The Brussels Post, 1942-11-11, Page 2Heart a, if Gold
,7ttwti'y a1 Moore
Jean locked at them in dismaY.
Sontetlting meet be done, and et
once, tor there seeme=d to be every
tear that the two childreu would end
by leiviete ronvulatons.
e'en. sat down on a chair in the
Middle of the room, midway between
the vvu cots. and clapPed her hands
loudly to a:ttraot attention.
In the ,Fame way that they had
begun crying together, the twins
stamped on the same second, but they
kept their mouths open as though in
l'eadinc,s tor a fresh outburst. -
So far, so good, but Jean telt- that
having succeeded in attract:Ws their
attention, sire must ieow enaleavOltr
to retain it, for they looped moaners.
tartly ready to begin crying again.
"You," she said, pointing to the
little girl, who so far as Jean could
Judge, aPpeaded to he about tour
old, "opened your mouth
wider, and you," and she turned to
the little hay, "made more noise,
leave off
yene e
but oppose now both
grying and tell ,rte what's the
,
matter."
For a minute or two the matter
our the
n then e of
Iae C
bun in the balance, g
twine smiled ,and the other im•
immediately followed suit.
" explained t
a a e
n e 1
"We're ]ort P
"Wee y,
gr
small boy, mei i Ms terirt Dieter cone
domed the statement by addtrO;
:':larlfully hungry."
Jean smiled winningly upon them,
and the 'battle was won. There was
no further fear now that they would
lapse into tears again.
"That's bad," she said. "What can
we do about it?"
"Mummy said she wouldn't be
long," explained the boy, "but she's
been gore oh. hours and houvs and
hours."
,Ills twin nodded solemnly, and
added. another "and hours." on her
owns account,
'Where has you mabher gone,"
enquired Jean.
With one voice the twine replied --
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Ira's gone to see auntie,"
The little girl added by way of
eeplaua>1on—
' Aun'tie's 111."
'lee Loy. however, was more Con
ce'reed with the state of his own
appetite than with that of his aunt's
health,
"I am eo huugrY," he announced
piteously,
.me smell sister repeated with a
solemn shake of her head—
"DeefPn'lly hungry,"
Jean mude up' to mind that by
some nrenos os an=ther este must ob-
tain foots for these two children.
She pushed back the chair on
which she had seated herself when
she entered the room, azul held out a
hand to each of the children.
"Let's go downstate', and see if
Ice can't find something to eat,' she
suggested cheerfully.
'Phe two children, however, merely
clung to the rails of their cots and
shook their heads solenn unison.n.
i t bed tilt
""Mummy told us to stay n
she came back," they announced
firmly.
the Jean at once saw reasonable-
nese of the protest,
"Them of s
conn e. you'll have
to
stop there," she • conceded. "But
never mind. I'll go downstairs and
see if 1 eau fined some food."
,She groped her way down the
d.arlt staliroase and was Just wonder-
ing how she was going to find the
kitchen light when she rementfiered
that site had a box of matches is her
hand -bag.
By the aid of these she found and
lit the kitchen, gas and then looked
round her in. search of food.
The plaice, as the stationmaster
had promised her, Wats clean enough,
but Jean thought she had never
seen a greater muddle.
Things seemed to be everywhere
except in their 'proper places'. A
garden fork, a pair of pruinig shears
and a make decorated the kitchen
table: a roekin;-horee steed in front
of the boiler, and a battered doll
peeped out of the coal box, while a
bread boartanel a. milk Jug occupied
the gas stove.
Jean fell upon these last two with
joy., as they gave promise of Sus-
tenance for the two hungry little
things upetaits.
With, some diittl:ulty she unearthed
a sanoepan, not, as .owe might have
expected, on the saucepan shelf. but
hidden away under the copper. While
the milk was heating on the gas
stove—the fire in the boiler had
evidently been out some time—•
Jeouc broke some bread up into two
bowls, and hunted round for a couple
of spoons.
1'he kitchen drawer, where she
would have expected to find there,
proved to be full of picture books,
and packets of garden seeds, but, at
last, she caught sight of some -Spoons
sticking out of the plate rack.
The two children ate the bread and
folk ravenously. and they had just
finished it when Jeans heard the
front dolor open, then close again.
With 'a little thrill of clismay she
realised that in: another minute she
would have to face the owner of the
lionise, and explain why she, a com-
plete stranger, had had the effontery
to enter a atranige hau5e, go and
forage in the iti'tichen, stud prepare
a mesal for someone else's children,
• Then the memory of how the
t'hildren had been crying when she
fleet heard them, and the edger way
in; which they had received the bread
and milk came lwalek to her, and she
lost all, feeling of .embarrassment in
a wave of anger egauiet the woman
who could go met and leave two
children for flours without an:y food.
Weary footsteps carne stumbling
up the stairs and the next minute
the door had opened and a woman
.stood on the threshold. a woman
letose fame Jean thought was the
tiretlest and most hopeless she had
ever seers.
