The Washington times., 1920-07-07
BY Robert w. Chambers.
(Co.tinsed from Saturday,

a. (Ceatinued from Saturday,
: .For what? For speaking disre-
spectfully about a girl you never
: metz"
!. "Yes. sir"
v "Oh~ Go on"
\ Nothing more, sir. Ex-
cept that we mixed IT,"
2 'I see. Did you-hoid your ownT"
''They said-I think / did, sir"
"Grismer is-your age! Younger
!, Older?" ,
Eyes. sir. older"
a How do you and he weigh iny"
"He's-I belieye-somewhat heav-
, ier.o
= First form boy. Naturally. Well.
did you shake hands?"
& mo. sir"
"That's bad. jim"
J IT know it. I-somehow-could-
I mt"
"Do it next term. No use to night
!, uniess to settle things"
The boy remained silent. ~and his
: father did not press the matter.
: what shall we do tomorrow.
Jim?" inquired Cleland Senion after
q long pause.
) "Do you mean just you and me,
!. Father"
: "Oh, yes. Steve will be busy with
|. her lessons. And, in the evening.
nine-thirty is her bedtime"
q The boy said. with a sigh OF un-
!. conscious relief:
'I need a lot OF things. Well go
/ to the shops first. Then we1l lunch
together, then we can take In a
I movie, then we'll dine all by our
selves, and then go to the theater.
What do you say. Father?
/. Finer said his father. with the
! happy thrill which comes to fathers
{ whose growing sons still prefer
their company to the company or
anybody else.
CHAPTER VI.
, To Cleland Senior 1t seemed as
though Jim's Easter vacation ended
before it had fairly begun; so
swiftly sped the blessed days to-
/ gether.
Already the morning of his sons
. departure for school had dawned.
! and he realized itSwith the same
!, mental sinking, the same secret dis
may and painful incredulity which
! he always experienced when the
dreaded moment for parting actually
! arrived.
AS usual. he prepared to accom-
pany his son to the railway station.
/ 1t happened not to occur to him
that 'Stephanie might desire to go.
At breakfast, his son sat op-
posite as usual, Stephanie on his
right, very quiet, and keeping her
! gray eyes on her plate so persist
. entity that the father finally noticed
her subdued demeanor. and kept an
, eye on her until in her momentarily
lifted face he detected the sensi-
: tive, forced smile OF a child close
! to tears.
could summon did not conceal from
/ him the tragedy of a child who is
about to lose it's hero and who feels
, itself left out-excluded, as it were,
! from the last sad rites.
He was touched, conscience
stricken, and yet almost INCLINED to
. smile. He said casually, as they
, rose from the table:
>"Steve, dear, tell Janet to make
you ready at once, If you are going
to see Jim Off"
. L going?" faltered the
child, flushing and tremulous with
, surprise and happiness
"Why, of course Run quickly to
Janet, now" And, to his son.. when
, the eager little flying feet had sped
! out of sight and hearing: "Steve
j felt left out, Jim. Do you under
. stand, dear?"
"Y-yes, father"
!. "Also, she is inclined to take
your departure very seriously. You
!. do understand. don't you, my dear
SOM"
The boy said that he did, vaguely
, disappointed that he was not to
have the last moments alone with
his father.
So they all went downtown to-
gether in the car, and there were
, other boys there with parents; and
some recognitions among the other
people: desultory, perfu1ctory con-
versations, cohesion among the
school boys welcoming one an
! other with ardor and strenuous cor
diality after only ten days separa-
tion. ...
. Chiltern Grismer, father of Os-
wald, came over and spoke to Gle
! land Senior:
"Our respective sons, 1t appears,
so far forgot their Christian prin-
, ciples as to indulge in a personal
encounter in school," he said in
panied voice. Hadn't they better
shake hands, Cleland?"
Certainly" replied John Cleland.
'Tf a fight doesn't clean off the
slate, there's something very wrong
somewhere Jim?"
Cleland Junior left the group OF
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