Show lomina iroff all i IL T r AL I 1 07 t aa r 1 P V 11 christened ra E thomas trotwood barney ruey j sp sprawled railed on oil the table nt fit his fat fathers tiers elbow lie ile waa nas is engil engaged ged in piloting something hach lie carried about with him its an adful hard job aint it SS ar daddy but I 1 guess gentle ann fing to do it anyway dont we ie what a that sir thomas naked asked hla hits fattier father glancing up from his book boo K WN the new year res resolution 0 gutlon tiling answered tommy ag ad lie he laboriously put on somo some finishing touches putty pitty big word ord that what about it I 1 yep but then I 1 dont say bay it much its sort of like a bet you bet ou do or oil bet you dont an I 1 m going to bet I 1 do and tommy closed his book on oil if a little fat finger and climbed on lit hit fathers father a knee and what shat la Is it youre betting aou ou 11 do flu smiled smile his fattier father Il rumpling up the boys brown broin curls the child was nax unusually serious lie looked intently at his fattier father 1 I iro m to see about getting a lady for tour home daddy im so tired being shout one I 1 I 1 want a ni dad dl 03 knuver is so handy and tn tin us he might to make his declaration ery cry matter of fact tommy tt ota ani quivered and lie he hid his face on oil his fathers shoulder mr airney laid aside his pipe and for a full ull long said nothing 30 go your new years resolution vl engaged in I 1 something Is in it old man to get us a lad ind for our honie home ile he somehow could not si the word mother lightly though it had bern ilie long since tommys tommas mother died it N would be nice han icae e you found any one spoken to any one yet I 1 I 1 I 1 id it like to hane hae the lady aly the 1 hina evs ees that takes me to school moin mornings ings admitted tommy 1 I asked her once was she a and she said bald no just only a little boys aunt I 1 apt t sites so busy being a aunt that she have ana an time to be a cuver 11 and the child sighed deject idly 1 I ight aoud oud ask her daddy wont ion oil NN h hi I 1 don clon it know miss woodburn old man the father a little ruefully its as lie lo that eliat lie he had thought to strike up tin an acquaint acquaintance finco through the file child but miss woodburn had coldly ic ie pulsed him though she bhe had long been n an fn fast t filand of tom ang stopping stepping for him to slip his 1119 hand into hers hen as aa she hurried to her school loom which was mas in the slime building ns na tile the kindergarten 1 I think we e I 1 tl avo 0 good times together after oil all ahall daddy be the bear tonight tin im most afraid im sick dadd 11 murmured mur muied muted the boy I 1 I id better go to bed mr air karney gathered a tommy trot up solicitously and prepared him for bed 1 I vasht our lap fitted me better daddy dodd im going to get the new iw year lap to fit lile like denny benny jonos routers does docs complained the child drow dron atly the next morning miss grace woodburn slackened her race pace expecting 1 tommy ammy to come running as usual then she ole retraced her steps Nal walking ling slowly past the house the door swung open and mr birney barney coatless oat less an aspron tied lied about his neck frantically frantl caly ex plaines that tommy trot was as very ery sick with the croup that the doctor was nas ng to get R nurse but he feared the child would die before they could get help as the woman who iho kept their cottage was away fortunately miss bliss woodburn had taken it a first aid course oleo also in hez hei strenuous business of being en an aunt she bhe had bad helped to take little nephew peter through it very seere beere attack ol of croup she knew that aery was nas precious she began draving draw lag on her alones and un fastening tier ner wrap lavt as aa she hastened after mr 31 riley sh tol telephoned her as assistant to tale take hei bet place ald further orders then wat out her hand tor for tho the apron ee ao bent beat over Tommy Trot who heu hek out big hl liand bund to tier her deftly she smoothed his pillow pl asking quick questions na as to doctors orders and I 1 eliom showing ing the beiNlI bewildered dered father how to follow them all the time talking lu in soothing soot bing comforting little sentences to the child were good pals arent i ip P tommy and were nere going to have some awfully good times together arent we and will you make a bargain with gnp mien alien inv dinv little peter king kinq was nas sick lie he did jut ju t what I 1 wanted 1 him to do iou on do that darling if ou oil you OU may anay call roe me aunt grace just as he does will you deftest dea iest test ravet call sou mulver chis pored the child hoarsely the color flooded mitts woodburne Wood burna face but alth alth a little life hanging in ili the bt ilance was as no time to hesitate it 11 right little man its rt bar ia I 1 a I 1 t i t i II 11 I 1 I 1 1 1 4 I 1 e Ilav rawer ver call you mulver 11 gain and take the bad medicine just as if it good 11 patiently she worked sending the grateful father ming on 0 or r telephoning the doctor to ask for fuglei directions no man has mv conception of a woman a cefulu ess till lie he her trying to sate sae tile the life of seme one dangerously ill mr air thomas barney watched fascinated the movements of this highly competent young I 1 wom in who beamed neer to give him a i thought except to order him about noon came the afternoon was almost spent blent beffie the hild child was sleep sleeping calili in her arnia the crisis passed we weve ve N wool on I 1 I 1 she announced to the father and if you w get me a glass of hot milk I 1 will be deiy grateful 11 im ashamed not to have thought of that myself he told her remorsefully as he hurried to obey when he returned she tried to dispatch him to get himself something to eat id rather not he assured her 1 I do not think I 1 could eat I 1 only want cant to make sou understand how much I 1 appreciate what 3 ou have done for me and commy trot well be our devoted slaves aloin now on and to M father will run him a close race miss woodburn it was vas mighty fortunate that I 1 remembered that I 1 had to stop for him she che said quietly but I 1 think now that aou ou had better get your dinner at once and then I 1 will run home for mine NN when lien you return hel tone brooked no argument although mr birned much preferred to look 1001 tit nt the picture of her holding hla his sleeping child than to eat shortly after miss woodburn had her elinner dinner mr bainey in dis distress tres tele phoned that tommy had awakened find and was crying hysterically for her would she come and sta a little nibble and got get min him to tale take one more dose of medicine hastily putting on her wraps raps woodburn started foi the taking with nith her nn an old nurse w ho she rhe knew w stay nith w ith tommy foi 01 the night you met me I 1 lie he walled you shant go back to peter ill f ash him halml I 1 abashed but smiling miss woodburn soothed Roo thed the child who clung to her till she assured him over ani and 0 ver over igalo again that she would return in the morning and mrs brown bronn would stay till she came back when mien tommy trot was finally quieted for the night mr bliner insisted on taking miss alsa woodburn home find and it seems that fogt of tile the time anas spent in telling her about his family faintly and his prospects ts as though lie he felt it necessary that she should be thoroughly acquainted with his blog laphy next day lie he made the acquaintance tanco of her father and repeated the story and much more about him elf and tommy trot and as 9 tommy soon learned the way nay to the wood burns ilso also the nt neighbors are wondering whose courtship is the most ardent I 1 mr birness birneys BIr or tommy trots but certain tt it Is that miss grace I 1 N codburn Is to be the new year lady in ill the birney home copyright 1919 by mcclure |