The newcomer loafed ,at ,Tean with
a sort of cd'espai'rinlg aatprilse, het she
mode no protest against her presence
there,
Jean tell; that however much this
wdntan haat uiegleetecl-leer children,
she owed her 5001e sort of spologY..
eiih'aid," she began, and much
of het' 'angel' had melted at the sight
of the wonttls'g wesry Leee," that I
am tt eePassinlg, but 1 oant ehpla'in
everything tC! you."
"cI wee wotntlerinp what Yoti wars
doing here," The ==Juan'a voice was
timed as lier face, hitt filen eyed nb
reisen*memt, Thee .she caught sight
Of the 91W0 e1nllty Imetal and mita
Pt B4- e 7-064:1,C4CO
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bowie.
"Have you given the children some
supper " she asked eagerly.
Jen madded.
lea. 1 thought you wouldn't
min=i, they weaned eo very hungry,
so I went down to (11.0 kitchen and
foraged round fur some food for
them."
"Mind!" echoed the woman, and
her hopeless feee was for a moment
lighted up by a smile, which showed
that site had .mice been very good-
looking, "Of course I don't mind,
Pm only so thankful that somebody
was here to Iook after them,"
"You've been a, dreffully long
time," put in the boy twill accus-
ingly.
"I knew, darling," Ill mother
leant aver the cot, took the empty
bowl from his reheetant stands and
leased him. 'Tut T couldn't help it.
You see, auntie wasn't so well to-
day, and 1 had to stop with her
longer than, usual,"
She tucked him thee his cot, tisett
slid the came to his sister, and Jean
decided that however much appear-
ance night be ,againtet r, here was
no neglectful :Iter.
1 ml 0
"Now broth of you go to sleep as
quickly as ever you can, said Mrs,
Roberts,putting up
her hand
to
lower the gats
,leans sense of -embarrassment
once inure retuned, The very fact
that Mrs. Roberts aoceptetl hes'
presence there very much as a
matter of course made her feel a
terrible intruder.
cL xiii,USSE.LS LOST
• t ii<ot I Wet that L have
explained things to you;' she
apuloge tieally
stns returned
Rebore; absently. 'Bet's go
all
said
Mrs.
(lows
stairs and you can tell ase why you
(WWI wane to talk ue
he range we shall disturb the
hildrt'n,"
The etsirc'ase was, Less dark now
it bed been when Joan went
'Awl: it br1ore, because Mrs. Roberts
had ligated the gas 111 the ball, end
:t threw a failnt illuaniatetlon up-
ward,.
Mrs. Roberts led the way to the
kitchen. She looked vaguely • round
h'n, thea.swept two rag dolls and a
broken reootel' off one of the chairs.
"W'on't you sit dawn," site invited
Jean,
.Tease• took the proffered chair and
thea' explained exactly wtliy she
was Pound hi Upton Ilouse, at all,
"Yong say you want to spend the
night stere?" Mrs. Roberts had lost
ho=ne of the vague weariness and
spoke quite eagerly. It appeared
as though site welcomed the thought
of having a lodger for the night.
"e'er plrnse;" Jean notleked, "The
stationmaster weep quite ertd•e you.
wor^cl let me have a bed, I didn't
want to go to the hotel because
1,n4 •n
Os r rightfully n.
m , n latfull expensive,
sive
g Y xtt ,
aren't they?"
Another wan smile touched Mrs.
Roberts' face for am instant.
"You won't me end expensive,"
she said, and named a sum which
even in Jean's inapovei'islted con-
r'Ft.ion seemed to to • vary
e 1,t to be
_•
reit on
able
"Then that's settled," she said
cheerfully. "And now, if you would
show me the room where I am to
sleep. I'll take the little suit -ease
T hr'ouetht with me for the night up
to it."
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To her surprise, Mts. Roberts,
who had seated herself on the edge
of the kitchen table, littered as it
was tvitit gardening teals, oracle n0
attempt to move.
Instead, sho set there, gripping the
table with hands whose knuckles
stood out like polished ivory. Her
head wee bent forward, and sudden -
1y, to her extreme embat•rasment,
Jean realised that her Hostess was
crying, not a loud ujroartaus noise
such. as Marl emanated from the,
hungry twins a little while before,
but silent, heartlbraleen tears.
In an instant Seat was ltueeling
beside her, trying to comfort her,
Just as if site had been one of her
own' small children.
"Won't yeti tell me what's the
matter?" she euk tti!red, gently.
For a moment longer, Mrs. Roberts
sob o
hers n, then e;n she said in a
muffled voice --
"Everything i5 the natter."
"Well supposing osin you nn t tell m all
gy e
abortiJean
G urged her. "Things
are never so bad if you''re able to tell
somebody about them'
Mrs. Roberts gave a sudden slight
shiver, end Jean realised that,
though the spiting day had been
u'at'tn and sunny, the evening was
mole then a little chitty.
Bemtly she propelled Mrs. Roberts
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"Now you sit. there," alto advised
her, "while 1 get Ihe flee started."
Mrs. Roberts seemed to he too
molt distressed to answer, She
produced a handkerchief from the
sleeve of her shabby dress and
buried her Pace in her hands.
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