. St. Nicholas [serial] . do you everhear them ?âand thefire, and, andâezery-thing! And youth, saidthe old gentleman tohimself, and an un-conscious courage to surmount all perhaps, after all, the unseen part ofApplegate Farm is the more beautiful. Aloud,he said: Do you like to look at odd things ?That isâI mean Kirk helped him out. I do like to, he look at them with my fingersâbut it s allthe same. Such things to look at! They were de-posited, one after the other, in Kirks eagerhands,âthe intricate carving of Japanese ivory,entrancingly smoothâalmost like somethingwarm and
. St. Nicholas [serial] . do you everhear them ?âand thefire, and, andâezery-thing! And youth, saidthe old gentleman tohimself, and an un-conscious courage to surmount all perhaps, after all, the unseen part ofApplegate Farm is the more beautiful. Aloud,he said: Do you like to look at odd things ?That isâI mean Kirk helped him out. I do like to, he look at them with my fingersâbut it s allthe same. Such things to look at! They were de-posited, one after the other, in Kirks eagerhands,âthe intricate carving of Japanese ivory,entrancingly smoothâalmost like somethingwarm and living, after one had held it for afew adoring moments in careful hands. And there was a Burmese ebony elephant, with aruby in his forehead. A ruby is red, Kirk murmured; it is likethe fire. And the elephant is black. I see himvery well. Once upon a time, said the old gentleman,a rajah rode on himâa rajah no bigger thanyour finger. And his turl)an was encrustedwith the most precious of jewels, and his robe. JIK SIUEAI) KUiIv S 11N<;K1{.S ABOVE THE KEYBOAItD- (SEE NEXT PAGE) was stiff with gold. The elephant wore ankletsof beaten silver, and they clinked as he walked. Kirks face was intent, listening. The littleebony elephant stood motionless on his palm,dim in the firelight. I hear them clinking, he said, and thepeople shoutingâoh, so far away! He put the treasure back into his hosts hand,at last. I d like, please, to look at you, he wont hurt, he added quickly, instantlyconscious of some unspoken hesitancy. 1 have no fear of that, said the voice,â but you will find little worth the looking for. 614 THE HAPPY VENTURE [May, Kirk, nevertheless, stood beside the old gen-tlemans chair, ready with a quick, light handto visualize his friends features. My hair, if that will help you, the voicetold him, is quite white, and my eyes areusually rather blue. Blue, murmured Kirk, his fingers flittingdown the fine lines of the old gentlemansprofile; that s cool and nice,
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