Grand Forks herald., 1917-02-13
mas cards. She had the angel full
BY EDGAR JEPSOM

face. the angel sideface. the angel
mouth, the angel nose; and she was
about twelve years old.
| When 1 first noticed her angelic
appearance. she seemed to be having
lonely and desolate time of it.
| l asked Alice who she was. and
when she told me, said 'Why isn't
watching her: and she doesn't go
near them. Is she sulking?"
THE angel-child Kicked little Lord
Pomeroy's shins; and the other chill
dren have sent her to Coventry" said
Alice, smiling.
Little Lord Pomeroy is pink boy
with tow-colored curls. never see
him without wanting to crop him on
the spot.
DO him good" said.
"Oh, he's such a sweet little boy!"
cried Alice.
Yes, sticky" said. "why did the
angel-child kick him?''
I'm afraid he pulled Molly Bois-
! ragon's hair" said Alice.
| IL expected it was something Of that
kind-little sweep! And suppose all
the other little girls love him dearly;
and 30 they sent this angel-child to
| Coventry"
Yes" said Alice.
well, do you think you could in
4 troduce me to herr" l said
Alice called to her. but Miss D'Eres-
by only gave her cool nod and went
down the path with a great deal Of
dignity.
"Never mind; some other day. when
she isn't feeling so naughty I said.
She isn't often naughty. I expect
she's feeling. the injustice" said
Alice.
| AS it CHANGED Alice did not present
me to the lady. The very next day 1
presented myself to her. After lunch
was sitting on a bench in the garden,
smoking cigar. when that angel
child came in view tearing down the
path as hard as she could lick: and
after her came numbering heavily one
of the undergraduates. a young man
of the name of Frederick. The chase
was certainly no business Of mine; the
gardeners are in charge Of the gar
den; and it is silly to do your own
barking when you keep a dog. 1t was
just the sporting instinct that made
me jump for it, and snatch her up as
| she reached me.
You pg!" shrieked the angel
| child; and she kicked my shins with
! uncommon vigor.
Il sat down with her on my knee.
and it was like holding a little wild
| cat. She seemed to have good deal
more muscle than an Academy angel.
In her hand was a bunch of yellow
carnations.
Frederick came numbering up and
said rather breathlessly: Eve bin
tryin' and tryin' to find out who was
a-stealing of them carnations; an to-
| day thought I'd just take my dinner
in the shrubbery ag'in' the big bed;
an l caught 'er in the act!"
you never caught me-" said the
angen-child scornfully "If you'd
caught me- should just have bitten
you. and got away easily, old pig
I Frederick
ARK at 'er. your Lordship- ark at
'er: She's a terror that child-a fair
terror" said Frederick
IT'S a depraved taste-biting under
| gardeners I said.
II will bite the pig. if he touches
me-" said the angel-child firmly
| But why did you steal the carna-
tions. Miss d DEresby?" I said.
II didn't steal them. I just took
i them to give to the little boy who's
been i'll. to punish, Frederick for not
letting him come into the garden"
said the angel-child.
LAS if should let the likes of them
into the garden. your Lordship! An
the sick one not even in a proper
pra Must in box-a box on wheels
ON emade," cried Frederick with
great indignation.
do not like Frederick, a slack
jawed, loose-lipped loafer, always gos-
doing his work. This iack-in-office
turning sick child out Of the garden
| was exactly the kind of thing he
would do with all his heart.
| IT don't suppose they would have
done any HARM" 7 said
That's what said. They won't eat
your beastly old flowers" said Miss
D'Eresby
"It warn't the flowers, your Lord
/! ship. But this ere is garden for
| fentlefolk: and we don't want none Of
your Lordship," said Frederick with
| a virtuous air.
Well. you can go back to your
work." I said.
"And I'll pay you out for interfer-
| ing. old pig Frederick" said the an
gel-child.
longing to one Of the best families in
England" said Frederick: and he
slouched off down the path. =
"I'll teach him." said Miss D'Eresby
firmly.
She was now looking perfectly un-
ruffled and composed. in spite of her
fight from Frederick and her strug-
gle with me.
He only did his duty said.
..'Tf he did his work ever. it wouldn't
matter SO much" said Miss D'Eresby
coldly. But he does nothing but idle
and interfere. I'll teach him and
Gwendolen Binns. too." she added
with even greater firmness.
who is Gwendolen Rinns?" said.
"She's the Cantelune baby's nurse
said the angel-child
and what has she been doing to
you?"
"she hasn't been doing anything to
baby shamefully. Three times I've
found him screaming. and she's been
ever so far off. talking to Frederick
I'll teach both of them
From her tone l believed she would;
and I thought that Frederick and his,
Gwendolen had better look out.
You seen, a general redresser OF
wrongs" said.
Il don't know what that means; !
but they'd better look out" she said.
about those carnations?" I said.
Oh, I was forgetting" she said, slip
ping off my knee. Henry and George
are resting on the pavement in the
shade just outside the gate. Til take
Henry the carnations. You don't
mind my giving them to him, do
you?" she said little anxiously.
''I'll come with you and take look
at Henry and George" I said; and I
got UP and went out Of the garden.
We found Henry and George in the
shade of the trees at the edge of the
garden. Henry, very white faced, a
boy about nine. was lying in the shall
Tow wooden box OH wheels which was
his invalid's chair. George was sit
ting on the pavement by the side of