The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-11-12

spoke too. What he said was, Well now /
tell you Mrs. Blanchard, don't you begin
borrowing trouble yet. We're going to sift !
this thing right down, he said We're
going to hunt down them gypsy camps right
now, and by Jinjer wen find your Ittel
girl for you before the sun rises tomorrow
morning, he said.
That was the way he talked And what's
more well show them gipsies we amt going
to stand fer EN-, he said
Mother held out her hand and smiled Just
a littel and asked him wouldn he come in.
Yes | Will, he answered. want to be
straight on the affair if I'm going to handel
it, he said. want to know what that was
the littel girl done about rose and who it
was saw the eppysode.
We were all going up the steps now and
Farther was leading the way into the
ibary.
Have chair, he said to the policeman.
Mother kind Of dropped down on one end
of the long, highback sofa by the door, and
Farther sat down too for just q minute, dad
put his hand up to her shoulders got
up there too, and then Farther reached
right up from where he was and turned the
lights on. The policeman hadn't really
sat down yet, and when the lights came on
he stood there for minute locking at US all
and | thought his face seemed kind of queer.
But he Just stood there looking at us very
steddy. And it will sound so strange if j
tell why, that don't believe will Instead
I'll tell what happened because that ex-
planes it anyway.
Well the policeman just stood there
looking, and Farther was talking quite low
to Mother as if he had forgotten about him
for. minute, and the policeman acted as
if he had forgotten what he came for any
way, because all he could dc was just to
stand there looking, till by and by he
said something to himself. l couldn't
only just hear it. What he said was, Well
by Jinger
That doesn't explane it either But just
exackly as he was saying it, there came
something very strange. 1t started with
a littel sound. don't know whether any
body really heard it, but the policeman
spoke again. This time it was so evrybody
could hear him. What he said when he
spoke again was, Well by Jupiter!
At that very seckond the littel sound
came again and Mother screamed. don't
think had ever heard Mother scream be-
fore, but she did then, and she jumped up
something as if someone had fired a gun
right at her, and she fell down on her knees
on the floor right there by the corner of the
sofa and she screamed again, only it was
kind of smuthered as if she was talking at
the same time too.
She's been asleepl She's been asIeepl
nj, 1sk&a1 II 1s<koI Il <~.- A.
she pulled her down in her arms, kissing her
as if she was most crazy and crying and
talking to her, She's been asleep Oh l say
she's been Gsleepi Oh, my littel littel girl
And the policeman just stood there
looking
Farther was up on the floor looking too,
without saying single word, but putting
his hand up to his eyes as if praps the lights
we're dazzling him. And Mother got up
from the floor with Luly in her arms.
You must forgive me, she said, kind Of
CLEANSING from Farther to the policeman as
if she felt praps littel ashamed, But it was
a great shock I'm afraid / wasn't quite
prepared for it, she said, brushing off her
eyes as if she was crying and smiling at the
same time too, I'm afraid wasn't quite per-
pared. And she bent her head and wiped
off some tears where they had dropped
down on Lulys face.
Come Joe, she said with her voice all
trembly, Will you-will you, she was re-
peating it like that, and holding out her
hand to Farther and brushing some teare
off her own face again, Come Joe, viii youA
carry her upstairs?
And then we seemed to be out there on
the poarch, just the policeman and I all
alone. Because Farther was going up
stairs with Luly in his arms and Mother
very close beside him.
Well Sunny, you've had quite lively
evening of it, haven't your the policeman
said, and he took out his handkerchief and
blew his nose quite hard, and just then
Farther turned round on the stairs.
Sit down Carter, want to see you, he
said with kind of queer smile, I'll be back
in minute. Come Felix he said, and l
went up behind them.
Mother looked at Farther for a minute
after he had laid Luly on the bed and then
she put her hands up on his shoulders, and
I thought praps she was going to laugh or
praps cry some more, either one. Oh Toe
Blanchard she said.
Farther sat down in chair and wiped his
handkerchief across his forehead / couldn't
help wondering if he was remembering what
he said at dinner time about getting us both
to bed at just the proper time. Oh, Toe
Blanchard Mother said again. Wei