The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-11-11

Catherine Street, and I'll tell you some -
thing about them
So they strolled along, side by side,
through the narrow, Cluttered streets, quite
like several other couples who were enjoying
puffs of spring air and scraps of spring sun
shine at that time and place. He was a
splendid specimen of manhood; and pre-
cisely because his manhood occupied itself
with scientific distractions rather than with
any consideration of her womanIy self, she
began to wish to alter the basis of their
acquaintance. ~.
He took her to luncheon at the head
quarters Of "The Day Nurses Aid Society,""
1t was on the second floor of dilapidated :
house near East Broadway, and, in spite of
obvious attempts to renovate it, was rather
stuffy. A dozen trained nurses lived here,
supported by the posthumous charity o. {.
former mistress of Society, and CAV, tls;r.
services, without pay, to the poor f-,lt SEX
of the neighborhood. Their Special
Luncheon, Served at IL Sharp was patron
lied by several charity workers ard socio-
logical students who lived in the vicinity.
Everybody ate at a single large table, i
mixing arguments and theories with the
fare.
1t was chilly in the room, and Miss ALL,
ston was unComfortably reminded that her z
skirts and knees were still damp from herr
fall in the tenement hallway. She was reallyes
suffering by the time the luncheon ended;A
and WILDER, as he assisted her to put on her
coat, looked at her with sudden concern Is
"Why, you're trembling with coId!"i he
said. Il didn't imagine! Why didn't yous,
say something? Are you at all subject to-
chills?" .==
A sort of primitive averseness to admit
ting weakness, strengthened by her over
cultivated politeness, made her answer in
the negative. =
ooh, moi" she assured him. "I'll be all :
right as soon as we get out into the SUM-
shine. Well walk little distance, if YOU.
are willing, before | take a cab-I mean a .,
street-car."
Without noticing her implied desire to
put herself on his level, WILDER hurried her !,
into the street and set a swift pace north-
ward. The glitter Of the sunlight upon the4
wide, white concrete sidewalks of East
Broadway set up disagreeable feeling of Z
heaviness in her head. But she put off his ,
frequent inquiries as to her sensations with
light, half-mendacious replies. -
He found hanson for her before the~s
door of cafe, and put her in, with injunc- 2
tons about foot-bath. She leaned back
among the cushions so that he might not see
her white face, and pretended to laugh at
his concern. 4~
"You are ILL" cried WILDER, looking
in at her. you're having chill this
minute, while /"
II would feel much-much safer," she.
suggested weakly, ''if physician would
take me home!" -
The cabby, who had been craning his G
neck inquiringly over the top of the hanson
noticed Wilber's changed intentions, and
grinned In the confidential manner pecu-.-
liar to East Side cabbies, he ventured a
glance, shortly after starting his horse, ::
through the little trap-door at his elbow.
Having no knowledge of the chilly state of
one of his passengers, nor of the remedial .
measures which such state demands, he
was somewhat shocked - -
"An' in broad daylight, tool" he adnon- Z
ished the stumpy, upright tail of his cob. 80