The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-11-23

at the little white rockeI ,vvher1opon
she rocked more viole ntly thSA ever TO-
hide her euab, satne nt. 81 q
.It wassa young lady Who had hurt
her ankle and come with hersndnthert til
/ SEQ the doctor. The old tramp Jumped
Fup, and g I was the most conf portable
seat il the room at down .l Is o. 4
Fjoyous moment arms ~
been nexiblel Her tks old setteSs
sighed and leaned aSsinat the erssn
window shutter. M go Il ssss 5s
well" No cont inued s. ~ 1nufe,
..swhen the doctors cana into thdi roam
I could seeS that ahe va pleased. too
The tramp hWaa dispo of insshorts
order, and then the doetor talked With
Miss Lynn Faith Lynn. she said her
name was. sss 81 ~ .z5 ss $ S.;
Many happy dsys 1oft the doctor and
for me foil owed. ~ the advantage.
Of the doctprs HI one I1y, Int IL nonld
shake handswith her hen sha, cams
and went, which certainly ought to'
have satisfied him.
'He began TO grow very thoukh tf1l.
indeed, and inste dssots ling III
leisure time So stud ~ he usually
did, he went ont . deal One
night he came 81 quiz e, and
ii such q queer wayt u thoa
had gone insane. 1oDked at i1pIG1
IN the mirror lron f6f ~ toe, Ell
HIS hair, his eyssxad his maast acll6s
thoroughly, and finally said aloud: 6
"'You're not such bad looking:
chap, after ell, Jack perhaps you'yesa
| chance z-.sz.an.x eJsass
..rhen he came over. INA lat do,vnl on
me for awhile, thinking deeply. Sud-
denly he jumped up, flung my cushions
across the room and shouted: I'll do
it-Il do ftsto-morrow-wha that,
you old dufferY he added, turning. to,
lme. 'I must ~ growing crazy. Iade-
tclare 7 thought the settee spoke!' IS 81
II had spoken, Of course, and quite
freely, too, about his treatment Of my
cushions, but said nothing more. n.y.
"Well, / did not sec Miss Lynn fer
some days, and tllanext time she came
lin it was with tie doctor, and they
both looked 20 happy, and he kissed
her right, then and there / could feel
my green cushions almost turn red. 4
| was % shocked. IL aminlite Iunder-s
stood, though, when they sat down. to-
fgether on me and discussed the date Tor
the wedding" *.'".s y
The old settee stopped and cleared
his throat, which had become, quite
husky.
"And was Mrs. Gregg Miss Lynn be-
fore she married the doctor?" asked
the little white rocker; softly. -, = -
"Yes-and held the bride on her
/ webbing day when she felt faint and
had to rest" said the 1ettee. Here
comes Miss Phyllis, who il the image
Of her mother 49, 4 4 ~, a., =
Phyllis Gregg, her cheeks rosy from
. brisk early morning walk and her
golden hair blowing kisses to- them,
came up the steps with her sister Doro-
thy. aged H.: r. H. 3 ..s.S. q = e.
"See how human the chairs look,
Dorothy" she said. 'You could almost
imagine that fathers old settee had
sEbeen telling stories of the timea when
j itN young-the others seem to be
1turning toward it to Nsten.'' 8 NJ
~1sn't that funny!r cried Dorothy,
her black eyes sparkling. "Phyllis, I'm
going to take the little white rocker
upstairs. It is3so pretty and I need !
rocker in my room, !" and she proceeded
To- carry it of, never noticing the
groans of the settee, the panied look
the cane-seated chair gave her, the ap-
Eproval of the old red rocker or the de-
flight of the little white one on her way
Ito explore the mysteries of the world.
Globe.