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i THE EVENING STORY I
Lonely Street,
ELSIE RANDALL, hanging up
tea towels on the hack porch,
caught the eye of Mrs Warner,
who was standing at the win
dow of her own house, and nod'
ded prettily. Without showing any
response the regal white-haired wom
an hecaine attentive to a bowl of gold
fish. At the same moment Sophie's
kitten scampered up the lilac tree in
dire panic harely escaping Miss
Brent's Shiperke that was In hot pur
suit. Elsie dashed to the rescue of
poor frightened Teddy When site had
forcibly extracted him from the Iniueh
he clung to her instead, a shuddering
bum It <>f fur'
"You are a mean little dog to chase
■ helpless kitten not a third as big
as yourself." said Elsie to the Ship*
erke Then site saw Miss Brent strid
ing across the lawn, leash in hand
Miss Brent posed as a sportswoman.
She wore severely tailored clothes and
had an unyielding tread.
"Good morning!" she said, coldly
eyeing the fair-haired and daintily
frockcd Elsie. “I am sorry that
Beauty lias a perfect antipathy for
Pats " The way she said <at*’ The
way .-he collared Beauty and led him
away from Upgrading proximity to
felines Elsie’s soft eves were very
bright as she carried Teddy in to his
mistress.
Poor Sophie was, as usual, lying upon
the davenport in the living room. She
held out her weak arm for the kitten.
Her eyes, hlue and soft like Elsie's, un
derstood the took on the younger sis
ter s face. "Some more unneighborli
uess'.’" she questioned.
Elsie smiled bravely. "Well, we
don't seem to be getting accepted very
fast." she said. "It’s perplexing, real
jy. You’re a very nice person, niv
Fophie. And. though 1 say it as
Shouldn't, so am l. Can t imagine
Whit s the trouble, can you?'
• Os course 1 don't matter for l am
sh k " sighed Sophie. “But you are
Wholesomely healthy. Funny you
can't make anybody see how worth
while you are. Must lie a lot of rtass
Ignorance here on Lonely street be
cause of our experience."
In reality it was named Locust
•treet; all the blue-lettered on-cream
background signs said so. It was al
together a delightful residence section,
with the small white house of the
Kendall sisters tucked in among the
larger rouses. ; -
Elsie had found that small white
house byway of an advertisement.
Sonhie needed country air and quiet.
There had been an anxious search
through the papers and then —success
Three days later they found them
selves at home in a comfortably fur
niched dwelling for which a very rea
sonable rent was exacted by a con
siderate agent. "Now we are going
to be happy!" Elsie had cried. But
they were not happy Sophie fussed
shout the attitude of their neighbors
snd that held her back. She had
said when she saw the location: 'On.
Elsie, darling! Look at all these
charming houses. Now we shall have
some real neighbors." But the neigh*
bo’s refused to neighbor.
Yet even though Miss Brent and
Mrs. Warner had given Elsie the cold
shoulder there was still young Mrs.
Page. Mrs, Page had a dear little
Bov Blue of a son and it -'Was through
Robert ‘that Elsie hoped to win his
mother- She had away with children
Snd when one day she saw Robert re
raiding her with.'signs' of friendship
•in his handsome eyes she swiftly re
sponded. Within T> minutes he was
helping her plant daffodil bulbs while
sho explained to him that each plain
browh ball held imprisoned within it a
beautiful.. golden fairy to which next
Bpririg' the rain and sunshine would
bring, release. The kneeling Elsie in
her Wue f«ock and White sweater and
the stooping Robert had reached that
point of intimacy where he had begun
to lose his timidity- when both were
recalled by the sharp voice of Julia
Mrs. Page’s young maid. Julia dashed
forward? seised Robert by the hand
snd dragged him away, scolding audi
bly: "Yeur mother will do something
terrible'to'you for running away. Do
you wsant- wie-td-teU her when she
gets home from her bridge part'*. She
to’-l you not to go over there There’s
po'-ndv nice there foi; you' to play
»•)“’ "
"There’s Miss Elsie! And she is.
too. nice! And she's got a kitten!"
Sh-nUed the half-sobbing child
There was no flarti in Elsie's eyes
•s she heard this, only a pained look,
which was presently drowned bv hot
tears. Then she saw Sophie watch
ing her wistfully from the window and
she laughed. But even asshe laughed
ehe said to herself: “I’m all through.
I shall make no more overtuies No
matter —”—her lips tightened—"what
happens to any one of them I am
all—through."
That afternoon she began to study
the papers for another advertisement.
Probably they should never again find
a home that suited t£em like this
one. hut for all that they were going
to move to anbther place
‘ I've found .it"’ she" cried gayly.
"Sophie, listen' ”FdY Sale or to rent,
pretty cottage of six rooms, fireplace,
garden, elms. fine neighborhood.
Owner going abroad for extensive
stay. Inquire on premises of Mrs.
Sturgis Lilacway, Winkle.' Winkle'
What a 'delicious name. Can't you
picture it. Sophie? Elm trees, garden
»nd neighbors, Sophie "
Sophie did not brighten. "But I
like it here," she said. “Still—per
haps you had better write to Mrs.
