The Smart Set - LightNovelsOnl.com
You're reading novel online at LightNovelsOnl.com. Please use the follow button to get notifications about your favorite novels and its latest chapters so you can come back anytime and won't miss anything.
TEDDY.
It sounds stupid to me, like Sunday all the week. Besides, papa won't have any office there, and what'll he do without an office?
ELSIE.
Isn't it awful. (_Sob._) Poor papa!
TEDDY.
(_Swallowing a lump._) Don't cry!
[_There is a slight noise overhead._
ELSIE.
O Teddy! What was that?
TEDDY.
(_Trembling._) Don't be afraid!
(_He puts his arm comfortingly around her, and they sit in a huge arm-chair together._)
ELSIE.
What is it like to be dead.
TEDDY.
It's like school all the time, never letting out, and no recess.
ELSIE.
(_With another sob._) Poor papa! Are you afraid of him now?
TEDDY.
No----
ELSIE.
Do you want to go up and see him?
TEDDY.
No. That isn't him anyway upstairs!
ELSIE.
Yes, it's him; only his soul isn't there.
TEDDY.
Do you believe it? Say, if that's true, how did his soul get out?
ELSIE.
I've thought of that. This is what I believe: When people die, G.o.d kisses them, and their soul comes right out of their lips to G.o.d's.
TEDDY.
I'll never play be dead with you, anymore.
ELSIE.
No, I don't want to, either.
TEDDY.
G.o.d might think I really was dead, and I might lose my soul.
ELSIE.
You can't make believe with G.o.d.
TEDDY.
That's so; I forgot. I say, Elsie, I'm never going to be wicked again in all my life.
ELSIE.
Nor I.
TEDDY.
Oh! girls never are wicked. I believe when we die Death comes along and pulls us by our feet; that's why our souls go out. They're afraid of Death.
(_Elsie shudders, and nestles closer to her brother._)
TEDDY.
Don't be afraid; I won't let him catch you.
ELSIE.
Poor mama, she cries all the time.
TEDDY.
