Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-11-12

In his eyes. He laughed when repeat
ed my warnings of the spring. Small
wonder, said he. that he did not look
robust; virtue was going from him
into every drop of ink. He could easily
get through another month.
And then"-he clapped me on the
shoulder-"my boy-you shall see! 1t
will be worth all the infantile prodi-
gies. You thought l was going off my
chump, you dear old fussbox. But YOU
We're wrong. So did Doria-for a week
or two. Bless her, she's an artists
wife in ten million"
Have you thought OF a title?" 1
asked.
Good" said he "Yes-'God'--short
like that. Isn't it good?"
] cried out that 1t was in the worst
possible taste.
Il please to call it." said he, "by the
only conceivable title that is adequate
! to such work. Then he laughed.
with a CLEAN of his old charm, and
filled up my wine glass. anyhow,
Wittekind, who has the commercial end
Of things in view. thinks it's ripping"
| He lifted his glass. Here's to God"
When l told Barbara about this, she
rather agreed with Wittekind. 1t all
depended on the matter and the quality
! of the book itself
well, anyhow" said I, abhorrent of
dissension, thank heaven the wretched
| compositions nearly finished"
On the morning of the 23d came my
| cousin Eileen and her offspring, and
in the afternoon came Liosha and Mrs
Considine. Jaffery met his dynamic
widow with frank heartiness. and for
the hour before bedtime there We're wild
/ doings in the nursery, in which neither
my wife, nor my cousin nor Mrs Con-
sidine, nor myself were allowed to par
ticipate. When nurses sounded the re-
| treat our two Brobdingnagians an
peared in the drawing room, rampant
and desheveled, with children sticking
to them like flies. 1t was only when
! l saw Ifosha, by the side of Jaffery
j, unconsciously challenging him, as it
were, physical woman against physical
| man, with three children-two In her
| generous arms and one on her back
| 10 MS mere pair-that l realized, with
the shock that always attends ones
| discovery of the obvious, the superb
! Olympian greatness of the creature.
| she stood nearly six feet to his six feet
| TWO. lie stopped ever so little as la
] the way OF burly men. She held her.
self as erect as a redwood pine. The
depth or her bosom'in its calm munific-
icence, defied the vast, thick heave of
his shoulders. Her lips were parted in
laughter, showing magnificent teeth.
In the morning the shadow fell About
II O'Clock Franklin brought me a tele-
gram into the library where Jaffery and
were sitting. I opened it.
Terrible calamity. Come at once
Boldero."
J | passed 1t to Jaffery. my Cod"
said he, and we started at each other.
Franklin said:
| ANY answer, sir?"
! es. 'Boldero Coming at once And
9roer the car round immediately-for
London. Also ask Mrs. Freeth kindly
to come here. Say the matters impor-
tant" Franklin withdrew IT'S Adri-
an" said ], my mind rushing back to
my horrible apprehensions of the
summer.
"Or Doria understood"- uo
waved a hand
Then Barbara must come"
| Sne would in any case. 1t may be
me-" ie'
The darkness had deepened when
st. Johns Wood. No lights were lit in
the yestibule, and the hall porter
emerged as from a cavern of despair
He opened the car door and touched his
peaked cap. ! could see from the mans
face that he had been expecting us. He
knew u.s. OF course. as constant visitors
of the Bolderos.
| What's the natter" / asked.
| Don't you know, sir?"
| NO"
He glanced at Barbara, as II afraid
to give her the shock of his news. and
bent forward and whispered to me:
Mr.. Boldero's dead, sir
The maid Ellen who had admitted us
red eyed and scared, flew down the
corridor into the kitchen, whence i'm
| mediately Afterward emerged a profess
sional nurse, who. carrying something.
fitted into Doria's room. From the
| spare room came for a moment an eId-
erly woman whom we did not know,
The study door was flung wide open
Il noticed that the jamb was spiin-
tered. From the drawing room came
sounds of awful moaning We entered
and found Adrian's mother alone. help
less with grief. Barbara sat by her and
took her In her arms and spoke to her
| But she could tell us nothing heard
mans step in the hall and Jaffery and
| went out. He was a young man. very
much agitated; he looked relieved at
seeing us.
Il am DOCTOR" said he. IT was called
in. The usual medical man Is appar-
emily away for Christmas. I'm SO glad