The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-06-20

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btANss had kept on for q time
IN abstraction. heard the
whack and faced back n mild inquiry The
blond young man enlightened him.
There's the Aunt-in her everlasting
lavender-ln her eternal Chairl" said he
The brown yoaNl man looked toward the
house they were nearing and made out a
spot Of color, pleasant ii itself, between the
pillars Of The veranda lie reached and sup
ported the blond young mans elbow.
"G0od-morniug she patronized them.
" 1 wonder Il one 81 you is-er-Richard
Wingate}" The blond young man gave a
smothered snort; but in extenuation there
for, il must be stated that the Lavender
Aunt had seen them both as often as thrice
or four times daily since her advent a week
back He grinned and made reply with an
impertinent schoolboy duck Of bis whitish
head
"Yes'm. The person on my left is Rich
ard Wingate. Ny name Is Scoville-B.
Horace ScoviIle"
The Lavender Aunt pat up her glasses
and focused upon him her whitening regard.
Quite S. she said Il recall now"
She focused on the brown young man.
"TeIl me- I've just been hearing that
Richard MinRate Is 4 doctor-with q degree
and a gilt sign and an that. Do YOU mean
regularly % 60 In for that-sort 81 thing2
Do YOU seriously"
Going by the expression Of the brown
young mans face Ii was providential that
a Observation-Disclosures maid whisked
around the corner Just then, calling thai the
Appletons butler was telephoning every
where for Doctor Wingate, who was wanted
In q great hurry. The brown young man 5
expression puckercd 70 concern and he
swung about with a hurried nod Of farewell
toward the veranda The maid sprinted
few excited steps after him.
Doctor she shrilled, il amt Mis-
Appleton Its the little b0yl" and then.
suddenly conscious Of the Lavender Aunts
surprised regard, she whisked from sight
again The hypnotic glasses dropped 70 the
length d their gold chain
10 you mean 10 tell me. inquired the
surprised lady, that such an inexperienced
young man Is being called 70 the Appleton
b0y9 1t seems 20 me- Why=-Lydial /
kAAA NNtA NAAa NhAAkAEkIfl ana AllE
little boy were killed In that shocking acci-
dent
So they were. This Is Mrs. Appletou's
nephew-her sisters child. The sisters
husband IS in Panama-hc's an authority Of
some sort and was called in 10 judge some.
thing Or other about the Canal-and he was
taken IN there. The wife went ont, but she
didn't dare take the baby this weather. It's
trying for everyone that be should have
bcen sent here, though-poor little chap
How Is Mrs. Appleton taking IL, Horace
She isn't taking il" DisaFprohatior
clouded the Scovile countenance. "Hes
been here three days and she won't see him
Dick and went Ga the station when he cam,
and brought him and the nurse over in n,
car A bully little bere BE Is: but Mrs
Appleton met us I'D The hall-stony a.
ever and shook hands with him. Shoel
handg-gct IN And then excused herself. 4"
Lydia Wares eycs darkcned and deep
ened. Nes-but remember its but thre,
months since her own boy
And her husband put in the Law
ender Aunt
The husband was no good" Horace de
Clared. lie was drunk when it happened
not ht 70 handle a car. But the chauffeur
couldn't stop him II il had been just MI
own worthless neck-but ne had little Phi
In. Seems like il didn't need 20 hap
pen. Maybe that what's put Mrs Apple
ton IN the state
col course, I'm sorry for that little boz
whatever ais him, he sand, q but il serve
Dick right for wanting to be a doctor.
some such thought may have come q
Richard Wingate for, n spite 81 the hurr1
cal, nothing 50 very serious allied the it'll
boy. He had, il transpired, been sympa
theucal.y, surreptitiously and iniudiciousll
fed BY the Appleton d0mcstics; and on tha
morning had been coudesctnded ~ 81 en-
grocer.s boy, who presented him with a all