Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-18


Il will come tomorrow" he said simply.
They were standing at the door and as he fin
ished speaking he heard low moan. Turning
quickly he saw young woman, apparently in
faint, on the pavement below. A second woman
bending solicitously over her.
Mrs Whitney pulled at Leonards sleeve. Its
the Irish woman | bought the curtains FROM" she
calculated, "the one standing up"
In two bounds Leonard was down the stairs
"Oh me darlint me darlint, open yer eyes an
look at yer mther Flynn" Leonard heard the
woman beg. Then he caught sight of the face of
the young lady.
My God It's Lola!" he exclaimed
Bring her in the house, quickly" Mrs. Whitney
commanded, and in another minute Leonard was
carrying Lola tenderly up the stairs led by Mrs
Whitney and followed by Mrs. Flynn.
You had better go down in the parlor for
while, Mr. Chapman" Mrs. Whitney suggested
after Leonard had placed his load gently ON
couch. Mrs. Flynn and will take care of the poor
girl until she's all right The shock of seeing YOU
suddenly might be more than she could stand |
Will prepare her. Mrs. Flynn will tell YOU as soon
as 1t is all right for you to come. 1t won't be
long," she added, hastily when she saw Leonard's
doleful face
Il know it is best" he acceded as he went ont
After all what did few minutes matter now that
he had really found her He felt SO happy he
couldn't keep STILL and he had travelled the parlor
floor at least hundred times when Mrs Flynn's
ample figure appeared at the doorway
is she all right?' he burst out
Bless her sweet heart, she will be soon" Mrs
Flynn answered him. 81 told her she wasn't fit to
come out this afternoon, but iver since sold thin
curtains fer her she's been pinin fer sight v
'em. She wouldn't let on at first She made
believe she was glad I'd sold EN- an was that
tickled | was to have some pay fer me trouble
But | could see there was something wrong an
by an by whin she gittn WELL she asked me
II didn't think she could go an look at thin cur
tains, JUS from tn outside fer a mint "A very
dear friend was with me whin made thim.' sez
She one nver expect to see agin'" and Mrs
Flynn dried her eyes on her sleeve. "'Why bless
y, honey I, I don't know where they be, only
in a gineral way. It's in Hyde Park somewhere
! sold thin, but JUS where, can't fer tn life iv
me remember. Thin wan day l caught lady
steain out whin she weren't fit to crawl an tn
only way could git her to go back was to promise
I'd go with her as she little filter.
She got dressed this afternoon an said she
goin' to go, an if l wouldn't come along she'd
try it alone She's lots iv grit that wan. Well,
do y know, she begun lookin fer thin curtains tn
mint she got tn car, not mindn whn told
her it miles away where ! sold thin. She
didn't say much, but thin big eyes iv hern JUS
sorter looked hungry an wantin' like all tn time
| couldn't bear to look at 'em. 1t made me feel
so like cryin' An thin didn't know jus where
tn curtains was, an we had to walk long way,
but she niver complained word, jus kept agoin'
slower an slower livery time tried to git her to
take tn car home, she'd say, Jus one more block,
mither Flynn An thin whins we come to tn cur
tains at last, she Civ wan look an down she wint
JUS all beat out. Pshaw, I'm cryin' like was
baby, an at my age, tool"
Leonards eyes also moist. you've been