Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-12-14

~ PPOSlTE each other in the
H1v-1 cosy morning room sat
kSg%S,k young woman and girl OF
YgxY twelve.
~ ssgl Now. Cousin Hilda.'' said
sskHS the latter, as she smoothed
>Nsss down her dress and settled
herself in her chair, I'm
going to begin at the beginning and
and tell you all about it, and then we
are to go out and buy Santa Claus
| present for him"
Yes, Polly answered the young
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"
Well, you skated anyhow"
And don't talk slang
Slated isn't slang. 1t means that
/ lightning. You had skated, and was
lonesome. and was out walking with
poor Flora, when boy came along
with 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
| upn
II was just going to tell him that
III his dog did there would be trouble
in the camp. when 1t sprang upon
poor Flora and ended her life. can't
describe my feelings as saw her
breathing her last"
Well. don't try to--not IL there's
any slang in it,"
Why, Hilda. haven't said q 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
toe-nail. hit and scratched and
kicked and bit and | was doing him
up when"
Polly sewell." exclaimed Miss
llilda in horror.
Now what's happened" Polly
/
way. and he patted me on the shout
der and called me good girl AS l
was saying, | was putting in my best
ticks when along came taxi with
fat woman In It, Maybe she was
clipping. and maybe she only wanted
TO get home to lunch. Maybe the
chauffeur yelled .fIi!' at me, and
maybe he just wanted to kill another
| girl. However it 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 1t. Yes, ] was knocked out and
counted out. and when came to
ribs. That fat woman must have
weighed u ton. 1t 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
pital 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"
u 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 wheE
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, I was just thinking how
frightened you must have been to find
yourself in hospital" said the blush
ing Hilda.
oh, see. Well. save your SYM
pathy. A hospital with an angel
doctor to fix up your broken ribs isn't
half bad place. In fact, liked 1t SO
well that lied to stay there
Polly Sewell!"
II sure did. They had gone through
my outfit without finding my address
and had concluded l was stranger
in the town. When opened my eyes
and sort o. winked at the angel.
Polly. that's surely slang!"
NO it isn't. | told papa about 1t,
and he said things had come to n
pretty pass if girl with three broken
ribs couldn't wink at the angel-doc-
tor who has set them. When l had
opened my eyes and winked the doc
tor said:
Little girl, what is your nameY
It's Hanah Jones'
And where do won live?'
AT far-off Blackberry Corners.
Polly, you ought to have been sent
to jail" was the emphatic comment.
But had my little scheme to work,
you see. Papa hunted for five days
before he found me- and then II was
ten more before the angel would let
him take me home. Cousin Hilda, a
girl who is the real thing can accom-
plish heap in fifteen days, even II
she has broken ribs. wanted to have
chat with that angel ON outside mat.
tiers, and had three or four OF them.