Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-01-09

gasped, you shan't, you shant; it
was all a mistake. my sister didn't mean
It when she phoned you, she
didn't mean It..
Christopher dropped her arm and
stood looking down on her from his
Six-feet-odd: his hands were IN his
pockets and he swayed slightly on his
feet from heel to toe. He said, quietly:
Suppose you tell me all about it. I'm
rather in the dark"
jamie walked a little unsteadily to-
ward a twopenny chair and sat down
Crocuses were clustered round her feet
like mauVe and yellow flames and they
blurred together IN a sheet OF color
before her eyes. jamie knew quite well
that when that sort Of thing hap
pened you were going to cry unless
you took very strong stand with your
self. Christopher sat himself down be-
side her-hc felt strangely tender to-
ward this thin little thing with the
terrified eyes-and Peter went onto the
path and kicked up the gravel
jamie said, wen. you see. Peter was
rather awful" In a small voice you
see, he's never really got on with Eve
in her bed" She added quickly "A
dead toad. Peter wouldn't be cruel TO
anything alive. So you see. expect Eve
telephoned to you 70 fetch him back.
when she was cross" Her voice became
very earnest and husky. But I know
she didn't mean 1t. know she'll let me
keep Peter. when she's Gained down.
was just telling her that I'd go out
and find a job or something. so that
could keep him, when you came,
she said frankly. She looked up at him
suddenly and saw pity in his eyes.
Then she knew that 1t wasn't going to
be all right, that Peter was going to be
taken away from her; she knew quite
definitely, and she couldn't take q
strong stand with herself any longer,
the tears Welled up and dripped slowly
down her cheeks. Christopher said.
Here and handed her a large white
square of linen with G. G. G. embroid-
cred in thin black letters in one cor
ner, and then he slid one arm nervous
" along the back of the seat behind
jamie. Cry on me-" he said gruffly.
Suddenly Peter Gordon returned from
the path; the gravel wasn't much fun
without his Auntie jamie, he found
He stood before them for q horror
struck moment, then his brain grasped
the fun facts-the large young man
he had liked the looks Of, was actually
lldhAiB Ills Aulble jamie CTyl EGtSI
was no respecter of persons. Peter
kicked his fathers shin with a small
foot; Peter pommeled the parts Of his
father that he could reach, with a
tightly listed hand; Peter breathed
hard through his nose; and then he
found himself lifted high above the
ground by a pair Of strong arms. stop /
It, Peter" q voice said. laughing. stop
it, you knight of the round table"
Peter stopped, but not, be it under
stood, because he was told to, but be-
cause he saw his Auntie jamie regard |
ing him with eyes that looked Ike |
damp stars.
Peter" said Christopher seriously, |
setting him back onto terra firma once |
more. Pete, old man." he glanced |
toward jamie and seemed to be talking |
10 her although his remarks we're still /
addressed to a small. attentive ear. I'm
your father"
Peter grinned and moved his feet
about. Don't tease" he said. You're |
not my father. Haven't got a father
I'm a n'orphan."
Christopher looked a little blank. He
thought neutrality-suspicious. he'd better
compromise until his son was little
older.
sorry to tease. old chap" he said |