The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-11-11
tested, meeting her eyes and flushing a

tested, meeting her eyes and flushing
little.
She brandished her new weapon in his
face. "You have no opinions about people
you don't know; SO, of course, it's impossi
bic for you to have an opinion as to my
opinion. But suffer from no such qualms,
yourself, Here's fy-away young lady who
thinks she's going to run me and the whole
East Side. will just show her some things!
Now, since can see that you pride yourself
on your frankness, come, be frank! Didn't
you say just about that? Or, if you didn't,
why are you adopting the attitude of a
grim school-teacher toward bad little girl?
Why such an air of Noli me tangcre 2"
WILDER hesitated over his reply.
ct was, suppose, an admission of weak
ness did tin self-defense."
"Another bone for me to gnaw on!" she
cried. "That's what thought when you
made that remark about the East Sides not
being menagerie, you know: He's throw
ing me bone, as if were finicky little
poodle. Take it or leave it, But, at any
rate, this is a meatier bone!" She laughed
aloud Lets SEE in f-defense---'
Il surrender" interrupted Wilber thaw-
ing completely. Il apologize! Let's for
get it, if you are willing. How do you like
the'odors around here?"
Miss Allston allowed herself to be di-
verted from pressing her ambiguous victory.
"Why, to tell the truth, rather like them!
Just catch that fleeing whifT Is it a mix
ture of boiled cabbage and onions, or
WHAT"
1--WE often tried to analyze them," said
WILDER, "but without much success. The
civilized nose seems to have lost its abilities
as precise instrument. l daresay dog,
now, if he could handle human language,
could give us a perfect quantitative and
qualitative analysis
He led the way into narrow side-street,
glanced up at number, stopped, and
bowed her, with mock gallantry, into a
tenement. 1t had brownstone gingerbread
work outside, and highly ornamental iron
fire-escape; but inside were darkness, damp
ness, and peculiarly vigorous odors. He
led her through long, dark hallway, up a
number of winding stairs, narrow, gloomy,
unswept, and into two-roomed fiat, where
one of his patients, German woman, lived.
While he talked to the woman in German,
he made Miss Allston stand near the door.
Then, in English, he called her attention to
the features of the case and place. She
heard, indistinctly, that the woman's hus-
band and two of her daughters bad died on
the bed where the wife and mother now lay;
that there was no light and little air; that
the water supply and toilet facilities were
deadlier than rattlesnakes. A sensation of
nausea and dizziness overcame her. She
turned back into the hallway and groped
toward the stairs. The doctor followed,
still talking, evidently too much interested
in his case to notice her distress.
In the sitting, malodorous darkness, she
stepped into little pool Of water on the
floor, slipped, and fell to her knees.
ooh, take me out into the air!" she
gasped, as he rushed to her assistance.
I'm choking!"
Filled with surprise and contrition, he
took her arm and assisted her down the
uneven stairs.
II didn't imagine" he apologized
lanely. "You see, it wasn't a particularly
bad place."
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