Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-05-09
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! DRUSILLA'S ;
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By TEMPLE BAILEY /
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ronwtoht, 1908. IN I. c. Mcclure

so fire escape, but there were pansies
- If in the spring, and later a tiny
-ossbusb bloomed. Then geraniums
hold full sway until winter, when Dru-
an, took the box into the house and
.o;sed few pale violets.
Every morning Drusilla picked off the
u,i,hered blossoms, and in the evenin,
,ho watered her plants, for Drusilla
vas busy all day, polishing and filing
.he nails of the patrons of the manicure
establishment in which she worked.
when typewriter Was first placed
- the window Of the big office oppo-
site the fifth floor of the tenement in
which Drusilla lived and dark young
man seated himself in front of it the
vouny girl watched the installation
over the heads of her purple pansies.
But when the young man looked
across and smiled Drusilla stepped over
bor threshold and shut the door with a
slam.
"mpertnencev' she calculated in the
d;mness of her room. but her lips smiled
IN answer to the look that the young
man had given her. .....
Rut the blossoms cried out for water
and presently Drusilla's fair head,
adorned with perky black velvet bow,
hent over the pansies. The hands Of
the young man remained suspended
over the keys. Then he rose and walked
to the window, but Drusilla picked of
some dried leaves and brought out an
inAnitesimal watering pot. She made
a cool picture in her white shirt waist.
little Whit of damp earth blew
across cooling the heated atmosphere.
The evening hour grew to be an i'm
portant one to Drusilla, for she arrived
not leave until Z. She sat up late
nights to finish a certain blue lawn
that had a train that trailed over the
iron steps of the fire escape, to the fur
Their undoing Of the infatuated young
man over the way. She hummed little
tunes that caused the complete cessa.
ton of the 'clickety click click Of the
machine opposite.
But still she kept her eyes to herself.
for Drusilla had full sense of her dig.
nifty as a workingwOman. There were
certain conventions that could, not be
dispensed with in her circle. and one
of these was the formal introduction.
Hes a DEAR" she confided to Maize
Dunn as the two girls arranged their
little trays and got out their shining in.
struments and the pink powder and
creams. "But I'm not going to let him
think I'm easy" ~.
With which rather inelegant sum-
that she was true conqueror of men.
So for many weeks Juliet on her
balcony remained cold. while Romeo
at the typewriter sighed in vain. He
threw small balls of paper in among
the pansies. and Drusilla brushed
them calmly into a neat little dustpan.
but when the dark young man had
gone she picked them out carefully
and read the fervid messages:
"YOu are my pansy blossom"
There's only one girl in the world for
me-"
Only once, however, did she con-
descend to an exchange Of civilities.
On certain damp morning the young
man coughed. That night he coughed
again. Drusilla was worried. Finally
she retired into the obscure recesses Of
her room. When she reappeared she had
q bottle in her hand. She set it on the
fire escape shelf In huge letters on the
laha1 ho oH,,,onl%}ov,.
For Coughs Take Spears Specific"
Then before the young man could
nod enthusiastic response she whisked
back into her room. leaving him alone
with her suggested remedy.
The next morning a similar bottle
adorned the young mans desk, and he
took a dose conspicuously, standing
close to the window while he measured
1t into spoon.
But the cough continued. and the next
day Drusilla wrote on slip Of paper:
Shut your window"
The young man clicked off some
thing rapidly on his machine and plant
Cd his reply carefully on the ledge:
Il would rather die" r. .et
wen, ne Is devoted" said Maize
Dunn. 'if he won't shut window be-
tween you. But maybe II you talked
70 him you might get him to be care
ful Of himself"
Il guess am not responsible IL he
Is fool" was Drusilla's sharp com
'ment as she soaked her finger tips in
warm water preparatory to giving
them treatment.
hut that day the sun came out, the
ery' soft air Of the spring was like
oaisam. and the cough stopped. So
stopped also the exchange Of courtesies,
anu the young man sighed for illness
or worse If it would only bring look
'i warmth to his lady's eyes.
And worse came.
II happened one day at half past 6.
Drusilla's shade was. down. but the
aafk young man knew that she was in
Aer room. for once her pink tipped fin
gers had adjusted the curtain and a
savory odor told of her supper cook
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