Evening star., 1921-09-11

Don't call me ma" snapped the
goaded Mrs. Berthelia. And this is
the girl?" She looked Mayme up and
down. Mayme looked her up ard
II could give you a lorny-yette and
beat you at the froxen-stare trick"
said the irrepressible Mayme.
The Little Red Doctor gurgled. I
saw the Bonnie Lassie's eyeiids
ss sss turned to ets the vse
Mrs. -Berthelin," said she. you
have made some very damaging state
ments. before witnesses. about Miss
Mccartney,,s character. What proof
why. he wants to marry herr al
most yelled the mother. ''She's
That's another. lie." said Mayme.
HE told me himself that he was
so'Rf aRid 70 hes GaFFg TSs% yaa he's wrong. I
wouldn't marry him with a brass
ring" asserted Mayme.
won,Snt ~xGT w9Siap.t %Sst, demsnded mar~ fSe tSe
You heard me. He knows 1t too.
don't like the family-what I've seen
Of them." observed Mayme 5udicially.
Besides. he's yellow"
Davids shamed face emerged into
view. "I'm not" he gulped. "she-
she made me-"
Captain" said Mayme with scar
ing scorn in her voice. "Quartermas-
ter's Department! Safety first. When s
pers in the Emporium are breakin,
their fourteen inch necks volunteerin'
early and often to get where the
fghtin' is."
and his pretty face had an ugly eX-
preston. Let me out Of here" he
growled.
are you goingT
"Davy!" It was a shrek You
shan't. won't let YOU"
"Buddyw Mayme's voice: magicaily
stun. You better go home and think
it over. Bein' a private is no pink
Young David addressed Mayme in
the words and tone net OF You think
I'm no good I'll show you. Mayme
Wait till I come back-if I ever do
come back-and you'll be sorry"
Hero stun" e0mmented the anead Little tue
Of his finger tips this time tomor-
will you show me a place to en-
list?" challenged the boy: and; And; ne ne
added with a malicious grin. will you
Sure" said the Little Red Doctor.
| "I'll show you. But they won't take
me" He bestowed a bitter. glance on
his twisted foot Come along;
! Berthiin scandalized Our Square by
an exhibition of Mysteries involving
LANGUAGE not at all in accord with
the rich respectability of her apparel
NV We waited at the Bonnie Lassie's
for the Little Red Doctors return:
He came back alone. / thought that
II detected a pathetic little CLEAN Of
disappointment in Mayme's eyes.
lies done it," said the Little AZ Keq I
was sorry for. him, so much was there
of tragic envy in his face.
"Win he writer said Mayme in
curious, strained voice.
"He will He'll report to me from
time to time"
sage?"
swered the Little Red Doctor. censor
ing ruthlessly.
The Bonnie Lassie went over and
put her arms around Mayme McCart-
ney; s.u~ .,. ..,a sof,,x .it
wouldn't do. 1t really wouldn't. He
isn't worth it. You're going to for
get him."
IAN right" Suddenly Mayme
looked like a very helpless and sor-
goin' to be as easy as you think. He
was so pretty"
Summer was shifting our square
with white-hot bolts of sun fire. from
which one could scarcely find refuge
beneath the scraggly shelter Of
ing the Bonnie Lassie approached my
bench with a fell and purposeful
smile
Dominic, you're a dear old thing"
she began in her most insinuating
tones.
II won't do it," said hastily. fore
iboding something serious.
"Oh, but you've already done it,"
Help! Tell me the worst and get
lit over with"
"It must be lovely to be rich." said
the Bonnie Lassie meditatively. And
How much is it? What do you
want 1T for? haven't got that
much" 1 hastily remarked.
1.-The Little Red Doctor has found
the place. It's in New Mexico. And
in the fall she's going on to the coast.
a year of 1t will make her as strong
as ever. And the hundred dollars a
month you allow her besides her
travelling expenses will be plenty.
You are good old thing, Domtnieg'
Where did the Little Red Doctor
traise it," I Queried.
There are times. Dominic. when
lyour mind has real penetrative power.
Think it over"
"The Weeping Scion of Wealth and
iPosition!" I cried. Did our medical
friend blackmail him?"
mot necessarily. He only dropped
a hint that Mayme's chance here was
rather poorer than a soldiers going
to war. unless something could be
begged to be allowed to do it. DO
lyou think she'd take it from you,'
said the Little Red Doctor, after
what your mother called herr Don't
let her know. Tell her somebody
else is doing it. Tell her it's from
that white-whiskered ol-from the
elderly gentleman"
TT was much easier than I expected
1t to be. especially when littl
Mayme. having come out to say good
bye. put her lips close to my ear and
tried to whisper something, and
cried and kissed me instead. Oua
Square was dinner and duller place
after she left. But her letters helped.
They were SO exactly like herself
even at the first, when things seemed
to be going Ill with her: they were
all courage and quaint humor and de-
termination to get well and come
dearest and best place in the world.
with the dearest and best people in it.
Homesickness! Poor little, lonely
Mayme. She was reading-she wrote