The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1907-08-02
lCkCOurier
ugust ?, 1907

is ne !nGeed:' Miss Lent dropped
the leaves into the basket with 4 ses-
ture of superior scorn. Glad you
think So
The other woman commenced wash
ing her paint brushes and threw the
! spoiled sketch IN the basket or top OF
the leaves.
You have treated him shamefully
all these years." she said. looking
sQuarely into the others wrathful eyes.
I You have been dreaming Of heroes
and ideals and in the meanwhile have
been taking all and giving nothing to
the best type Of man that exists.
only hope that You haven't treated him
ST. badly its beyond making up
Miss Lent started toward the bed
( room door defiantly.
| Hell get over it and come back in
few days. she said, with calm as
surance.
! But Jimmy did nothing of the sort.
Weeks passed. and Miss Carson found
/ that she need cook only one chop for
| dinner. for the other was never touch
| ell. Elizabeth grew thinner and paler.
| and the doctor finally looked worried
when he asked about her cough.
| Frances Carson had never been a be.
| lever in the doctrine that it was good
/ policy to let things drift. She believ ed
in the judicious application Of Il help
ing hand. She watched her friend
listless face one night after dinner as
she sat in the Morris chair. her book
! lying forgotten on her lap.
| elizabeth. | can't bear to see you
looking SO wretched," she said, rising
energetically. I'm going out and get
something else for your cough. And
you simply must make up your mind
to go to Florida for the rest of the
winter, as the doctor advises"
She put on her coat and hat and
went, not to the druggists, but to the
nearest telephone booth.
lis that you, Jimmy?' she called
when she had got her number.
Il may be traitreSS, villainess
and everything else that indicates the
double dyed feminine conspirator but
| Couidu ACSlSl TIC tCluptdtlOu VI Cdll
ing you up and telling you that you are
an idiot.
Don't get huffy. I've just cause for
complaint. Did you know that Eliza
beth has been too i'll to go to her Office
for over a month?
Il thought you didn't. The doctor
told me privately that he didn't believe
she would stand the winter unless she
could be induced to 90 south. No
huSh-dOn't say word to me. I'm not
going back to the fiat for two hours,
and she is really too i'll to be left alone.
If anything happens to her while I'm
away, it will be your fault. l left the
key under the hall mat near our door.
Before l ring off, I'll tell you l found
your picture under her pillow when l
was fixing her bed this morning. left
the bed unfixed, and she doesn't dream
I saw it. SO you see why you are an
idiot. Goodbye
When Elizabeth heard the key in the
door half IN hour later, she spoke
without turning her head.
you've tried nearly every brand of
patent medicine on the market, Fran
ces. l only hope this one will not be
bitter to take"
$50 do r. Jimmy put a chair in
front of her and sat down as calmly as
If he had only been out of the room
fifteen minutes.
She started to rise from. her chair,
but fell back from weakness.
you've come back she said family.
1--WE come back to make you take
the doctors prescription" he said bold
ly. thinking of the picture under the
pillow. You need managing, Eliza
i beth, and I'm going to see what l can
do in that line. You are going to start
to Florida tomorrow afternoon, and
I'm going with You to keep off the ALI
gators and things"
But you can't" she gasped, her face
flushing. her eyes fixed upon his in a
daZed fascination.
Il can do all manner of unexpected
things" he said, taking both her hands
''for instance, I'm going to marry you
at , o'clock tomorrow afternoon"
He looked at her triumphantly, felt
the nervous grip of her fingers, but
never relaxed his gaze.
| The color wavered over her face and
! finally covered the wanness that had
startled him when he first saw her.
Jimmy. l wouldn't be the least bit
! angry now if she commenced in a
whisper. and Jimmy's intelligence was
i entirely comprehensive.