The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-05-11

We would both laugh. she seemed 70
relish the idea that I did not like the
rice and that ] was eating II because
she had fixed II ana told me to do 80.
made this fact very plain 20 her by the
faces I would mako in swallowing u.
She confessed afterwards TO a little
malice In forcing me to eat It and later.
when I really began TO like It. she
would often say. viii you havs your
rice with cream and sugar on II, or .
little pepper. Mr.. Palmer?
After dinner we went on the porch,
where Bud brought us pipes. Il hope
you like the pipe" he said as he handed
me an old briar-root: "we have given
up cigars lately-on account of the tar
IT," he added with a big, sood-natured
laugh. ] said did that II was my
chiefest luxury in my university days.
and stiH preferred II TO cigars. Col.
Turpin said that ~ I did not object TO
ryus.o Ellen would play ts something;
that she always did when he took his
after dinner smoke. I said that could
not imagine greater luxury. and leaned
back prepared to undergo any amount
OF torture and outrage 10 my artistic
nature. for I knew something OF music.
as my father had been a splendid per-
former on the plano and had given me
the beneft Of his knowledge. Instead
Of hymns and waitzes, however. there
fioated through the window to us the
sweetest notes / seemed ever TO have
heard. I sat dreamily thinking Of this
when she appeared at the window and
asked II there were anything I liked e.
psoially.
II do not know II you care Cor Cho-
pin." she said 'Father docs not know
II 10 Chopin. but Il IL the music he l!kes
and 40 ! always play some of the noe
turnes for him.
The truth u. Mis- Turpin." said. 81
IA not think OF what you were playing.
but was merely feeling the effect OF the
mu0o Your playing seemed to me to
b = part Of the scene out lnere. a. II 1,
were an accompaniment to the moon In
silent watches
| My speech sounded like hattery, and
bushsd as tho thought came to me. =
hope you win forgive my praise II /,
seemsd extravagant." I said. ''but onl,
SAID what was in my heart without re.
| fleeing that you might take II for nat.
terry" had been accustomed to pay
complimsnts at WILL and sometimes
fear. was given to nattery. but would
not have had this young girl to thini
me guilty OF such Ill breeding for any.
1
III that IL the way you feel" she an
swersd swestly. II will play somethlns
for you and trust to pleasing father,
ana going back to the piano abe played
eomething-I do not know what. B,i<
SAID he had mover hoard her play II be-
fora. and though asked her often afte,
that 60 play II for mo again, I never
heard It; yet the strains even now sc
through my head when I sit in tn,
moonlisht or Ne awake at nights think.
ting Of Ellen.
She disappearsd after q while TO olea
the table and wash the dishes, I though
with some resentment. Col. Turpi,
talked politics. and I soon learned tina
he was decided In his views. thoug,
somewhat mixed in his politics. I foun,
out that he was addicted to the ma DIT O
writing pieces for the papers. bu
never under his own NAM. He chos
7 rather such noms de plume as 'Vo,
Populi." Citizen" or sometimes "Patri
Of" He did not believe that writing wa
the profession OF a gentleman unless on,
could hide ones identity; yet he fol
that the public should be educated b,
this means. He was a Democrat. bu
believed In a high protective tariff: h
disclaimed being a lingo. but thought 1
the duty OF the Government to aveng
the wrongs Of any people prosecuted b,
foreign power And so the nigh
wore on and tho moon arose higher Fl