The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1915-09-14
CHAPTER mn.

AN else and pleasant conyerss
somethinE like a cheerful
essay written In dislorue
sbout many amusing. intellisen,
things which didn't especially matter
The hbery Teacher liked a. II va.
pleasant beyond words 20 cit nesting
In . piuffy chair. and hear about all
the little lightly treated scholarly day.
bsfors-ysstsrdsy things her fsthe,
had used 10 talk Of.
She carried on her own small part
In the talk blithely enough. She ap-
proved OF herself ana tho way she
was behaving. which makes very
much for comfort. There was only
once that she was ashamed OF her.
self. and thought about II In bed
aftsrward and was mortified. when
her eyes nlled with quick tears at a
quite dry and unemotional--Indeed,
rather . sarcastic-auotation from
Horace on the part OF Mr.. De
Guenther. But she smiled when she
saw that they noticed her.
That's the FIRST time that I've
heard . Latin quotation since I ,ame
away from home" she found herself
saying quite simply In explanation,
and father quoted Horace 40 much
every day thst-that I felt as II an
old friend had walked in!"
But her hosts didn't seem TO mind.
Mr.. De Guenther in his careful eve.
ming clothes looked swiftly across at
Mrs. De Guenther In her gray-silk-
and-cameo, and they both nodded
little satisfied nods. a. II she had
spoken In . way that they were
glad to hear. And then dinner was
served, . dinner a. different--weil.
she didn't want to remember in It's
presence the dinners II differed from:
they might have ciouded the mo-
ment. She merely ate Il with a
shameless inward Joy.
Il ended. stili to d pleasant effort
less Accompaniment Of talk about
books and music and pictures that
Phyllis was interested In, and. had
found nobody to share her interest
with for 30 long-so long! She felt
happily running through everything
the general. easy taking for granted
OF all the old. gentle, infiexibie stand
ards OF breeding that she had nearly
forgotten, down in the heart OF the
city among her obstreperous, afrec-
Tomato little foreigners.
They had coffee in the long old
fashioned salona parlor, and then Mr.
Do Guenther Strengthened himself.
and Mrs. Dc Guenther folded her
veined. hinged old white hands, and
Phyllis prepared thrilledly to listen.
surely now she would near about that
Different Line Of Work.
There was nothing. at first, about
work OF any sort. They merely be-
gan 70 tell her alternately about some
Chants Of theirs, q Mrs. Harrington
Ana her son: rather interesting peo-
pie. from what Phyllis could make
out. She wondered II she was soinr
to near that they needed a librarian.
This lady. my client. Mrs. Har-
rington." continued her host grayelv.
IL the one for whom I may ask Won
70 consider doing some work. saw
may but 1t Is a practical certainty.
She IL absolutely alone. my dear Miss
brsathwafte. except for her son. I am
afruid I must ask you to listen to a
long story about them"
"Oh. but 1 want to hear" said
Phyllis with that quick. affectionate
sympathy Of hers that was so win
n.ng. leaning forward and watching
them with the lighted look In her blue
eyes. II all seemed to her tired. alert
mind like some story she might have
read to her children. an Arabian
Nights narrative which might begin.
And the Master of the House, as
cribinB praise unto Allah, repeated
the following Tale"
There have always been lust the
two Of them. mother and son." said
the Master OF the House. "And Allan
has always been a very great deal 10
his mother"
Poor Angela!" murmured his wife.
"1hey are old friends OF ours" her
husband explained. MY wife and
Mrs. Harrington were schoolmates.
well. Allan. the boy, grew up,
lowered with everything a mother
could possibly desire for her son,
and otherwise. He was
and intelligent. with much
charm of manner"
II know now what people mean by
talking like . book" thought Phyllis
And don't believe
my one man could be all that!"
There was practically nothing"
MI. De Guenther went on. (which the
poor lad had not That was one
trouble. I imagine. II he had not
been highly intelligent he would not
nave studied so hard; " he had not
,een strong and active he might not
rave taken up athletic sports 80
and when add
hat Allan possessed charm. money
md social status you may see that
What he did would have broken
lowA most vouns fsllowA In shoot