Graham guardian., 1913-09-05

"'Tis morning and the days are 'ong!"
miration and that you didn't get your
share. So when her suitors began n
siege of the castle, whose gates were
locked against you, you plugged the
chimney with trunk tray and played
at being ghost and otherwise sought IL
terribly your sisters lovers"
That's not nice. Chimneys. You
mean that I'm jealous"
"No don't mean that you are jeal-
GUS now. throw II into the remote
and irrevocable past. You were je;l.
Gus. You don't care so much now. ana
hope you Will care less!'
THAT is being impertlnent. If you
talk that way shall call you Mr.. Amcs
and go home"
"You can't do that, Hezekiah."
II should like to knew why not. II
you say I'm Jealous of Cecilia now or
that / ever was shall be very, very
angry, for It's not true"
"No. You see things very differently
now. You told me only Inst night that
Cecilia might have Hartley Virgins
Assuming that she wants him! And
you and he have been good friends.
haven't you? You had good times on
the other side. And while Cecilia was
In town assisting Providence In flnding
your aunt a cook you went walking
with him"
~ did. | .didr' Knocked Hezekiah
"And why do you suppose did,"
Because Wiggy's the best of fellows,
a solid, substantial citizen who raises
wheat to make bread out Of
"And angel food and ginger cookies"
added Hezekiah, feeling absently In
the pockets of her cont. mo- Chin
neys, you're a nice boy and you don't
yell like wild man when feather
duster hits you In the dark. but there
are some things you don't know yet"
II am here to grow wise at the feet
| of Hezekiah, daughter Of kings. Open
the book Of wisdom and teach me the
alphabet. but don't be sad IL balk at
| the grammar"
II never knew all the alphabet my
SELF" said Hezekiah dolefully. Then
she laughed abruptly. ~ was bounc.
ed from two converts and no end Of
Hudson river and Fifth avenue educa.
tion shops"
"The brutality of that. HeZekiah.
wrings my heart. Yet yon are the
l was educated when l met you. But
/ had only been to school, which Is
! different Not until the first time our
eyes met. not until that supreme mo-
ment"-
"Mr. Ames," Hezekiah Interrupted
in the happiest possible imitation VI
Miss Octavia's manner IF you think
that, because ! am poor lone girl
who knows nothing of the great. wide
world. / am fair mark for your ca
jolery assure you that you were new
er more mistaken In your life."
"You oughtn't to mimic your aunt.
1t isn't respectful. and. besides. yon
have something to tell me. What's all
this rumpus about Cecilia's silver
memorandum book? Suppose we dis,
cuss that and get through with It,"
"You see," she began earnestly, "l'm
going to tell you something. and yet
I'm not going to tell you. So far rs
you and have gone you've been tol
erably satisfactory. II didn't think
you had some wits In your head
shouldn't have bothered with you al
all. That's frank. isn't itT'
"It certainly is. But I'm terribly
fused for fear may not be equal t.
this new ordeai!'
"If you fall we shall never meet
again; that's all there is to that. Now
listen real hard. You know something
about II already. but not the maiI
point. Aunt octav1a got father to con
sent to let her marry us off-Cecilis
and me. Cecilia. being older. came
first. was to keep out Of the way
and father and | were not to come t