The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-08-13
surely have been drowned.
I'll Keep Quiet.

Me want my boat" ne cried. strug-
Cling in my arms. MY boat is losted.'
where is your mamma, Gordon7"
CalIahan's manner was gentle. his tone
soft.
:. Down town" The baby's eyes still
were fixed tearfuIly on the bathtub.
WHERE'S Mary?"
In dere." He pointed to the bed
room. Mary jut Jack by-by, and size
go by-by,. too. he fought me was by
by. too, but me fooled her"
The little rogue chucked, and Gala
han, muttering savagely TO himself,
went to the door OF the bedroom, and
knocked loudly.
Here you. Mary" he called rough
ly, come out of that"
! / heard a startled exclamation from
the bedroom. and the next instant a
slovenly looking girl with a weak face
came slowly out OF the room.
why. / must have dropped to sleep,
she said foolishly.
DO YOU know what has happened
while you dropped TO sieepF demand
ed Callahan sternly. This baby mas
been wandering around the apartment
opening all the gas jets and water
faucets he could find. II this lady
hadn't been alarmed by the water from
the bathtub flooding her kitchen The
child would have been dead when you
woke up, If you ever did wake with an
that gas escaping. He was just climb
ing into the bathtub when we got
here"
'why, Gordon. you naughty boy
the girl exclaimed weakly.
Never mind scolding the baby. He
isn't to blame. What do you suppose
Mrs. McGovern will think"
"oh, you won't tell herr" The girl
looked terror
iii see. Depends on how you act,
Callahan returned non-committally
by the way, you won't be able to get
any water for a while. I've turned il
off, and I'm going to keep 1T off till
I've found out whether there is any
leak in the pipes anywhere. DO you
think you can keep awake now until
your mistress gets back?"
"Oh yes, Mr.. Callahan" The girl
evidently was fully awake. please
don't tell her"
"Will you promise never to do a
thing like this again?"
"Oh. yes, sir
"All right, then" Callahan returned
gruffly. III keep quiet this time. But
| the next time"
His tone was threatening. and
Nary wilted visibly before IL. 1 fol-
lowed him out of the apartment with
feeling of resentment against his
proposed shielding of the girl. he had
endangered the lives OF little children
I, ~ ~
mother of the children whose lives she
had jeopardized, I should never have
forgiven the person who withheld from
me the knowledge of her carelessness,
"Mr. Callahan, do you mean you are
not. going to- tell Mrs. -McGovern, ]
believe you called her-about that
maids carelessness?
Ny indignation had gotten the better
of my natural disinclination to med
| die with things which did not concern
me- The janitor flushed in embar-
rased fashion as he answered:
81 hate to get a poor girls job
ma'am. I'm a workihgman myself
and 1 don't like to take the bread and
butter out of anybody's mouth"
! Il understand that fully returned
''but that girl is dangerous in that po-
sition."
II know it, ma'am," Callahan said
worriedly, ''yet 1 haven't the heart 70
| tell on her. Maybe you'd see Mrs. Nc
! Govern"
| His tone was insinuating. but could
not tell from it whether the sugges-
ton contained hidden wish that de-
nounce the girl, or fear that I might
! do so.
/ had opened my mouth to tell him
that would see Mrs. McGovern when
a sudden remembrance closed ii.
The humiliating experience 1 had
had with the woman across the hal
flashed across my mind. In her abb
sence her maid had brought her baby