The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1916-03-24

the scene she realized that she had not
forgotten the episode 80 completely as
she had hoped.
II was q week after her sisters de-
parture and Vera had had little time
for reverie. For she had discovered
that the care OF the charming child
Peggy was enough to keep any grown
Woman's mind occupied during waking
hours.
She was sitting in the library of the
old city house, reading by the subdued
light of the afternoon sun shaded by
the soft silk hsnEings ct the windows.
Lend me 9 'TaseF, Aunt VerA?"
Peggy was sitting on the door at her
Runt's feet leaning over her pad.
Vera tossed q rubber-topped pencil
down to the child.
"Muvver doesn't let me have 'rassrs
any more Peggy said smiling. That's
cause / ate a needed rubber one day.
You know about needed rubbers, Aunt
Vera? ] like 10 eat Tubbers."
Vera READ on without making any
comment.
Il am drawing you 3 picture, Aunt
Vera, picture of Mr.. Hush. That's
what call him because every time /
spoke about the people next door muV-
YER just said hush And he il the
incest mRn-nicer than anyone in the
world but you, Aunt Vera. That's Why
/ am drawing you a picture Of him,
He's Just like any other man, 90 III
have to make him like the picture :
did Of father for you. Except MI
Hush hasn't any prickly brush on hin
lip that bites you vixen be kisses you
like father. He kissed me today when
was there. ! asked him for two
kisses so ] could bring one with the
cookie to Aunt Vera, and be said that
you wouldn't take the kiss. Aunt Vern.
do you think / am q good drawer?
What'S the matter? Don't you Hike
the picture?"
Vera was leaning back in the chaiE
the book closed and her eyes lowered.
For minute she didn't know whether
to laugh or to cry, but with Q bound
the incorrisible Peggy was In her lap
with the picture she mad drawn.
Vera eellecte8 herBSff and loohnd
severe.
Peggy Jonss, / thought your
mother said you never went to see the
people in the house next door Does
nurse take you? How do you get iR?'
"Oh, no, Aunt Vera, nurse doesn't
take me. She doesn't know ! 60
just crawl through under the wall ae
the back Of the garden. But don't cay
anything about IL to muVver, cause
nurse might ketch IT. II / did and, be
sides, whenever ask her about those
people che says hush
Say, Aunt Vera, that man hasn't
got any llttls girls like me and he
hasn't any lady in his house like muV-
yer or anything. He says he is dread
fully lonesome. He says there was z
lady once who was SoinE TO come aud
stay with him and play ON his piano
and sing to him and-and everything.
but she got mad at him, she did, and
now he is going to live alone all his
life in his house, and he's such nice
man and maybe If you are q good
auntie' to me Ill take you in to see
him some time before muVver gets
back"
Vera was holding the incorriGibls
Peggy close to her. but as she listened
to her story she kept her face turned
away from the child
Say. Aunt Vera, is it most six
o'clock? 'CGuss forgot to tell you
that nice Mr.. Hush said he was com
Ing to see us when he came home
from down town tonight. He said it
would be six o'clock, but II I stayed
up could see him. He said he want
ed to come to see my Aunt Vera only
he was afraid she wouldn't let HIN.
But I said you would. Now, Aunt
Vera, don't tell him ate the cookie
he sent you"
Copyright, 1915. by the Mcclure HeWspa-
per Syndicate1