Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1910-10-07
HOW
WAS MADE
By EMMA r. SHORTALL
Copyright. 1910. by American Press
Association

years old and not married. But one
thing would comfort his mother, and
that was to spend her last days lavish
ing upon a grandson the care she had
long been denied the pleasure Of ex-
pending upon her son.
But CASTOR had an uncle, a crusty
old bachelor, who had been Tilted in
his youth and who hated all women
for what be had suffered from one.
This uncle had poisoned his nephew's
mind against the sex. Besides this,
CASTOR enjoyed his bachelorhood SO
we'll that he refused to marry.
One day the young man came home
from Paris and went to bed with Sc
| rious illness. A doctor examined the
| patient and Informed his mother that
her son must have trained nurse.
"But he won't let a woman, except
| me. come near him.
! 'He must.''
! The doctor and Nine Benardier con-
ferred for an hour, at the end Of which
time the doctor informed CASTOR that
he must have nurse The young
| man said no woman should enter his
room. Whereupon the doctor told him
that he would send man nurse.
| "Well upon my word" exclaimed
| CASTOR when he first saw his nurse.
you're nothing but boy. What the
| dickens are you going to do for me-"
'Take your temperature and your
! pulse, give you your medicine and
| when you need amusement amuse
you"
"Well, I don't see any objection to
that This is dull music lying here
alone. Go and get book l wish you
to read to me- What's your name?'
"Antoine, monsieur"
Judging from your appearance, you
| had better have been christened An
toinette. Go to the library and bring
The Count of Monte Cdsto' I've
read it half dozen times, but that
| doesn't matter
Antoine got the book, placed chair
by a window. sat down and began to
read
Bring your chair closer" said Cas-
ton; II can't hear you so far away.
Where did you get that soft voice of
yours? You'll never do to shout or
| ders to soldiers"
| The boy brought his chair nearer
and commenced again. Castor lis
tened rather to the musical tones Of
his voice than to the story. 1t seemed
to him that he was lulled by some one
playing on a either. The nurse read
! couple of hours, when. looking up, he
! saw that the patient slept Closing the
, . book, he stole away and left the In
: , valid to his repose
When CASTOR awakened he felt
much refreshed He called for his
nurse and told bin that he had heard
' all he had read for nearly two hours,
! then had fallen asleep, dreaming that
! there was harp in the room upon
which Antoine was playing, only An
: tome was not boy. but charming
. girl.
"What are you blushing forT' Gas.
! ton asked.
"Why, monsieur. I have always SUI
fered from being called enfeminate.
j ~
you not to speak of it again."
"Well, then. you little fook I won't
' do it again. don't blame you for
, not wishing to he considered like wo-
| man. have no use for them myself"
"The Count of Monte Cristo'' is a
long book and very entertaining one.
Before Antoine had half finished read
ing it the doctor called one morning,
: told CASTOR that be would not need a
nurse any longer and that Antoine was
to go to another patient.
Not on your life." said CASTOR, It'll
he has finished reading The Count Of
Monte Cristo' to me-
This will put me to a serious in
convenience" protested the DOCTOR
Cant help it, You must get some
one else"
well, then. will tell you some
thing that will induce you to part with
Antoine. You would not have a wo-
man nurse. and l could not get you a
man. so got a girl and dressed her
In mans clothes"
"Phew"
"Now l suppose you give up"
II don't care if she is a ghoul; she
shall finish the book"
The doctor gave in and reported the &
matter to Nine Benardier, who SEEM
ed delighted with what had taken
place.
81 leave you. madame, to tell him
the rest at the proper time
When the nurse appeared again to
her patient she was in the apparel Of
her sex. CASTOR was enraptured He
told her to go on with The Count of
Monte Crlsto." but to read only a
chapter day. What puzzled him was
that she had the breeding of a lady
and when not in nurses uniform her
costumes were of fine texture
Mother" said Castor one day, II
am in trouble You know that our
family has never made a misaliance
Well, you have done very wrong in in
Producing this girl as my nurse I
e.