Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-11
The Argus Daily Short Story
Her Picture Card-Bv Annette Dumois
Copyrighted, 1905. by Associated Literary Press.

| tangled legs with joints he'll be as
good us new barrin his three fingers.
Lucky twas the left hand, say l.
| Didn't he ulster come over here lot"
! questioned Miss Perkins.
YES for quite spell" Sophrony
| turned around and allowed the tears
| to roll over her plump cheeks without
any pretense That's why / can't
make up my mind to Silas. l guess.
But woman can do nothin', an Sans
sort OF backward
My grief. should say so-when a
man couldn't get up spunk to ask a
girl till she's most thirty"
"IIe knew l wouldn't leave pa" ex-
>cused Sophrony. Il went over to in
quire. but Mary Jane said he wouldn't
let anybody inside the house."
"You don't say exclaimed the
| dressmaker II kind of mistrusted
how things was" she sympathized
''but he's jest sensitive, that's what.
l likely he says to himself, I amt got
no right to ask any woman to tie up
to a one logger"
I'D rather have Sam. with one leg
|
sobbed Sophrony "Oh. Miss Perkins,
it does me sight of good to speak
ont, I've Just been bottled up till 1t
seems as if should bust"
There. there, Sophrony; you jest
think reel hard that things is goiD' to
come out right. an they're bound to.
I've been readin' some of the new
thought papers lately. an there's n
heap O. comfort in 'em. Why don't
you send him a picture card:" she
asked suddenly.
fully.
, you jest send him pritty one. an
We'll sec" said the little dressmal,cr
, rs she put on her modified "NIcrr,
| Widow"
"Some way feel a heap better than
When you came. Miss Perkins. Every
body says you're tie village comfort
anyway" said Sophruny. 81 wish
had your pompadour You keep you
hair wonderful we'll" gazing admir-
ingly at the wavy gray hair.
"Norsense- with Il pleased flush
however. THE Perkinses all hav,
good heads o hair. Runs in some fam
lilies, / guess"
81 know just what she'll pick out.
soliloquized the spinstcr on her wa,
home, "somethin' with hearts an
pagoda with doves in it. That ain
what man wants who's all stove III
an got the grumps. l will! | YUM.
The little dresSmaker retraced he
steps to the village emporium.
where she carefully scanned the stool
of cards. Finally her eye lighted OF
the picture of the "Ministering An
GEL ITS jest the ticket" she chuC
kled. On flowery couch reclined
young man. and n young woman wa
offering him plate of most impossible
looking fruit with an air of tender s,
licitude. The motto read:
fam would soothe thy wearied hour
With all a womans powers.
tbs woman's place to serve and wal,
Upon loving mate.
Miss Perkins wrote something on til
card and firmly affixed a one Ger
stamp.
There; guess thatll set him I
thinkin' anyway"
After tea Sophrony sat by the viii
Re dow knitting in the dusk when sll
saw Mary Jane going into neighbour
p "She won't get away from there fc
an hour. Miss Parks is an everlasti
n talker," commented Sophrony give
S. half mind to run over an inquire. iu.
ID neighborly like. He might be in til
re sittin' room with LOUSY"
e, With fast beating heart the gi
Is Whipped her best pink shawl aroun
her and started out. Sure enoug
u Sam was in the easy chair with h
Is clutches on the floor beside him, an
LOUSY. his twelve-year-old sister. W:
v" doing sums. SoDhrony could see the