Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-09

Girls may be roughly divided into two -classes-those who want to be actresses and those who want to be | nurses. Both mandas are forms of-the
 same universal feminine feFer-the craving for admiration.
 Nora contracted the want-to-be-a- a. nurse fever at P, and contracted it so badly that she suceumbed to it. One. positively has to do some thing" she explained to me the first time I saw her after she had em parked upon her mission. T absolutely coludn't stand the idea of life made up of tea parties dinners and suppers-" 'oTen me, how do you like scrubbing | floors, polishing brass and sterlizing instruments ?" I asked.
 She caught me surreptitiously look ing at her ungloved right hand and put it out of sight "Oh, it's not so very terrible-besides, some one has to do it." she said, blushing slightly. Nora jumped up quickly. Horrors. We must wash off at once! daren't be a minute later than 4 o'clock"
 oceans of time for that" I as- Sured her. But what would happen if you were 1ate2"
 Ut goes down against you in a book" she explained absently.
 purposely ran across Grahame and Hunter, two of the six men who were eager to marry Nora that evening, and casually brought it in that I had seen her. They looked rather annoyed and said. 'sOh?" somewhat coldly.
 '.The poor little girls looking rather worried and is obviously disillusioned' '' I went on: lin fact, feel certain that she'd give the whole thing up to- morrow if she could only find decent way out
 Grahame nodded "Yes, it's only pride that's making her stick it-a pride that's going to spoil her life, if she doesn't take care"
 T hope remarked Hunter, you didn't give her any sympathy this afternoon? thought brave and all that sort Of thing. The you did all this of your own free will, and, therefore. you ob- viously- like. it. or .you would give it up,' is the attitude to adopt"
 Then I eNpounded my. idea. for saw ing Nora-and saving her face; I ex- pIained how we three, between us, could. rescue her, from her headstrong folly; how, we could be. cruel seem- ingiy, to be kind in reality.
 We drew lotssfor turns, Hunter came first, Graflafne second and last This was rather black for me.
 Approximately 24 hours later Hunter burst in upon Grahame and me in my room. Somehow couldn't say exact ly why-we had spent a rather moroSe evening together, and we didn't herald his arrival with any intense en- thusiasm.,
 But he was rrespressible. I've put spoke No. l in her wheel in great style" he beaned, and whats more, she thinks it was her own fault. She actually said I wasn't to blame a scrap before we parted"
 A week later Grahame announced his intention of trying to work his bit. It seemed that Nora was free from nine till noon on the morrow and that he had arranged to take her out in car. Just because Grallame happens to make a little more money than most of us 4do-personally. I don't see any thing in his stuff but I suppose papers must fill up. som ellow--he is given to doing thinss like that.
 se Still, three hours isn't very long, especially when wou've got to drive as weu.z and Hunter and I both said we wished him luck "in the cause"
 He had it, too-as5 he insisted upon telling us at length afterwards-and thus ftswas left to ne to consu1nmate the great scheme. How to do so I hadn't an idea
 s.It's great problem agreed GrahaT11e when I discussed things with shim, eand the simpler your plan the better chance it will stand. I shouldn't rush itsifI were you: you've got montI,s before ysotI."s
 It struck me that the latter part of Grahames advice wasn't altogether disinterested. Anyhow, I ignored it.
 zzNora was 10 minutes late in turning