had known how Mrs. Nee
en- had been spending her time, no
unshine would have eased her mind. .
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