Show q 1 1 WAKING UP GABRIEL by CLARA C HOLMES I 1 n ia by mcclur mcclure newspaper Byal laite miss waman don t be eca sea rt if you hear a noise smart early I 1 ive ve got to wake up gabriel very well miss arville III be on guard thank vou arville smithers was one of man hansett han s ambitious housekeepers and gabriel was stas her brother who badat a it grain of ambition with the brisk sea breeze ss sweeping beeping in at my window I 1 fell asleep it seemed immediately that I 1 awoke with a start and sat upright arville was a waking up gabriel gabriell 1 miss smi sail hers was in the attic where she hid had a hatchway cut t through brough into gabi Gabil lei els s down below ye lir arville groaned gabriel I 1 be ag a gettin up year ye ar arville blame lou old sion bomani tani the tone used told me that arville was as being called an unforgivable name I 1 pitied gabriel my first impulse w u is to slip into a day gown and slip pers and go to see how much gabriel vas in need of first aid but on sec see ond and thought I 1 gave up the idea even if he were not hurt he might whimper and need a great deal of attention in deed if I 1 appeared lately I 1 had ob served dabilet watching me doglike dog like out of the tile corners of ills eyes besides he had be begun gun to call me gently little critter so I 1 pondered a long time until at last I 1 felt I 1 had solved this gabriel site riddle that morning as I 1 quietly ate my breakfast with arville I 1 naively confided that I 1 had left a devoted friend in oakland I 1 also confided that I 1 had no intention of marrying ancone an one yet that I 1 loved my freedom and it would be a difficult matter tor for me to consign myself to an eternal husband and a bungalow full of babbling yo young un g then I 1 started early for the office but to my dismay gabriel nas waiting alting for me by the wayside e he had his ills gun over his ills shoulder and in his ills hand he lie had two big codfish bends beds a peace offering intended for an arvelle tile in I 1 vv as barnel shamed of arville this morning he apologized poor little critter ie se blue oh no thank you arville warned me but ou on been gunning mr knittl eror N iso 0 it lie e sv wind ind bin aint t just right but these will make anilie a delicious delicious chow der 1 I saw susin cartwright yesterday she said she was positively languish in ing for a good coot stew I 1 wish you had bad got a few coots so we e could share them vv with fill I 1 er do i vou ou I 1 now it if I 1 were a man I 1 d 1 I fall in love with susan now what would you fall in love with I 1 er for ft N hy by sl e s sweet voiced and sweet ton tongued ed and sweet faced and sweet tempered tempered sled sl e d make aua an A no 1 sweetheart mr alp the next morning gabriel was wait in ing again his face beamed I 1 ve been gui gut nin I 1 v ve got two coots coo ts I 1 wis wits w is so barnel mad with ar valle that I 1 gave the birds to john john cartwright the lobster dealer later when I 1 met susan she laughed merrily camille you and gabe are coming coining over to dine with us on coot stew like a child I 1 heard the decision she chattered on but at last I 1 mui mal aged to say I 1 have only gay afternoon gowns and I 1 like them you wear something winsome sue I 1 im m too old to indulge she an plaintively you are not to h old I 1 protested dell delighted cited gabriel accepted the inai tation and I 1 I 1 must let him be my escort I 1 had plotted a romance in my own contraption I 1 when our hostess greeted us what a surprise I 1 got I 1 susan wore a copenhagen pen hagen colored silken dress which deepened the color of her blue eyes she had fluffed her hair and due to excitement her pale cheeks were pink suan is was as pretty I 1 had never eaten seabirds before and never never in christendom will I 1 partake again one mouthful made me seasick I 1 was so white susan ob served son ed COM camallo 1110 what is the matter she whispered quietly she slipped away to kielp me home but gabriel followed immedi abely flats the matter with the little critter le 1 e ailed ed arville ptomaine poisoning malignantly declared his ills sister when ullen sue and I 1 had suppressed our merriment I 1 said take gabe home with you and pacify him sue the next evening we sat in arville a 9 living room gabriel was watching the fireplace flames pensively miss wyman arville says jou ou be agoan to marry an oakland feller when you get ready to do house housework and his voice faltered but I 1 knew that arville had repeated the whole story perhaps I 1 laughed rin guin to work tomorrow im I 1 m goin to help john in his lobster busl bust ness between us susan and I 1 had waked up gabriel |