The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-12-21

woman.
You had gone to Europe. You had
just packed up and skated as II the
police were after you, Mother said
she didn't believe you wanted to go
the least little bit, but that your moth
er made you"
Don't talk nonsense, Polly"
We'll, you skated anyhow"
And don't talk slang"
"Skated isn't slang. 1t means that
you just glided off like a streak Of
lightning You had skated, and | was
lonesome, and was out walking with
poor Flora, when a boy came along
with a big dog. He was tough. So
was his dog He shouted at me:
Take care of your dog!
"'Why?! | answered.
"'Cause my dog will chew him
up!'
Il was just going to tell him that
If his dog did there would be trouble
in the camp, when 1t sprang upon
poor Flora and ended her life. | cant
describe my feelings as | saw her
breathing her last"
We'll, don't try to--not II there's
any slang in It."
why, Hilda. | haven't said a slang
word You know how very, very par
ticular mother is with me. No, | can't
describe my feelings, but | remember
that | went for that boy, tooth and
toenail. | hit and scratched and
kicked and bit, and | was doing him
up when"
Polly Sewell!" exclaimed Miss
Hilda in horror.
Now what's happened?" Polly
asked. II told IT to papa just this
way, and he pa.ted me on the shout
der and called me good girl. AS |
was saying, | was putting in my best
ticks when along came taxi with a
fat woman in It, Maybe she was
clipping. and maybe she only wanted
70 get home to lunch. Maybe the
chauffeur yelled Hi" at me. and
maybe he Just wanted to kill another
girl, However 1t was, he ran me
down. Yes. cousin. ! was knocked
out"
You mean you lost consciousness"
Gracious, but how ignorant you
are for girl of twenty! Nobody can
be knocked out without losing their
consciousness That's the whole idea
of It. Yes. was knocked out and
counted out, and when | came TO
was in the hospital with three broken
ribs That fat woman must have
weighed a ton II was hours and
hours before | came to, and then-oh.
| then"
Then what"
Then there was The loveliest angel
| standing beside my cot in the hos
! pi:al you ever saw. Nobody knew
who was. and they had rung for the
| ambulance and taken me TO the hos
pital. And, oh, that angel, cousin
! that angel"
You mean nurse, of course"
II don't. | mean a mana doctor
| He had hold OF my hand. He was
! looking down on me with his sad
sad eyes. | saw at once that he had
some great sorrow on his mind. Yes
he had the finest eyes-and curly
hair and a handsome nose, and wher
he spoke to me there was pathos In
his voice. And the fun OF the whole
thing was that | knew him at once
while he didn't know me from side
Of sole-leather. Oh. you are interested
are you?'
Polly, | was Just thinking how
frightened you must have been to find
yourself in hospital" said the blush
ing Ililda.
oh. see! Well. save your sym
patty. A hospital with an angel
doctor to fix up your broken ribs isn't
half bad place. In fact, liked 1t sc
well that lied to stay there"
Polly Sewell."
II sure did. They had gone through
my outfit without finding my address
and had concluded | was stranger
I'm the town. When | opened my eyes
and sort o winked at the angel
Polly. that's surely slang,"
mo It isn't. | told papa about It
| ana ne saiu tHlHsS ndu como 10
pretty pass II girl with three broker
ribs couldn't wink at the angel.dos
.or who has set them. When | haC
opened my eyes and winked the doc
tor said
Little glrl. what rs your name?'
It's Hannah Jones
And where do wou i've?
AT far.off Blackberry Corners
Polly, you ought to have been sen
10 jail" was the emphatic comment
but had my little scheme to work
you see. Papa hunted for five day
before he found me, and then 1t wa
ten more before the angel would lie
him take me home, Cousin Hilda.
girl VINO is the real thing can accom-
plish heap In fifteen days. even
she has broken ribs wanted TO hav,
chat with that angel on outside mat
ters. and had three or four OF them
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