Show I T ThE E LT T TUT filA T fA lE By 11 RUDYARD Author of or Mine Own TD r People The I rU HIck liim Plain laiD Talc Tale from frem b Soldier e E B Etc I c. c I i There s nothing to bo bO- bO sot got of or in In- In I tc with him Liza ho said Alt Alf you go along Into tho the street to play pla When ho lie lant isn't crossed lies he's as ns kindly as kind but when hes he's crossed h hes he's the tue devil and ant all Wo We took too many mall little things out of ot his rooms since h lu ii was blind to b bA that particular about I what ho does They aln aint no objects ti to to toa a T. bUnd blind man of ot course but If It It was nat to Lo come Into Inlo court wed we'd got set the sack Yes I did Intro introduce luc him to lo that girl because Im I'm a man myself Much too feolin Mrs 1 Beaton slapped I PP the tho muffins into tho the dish and thought ht of nf comely comel housemaids long IonS since dismissed on suspicion I 1 aint ashamed of ot It and It isn't for forus forus I us to Ju Judge go him hard so long loner as be lie I pays jays quiet and regular ro as ns ho do o. o I I know enow how to manago manage young gentlemen you know how to cook cool for tor g them and what whit I says Is let Jet each tick Stick to lu lila own business and then there wont won't be tie beany i any trouble Take Tako them muffins down I Liza and bo be sure you OU have no words words' with Ith that young oun woman His Ills lot Jot Is Is' Is cruel hard har 1 and amI It if hos ho's crossed he do I swear worse than anyone Ive I've over o lr served I a little better fai said ait I Bessie sitting slUing down do to the tho tea You needn't I wait walt th thank you Mrs l Beetou I 1 had no intention of doing doing- such I 1 Ido Ido I I do assure you Dessle Bessie made mado no answer r whatever I This she Aho know knew was vas tho way in which j II real ladles ladies routed their foes foos nn and when I Iono one ono is a barmaid at a a. first class I lie lio house ono one mil may become a a. real la lad lady at ten minutes minutes' notice Her eyes tell foil on D Dick ck opposite h her herand herand r and she ho was both shocked and dis- dis s pleased There Thero were droppings 8 of to food nil all down th tho nt nf hi hie hI tont nn t fi flirt th I mouth mouth under thc the r ragged gs r ill grown beard droo drooped d sullenly the forehead was Vas lined and contracted an and on the lean Jean temples the tho hair was a dusty In indeterminate In- In determinate color that might or might not have been called caned gra gray graj The Tile utter misery and self abandonment of at the thenan I nan man appealed to her an and 1 at the biL- biL torn tom om of or her heart lay tho the wicked feeing feeling feel feel- inG ng that he was humbled nn and brought low lov ow who ha had once humbled humble her i Oh it Is good to hear you OU moving about said Dick rubbing his hands i rell Tell u ui j all nil about your bar successes I Bessie on and the way you yon live lire now Never mind that Im I'm quite respectable respectable respect respect- able as you'd sec see by looking at mo inc You dont don't seem to live too we well if What made you ou go SO blind that sudden Why int there anyone to look after aCter you you Dick Dickas was as too thankful for the sound of ot her voice to resent the tho tone of it it I was cut across the head a lon long time Imo ago and that ruined my eyes I dont don't suppose anybody thinks it worth worthwhile worthwhile while to look after me any more Why should they they the and Mr Ir Dee Beeton ton really loc does everything I want Dont you know any gentlemen and ladles ladies then while you OU was well was well A few but I dont don't caro to have havo them looking at atme me me meI I I suppose tl that's nt's why youve you've grown a bear beard Take it oft off it Jt dont don't become you ou Good gracious child do 10 you Imagine that I think of ot what becomes me mo these lays days You ought Got Get that taken taleen o ort off bc- bc I tore ore I come hero again I suppose I Ican Ican I can come cant can't I Id be bo only too grateful to you if you did I dont don't think I treated you jou vor rory sery well In tn the old days I used to tu tomake tomake make you OU angry Very angry angi y j you ou did Im sorry for tor it then Come Como and see seo me when you OU can and as often orten as you OU can God knows s there thoro isn't a 3 sou soul in the tue world to lo take that trouble except you an and Mr 1 Becton Beeton I A lot of oC trouble be hes he's taking and she sho too This with a toss of ot her head hea I let you do anyhow nn and they lavent haven't done dono anything for tor you ou Ive I've to look to see that much Ill I'll como come ind IUd Ill I'll Ille e glad to come but you must I go and bo tic sha and you must pet get somo some other clothes these clothes those ones arent aren't nt fit It to bo be seen scon I have ha heaps somewhere he suid said I helplessly I I 1 know you ou have havo T ll Ir Beeton Deeton to give you ou a suit now and Ill I'll brush