Bturgis." ......
With a determined air, Elsie sat
down at her desk. She dipped her
pen, wrote two lines, was considering
a third when she was startled by the
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i . 1361 H Street N. E.
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unannounced entrance Into the room
of a wild-eyed white-lipped woman
' who looked so unlike the gay Mrs.
■ Page that just for an instant neither
sister recognized her
"Come, quick" gasped this ago
* til zed creature 'Robert dying ’’
' Elsie sprang from her chair She
outstripped Mrs Page in her Might
She dashed Into the Page house and
1 found Roliert. Into her arms she
1 caught the rigid contorted shape of i
1 the child, snapping out commands to |
the terrified mother. It was amazing |
how swiftly, how efficiently, she j
1 worked Stimulant for the tailoring
' heart, hot water for the rigid nuts- j
cles. an enema of oil “He’s been eat j
‘ Ing something he shouldn't.' she diag
j nosed
I “That Julia - he's lieen having
trouble with his stomach —I told Itei
to he careful—l was at a bridge j
luncheon—out doctor is out of town
I couldn’t think of anybody to call
upon—then I saw you sitting at the j
window writing ” Thus incoher- j
entiy Mrs Page
“He's coming nicely now. There
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will not be another," Elsie smiled intoj
Robert's tired but normal eyes.
“You are nice. 1 like you," he whls- j
pered. I
“\Ve are very grateful," quavered :
his mother. "I'll be more careful In |
the future. Suppose suppose 1
hadn't come home just as I did?’
Julia, who had been away on an s
errand, entered But after all. Julja
could not be blamed too much.
ert had insisted upon having some of
the leftover salad. , !
At the door, as Elsie was leaving {
Mrs Page said timidly: "Can t we be |
"I aril sure," Elsie replied smiling j
"that it is no fault of mine that we
i haven't been friends before." i
Mrs. Page flushed painfully. It b
all on account of that horrid woman
i who lived in your bouse before you
' shP was—dreadful. I suppose we got
1 into the (habit <f shunning."
! “You might hove seen that Sophh
-nd t were different." Elsie sold But ,
she went home and tore up the lettei i
she had begun to write. Sophie Imme
diatelv brightened.
From that day the sisters received
all the neighborliness they craved
Regal Mrs Warner came with offer
! fugs for Sophie, Miss Brent brought j
a friend to call. Mrs. Paso made Elsie j
a get-acquainted tea. It was aniaz '
! inf how everybody liked the %Iris once
j they knew them.
I ’Tve wondered about the way you
| tandled Robert when he had that con
! vision.” Mrs Page said to Elsie.
| *Ho%v did you know what to do?"
"I »m a trained nurse." answered
I -'.lsle.
I “A trained nurse?"
' "Yes—for four years under Dr. John
, ‘"oreat. He i* my uncle. When So
•hie fell sick from overwork Uncle
I 'ohn ordered me to bring her to the
' ountry. and look after her until she
I vas well. Sophie had a difficult posi
i ions ehe Is associate editor of the
j vVoman’a Guide " She paused for
Mrs Page had made an exclamation
if surprise. The Woman’s Guide as
•‘lisle knew, was a household god on
Lonely street, Sophie under her
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pen name had given advice even to
,Vlrs. Page herself.
THE END.
fCoovrtzht 1W27.1
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Moncure Burke to Lecture.
Moncure Burke, author of "Notes
on Practice in the Court of Appeals,”
wU« g’ve a special lecture at 8:30
o'clock tonight at Lawyers’ School,
1510 H street, on “The Practice in
the Court of Appeals." Mr. Burke is
the assistant clerk in the Court of
Appeals of the District of Columbia.
Glass which catches the bpam from
■a motorist's headlight at an angle
and throws hack the light is being
used for traffic stop and caution signs
SCHOOL JAM RELIEVED
AS 3 PORTABLES OPEIi
Temporary Structures at Grant
Road Site Have Accomoda
tions for Many Pupils.
With the opening yesterday mornipg
of three portable school buildings at
the Grant road site, one block west of
Connecticut avenue and Davenpoit
street, the severe overcrowding eondi
lions existing for the past two years
In the E. V. Brown and the Janney
Tenley Schools will be somewhat re
lieved.
The temporary structures have ac
commodatlons f-<r 120 pupils to be
cared for in one first grade, one second
grade and a combination third and
fourth year class of the elementary
schedule. Miss Given, principal
of the E.*V. Brown School, will have
charge of the portable group, and most
of the* recruited students will be
drawn from that building.
In addition to relief of the student
crowding condition, the opening of the
new portables will make school attend
ance less of a burden on the pupils
who will attend those classes Here
tofore. most of that group of chidren
have been obliged to walk from 10 to
15 blocks to reach the Brown School,
and in Winter weather this has been
a hardship. The portables' enrollment,
therefore, will draw chiefly upon the
children in their immediate neighbor
hood.
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