The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-12-15

WAXXUM NOW, SOuSlu I1llud, salt
Q& the latter, as she smoothet
> down her dress and settled
herself In her chair, "I'm
AfRg to begin at the beginning and
au& tell you all about 1t, and then we
unzs 20 go out and buy Santa Claus
urfxent for him.
Yes, Polly" answered the young
wsman
TOW had gone to Europe. You had
Annye packed up and skated as II the
Ny1Ise were after you. Mother said
MfnR didn't believe you wanted to 60
s1saR Eeast little bit, but that your moth
SrnsaGer you"
'-n0n't talk nonsense, Polly"
well. you skated anyhow"
end don't talk slang"
''xkated isn't slang. It means that
wpx Just glided OF like a streak of
NEtkuing. You had skated, and was
sRrssUue, and was out walking with
Nrsw Flora, when boy came along
wSikb a big dog. He was tough. So
&us his dog. He shouted at me-
Take care of your dog!'
y SWhy?-' I answered.
~"Cause my dog will chew him
ssgr
Il was just going to tell him that
VI &is dog did there would be trouble
~ Eae camp. when 1t sprang upon
Mnaw Flora and ended her life. I can't
dkuxn7ihe my feelings as saw her
fArSzfhtng her last"
''Nisfl, don't try to-not II there's
ssny slang In It,"
WHY, Hilda, I haven't said q slang
wnxE You know how very, very par
aarassr mother is with me. No, I can't
SERsxsfbe my feelings. but remember
Hs3a ! went for that boy. tooth and
0aemil. I hit and scratched and
xSxAzd and bit, and I was doing him
MB When"
~~E6s1S Sewell!" exclaimed Miss
MRdRs I'm horror.
~Tlbw what's 'happened?" Polly
nxkSdr II told 1t to papa Just this
wnx. and he patted me on the shout
aRr md called me good girl. AS
wR Saying, was putting in my Vest
AEHE when along came taxi with q
xkn woman in 1t. Maybe she was
~laa6ug, and maybe she only wanted
- mt home to lunch. Maybe the
sSAuEseur yelled Hit at, me. and
saz4e he Just wanted t" kill another
NM. Moweverfit was, he ran me
aRsxs Yes, cousin, was knocked
Szsa- a. .s,y- %.
~xou mean you lost consciousness ?"f
'-1fscfous, but how ignorant you
ana fT girl of twenty! Nobody can
ns Knocked out without losing their
ssxEtousness. That's the whole idea
en %. Yes, was knocked out and
ssuNeed out, and when I came to I
vuAx % the hospital with three broken
xS0hE- That fat woman must have
wkk&ed ton. It was hours and
nEnfs before came to, and then-oh.
@hnHs-
@Thsn what?"
hEm there was the loveliest angel
affEaning beside my cot in the hos
MkN you ever saw. Nobody knew
AsAx IL was, and they had rung for the
spnx3siance and taken me to the hos
NifxE- And. oh, that angel, cousin
CONT sngelY"
xm mean a nurse, OF course"
x don't. I mean a mana doctor.
Ke had hold of my hand. He was
Inwkzng down on me with his sad,
xpf ayes saw at once that he had
saxEe great sorrow on his mind. Yes,
hr Hsd the finest eyes-and curly
Ikrtsr, and a handsome nose, and wheI
Inc spoke to me there was pathos in
GK goice. And the fun of the whole
szkhaE was that I knew him at once,
wsffis he didn't know me from a side
Of aoIe-leather. oh, you are interested,
sszs vUu?"
Polly, I was just thinking how
heightened you must have been to find
HxsTgeTf in a hospital" said the blush
ing Hlda.
Oh. see! Well, save your SYM
Hzzny A hospital with an angel
xistor to fix up your broken ribs isn't
nhalf bad place. In fact, liked 1t so
seE that lied to stay there"
Folly Sewell!"
-xsure did. They had gone through
ny outfit without finding my address
sna had concluded l was a stranger
~ the town. When opened my eyes
apsF sort O. winked at the angel"
'Hony, that's surely. slang"
''N1 IT isn't l told papa about 1t,
aanz ne said things had come to
pse5tS pass IL girl with three broken
mis- couldn't wink at the angel-doc-
nsr who has set them. When I had
apsneu my eyes and winked the doc.
tar said:
Little girl, what is your manner
'.1t's Hanah Jones'
land where do wou liver
AT far-off Blackberry Corners"
-FnkIy, you ought to have been sent
20 iailt" was the emphatic comment.
'-sSut had my little scheme to work,
WA see. Papa hunted for five days