The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-05-04
CARING FOR
CI-ARlSSA

In the first place, the child's parents
should have known better That was
what every one said when everything
was over and the lIoneywclls were all
4 homo again
The Honeywells were young, so, nat
urally. their child was young. Thc5
had named her Clarissa. and she was
I a little over two years old and quite
the most wonderful infant In The
world
Mrs Honeywell said II seemed prov
4 idenlIal that her younger sister, Bess
should have chosen TO come 10 sce
4 ihcm lust al the time Honeywell had
TO take q business trip east and want
ed his wife to go along.
Mrs lioneywell's sister took Clar
ssa very seriously. her acquaintance
with children being only theoretical
Clarissa surveyed her aunt specula.
lively Experience had taught her
that you can never tell. This person
had large blue eyes and pink cheeks
and lovely shiny things on her dress
yet she might not turn out so we'll
after all. SO, as it was a warm day
and access 10 the yard was permissible
Carissa started things by running
away
III only she had eaten more break
fastp her aunt walled as she pre-
pared to dash ont upon the street, at
tired as she was in a negligee and
with no rat In her hair. How could she
wait to attend TO her toilet when her
niece probably was being destroyed by
blood.thirsty automobile or was nn-
der the hoofs Of a raging horse? Her
apparently Wild remark was really
more sensible than 1t sounds. The
Honeywells have an iron fence around
their home and always keep the gate
shut, so that their child may not wan
der. But the space between the bot.
tom OF the gate and the walk is so
large that unless Clarissa lately has
eaten a hearty meal she can wriggie
under.
She was found enthusiastically eat
ing unlipe apples at corner stand
for The good-natured owner of the ap-
pies recked not OF the awful aches
contained in the emerald fruit
Promptly Clarissa was led home ID
disgrace. The disgrace was accentu.
atea by the fact that as captor and
captive turned in at the Honeywell
gate q young man passed and bowed
after some hesitation. to Clarissa's
vexed and disheveled aunt. Clarissa
could not know that the young man
was very particular young man
whose acquaintance her aunt had
made on q previous visit, aud who
should have seen her again only in all
the, glory of new gown and the cor
rect number OF puffs and having the
proper air Of languid ease.
"Clarissa. said her aunt as they en-
tered the house. sometimes wonder
how YOU can do it when you have such
an angelic expression
Two nights later the Young mai was
calling aud Clarissas aunt had on the
gown and the puffs, and the young
man was properly impressed and
things were lovely until a cough
sounded from above.
Listen said Clarssa's aunt, trag.
ically Doesn't that sound like
Group
Does ilg' asked the young man,
looking appropriately alarmed. Does
she-is she subject to croup?"
AH children are subject to GROUP"
declared Clarissa's aunt grandly.
She few upstairs and the young man
telephoned 10 a doctor and then fol-
lowed Clarissa's aunt He found Clar-
issa clasped III her aunt's arms. very
sleepy and pinkfacad and coughing
she does it--iust like that--every
time ! tell her tot" walled Clarissa S
aunt in terror what shall do?
The-the cooks outl Run next door
and ask Mrs Whitel"
The young man ran. He paused 10
shout back from the foot Of the stairs
chat sometimes when babies we're sick
they put them into hot water Then
he slammed out Of the front door
when he returned with Mrs white
and another woman. dinner guest
and tho respective husbands Clarissa'
aunt was discovered putting the pro
testing Clarlssa into steamlng bath
tub.
y thought they couldn't make any
noise when they had croupi" said Mrs
White. 4 don't know anything about
Group, anyway-but I brought this bot
tle-they gave the medicine 70 my lit
tie dog when he coughed just like
that 1t won't hurt her TO swallow
somel"
1 'Iil hold her head said the dinnel
guest. TThere--it'g down
Il ploase go downstairs and get SONS
from the kitchen" cried Clarissai
aunt Doesn't she look awful,
oneer-aud red and she screams so
How wish he doctor would hurryl'
put cold water on her chestlr sais
the dinner guests husband "That1
cure anythingir
THANK youi" cried Clarissa's aunt
II WILL as soon as she's had The lardi'
Presently the doctor came. He ex
amined the child.
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