The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-08-02

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speaking tube when i found thai she !
was out / didn't want TO climb clear
up TO the top fat Of course 1t was
/ just presumption I'm any one else to
| claim that card. There's no excuse
| for It. And then sending her maid
over with n message Of thanks! And
you thought perhaps 1 really had
called on her! Wen, / don't intend to
let her think l came to sec her-would
your
| Mrs. kirkland was silent.
"WeH. say It," remarked Hazel, at
Hast, more mildly. 81 suppose 1t will
be one Of your slx-word sermonettes
that make me ashamed In spite of
myself. Would you let her think 1
called on her, mammaP
"They said It made her happy"
answered Mrs. Kirkland, finally.
ooh, dearw sighed Hazel Il wish
could be an angel, like you, mamma"
That finished it for the time being,
but about week later Hazel came
flying into her mothers room with a
new grievance.
Mammal she cried, tossing her
] brown turban into one chair and her
gloves into another; "shes done it
again! You know 1 tried to make
another call on Mrs. German yester-
. day, and that woman has taken my
; card n second time. And this time
nut It in Mrs. Germans mallbox. It's
. glass in front, you know, and the card
, showed right through, and these peo-
pie must have flshed it out, thinking
: I'd made n mistake. 1t never occurs
t to them could want to see any one
: else! And now she's gone and written
e me a note-Mrs. Hunters her name
( to say she can't understand why did
< not get in yesterday, and to ask me
to come and see her this afternoon.
! Isn't It too ridiculous? l won't so a
j step-would your
Again there was the pause before the
S "sermonette." Then Mrs. Kirkland an
n swered very gently: "You must ask
e your own heart, dear" And the end
G of it was that Hazel went Or rather
that wasn't the end at all, but just
e the beginning, for instead of having
a the awkward, depressing time she ex
I pected that day, Hazel found three OF
g the 'Ioveliest girls" as she afterwarc
e told her mother, all visiting like ole
e. friends with a little woman who saI
It in a shabby wheelchair and looked 81
happy as any queen in @ fairy book.
d Good times had begun for the lone
1T some little lady of the fiat From tina
n afternoon the four girls seemed to b.
y trying to see which could give he
most Joy. Flowers and fruit ant
10 magazines and books began to cove
ST. the tables in the plainly furnished lii
n tie parlor. The Trio Reading Club eS
banded to the extent Of two NOR
members, and began meeting twice
week with Mrs. Hunter. Mothers be
gan to take an interest in the girls
new friend and to call and sympathiz
and go again.
"The kindest, sweetest people eve
saw live in this block" said Mr.
Hunter to her husband one evenin
as they sat alone together.
The words were scarcely out Of he
mouth when the dOorbell rung an
half the neighborhood came filing I'M
the Hunter fiat. 1t was a surprise pa
ty, indeed, and the reason for it VIZ
that four happy girls had discovert
the date Of Mrs. Hunters birthday al
"a had planned to give her a beautif
$R new wheelchair, with cushions al
,g8 springs and rubber tires, and an a
|1R Unstable table and every contrivan
B8 you can think Of. Mr.. Hunters ia
In glowed with tremulous JOY as he lift
HI his invalid wife into her new throne
III cts so that we can take you out
vi the park" cried Genevieve, almc
~ dancing with delight
II "And I shall push the chair" add
Mabel.
ooh! oh! ohr cried Mrs. Hunter, a
then her face went into her hands q
the tears came trickling through !
fingers. But she had to stop that
a minute, for four pairs Of arms
gan to hug her. and four dainty hal
kerchiefs wiped her eyes and Il
sweet voices in a chorus begged
not to cry. 20 she sat anu slIllSu
stead, with eyes all wet and spark
and pink spots glowing on both
pale cheeks.
at has been the happest birth(
of all my life," she told them as Il
aLo went away.
sue Mamma" said Hazel Kirkland,
= ter they were at home that night;
az Just found out to-day that the 2
la'' think I deserve the credit of all WE