Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-02-20

invalid's food, pate de foies gras and
Jelly and chicken and cake and jug
of milk | carried it to the boys: and
they were pleased and SO was the an
gel child. She quite mothered Henry
as he ate When l came away from
them, told George that he was to call
at my house every day for more invalid
food
Miss D'Eresby followed me. -.
II say-I-I'm so sorry Kicked you.
didn't know that you were such q
brick" she said. ~ hope / didn't hurt
you very badly"
ooh, no: but l would rather you dld
not kick me when you have thick
boots on" said.
"Oh, shall never kick you again
never" she said; and she went dancing
back to her proteges. She seemed to
have forgotten about being in Coven'
!, try.
happened to go into the garden az
ter dinner that evening, and l was sor-
ry to learn from Alice that the angel
child had got into more trouble later IN
the afternoon. Little Lord Pomeroy
had come and thrown stones at her anu
the invalid Henry and she came away
from the contest that followed with
nice sample of his tow, colored curls:
After this introduction she and |
/ grew very friendly, and learned more
about the garden world from her
gathered that she acted as kind or
guardian of it. She looked after Henry
and George, who came to their shady
corner every fine afternoon; she kept
an eve on the smaller children and saw
that the big ones did not tease them;
she was always checking the interior
ing Frederick and she did her best to
keep Gwendolen Binns, high colored
noisy wench, up to her work OF look.
ing after Lord Cantelune. He did NOT
seem to me to look neglected: he was
chubby baby She gave me good
deal of her society, in spite of her
numerous occupations. declaring that
! she preferred being with grownups to
being with children.
Several times I asked her when she
| was going to make man - WORKING
man of Frederick She always shook
her head, and said darkly that Fred
erick had better look out, that she
would catch him one Of these days.
saw her catch him.
I came into the garden about three
o'clock one afternoon and was watkins
toward Henry's shady corner to sec
how he was getting on, when the angel
child came tearing round bend in the
side path that led to it: ard efter her
, numbered the inevitable Frederick. n
the middle of her course she jumped
something = could not see what
Frederick did not jump, but he came a
laundering cronper over q piece of
string about a foot from The ground,
tied to a shrub on either side of the
path.
The angel child pulled up short at
my side and turned. At the sight OF
Frederick's cropper she shrieked with
Joy and held on to my arm that she
might indulge in violent merriment
without falling to the ground.
Frederick picked himself up slowly
and stood staring about in dazed way
as if he were trying to think what he
had been doing and could not quite re-
| member.
whenever come into the garden.
| find you playing with little girls, Fred.
erck Haven't you any work to dog
said severely.
Frederick seemed to remember what
had happened.
"Playin'" he howled "Playin'."
playing" said "Playing catch as
catch can"
That young limb took my trowel:
'Ow can | work without trowel >
hcwled Frederick.
II took it to make him go on with
his work and not keep Binns from
minding the Cantelune baby" said the
angel child with most virtuous air.
To take away a mans tools seemed
an odd way OF making him go on with
/ his work; but l took it that Miss
D'Eresby knew Frederick better than
did.
s1Il compline to yer MAJ he roared
| "Tll have damages. That's what I'll
do: and damages I'll get! I'm not goin'
to be knocked about for nothink : not
me, I'll have the lor Of yer! S'welp
me ! will"
(To Be Continued)