The daily sentinel. [volume] (Grand Junction, Colo.) 1893-current, 1913-05-09

iHHauon. she had never dreamed that contempt
rary could be SO assured and important Used tt
the love and tenderness of her little world at home
she envied the little girl the attention she excited
once or twice in the halls enthusiastic young adie
had stopped to caress chubby, demure Little Mary
but she had tlmidy buried her face in her mothers
dress The new little girl would, she felt, ha
been equal to the occasion. She watched h. con
stantly and begged her mother to shear her owl
locks until they should hang in frizzled curls abou
her ears, as the strangers did.
One day her excitement knew no bounds wher
Mrs. MacLean and this marvellous child stopped
before their table and asked her mother to buy
ticket for card party whose proceeds would &c
to charity. Ethel Gardner purchased the tiek:t will
alacrity, but demurred at playing. explaining thai
she could not leave Mary. AS she spoke she lifted
her long lashes, so like the childs, and gazed up
ward into the lady's face which with all its shallow
look of habitual good nature. Hel
natural kindness made her quick to read the
longing for human companionship written on Ethels
upturned face.
Let the little thing play with Doodles." She
indicated her own offspring. Goodies is a little
older and will take of her won't you, cherie?'
Sure" said Doodes shrilly, and the friendship
had its beginning.
The afternoon OF the card party Doodles appeared
promptly and relieved the mother of Little Marys
presence. With misgivings Ethel stopped to kiss
the eager little face in farewell for Mrs. MacLear
mad assured ner tnat DOOueS never lett tne note
without permission and that one reason they lived
at the Winchester because it so homelikt
and safe for children. Ethels only feeling one
of citation that happy afternoon lay before then
both. Indeed, the afternoon for Little Mary was
long series of heretofore unimagined delights
1t commenced with their entry into the elevator
always idle at this hour.
"Jim," said Doodles shrilly 'let us In and give us
good ride"
The boy a good-naturad mulatto, obligngly sent
them several times from roof to basement. He
stopped at length in spite of Doodes protestations
at the Office floor
81 amt goin' to go up an down mo-" he sale
decidedly Little Mary obedently trotted out, bu
Doodles beat him Justify the back.
Aren't you mean she shrieked what yor
here for, anyway, but to serve the guests Of this
hotel?"
Helpless with laughter, Jim bent his broad bach
from the blows. Come heah, Jesse. come heahl'
he cried to belboy lettering in the empty office
At the first signs of the belboys interference
Doodes sprang at him. Dry up and blow away!'
his turn laughed uproariously. "she's the cutes
kid in this hotel" he said, audibly Come here
Doodes, I've some cigarette pictures for you
lie handed out a gay assortment OF lightly clad
actresses. But when they turned Jim grinned from
behind the closed grating. "No, you can't ride nc
mo-" he said firmly
Doodles, apparently bafled, seized Little Mary's
hand and ran down the hail. followed by the de
risive laughter of the two colored boys. Once Out
companion. 81 guess that will fix him all right,
she said aloud
Painting with excitement, the children ran up two
long flights of stairs, where they paused to ring the
elevator bell, watching the cars swift ascent with
mufled gigges When Jim mechanically opened the
door they sprang in, dancing like Indians. Even
Little Mary, in the excitement of the moment Joined
Doodles in pounding Jim his broad back. When
he sheepishly lowered them to the Office floor they
stepped out in triumph, to the admiration of the
of beboys who leaned from their bench to
applaud this cunning in outwitting Jim.
1nIr ntintto1 ID froy
floor to floor the children ran ringing The bell that
Jim dared not ignore. His anger, when the ele
vator's position allowed him to identify the chill
dren, his savage mutterings as he sent the car
downward without admitting them, prolonged the
pleasure of the game. Not until legitimate calls
doning the corridors for the storeroom to play
among the trunks.
Here they climbed to perilous heights and played
hotel in close imitation of the life about them.
porter who had left the door open by mistake ap
peared at the climax of their play and drove then
and harsh. The children fed before
him TO the upper regions, where the euchre party
was being served with refreshments.
Doodles. with Little Mary trotting at her side
peeped in the door; she beckoned waiter to draw
near. Look here Benny, can't you snitch us some
thing?' she leased. Little Mary envied her her i'm
mense acquaintance among the hotel employees
mass; under boobies instructions she began to know
the ones to wheede, the ones to avoid Benny
who was very black, with a loose. goodnaturet
laugh, soop afterwards dropped. in passing, small
bundle'7 He winked at Qoodles he did SO ant
Doodles winked back. With her little charge She
from the room of chattering ladies anC
dived under stairway, where empty desk ant
typewriter screened them from the public gaze
Lets play it's a grape arbor" whispered Little
Mary but boobies knowledge did not embrace ar
bors. Were holdup men, she said, under the
subway" They opened the paper napkin to find
bunch of raislns and dozen assorted cakes
SSH" said the older child suddenly, they gig
gled and nunched the sweets. Here comes tn,
stenographer. What do you know about her hair?
The stenographer, young girl deliberately coifed
with bow % such dimensions nndor her chin tina
she looked, Little Mary thought, like tho mother o
the kittens who lost their mittons now approached
md unconscious of the childrens proximity seated
herself behind the table, A moment later she wal
Joined by n showily dressed man. "Thats the drum
who came last week." whispered Doodes, ant