Evening Star Newspaper, December 1, 1927, Page 38

S v Lonely Street. "N LSIE RANDALL, hanging up tea towels on the hack porch. caught the eye of Mrs Warner. who was standing at the win. . dow of her own house, and nod- @ed prettily. Without showing any response the regal white-haired wom: an became attentive to a bowl of gold- fish. At the same moment Sophie's Kitten scampered up the lilac tree in dire panic harvely escaping Miss Brent's Shiperke that was in hot pur- sult. Elsie dashed to the rescue of poor frightened Teddy. When she had farcibly extracted him from the bough he clung to her instead. a shuddering buach of fwr’ mean little dog to chuse iten not a third as biz said Elsie to the Ship- hen she saw Miss Brent <trid- across the lawn. leash in hand Miss Brent posed as a sport&woman 8he wore severely tailored clothes and had an unyielding tread. " she said, coldly eveinz ired and daintil frocked Beauty a perfect cats re way she s way she colla 3 proximity to es. Els soft eves were very jghit as she carvied Teddy in to his misiress, Poor Sophie was, as usual, lying upon | the davenport in the living roon. She held out her weak arm for the Her eves. blue and soft like E derstood the look on the younger sis- face. “Some more unneighborli- she questioned. e smiled bravely. “Well, don't seem to be getting accepted v e said. “It's perplexing. we ¥ THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, will not be another," Elsie smiled into Robert's tired but normal eyes. | “You are nice. 1 like you," he whis- pered. “\We are very grateful” quavered +| his mother. ‘Il be more careful in ’ " the future. Suppose — suppose I - “','"‘::.’.',‘.f;‘;.f{“'\:{‘,f{’e,f,",,'[‘,’,d""“.;m':} hadn't come home just as I did?" | '« | Julia, who had been away on lll' who looked so unlike the gay Mrs.| . .;" ontered. But after all. Jullal could not be blamed too much. Rob 4 lert had insisted upon having some of the leftover salad Page that just for an instant neither sister recoxnized her “Come, quick™ gasped Ihis ago; nized creature “Robert dying — e Elsle sprang from her chair At the door, s Bl was leaving outstripped Mrs Page in her Hight | A" m" sald timi . i She dashed into the Page house and 3 : found Robert. [nto her arms she! *I am sure” Elsie "N"e" :;':lt"!:vt'v caught the rixid contorted shupe of “that It is no fault of ming the ohild, snapping out commands to|haven't heen friends b.elore.“ S the terrified mother. [t amazing | Mrs. Puge flushed painfully. o % G how ewiftly. hoW eficlently. ‘she |\l an secount of Chat ROrel CGER worked | Stimulant for the lalwring | Who lived in your house before you e, ot water fof the Tiid: mugp |She waa—dreadful 1 suspose we §v! cles. an enema of vil “He into the habit of shunning!'—— | ihe somethink e shouldn't:" “You might have seen that Sophic el ind 1 were different.” Elsie said. But | That Julia — hes she went home and tore up the lette: trouble. with: Bis sthanneh—1 told hes | “heihad hegun Xo write. " Sophie nme diately hrightened to he careful—l was at a bridge ‘tate i ; wncheon —out doctor is out of town— | FTom that fill"‘-l::":%hnll: ‘:‘.‘-;“\e’.;' I couldn’t think of anyhody to call ' 2 nia with ot | upon —then 1 saw you At the PRt atan i 5 Miss Br chi | window writing. incoher Mis sp1|a",:rl|l:1§:n; q’.‘;A ently Mrs. Page e o, it {e’'s coming n It was amaz Why You Should Take |Father Johnw’s Medicine for Your Cold been havinz for Sophie, a friend to call A get-acquaintes now. Ther It is safe because it is free from nerve-deadening drugs or alco- hol. It soothes and heels. re A very mnice person. mv Fophie. And. though [ say it as| shouidn't, €0 am [ Can’t imagine what's the trouble, can v | Of course I don't matter for Lam | g hed Sophie. “But you are healthy. Funny you ‘\ h- | ss | nce. ity was named Locust Il the blue-lettered-on-cream- background signs said so. It was al- together a delightful residence section. with the small white house of the Randall sisters ‘tucked in among the larger rouses. | Ylsie had found that small white | house by way of an advertisement. Sovhie needed country air and «uiet. There had been an anxious search through the papers and then—success. Three days later they found them- | selves at home in a comfortably fur- niched dwelling for which a very rea- gonable rent was exacted by a con- siderate agent. “Now we are going to he happy!" Elsie had eried. But they were not happy. Sophie fussed out the attitude of their neighbors d that held her back.. She had d.when shie'saw the iocation: “Oh. E darling! Look at all these charming houses. Now we shall have some real neighbors.” But the neigh- bevs vefused to meighbor. Yet even though Miss Brent and Mrs. Warner had given Elsie the cold shoulder there was still young Mes. Page, Mrs, Page had a dear little Bov Biue of 4 son &nd it:Was throuzh Robert ,that Elsie hoped to win his mother > -She had a way ‘with children and when one day. she saw Rohert re- arding her with signs of friendship «In his handsome eves she swiftly re. sponded. Within 5 ‘minutés he was helping her plant datfodil bulbs while she explained to him that each plain brown ball held imprisoned within it a beautiful..golden. fairy. to-which next Spring the rain and sunshine would bring, release. The_ kneelinz Flsie in her biue fvock and White sweater and the stooping Robeyt. had reached that roinr of intimacy Wwhere he had begun o lose his -timidity- when both were recalled by the sharp voice of Julia Mrs. Page's vouns maid. Julia dashed forward: seized Robert. by the hand and drazzed him away. scolding audi- bly: “Yeur mether will do something terrible to' you for running away. Do you waht mie-to.tell her when she gets home from her bridze party? She to'1 vou not to g0 over there There's neohody nice there for you to play And she is. With—— “There's Miss Elsie! too. nice! And she's got a Kkitten shouted the half-sobbing child There was no flach in Elsie's eyes @s she heard this. enly a pained look. which was precently drowned by hot tears. Then she saw Sophie watch inz her wistfully from the window and | she laughed. But even as'she laughed #he said to herself: “I'm all through. 1 shall make no more overtutes. No| matter—"—her lips tizhtened—"what happens to any one of them I am— all—through.’ That afternoon shé bégan to ‘study the papers for another advertisement. Probably they should never azain find a home that suited -them lke. this one. but for all that they were going to move to anbtirer place. “I've found .it™" she cried gayly. *#Sophie, listen' “For gale or to rent, pretty cottage of =ix rooms, fireplace. garden, elms. fine neighhorhood. 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