The evening world., 1915-09-15
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BY Bertrand w. Sinclair


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dld feel thai she ouEht % share her
pans vita him as far 90 pQnnibls.
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could scarcely rsmombsl what 10
Wa IKE O. speak o. and rally owed
y ~ herself o. 49,. she nuffea out
hff hair loosely, pot 90 her raIe
ErScn gown that had sllasIHs Ines
AMI pulled sumo dafodiln through
her sash. She had resolved 10 avoid
anYfhlnF sombre where Allan vas
uohcerned-and tho Eresn gown was
Nefr becoming Then. armed with
her list and a pencil. she croased
boldly 20 the couch whore her cru.
Eadef lay IN the old attitude. move.
less ana with half closed eyes.
Allan" Oh" asked. standing above
MIN. do YOU think you could stand
being talked 10 for a little whlleY"
Nhb-yos, said Allan, opening
ne eyes a little more. Wallis. GET
Mrs. HarfingtOn--a chair"
tie said the name haltingiy and
PHYLLIS wondered II he disliked her
~
MIN. like a smiling touch Of spring
In the dark room. ri
do you mind their calling mo
hiatt" she asked. IL there's any
ming else they could USE
mother made you "A present OF the
name, he said. smiling family "No
reason why should mind" q
All right" said Phyllis cheerfully.
After all, there was nothing else 10
can her. speaking of her. The SER
wants, she knew, generally said "tho
young madam" as 10 her mother-,n.
law were still alive.
II want TO talk 20 you about thlnKs.-
she began. and had 70 stop 10 deal
with the wolfhound, who was trying
70 put both paws on her shoulders.
"Oh. Ivan, get down. honeyi 4 wish
somebody would take a day on some
Tune TO explain to you that You're
not lap-dogl DO you like wolf
hounds specially better than any
other kind of dog. Allan9"
NOT particularly" said Allan. pat
ting the dos languidly as he put his
head In a convenient place for the
purpose. Mother bought him, she
said, because he would look so pic
turesque In my sickroom. She wafted
him TO lie at my feet OF something.
But he never saw Il that way; neither.
DID i: Hates sickrooms. Don't blanc
him"
This was the longest speech Attain
had made yet. and Phyllis learned
several things from II that she hsd
only guessed before. One was that
the atmosphere OF embodied grief and
regret In the house had been Mrs.
Harrington's, not Allan's-that he
was more young and natural than she
had thought. better material for
cheering; that his mothers devotion
had been something OF, a pressure on
him at times, and that he himself was
not Interested In EFFORTS 10 stage his
illness correctly.
What he really had said when tho
dog was introduced. she learned later
from the attached Wallis, was that
he might be a cripple. but he wasn't
going TO be part OF any COMPOUNDED
tableau. Whereupon his mother had
cried for an hour. kissing and pity
Ing him In between, and his night
had been worse than usual. But the
hound had stayed outside.
PHYLLIS made an instant addition
20 her list. "One bull pup. convenient
size, for Allan" The plain cat would
walt. She had heard OF publicity
campaigns: she had made up her
mind. and a rather firm young mind
IL was. that she was going TO conduct
"a lnt. In, hi
this listless. beautiful, darkneas-
locked Allan OF hers. Unknowingiy,
she was beginning to regard him as
much her property as the check
book. and rather more so than the
wolfhound. She moved back n little
and reconciled herself to the dog, who
had draped as much OF his body ~
would 90 over her and was batting
his tail against her Joyfully. ~
Poor old puppy" she said. 1T
want TO talk over some plans with
you. Allan" she began again deter
mlnedly.. She was astonished To sse
Allan vince.
Don't" he said. for ECn's
Phyllis drew back a k.Ne indig-
nantly, but behind the couch she
saw Wallis making some sort OF face
that was evidently intended for a
warning. Then no slipped out of the
room, as IL he wished her 20 follow
soon and be explained TO. plans"
must be a forbidden subject. Any
how. crossness was a better symptom
than apathy!
Very WELL" she said brightly.
smiling her old. useful, cheering-a-
bad-child library smile at him. cit
was mostly about things l wapted 10
buy for myself. any way-satin slip
pers and such. l don't suppose they
would interest a man much"
"Oh. that sort OF thing" said Al
Ian rellevedly. II thought you meant
things that had 10 do with me. II
you have plans about me. 20 ahead.
for you know l can't do anything TO
stop you-but for heavens sake
don't discuss IL with me first!"
He spoke carelessly. but the pity of
II struck TO Phyllis's heart. II was
true, he couldn't stop her. His fool
ish. adoring little desperate mother.
In her anxiety 20 have her boy taken
good care Of had exposed him TO a
cruel,risk. Phyllis knew herself to be
trustworthy.
She knew that she could no more
put her own pleasures before her
charges welfare than she could steal
his watch. tier conscience was New
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