The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-15
C(~OoD morning. Mrs. Flaxnan.
And how do you find yourself
~ this glorious day."

tidying UP her bar parlot ds ste
the pleasant voice sound above the liio. =.
ing stiffness and saw. stanoihs oti ' ~,
+breshold Of the room. gentleman III
80. .o;,a5 ,ueeds a brim-tilted panama
boots that told the tale of a long 1rdHlL
nv wood and field and river pain ano
IN his hand a bunch of ferns ana WIN
flowers that told the reason why.
we'll. I never" exclaimed she talrlS
ho,r,i,e "If il aren't the London gen.
tlenan-Mr Headland-as USED 10 coiHe
here for lunch so often last summer
along of that young Mr.. Dolops. w ny,
T 'aven't saw you this dog age sir y"
do YOU do"
VARY we'll indeed. thank You. Mrs.
. Flsxman. and no end pleased to get
peep at these snug quarters OF your
again. l assure you. gave oaSh 800
as he advanced and held out the ouncn
~ flowers to her I've done soodlsn
hit of tramp over a stifflsh bit OF coun-
trv and I'm hungry enough to eat
house Pardon No-Im alone-quite
alone this time Young Dollops mas some
thing more attractive to DO MS "alhilie
ut with. these days. believe me-and
. o'clock in the morning is rather LUG
early for that sort of thing
Law. sir. you don't mean to tell me
that you've been up and about since tha'
time. do you now?
Since little before that time II you
insist upon exactness. replied Geek
with smile
There now. sir. I've got the clotf
laid and the table all ready; so. II
you.1 inst sit down and make your
self comfortable I'll ave that rashei
and egg before you in less than ne
time. Or. if you'd prefer to ave
wash and a brush-up whilst you II
waiting. sir. you'll find everything
needful az the end of the passage
which upon him as stl.
withdrew-"I shant ave to point gu
the way to YOU. that I know; for tnt
window looks out on the garden anc
nv beds of roses-and fond you are
of them. as very we'll recollect. 6
if you're minded for a wash-up-
..Thanks-I am. I'm a bit untld!
after my long tramp. Mrs. FlaNman
! do know the way. and remeHlo nc
those roses They should he piCture
at this time: so if you don't ma me
here when you return you'll hno"
where to look for me
But, contrary to her expectations
and. indeed, to his-she did ma MIN
there when she returned. and by the
expression of his countenahce gu.
Could see that he was not best pleased
bend and letting her see that the some
thing which lay upon it was little spra!
~ rose leaves that was parched anC
shriyeled as IL II had been burned Nv nre
Look at it, 1t came from that cLmo-
ing rose which runs up the PACK OF tne
house: and it's as plain as day that II
has been shriveled by coming in contacl
with some chemical substance-~hat
can't determine from its dried conoltloS
and the utter absence of any odor-"hlcr
has been either spilled or thrown from
the window of the room over TINS one
Have YOU been letting that TO some pho'
tographer and allowing him to empty MS
developine dishes down into your garden
YOU silly woman
No that I 'aven't" declared she. with
emphasis. as she set the tray down and
proceeded to lay out his breakfast OF
the table The last person As did stor
in that was the sneezing gentleman al
put up with US last week-and m sure
he couldn't done no photographlng un
beknown to us even If he'd a wlshed
helm a paralytic. sir as 'ad lost the use
of lis arms and 'ad to 'ohble round on a
crutch. poor soul
The sneezing gentleman repeat
ed Cleek, with an amused smile. as ne
seated himself and prepared to begin
man. if you please
"On account of his 'abits. sir
which was most annoyin. He'd spend
best part Of the day sitting in his
room with that queer crutch OF his
which was Just a long. thin, shiny
stick with a velvet pad a the top
living across his knees and him sleep
ing as peaceful as a lamb; but, sir
Just as soon as the 'ouse 'ad beer
shut up for the night and Flaxma r
and me was settlin' of ourselves
down for comfortable sleep. reg'lar
as clock work he'd start a sneezins
and keep it up. off and on. for three
hours at stretch
And he did il every night thai
he was with you. Ell? HIN! And that
was how long"
Five days and four nights. sir
'aving never once left his room in al
that time except to get up first thing
in the morning and walk down TO the
end of the garden and back again
A few minutes later-looking down
hearted and not best pleased with
himself for the first two mornings
hut chirking up considerable after
that until on the Saturday he was
fair beaminE Which makes II clear
TO my way of thinking. that II
couldn't 'av been him that split chem
iCals on the rose vine. Though this
will say. now that YOU call atten-
ton to it. the ma ggots or whatever
they was that was eating 'oles in
the leaves of the eucalyptus tree.
set such store by stopped ADDING OF
il lust as soon as ever he left"
EUCALYPTUS tree. Mrs. Flaxman." o.
served Cleek. glancing up with sudden
interest Ma gots eating the foliage
of eucalyptus tree. did You say?
That's extra ordinary, What sort Of
holes? Ragged ones as II something had
passed through them
No. sir There wasn't one of EN-
as was bigger than a pin prick and there
wasn't more than arr a dozen of EN-
at best They was such tiny things and
so few that Ia never ave noticed EN-
if il wasn't that l Vas always so careful
Of the tree and watched over it like a
mother. as the saying is. 1t stands in a
tub down at the far end of the garden
on mound which lifts it up hish-all by
itself. and quite picture il is too
Il see, l see Visible is il from the
hack window Of the floor ahove'''
Yes. sir. clearly-especially on moon
licht nights. like we 'ad all last weeh.
as you'll remember. You'd ought to
take a look at It. Mr.. Headland. before
YOU GO
Thanks. I WILL declared Cleek. SEN
tentiously-and. after his breakfast was
over. he did. subjecting the tree and its
surrounding to a careful scrutiny for a
good half hour and once or twice drop
ping into his old "terrier-Iike' trick OF
running round IN circles as If in search
OF lost trail.
But II that were the case. it must he
recorded that he picked up none What
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