it I and keep it clean You may be as blind as a door barn Mr 1 but hut It i doesn't excuse you looking like Jlko a sweep I Do I look like a sweep then Oh Im I'm sorry for tor you j Im I'm that sorry for you she sho cried impulsively and took Dicks Dick's hands Mechanically l he le lowered his head as ns If It to kiss she kiss sho was th 3 only woman who hmo had taken pity on him and ho he was not too proud for tor a little pity now She stood up UI to go o. o 0 o that kind till you ou look more like liko a IL gentleman Its It's quite Quito easy ens- when whon you get gel shaved and some Borne clothes Ho Ito could hear her drawing on her gloves and roso to say good rood Sho She passed behind him kissed hIm him au audaciously audaciously ort orl tho the back of oC me neck and ran away as swiftly a as on tho tim day dav when she sIte ha had destroyed ed tho tile To To think of oC me kissing Mr Heldar she he said to herself after atter all aU hes he's dono done donolo donoto to lo mo me anti and all all' Well Im I'm sorry for Cor him nn and 1 If It ho was shaved he ho wouldn't be BO so bad to look at but Oh them Beeton how shameful they've treated him i I know Beeton's wearing his hia shirts on his back bade today just as well as if Id I'd aired t. alred-t. U. U Tomorrow Ill I'll see sec I wonder vonder if IC ho has much of oC his own It might be bo worth more than the bar barI bar bar- I woul wouldn't nt have to do any work work and and Ju just t as respectable if It no one ono know knew Dick was not nol grateful to Bessie Dessle for tor her hei parting gift H He lie was wan acutely conscious conscious conscious con con- of It in tho the nape of ot his neck throughout tIle the night but It seemed amon among very ory man many other things to en enforce enforce en- en force the tile wisdom of getting shaved Ho lie was shaved sha accordingly h In the morning and felt the better for IL ii A A. Afresh fresh suit of or clothes white linen and the tho knowledge e that some one ono in the tho world said that she took toole an em interest In his personal appearance made mado him cany himself almost upright for tor the tile brain yas as relieved for tor a while from rein thinking of oC under other circumstances might ht have given biven that kiss and antI a million others Let us consider paid aid he after lunch The girl Irl cant can't cave o and Its It's a n. up toss-up whether she comes again or not but if It money lOoney can buy her hor berth to to look after me she shall bo be bought Nobody else In the world would take tako the trouble and I I can make mako It worth her nor while She's a n child of ot me tOe gutter holdIng holdIng holding hold- hold Ing brevet rank ranle as a b barmaid so o she shall have everything she sho wants It if shell she'll only come and talk and look Jook after me Ho He rubbed his shorn newly chin an and began to perplex himself with the thought ht of oC her not nol coming I r suppose suppose suppose sup sup- sup sup- pose I did ld look rather a sweep he went on I 1 had no imo r reason ason to look otherwise I knew things timings dropped on my clothes but It lt didn't matt matter t. t r. r It would woul be bo cruel if tr she sho didn't come She must Malsie l came once and anti that was waa enough for tor her She was Quito quite rl rIght ht I She had something to work for tor This creature has only handles beer to pull Unless she has deluded some young joung man into keeping keening company with h her r Pane Fanc Fancy being cheated for tor or the sake of or a counter jumper Were We're falling pretty low I Something cried aloud within him hull hull- This will ill hurt more moro than anything that has gone before It will recall ansi and remind and be suggest t and tantalize and andIn andIn andin in the tho end drive you ou madI madI madI mad I know It I know It It Dick cried clenching his Ills hands despairingly but good heavens heavens' Is a 0 poor blind beg beggar ar I never lIever to get anything thing out of his lila 11 life I except three meals mettle a n day da and a greasy waistcoat I wish shed she'd come Early Burly In th the afternoon time she came because thero them was no young oun man In her hor life Ufe Just juet then and sin she thought of ot material ma ma- advantages wh which would allow allo h her r to bo be idle for tor the rest of oC her daysI days das I shouldn't have hae known you she sho said Raid approvingly You look as you OU used to look look look-a a gentleman that was prou proud of ot himself Dont you think I another kiss sal said aia Dic Dick Hushing a little Maybe but Maybe but you ou wont won't got get ot it yet ct Sit down and lets let's see seo what I can enn do dotor for tor you ou Im I'm certain sure Mr Ur Dc ton cheats clients you now that you can cant can't t KO JO through the housekeeping books bools every ery I month Isn't that true botter battel come and I for tor me ins then B Ilessie s le do It In th e chambers chambers- you ou know that n as well us as I no j Continued Morn Morn-Luff |