The Caucasian., 1913-11-04
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bor Miss Matilda said
If Sam had only done that nov
small it would have made the stay-at-
homes here in hent feel. anA what
lasting honor it woulG have brought t"
ere town, 0 O. hope chat lie viii ~
something to make even that nnpatrl-
otic and addlepateS wife proud of him.
They say that actual conflict develops
wonderful courage ana bravery in men
one wouldnV aspect o. be D"sseSsed OF
nuch of eathec 9ualits. 0 hope Sam
will come home major general.
Sam had been gone ehree months ana
GO news of his promotion troea the
ranks Gao eeacAea Miss diwynns. Jn-
dqa5 she nae noe hear6 Srom him no
all aDne dag she ssent QUE 60 enc SUD
s,rbs oS che Gown. where the, dmwsona
occupied @ 0iIapiaase6 ola house ~
ahree rounss. op which Disorder gau
rampant. At was Mrs. Dawson,s argu-
ment thae lie cody cleaned Shings W
they less goa dirty ag'in. SO what was
the good 90 cleanin9 st ws'ne 90 Use
it all
aTolding 90 ahie eonsicfioD. Mrs. apaS-
sons domestic laNors eere by 90 means
exhaustive. ana Che house was 10 an
appalling eease of disor'lef, loathsonIe
TO one of Miss Matilds's orderly TO-
stincts. 5laG she noe felt ahat she was
ealking TO @ possible Dajos generals
wife she would have given aGrs. JsaS
son % piece of Ner mind segasding she
conditon % che house.
sFoIding CHS desirD I'm Ghec&. Sue
saiis
@ spoxe sease aeasa ooshioe erom
Bam?'
.'So'm. @ aims GAG o lire Geraldine,
sc,r keel, away arom shae there bed,
This lass remark was sharply ad
dressed g. Mrs pawsonT danghtev of
S1ve wears. who Was lounging eroun6
a Ias i'm Che CORNER % the room.
Hecdless Of her mahers adnontion
Geraldine keT1 close to Che beO. and.
/ suddenly dropping b, her hands and
| knees on Che floor. she cried out shriily
and glcefnlly:
| "peekaboo. daddy"
Here. stop that" cried Mrs. Daw
son threateningly. darting forward and
graSping the child by the arm. But
Geraldine was rebellious. and she
clnng to the bedstead. crying out
! shrilly:
Il want to play peekaboo with dad
dy. Daddy. daddy. Can't play peek
aboo with you. daddy"
The child tried to crawl under the
bed, but Mrs. Dawson grasped her re
treating figure by the ankle aud drag
/! ged her back. saying angrily:
What possesses you to act SO:
!. "Ill find out" said Miss Gwynne
with grim determination on her fac'
! and fire in her eye. Striding across thu
room she grasped the bedstead flrml!
by the footboard and rolled it ava,
from the wall. There. close to thu
wall. lay Miss Matilda's substitute.
Sam sat up in corner. abashed ant
frightened. with Miss Matilda's tall
gaunt form towering over him.
She stared at him in silence for
moment and then said. with witherin,
scorn:
"A pretty, major general you are.'
Sam grinned fooishly.
Il would grin if l were you. San
Dawson" said Miss Matilda. with in
creasing scorn and indignation. Now
you get mp there and give an accoun
of yourself or I'll have you arreste'
for obtaining money under false pre-
lenses | will as sure as shootin'.
Sans account of himself is best toll
in Miss Gwynne's owR words. as sh
gave full vent to her indignation whe
she reached home and unburdened hei
self to a friend whom sne found wait
ing to see her.
..The miserable creature never eve
tried to enlist" she said hotly.
made him own up that he didn't. Il
fell in. with some creatures as trifiin
and shif'less as himself there in B
and if they didn't put off up the cou1
try on a hunting and fishing jaunt
I" Yes, they did. l should think frol
Sans looks and what he owned up
. that they lived like lot o gypsie:
;, and that just suited Sam!
"Then he traipsed off visiting lot
: his worthless kin here and there. He
! bden for the past three weeks visitin
some cousins within five miles of her
and it's my belief that he was gettin
;. ready to light out again when caugi
n him at home. hiding under the bet
,, He couldn't have got a much wors
scorching in the war than l gave hin
n and he'll never hear the last of it fro'
II me. I'm ashamed to think that | liy
: in a town that hasn't patriotism enoug
e in it to send even one volunteer to tt
is war. But it'll be one while before
: send another substitute"
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