Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-21

his hands occasionally was what he had
been praying for, ever since his sister
had dumped her down on him.
ONE of the chief drawbacks to enter
~ tanning in your home girl who
has been crossed in love is that she Is
extremely apt to go about the place do
ing good. All that life holds for her now
is the opportunity Of being kind to
others, and she intends to be kind, II 1t
chokes them.
For two weeks Lord Emsworth's BEAU
tiful young niece had been moving to
and fro through the caste with drawn
face. doing good right and left; and his
lordship, being handiest, had had to
bear the brunt Of 1t. It was with the
first real smile he had smiled that day
that he came out OF the telephone closet
and found the object Of his thoughts
entering the hall in front of him.
well, well, well, my DEAR" he said
cheerily. And what have you been
doing?"
There was no answering smile on his
niece's face. Indeed, looking at her
YOU could see that this was a girl who
had forgotten how to smile. She sug-
gested something symbolic.
Il have been tidying your study,
Uncle Clarence" she replied listlessly.
ut was in a dreadful mess"
Lord Ellsworth WINGED as a man of
set habits will who has been remiss
enough to let Little Mother get at his
study while his back is turned. but he
continued bravely on the cheerful note.
II have been talking to Frederick on
the telephone"
"Yes?" Gertrude sighed, and bleak
wind seemed to blow through the hall.
your ties crooked, Uncle Clarence"
Il like it crooked" said his lordship,
you. A friend Of Frederick's Is coming
name, I understand, is Popjoy. So you
will have some young society at last"
II don't want young society,""
"Oh, come. my dear"
She looked at him thoughtfully with
large, sornber eyes. Another sigh
escaped her.
"It must be wonderful to be as old
as you are. Uncle Clarence"
"Eh?" said his lordship, starting.
ITO feel that there is such a Short
short step to the quiet tomb, to the in
effable peace of the grave. To me life
seems to stretch out endlessly like a
AOhl6t Oucty ACoCAg. WCilty dhCCi
That's all 7 am, Only %. And all
our family lived to 60"
What do you mean, 60?" demanded
his lordship, with the warmth Of a man
who would be that his next birthday.
MY poor father was rs when he was
killed in the hunting field. Uncle Rob-
ert lived till nearly 90. My mothers
brother AliStair-"
"Dont!" said the girl. with little
shudder. Don't! 1t makes it all seem
SO awful and hopeless"
Yes, that was Gertrude; and in
Lord Emsworth's opinion, she needed
company.
The reactions Of Lord Ellsworth to
young Popjoy, when he encountered
him for the first time in the drawing
room shortly before dinner, were in the
beginning wholly favorable. His sons
friend was an extraordinarily large and
| powerful person with frank, open, In
genuous face about the color Of the
| inside Of salmon, and he seemed q
| little nervous. That, however, was In
his favor.
TT was, his lordship felt, pleasant
surprise to find in one of the young
er generation so novel an emotion as
| iifiidence.
He condoned, therefore. the others
trick Of laughing Historically, even
when the subject under discussion was
the not irresistibly ludicrous one Of
slugs IN the rose garden. He excused