Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-14

xy name is Eagle" said the little
M sni
~ boy said nothing.
"a, name is Eagle she repeated
sle de Ferrier what is your name7'
"a; the boy said nothing.
~ looked at him surprised, but
.'.stsd her displeasure. He was about
..srs old, while she was less than
~ The dim light which sifted through
i'm Of St Bats Church he did not
...ar sulien He sat on the fisgstones
q dazed and stupefied, facing black
4h,. forge, which for many genera
had occupied the north transept.
smith and some apprentices hammered
..,res that echoed with multiplied
& .ams from the Normanl roof; and the
,.on FIRE made spot vivid as blood.
~ stone arch, half walled UP, and
.,..tsned by smoke framed the top of
4. smlthy, and through this frame could
..sn bit of St Bats close outside,
,o which the doors stood open Now
opprent'ce would seize the bellows
s.rdle and blow up flame which briefly
.nranr and disappeared The aproned fig
.,.ss saxon and brawny, made fasci-
.,Ing show In the dark shop.
rh,psh the boy was dressed like a
..in French citizen of that year, 1895,
IA his knee breeches betrayed shrunken
.l,yss and his sleeves, wrists that were
.golisn as with tumors, Eagle accepted
him as her equal. His fine wavy hair was
n chestnut color, and his hands and
IL, were small. His features were per-
~. as her own. But while life played
,,rcsasingly in vivid expression across
ssr face. his muscles never moved. The
..,,i ewes. blush around their iris rims,
,ooi. eognIzance of nothing. His left
a,sbrdw had been parted by a cut now
heated and forming its permanent scar.
Dyou understand me, don't your" Eagle
sslked to him. "But you could not un-
5srstand Sally Blake. She is an English
III we live at her house until our ship
sails and l hope it will sail soon. Poor
s1vr Did the wicked mob In Paris hurt
your arms?'
she soothed and patted his wrists, and
hs neither snrank in pain nor resented
the endearment with male shyness.
Eagle edged closer to him on the stone
payement. She was amused by the black
smiths arch, and interested in all the
unusual life around her, and she leaned
forward 10 find some response in his
eyes. He was unconscious of his strange
tnyIronment. The ancient church of st.
Bartholomew the Great, or st. Bats as 1t
was called, in the heart of London. had
long been hived village.
Not only were hoases clustered thickly
around its outside walls and the space of
ground named It's close, but the inside.
degraded from it's first use, was parceled
oat 10 owners and householders. Tho
nave only mad been retained as church
by massive pillars, which did
mt prevent Londoners from using it as
MoIoaghfare Children of resident dis
ssntes could and did hoot when 1t
pleased them, during lervice. from an
oyerhanging window m the choir. The
Lady Chapel was fringemakers shop.
The smthy in the north transept had
descended from father to son. The south
lransept walled up to make respectable
dwelling showed through its open door
The CHASTITY marble tomb of a crusader
which the thrifty London housewife had
turned into a parlor table. His crossed
feet and hands and upward staring coun-
tenancs protruded from the midst of
knick-knacks.
Light fell through the venerable clere-
story on upper arcades. Some of these
we're walled shut, but others retained
their arehed openings into the church
and formed balconies from which up
stairs dwellers could look down at what
vas passing below.
Two women leaned out of the Norman
aFcades. separated only by pillar,
Watching across the nave those little
agnres seated in front of the black
smiths window. An atmosphere of COM
laFt and thrift filled st. Bats. 1t was
ihs abode of labor aud humble pros
Rsiity, not an asylum of poverty. Great
RoEthieF, indeed. such as John Milton,
Aaa nearer our own day. Washington
living did not disdain to live at st.
saftholomew's close. The two British
Harona, therefore. spoke the prejudice
: ne better rather than the baser class.
The little devilse said one woman,
hey look innocent" remarked the
slhef "But these French do make my
sask crawl!s
How long are they going to stay in
s sat'sg'
ias two men with the little girl and
s servant intend to sail for America
i. week. The lad. and the man that
sat him in-as dangerous looking