The Washington herald., 1912-07-28

could touch It." There was q sad yearn.
ing in the tender tones.
"Princessv' Janet almost fell from the
gate. 'T'm herew And sure enough
there he was close down by the inside
of the gate among the bushes-the boy
of the garden!
where's she?' whispered Janet. look
ing the landscape over.
Gomez gurgled Charles Theodore
Avery with rapture. The gardener saw
her that day she acted so like fury, and
he told the butler, and the butler told the
governess, and the governess told my
mothers maid, and so Angelina is-went
gone, l mean. And now l can play
lin the garden two whole hours every day
when Saunders is fussing around-and
so long as the gates shut. Saunders Is,
the gardener; he's a nice man.
'Oh!' breathed Janet, and a wide hope
grew in her eyes; ''do-do you think if
he is nice he-he would give me just one
1owerT
HUH and Charles Theodore Avery
arose in all his landed might, I'm give
You all you want" With that he strobe
nightly into the midst of the glorious
bloom and with generous clutch gath
cred rich harvest; but as he came back
laded a new idea struck him, and he
made a bargain with the exiled Princess.
She was watching him approach in
bresthless joy.
IF give you these will you tell me
storyT
"Oh, millionsr' quivered Janet, thrust
ing her dimpled hands through the bars.
And will you come again if give you
more?"
"Yes, yes, every day. The splendor
was passed through the ratings and the
Princess face was lost to sight as she
buried it among the blossoms.
"Oh. me-" came in mufled tones, "oh,
me! 1 never knew they could tell how
happy they are in just this way!'
and when once her rapture had subsided
she sank down upon her side of the gate,
and Teddy huddled close on the other,
and l wish you could have heard that
story! 1t was punctuated by Janet's
long smells of her flowers, but the inter
est never tagged 1t was about brave
prince who went TO battle and lost his
sword. and things were looking pretty
bad for his side, when all at once he
found an old broken sword that one of his
soldiers had tossed aside as he ran like
a coward. The prince took the broken
sword and went right on and won the
fight. Perhaps it was Janet's way of tell
ing the story, but certainly the listener
among the bushes had two red spots
on his cheeks, and his eyes were like
stars.
And" continued Janet (snif, sniff, 81
know all about the meaning of that story
(sniff! sniffD. The right kind of prince
can do more with an old broken thing
than a wrong kind of prince can do with
CSniff, snifD
Where did you get that story?'
breathed Teddy.
Book, (SnifD Read it myself.
(SniffD Miss Rose 'splsined.' (SniffD
Read it yourself. Can you read big.
fine story like that?'
Sure 4 long pause. Then above
branch of roses she held Janet asked.
Can't your
NO; l hate reading. It's hard. and
when you do get the meaning everything
My books are not. And you are
coward if you are afraid of work, and
less you know things for yourself out of
books you are stupid
The boy on the other side heard these
plain, unvarnished facts with brave face
but shamed heart. I'm going-to try
harder" he whispered
And III bring my. books" nodded the
sweet Princess, .and III help you with
the hard words. l like hard words.
make believe they are puzzles. But now I
must CO." she sighed gently. Il want
mudder to see my flowers, and some of
them are getting sleepy"
So off she ran, taking much sweetness
snd brightness with her, but leaving hope
in the heart of lonely little rich boy
who was beginning 10 know what life
meant.
(To be continued)