The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-12-26
5FIOW AMATCH
WAS MADE
By EMMA r. SiiORTALL
Copyright. 1910. by American Press
Association.

thing would comfort his mother, and
that was to spend her last days lavish.
ing upon 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 he had suffered from one.
This uncle had poisoned his nephew's
mind against the sex. Besides this.
Castor enjoyed his bacheorhoUd so
we'll that he refused to marry
One day the young man came home
from Paris and went to bed with So
rious illness. A doctor examined the.
patient and informed his mother thai
her son must have trained nurse.
But he won't let 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 a nurse. The young
man said no woman should enter his
room Whereupon the doctor told him
that he would send Il man nurse.
well upon my word"' exclaimed
CASTOR when he first saw his nurse
You're nothing but a boy. What the
dickens are you going to do for me?"
Take your temperature and yonr
pulse, give you your medicine and
when you need amusement amuse
you
well. don't see any objection to
that. This is dull music lying here
alone. Go and get book. J 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 Csisto.' I've
read it half a dozen times, but that
doesn't matter
Antoine got the book, placed chair
by window. sat down and began to
read.
Bring your chair closer" said Gas.
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 either. The nurse read
a 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 him that he had heard
all no had read for nearly two hours.
then had fallen asleep. dreaming that
there was a harp in the room upon
which Antoine was playing. only An
tome was not a boy. but charming
girl.
what are you blushing for?" Gas.
ton asked.
why, monsieur. I have always suf-
fered from Being called effeminate.
I'm very sensitive about it. l beg OF
you not to speak of it again."
well. then. you little ,Ool. won't
do it again. don't blaine you for
not wishing to be considered like wo.
man. l have no use for them myself"
THE Count of Monte Cristo' is a
long book and very entertaining one.
bo1 no Gri Il.
ing it the doctor called one morning.
told CASTOR that he would not need a
nurse any longer and that Antoine was
to go to another patient.
mot on your life" said Castor. IT'LL
he has finished reading The Count of
Monte Cristo' to me-"
This will put me to serious in.
convenience" protested the doctor.
Cant help it. You must get some
one else"
well. then, will tell you some
thing that VIII induce you to part with
Antoine. You would not have wo-
man nurse. and could not get you a
man. so got a girl and dressed her
in mans clothes"
"Phew"
Now 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.
II 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 60 on with THE Count Of
Monte Cristo." but to read only a
chapter day. What puzzled him was
that she had the breeding Of u 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 misalliance.
Well. you have done very wrong in in
Producing this girl as my nurse. }
have fallen in love with her. and life