The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-12-16
A Soldiers WoOing

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Point IN the hospital. / was pretty
sick. but not sick enough to prevent
my noticing things. and there was one
thing noticed mighty quick. 1t was
my nurse. She was beauty sure
enough, with a superb figure and 8
graceful carriage She wore immense
coils Of chestnut hair piled up on hei
head cannon-ball-like aud flared great
lustrous eyes. Fancy a fellow who
had been for months In a benighted
country. never woman In sight, sud
denly cared for by such q creature
When | saw her coming toward my
cot she seemed like Venus rising from
the sea with all her clothes on and moi
linn ruffie in her cap or apron. She
ceme straight up to me. looked down
on me with her fawn orbs and took
hold of my wrist The first contact OF
her soft fingers sent my pulse up to
ITO. She seemed disturbed at that aud
turning away. looked about as though
for assistance l didn't propose to-
have her call any one. so said:
sDon't worry about my pulse. It's
normal--that is, II frequently sky.
rockets about this time Of day, anG
when lovely creature takes my wrist
between her seraphic"-
But before could get any further
she rammed thermometer into my
mouth and / had TO lie quiet. though
I never once took my eyes or her,
and II that thermometer had registered
my admiration It would have stood AT
1000 degrees. I'd been sick before
ana knew that n few minutes was
quite sufficient for the test. but she
kept the thing there a quarter of an
hour. Then she took it-out. swung her
long lashes down toward It and was
making the record when opened fire
again.
..You're the first woman I've seen
since got on that Internal troop ship
to go to Cuba, aud more heavenly
sight
What did she do but jam the Their
mometer into my mouth again. turn
her pencil upside down and rub out
the record she had made. This time
she left me with the little glass tube
sticking out of my mouth like pipe
stem nrd went away She didn't come
back for nearly half an hour, and
when she examined the thing again |
saw by her looks that she was up to
something.
.'It's only sight OF so much beauty"
I started in. but she paid no attention
to me, and | saw her write down 9SDa
degrees. She went away again and
came back with lump of ice, which
she -ciappcd on the top OF my head.
She knew as well rs did hadn't any
fever and didn't need any Ice. If
had she would have simply reported
my case TO surgeon. She did 1t to
cool my admiration. But It would
have taken frozen quick liver to do
that. and as she walked coolly away
/ followed her with longing eyes
AS soon as She was gone removed
the fee, chucked 1t under the cot and
lay thinking that wasn't In It for
impressing her and I'd better keep
quiet. When she appeared again / con
tented myself for awhile looking my
admiration. but she had to go and take
hold of my wrist and that threw me
into another fever, with a consequent
delirium, which burst out into speech.
I'm worse this morning" | broke
out, ''and the reason I'm worse is be
cause you've been away SO long. II
you think can stand II to-
Put out your tongue" she cried
/ put 1t out Just far enough so
could humble what had TO say. but
she osdered me to put it out farther
aud farther till couldn't say word.
keep it there" she said quietly and
began scribbling something on her rec
ord paper while lay with three inches
Of red. furry tongue curled out.
threw a lot of feeling into my eyes, but
somehow didn't feel that there was
anything effective about this sort OF
pleading, for no man can make love II
such way, and after awhile l pulled
IN the member and commenced to was
II again.
Il VIII proclaim my admiration"
was beginning. "at the cannon.
month" when she jammed her ther
mometer between my teeth. / tried {,
hold II so that could go on, but sh'
forced Il under my tongue. and | wal
obliged TO keep quiet. Either way
was bahled couldn't propose to hel
with my tongue sticking out or will
the cussed thermometer under IT,
made virtue OF necessity and re
mained temporarily shut or
The next time she came she brough
surgeon with her aud said TO him:
doctor, here's a man who has beet
made luny by exposure. He sees alb
surd visions and talks idiotically
What shall l do with him.
~We've got permission" replied th'
surgeon. ITO send such cases 10 th
~ Insane asylum. Ill make o Il In
papers aud send them In And he hur
ried on 10 some other Of his multi
farious duties.
She looked at me as II 10 say. NOV
YOU stop your twaddle or go ipto a
insane asylum
vsee here" says J. If YOU think tha
a straight jacket has any serrors for
man who has been facing Mausers
Gattling guns and deliri0us with loy