Glacier County chief., 1939-07-07

nervous doting mother who had been
afraid that If he were allowed to be
with his own kind he might catch
something" The sounds that he was
now hearing reminded him of how
lonely his childhood had been.
Ungraciously, he had bargained that
he shouldn't have to provide anything
but just housing space, But as is often
true of that kind of Englishman, his
bark was worse than his bite, and he
had told the grand housekeeper he had
taken over with Crown Lacy, and who
was the only woman of whom he had
ever been consciously secretly afraid,
that ample meals were to be provided
for his youthful invaders.
Seated at his writing table, and lis
tening to the cheerful stir outside the
room, he looked up at the picture of
his mother, and it seemed to him as
if her blue eyes were looking at him re-
proachfully. He suddenly became deep
insisted that those SO little girls should
all have cleared out of his house by
nine o'clock today.
There stretched before Stephen
Langton a long, dull, yes, and miser-
able, day. All night long he had lain
awake listening to the now distant,
He had felt filled with mingled envy
and despair. How he cursed the great
heart specialist who had forbidden
him to fly again. He dared not dis
regard that warning, for he was in
the army reserve, and knew that when
war broke out he was to have an i'm
portant land job in the air ministry.
There came a timid knock-such a
gentle, little tap he hardly heard it
on the door. One Of those tiresome
school teachers no doubt, coming in to
ask some foolish question!
He called out brusquely, Come mi"
little girl walked in. She turned and
shut the door, He sensed she had been
told to do that, always.
She was wearing a pale blue tur-
quoise wooden coat, and tam-o'-shan-
ter lay on her golden hair.
thank you very much for your gen.
schoolmates." She had stumbled a bit
over the word generous"
Stephen Langton got up. He took
down into her guileless, delicately
drawn little face. In a voice which
shook and sounded very unlike his
usual rough tones, he muttered, you
go and warm yourself by, that big fire,
my dear" And then when she had
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turn round and look at me-"
Already he had gone across to the
big window, and put his back to 1t,
staring at the child as he did so. She
was smiling TREMENDOUSLY now, for she
was fearless, and her little mind was
interested and even amused at this
curious room, and at the big man who
had spoken so kindly.
AL ct once, Langton heard q loud
defiant woman,s voice exclaim on the
other side Of the door, IT don't care!
OF course I'm going in therei I've got
to make sure that you're telling the
truth, and that It's my Rosie who Is In
that room. am not bit afraid Of the
gentleman. Why. should be2"
The door burst open. Milly Barlock
walked In, and for . few moments all
she saw was her child looking well
happy. at ease In front Of q nice warm
fire. She gave q cry. "Oh, my precious
sweetheartp She rushed forward and
lmeeling down gathered the child to
It was . piteous, protective, jealoua
gesture. Maybe for the first time there
came over her what every mother
comes IN time. to know. That u thai
her child can be entirely happy With
out hsf. Sure enough, Rosie Wrieg3ed