Putnam patriot., 1910-06-17

z7tN-ERifF7N H1 AfEAN 0A N4E house Up the walk came the lady.
 You are Miss Kathleen Lesgerg- she said She toek both my hands. Il am Wright Enslebys sister
 TaeD l remembered that Wright En- gieby was the man tn the little green auto. And there he was In the biz red auto lifting bis cap and smiling in just the friendliest way.
 Put on some wraps. please. Kath- leen." said Wright Engseby's sister. You and mother. too. are going to ride with us-
 When l was ready Mir. Wright En- gleby picked me up in his arms and carried me down the walk and set me in the big red auto. And the next minute he and his sister and mother and I were all flying away around the curve
 After that there were many rides the four of us. and sometimes Billy scrubbed till he shone. But one day. instead of the biz red car. up to our house came the little green one. Some how ii looked like an old friend.
 Mother kissed me. Then Mir Wright Engleby carried me out and put me in the car.
 On and on we went till we came to streets that were crowded full of big motorcars and little ones. trolley ears and trucks and cabs and all sorts of vehicles. In one place there was such jam We had to stop and wait.
 In the midst of all the noise and hurry the man in the automobile put one big hand over both mine
 You will walk again and be well and strong" he said. but just as you are now little girl. want to tell you something. l love you. Will you re- members'
 All through those long weeks in the hospital. when was too sick and tired and discouraged and homesick to re- member anything else. thought of those words. When at last l was lit- tie better MT. Wright Engleby came to see me often. with flowers and fruits.
 No more dolls" he laughed. You are quite grown up now. Kathleen Ma vourneen."
 Sometimes his sister came aud some times mother. And l tad lovely white capped nurse who took splendid care of me. And every other day sl- most the great surgeon spent an hour or so with me. By and by he told me I could go home.
 He told me something else too. But I begged him so hard not to tell any one else that he promised not to. And the nurse promised too.
 The man in the auto and his sister took me home. He carried me up the walk and set me down in my old chair back of the vines.
 Mother cried over me little. Then she and Wright Engleby's sister went into the house.
 Mir Wright Engleby came close to me. He lowered up over me. strong and big and handsome.
 Remember. little giri?" he said.
 l nodded. could scarcely bear the sorry look in his eyes.
 Just as you are. I told yen then. dear. and just as you are l want you. Tomorrow you and mother and Annie and will take a ride in the red auto. Do you remember little church which stands all by itself in some evergreen trees across a bridge beyond a little viilage:"
 Again l nodded. ''The clergyman is a friend of mine. I've told him about you. and he will be ready Will youT
 Not tomorrow" I said-"the day after if you wish"
 He yielded. Then he and his sister went away.
 Next day sat behind the vines and waited l wore my blue linen gown. the pretty silky coat Wright Engleby's sister had given me on my birthday and a big. doppy hat. with blue veil. By and by saw the little green auto coming Then 1 did just what the great surgtop and the nurse had made me do over and over again. l stood up on my two feet. waved mother away. crept across the porch back of the vines. When the auto stopped in front of the house I stood quite alone on the steps of the porch. threw a kiss to the man in the auto. Then l did what the surgeon had told me could-I walked straight down the walk toward the little green auto Halfway the man met me, "Nor l cried Don't touch me. please"
 I walked. almost running. to Billy's house and back. would have been walking yet with the joy of it had not the man caught me up and set me down in the auto.
 Why didn't you tell me. little giri?" he cried.
 "Oh. Wright" I cried. "I was so afraid, IT seemed too good to be true. I couldn't believe 1t would last. And if fl hadn't I couldn't have borne it. for your sake dear for your sake I'm quite certain the little green auto had mind of it's own. Neither of us had a thought to spare if just then. But all by itself 1t rounded the curve. and away. away. away 1t flew straight into the heart of the glad green country.
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