Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-01-26

demonstrate about the medicine. she
knew that Adoniram was not financially
able to help her-indeed, none of her rel
atiycs were, and Ad0nram was the near
est. 1t was a matter in which she could
hope fer no help. The land was mort
gagged. and the mortgage had been fore
closed. In spite of her rigid and even
eXtraN agant economy, she could muster
barely enough money out of her earnings
and savings TO pay for the necessities of
life from day to day. No. she told her
self. there was no saving the little burial
ground: and she felt that she ought TO
be grateful because the mortgage did not
include the old farmhouse itself. But
the fears would come often as she
thought of the dear dust which would
soon be mingled with alien soil. The
holder of the mortgage had informed her
that unless her husbands note was paid
within thirty days he should be obliged
to sell the land to clear himself. as he
had Il good offer for it from a country
club. which wished to add the wild up
land pasture haunt of piover and quail,
to II game preserve adjoining to the
south.
1t was in the early afternoon, and Mrs.
Perry had just put her dinner dishes
away and was sitting down to hem an
apron when she heard cry of distress.
She dropped her work and listened in
tentlY. Yes. it was surely cry for help
IA woman's voice-and it seemed to
come from somewhere i'll the pasture be
yond the burial ground. Mrs. Perry ran
out. hareheaded following the familiar
path toward the graves The voice came
to her ears plainly now, and there was
a note of pain in it as of appeal.
Yes! | am coming" cried Mrs. Perry.
i will be there in minutew She hur-
ried past the knoll with its clustering
cedars, and presently caught sight of
4 nj q
| pasture. 1t was the girl in the strange
costume. whom she had noticed in the
forenoon. The girl was sitting, doubled
over with pain, ON low hummock not
far away.
''Sakes alive. What's the matter? Have
YOU been bitten by a snake?" painted Mrs
Perry as she approached.
'''Na-oh. no. BUT I've sprained my
ankle terribly, trying to play golf on this
rough ground, and | am almost faintins
with the pain. If you could only get me
Il little cold water to battle my ankle with
please hurry
Mrs. Perry sped back to the house, and
presently, reappcared, leaning hard
against the pull of IL ten-quart pail brim-
ming with icy well water. She knelt and
gently removed shoe and sock from the
swollen limb. Then she dipped her hand
k'rchlef in the cold water and let sooth-
ing streams drain from it over the dis
| colorcd flesh
Oh how good that feclsw sighed the
young woman. What should | have
done II you had not been within hear
| ing: 1t is such a lonely place"
Yes. my nearest neighbor is most
! half mile away said Mrs. Perry. 1T
| Is lonely here. But it's home TO me.
How d.d you come to sprain your ankle
| so bad%'
4 stepped in a hole between two rocks
and fell and twisted il. Oh. how | wish
| =, l..
strong he could take me right in his arms
! ana carry me to your houSe-that is vour
! house, over yonder, isn't it %
~ eS Where is your fathcr?"
! suppose he's back in New York bv
| this time. He started this morning. We
/ are. staying for the summer at lara
bees ON the lake. Father is overseeing
! the building Of the new clubhouse. TTe
| Is president of the Country club"
I IN pretty strong myself-though I
may not look it, said Mrs Perry. DO
! Nou suppose You could stand it if | lifted
/ You into wheclharrow and wheeled Won,
! soft pillows"
How good Of you"' cried the girl
Are You really strong enough? OF
course | can stand it, l dare say you
! won hurt me SO much as father would"
Half an hour later little Mrs. Perry
/ had the grateful invalid nicely ensconced
/ IN the biz bed in her guest chamber
which, fortunately. was on the first floor,
/ ana was Kept always ready for emergen-
! cies. The. swollen ankle, hathed alter
! nately with hot aud cold water. was los
/ ing its angry look and throhbing pain.
| A Slcc OF toast and Il cup of tea had
1 refreshed the sufferer. and She felt, as
I size said. II thousand times better"
! Nou are the kndeSt and defteSt and
strongest and most llevel,,headed little
| woman | ever knew she exclaimed
| gratefully, Just wait till father gets
/ back, ana see if he isn't as grateful and
/ apprcciatVe as | am. Oh. You needn't
/ get me any medicine, l don't need it,
/ really"
1T isn't for you-it's for me" reio;ned
Mrs. Perry, mixing herself an heroic
dose. Its my podophyllin, and | ought
70 nave taken IL forty five minutes ago.
mere you lie still now, and I'll 60 over
anu get my nephew to take 'em word at
Larrahye'S that you're here"
y telegram from Iarrahec'S brought
me president Of the Country club. Aus
I'm Phillips, back from New York the
next morning He found his daughter
doing. rs the doctor who ACCOMPANIED
nam said. AS well as could probably he
expected which is a good deal Of an
admission for a doctor who has NOT becu
/ treating 4 ease himself
Turing the thicty-SjN hours and mora,
/ 81 their association as nurse and pltieur
/ Miss Phillips had learned good lral III
I ihdt which passes straight from heart ia
/ heart in quiet conversation with Mr.
/ Terry; and a whispered colloouv withl
! her father, on his first visit. resulted i'm
his. bringing. hit of paper next dav
( winch ,ooded the little widows ewes with
!NarS. 1ut they were tears out OF which
! l9y and gratitude made a rainbow bNgu-|
/ uiul to see. She took her hushanJ's I
| cancelled note cut into the kitchen anil
/ dropped 1t into the fire Then She Went
! TO the cupboard. opened the door ap5
looked at the forbidding rows of medi-
Il don't know but what on, off,, ..