Show r P T HT 10 1 MT T T r T ITT illja kaiona two TM jik I 1 lly sy it 11 LIA ELEANOR lIE ANOIl AN M by iho authors publish n co I 1 ay laa all day the clouds cloud i hung low and heavy as though reluctant to yield beld their precious contents conten tg to the dusty sun parched earth but at last unable to contain them sele hurst burst with furious splash against the tile ih window idoN panes bobb was obliged to forego the wild indian fitl fight lit ia in which ho he had been engist d on oil the lawn and was consigned to the nursery with ills its mothers last injunction to bo be as quiet as poal post ble u so that he lie would not disturb eugenia quiet games to bobbie meant build ing in block houses ami anti in obedience to his mothers advice he lie placed at erecting a mighty toner of f babel but butas as in ancient days long cie his tower had bad reached its brojer height down came the work norh of patient little hands and the tile black c ci winked d very fast to keep back the eor eer ready tears oh dear iso 0 so o bcd of bulldis bull bill din idill towers I 1 wish sister genie nant bick sick cause even if she I 1 Is tip she allus plays bif me when the ay sky iy makes rain tho the pathetic little JA f 0 flip MF 01 J down st came the tile wor et patient I 1 t tie hands wah was eau caught ht by ca cars rs n as s aiho passed tho nur nurbert berv it f r bel sald she it 1 i I rma ima i ma Is li to go t 0 o awa tor agn h it r would 1 I 1 tf i ho in gea adma anti pit ht uell mamma get 1 i ln ir N anta anything iou 03 ein rl j g ti lk I 1 mi ilia aa do you 0 he balda clapped lor if there was anything on earth that bobbie loved to do it was to ephe himself useful the tiny feet airey fairly airly lew flew up the stairs tiny knuckles appel en the door which led into his sistar s sleeping t apartments come said salt a faint voice from within as the 6 ck ok girl tinned her 03 es toward the door why baby dear what N lint are vou ou doing upshere tip up cheref sister head aches dreadfully and she chasn t slept for ever so long but she elie Is goin to try and do so now give ghe her a pretty kiss and then run down to the nursery but ut mommy said said sald 1 might e our muse quivered the led 11 and anti again the w inks came very cry 1 0 but in fil spite of his brave little effort two to great ft briny tears trickled led down the chubby cheeks ch eels there never mind darling you may stay and bathe sisters head can you pour four some water from the pitcher on oil the stand into that little glass bowl the nater was poured not without an effort t but never a drop was spilled then the little nurse immersed to tino dimpled dim hands into the icy bowl struggling 1 hard to stifle the quick catching catchin 9 of his lits breath at the and ten brown fingers smoothed lovingly the snowy brow of his beloved genie fhe rho touch of the soft cool baby hands was nas soothing th the temples throbbed loss violently and the fever mi vh eves ees grew M rm less bright fl then drawing 1 alln t tho c closely cropped head down upon the beside her eugenia aid said that will do to dearie dearle I 1 will be all right the doctor comes conics I 1 feel u aa though I 1 could go to sleep now 1 you mean doctor jack genie Gen le but there was no reply to his question for the girlish face lay back peacefully Klace fully against the snowy pillow the lashes quivered lightly then lay 11 uron the fever flushed cheeks for awhile the shorn head hend rested near coble one then he lie heard her murmur something om eom ething in her bar sleep which sounded pounded like jack and in childish innocenc neo h lie believed bel leed thise to be an answer to his query he ife puckered his fl tiny T fore forehead licad trying to think all what jt 1 lf 10 had bad better do to next net the rain bad now ceased to pour p 0 ur and through a rift in the clouds the in hind h t do n the tearstained tear stained arth th A bright idea flashed through uril bb 3 brain if as nil she had aid said she he be bc all right when the du doc tor came cime why then he should como come right away mother hail had said he might be her nurse it the tho nurses right to go for the doctor down the stairs sped bobble and out into the sunshine course he knew where dr frank lived jack taken him home once when he had been to see genie that was nias a long time ago but he the sturdy legs carried him quickly over the few squares which lay lity between his home and dr john may nards bards yes e it was that big stone house with the side entrance and the shingle ID flashing its golden letters in the sunshine up the steps went the nurse and barring all ceremony burst out in his clear childish treble oh dr jack ise bobble and genie h N so sick most dead I 1 finks an she wants you to make her welt she said jack jack she did an I 1 put ice tee water on her but bitt at this point the doctor very rudely cut short the explanation with i ith come come my little man were off foi genie in spite of all his efforts four earold bobbie bobble could not for any distance keep up m with ith the rapid strides of dr maynard who seemed to fairly fly so little by little he tic dropped to the rear and dr jack thoughtful only of h his is patk patie nc rif forgot L the child in nib anxiety to her what if she were dying perhaps dead by this time timo ho he had reached his destination the door stood ajar as bobble in eager haste had left it and to dr maynard it seemed as though the house was de tried walking directly in in a professional fess ess ional manner he encountered a servant in the hallway hallwa if she was surprised at seeing him there she was too well trained to manifest it and without questioning t his hig mission showed him up tip to buet eugenia arila i room quietly he lie pulled up a chair and seated himself by the bod iside taking tic V 1 I let us not refer to the past again one slender band hand in both his large ones and watched the flutter of the muslin over the faintly beating heart she stirred uneasily in her sleep steel and almost inaudibly from her parched lips ho he heard the word jack yes my darling jack is here wake up and tell him you are glad he has come comel slowly tho the heavy lids rolled back from the tired eieg and as they rest fo ed on the tile face a peaceful smile lit up her countenance driving from it all traces of nf pain as mists are driven drien before the min oh jack boti on here liere I 1 have wanted to toll tell you so often that it was mas all roy fault and and that I 1 am sorry I 1 breur dreamed ned just now that you ou had for given me and that ou loved me again god knows how much fervently whispered dr jack as he bent to press hn to her f forehead foie 0 I 1 head but ou roust must not talk dear let Us not r refer e for to the past again hows tho the moorhead poor poo head aching much St strange rangel I 1 had not heard aou ou were ill III until bob bie ble came for me bobble faintly crepet repeated t e d vuie eni a questioningly upon which followed yr a nil till account of that young ta aa locked ings cheze Is he now sure enough where was inas he tic in anxiety over his patient and aft at ards in the joy of knowing 1 I chath a tea gure had been restored tu hira doctor had never once thou thought boff oh little messenger but at tut tho t very stant came caine floating up tip from the dri way the tile sobbing of a child 6 with a firm reprimanding oice joice out of the carriage st sapped aped M vaughn and I 1 master bobbi thel the iter with little mud depatt be patt spatt KI it d 5 and crying lustily now at the tile top his healthy lun lungs gs with a tender caress dr left eugenia and hastened b loa j ter a few hasty words of awana c planar wana to mrs vaughn which calai forta smile aiom the tired over mother bobbie bobble much to hi bi u sur was hulled hutted by a strong arm u up dr jacks shoulder and carried triumph to the invalid with all allt t wisdom of his four bommera sun imers ba bof failed to comprehend wh slip she kiss away his tears when he had bad b naughty and gunned off on or iab abi I 1 jack jaeb called him a biao biano latt ma o 0 and gave him all for his i cry on 01 a bri bright ta lit round silver dollar |