The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-08-14

looked in the mirror at the violets,
fresh and sweet against the soft gray
Of her gown.
IF promise to marry him when he
comes back from Palm Beach, I can
have violets every day if I want
Them" was the thought that ran
through her mind, but it was hay,
indefinite way, mixed with an idea
that to buy violets herself would not
give her so much pleasure as to have
some one think to buy them for her.
You are a vigorous bit of the out
side world she said when she met
Martin in the reception room, and they
started for the car
And You are the best bit of this
| world and promise of the next" he
said, catching the end of her chiffon
scarf that was falling from her Shout
der and throwing 1T carefully around
her throat my dear child. you take
care of everybody on earth except
yourself. It's spring, of course, but
the air is so chilly you ought to keep
that lace stuff on your chest covered"
She laughed happily, walking beside
him with light, springy steps.
You treat me as if / were an ire
sponsible child that needed watching"
"As for watching you, l always do
that. You must have known for
months that I'd like nothing better
than taking care of you always. There
wouldn't be much luxury to offer you;
there would be plenty of love. But l
want you to have everything. Yester-
/ day I chased all over town for story
that the chief wanted, and l was lucky
enough to get it exclusively. The old
man said it was worth five hundred
to the paper, and he nearly knocked
the breath out of me by handing me
check. The very first thing l thought
| of, little girl, when I got calm enough
to think was that that five hundred
would furnish a fiat. Could you be
content to live in tiny fiat and trust
me to take care of you as best 1
could?" He peered eagerly into her
face, and neither of them saw the cab
drawn by madly frightened horse
dash around the corner.
When she recovered consciousness
1 she was on d seat in a corner drug
store, with John Martin bending anx-
iously over her.
Drink all this" he commanded, TAX
ing the glass from the druggist II be-
lieve your arm is broken, dear, and
feel murderous enough to smash every
cab in the city to kindling wood"
/ She smiled family.
IL thina you had better leave one
whole one and call it to take me back
to the hospital"
! In the cab he placed her arm, accord
ing to her directions, in a position that
would give her as little pain as posi-
BILE, then drew her head against his
shoulder.
'Poor little girlr' he said commiser
atingly. "This is a sorry ending for
the pleasant evening hoped you were
going to have"
She sat in silence, and unconsciously
i. her face nestled into a more comforta-
BILE position on his shoulder. His arm
held her to break as much as possible
the iolting of the cab. Still half dazed
} and not wholly recovered from her
faintness, her mind, with peculiar re-
! fex action, ran over and supplemented
the thoughts of the day.
"John'-her voice was faint and
sleepy-'I'd rather live in the tiny fiat
than to roll in a chair on the sands at
Palm Beach forever"
He tried to see her eyes by the light
through the cab window.
"My dear, I'm afraid you have some
fever" he said anxiously.