| Show HIS NEIGHBOR by JACK LAWTON LAVTON Coty cotwright right 1019 by Sew sp piper aper union lolon peter ieter arose in ill annoyance and glanced through ills study will window dow the worst arst lint had undoubtedly happened Tona tenants lits were ero moving lute tile tho unoccupied house next door kind and tho the undisturbed cubed quiet or of tit the place lie ho lind had real rented fur for the lie suni nier would mould bo be ruthlessly ruth lessl broken for oven even us its tie he watched three small buys raced down the alle path to tile the old house door better to ti have pursued tile tho writing of ills coming book in ili ills his city apartment lio lie thought lie find been able to tie nc lil lillibell liell in the isolation of the lie county country but with ith screaming children just biond beyond the boundary bound nry of the garden fence peter pete scowled darkly and seat for ills his housekeeper who lie asked tire ore tile people next door the agent fissured tile 1110 that tho the old house would mould not be rented it aint rented martha told him tile the tidy who lio owns ons tle lie place tins lias como come out feu tho the sui su niner iler her folks folka used to lle live there ethcie theys herself nn all tier her three boys bos un till till nn old black wom mom tin n cook the black woman wont talk martha added scornfully grants gi ants it t one asks her it question peter thought that lie le had never seen such scicli hoti homely iely children with alth wide ado grinning and small shrewd eyes after it n repetition offlie of the hull hall stor I 1 iii maralia crossed to tile alio old house door being met with alth it fusillade of small stones on oil lier her way ay when she bho returned soon after to the study stud lier her angry had in mysteriously vanished 1 I asked the black oinna if I 1 could see sec her inis inishus sus martha said till nn she lie sent tile ino out to the garden where tile the fitly lay a tit in her linin hammock mock an ali when han I 1 told her about your book un tin how you iou illusto hie quiet buleti she wits aa alint sorry coir about the chil childrens drent I 1 ivill try to heep theta away from aidt that side of the house she says sais but I 1 cant promise proui lse they wont mind tile ine nt at nil all but lien inter peter nw aw the bentli of ills favorite hollyhocks holli bolly hocks assaulted with well vell aimed lie he litin himself Relf went ent to the garden fence till ami called to the lady ladi in her hammock distressed lie she i came toward him and peter drew die back lit hi before lier her tT isome fall ness with such midi homely of young oung sons oil one would donld hardly bardl have hae supposed you see oc lie sold bald lit in a more civil tone than lie lind had intended to use list my ruined clowers ll im so sorry lils ills neighbor said iler ties eyes were tragic iw its they its ills git giordon rilen 1 I have tried to punish tile the Sh children ildren difre rent ways nys if I 1 I 1 lock the boys bos tu tit it a toom it medely makes thein more moie spirited alien they colne out if they nie are obliged to go without breakfast they ent eat twice as lucli nt fit dinner so Nv aliu lit can call otto one dov do you iou lie he asked doubt doubtfully runy get your colored woman to clin chastise stise then them 1 I tried tiled the little lady hidy answered doni urel but slie site says miia that site sho hired for that sort of thing abing suddenly her face brightened ill tell you I 1 site she exclaimed 1 I will tako take ruy luy boys bois dwity picnicking tomorrow and li i neighbor was MIS ns as rood good ns as her word peter witching watching aroln ills andow window ln dow arx the lie throe three merrily depart the helpless young oung mother wits thiis much in peters mind hillid that lay ably and provokingly site she could not ile be from ills his thoughts and ilien hen litter inter lie walked with his pipe through tit alio tilo moonlit otilit garden she ache herself came unit spoke to him across the dividing fence ro morro she said wen wearily rily 1 I wilf ii take them antny cugnin Is your book progressing ssang mr craythorne arni it wits s late when lian peter finis lied an unus util concerning ills his and went wt into the house net morning when han ills his neighbor and her t inen mentors tors were whirled away acy lit in tin an peters eyes grew troubled its a bennied shame I 1 lie muttered amt slie she lias to go dering about with ith that trio for my sake ills IHs sake I 1 Ilet peters vils baal bachelor ilar heart trembled it ans ns for ill ills sake kike that she ww ans doing this of course und and she lie was a peter feared d 4 so ninny had find openly endeavored to benr ills name and tills this in who so interested hini it d widow aldott with alth three invincible lintot of hosl boys I 1 dismayed DIs innel at future possibilities peter determined to nil avold even een the proximity of the garden gaeden fence Il please else ailed a voice olce throng it thil study window nt twilight vili you come over sir mr craythorne tile the dill dren wont go to be bed if you ou could help tile ine to wel pet tile the biggest boy into lil ht s room rrt ra lock tile door peter turned to look into the lie appena ing ag fuce face neighbor and im fin Z going ang to take UK the boys back where hero tiley they belong she added perplexedly 1 I thought I 1 was doing a rood good work giving three biddles n fresh air suin iner but tile the little lady indy 1 11 I believe she said they actually like the slums best peter was standing nt at her side in the lie garden do you know lie asked irrelevantly that I 1 have never heard your na 1 n ills hla neighbor smiled 1 I nm am llda lida warren she sald said 11 alls warren of settlement work peter craythorne Cray looking down into the little ladys face laughed happily now lead me he be said to the refractory frac tory fresh air child |
