The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-01
TIE EVENING STORY
Her Beauty Treatment.
: (By Catherine Coope.)

(By Catherine Cooper
The young doctor drew in a great
breath of country air. The garden at
the rear of the old home in which he
was to spend his vacation was q, mass
of scented flowers Roses, zenlas'
dahlias, all clustered about like little
joyous souls rowing in the moonlight
refreshing rain had cooled the air,
and because the night was beautlful,
and the doctor young, his thoughts
turned toward the girl to whom ms
heart had lately responded Because
his mind was in chaotic condltloh
regarding the depth Of his feeling TO.
ward Rose Langdon, DR.. Emery had
come to the solitude of the old manor
house on Long Island.
His thoughts, for the moment bent
chiefly on the beauty of the night.
were easily interrupted. He paused
and listened.
In the walled garden next door a
soft swishing sound made regular ha--
mOny to his ear. He drew nearer the
wall and looked over through clump
Of bushes His eyes opened wide and
he leaned cautiously away from the
moon rays.
Was she a wrath or blood and
bone girl who trailed back and forth
over the rain-soaked grass? DR.. En-
cry, so completely startled out of his
everyday humdrum city life. could
not definitely answer the question. He
watched with fascinated attention.
The girls attire was white and
clingy and traily, and as she moved
across the long grass her bare feet
a pool of water left by the recent rain.
and a gleeful chuckle fell from the
girls lips.
''Insane!'' muttered the young doc
tor. BY Jovel What a pity-she is
as beautiful as the lilies
They toll not, neither do they spin"
thought the doctor, and the pity
dropped out of his thoughts, the girl
seemed SO absolutely happy. so evil
IDENTIFY joyous in this condition of the
mind After humming a few notes of
lifting melody the girl tripped quickly
toward the house and disappeared.
Dr. Emery frowned, partly because
the garden seemed less beautiful and
partly because he had been inter
rupted in his attempt to diagnose this
peculiar form of brain malady. The
puzzled frown remained as the doctor
returned to the house.
At an early hour OF she morning
there came to the doctors ears that
same tinkIing laugh. He jumped hur-
riedly from his bed and looked out of
the window.
The sun was great ball in the
eastern sky, and it cast its daWning
color over the girl in the next garden.
This is assuredly peculiar case,
muttered the doctor, while he kept
fascinated eyes upon the girl. She
was in the front garden now and a
blue kimOno enveloped her; her head
was bound closely in a turban effect
of the same shade, and she was trip
ping quickly about among the great
hydrangea bushes. From time to time
she would select q blossom and hold it
in two caressing hands. then suddenly
bury her face in its soft depths. 1t
was at such moments that the little
laugh rang out. The doctor watched
- l.
that chung to her eyes and lips and
nose.
"she is just plum dippy.' ejaculat-
ed DR.. Emery, with tinge of irrIta
tion that she should be getting so
much joy out of living Il suppose if
discovered a cure for her she would
be as grumpy then as she is happy
now
The girl then went down into the
back garden and selected an ear of
corn from the stocks, which she ate,
nibbling it with apparent relish
Then she sampled peas, carrots and
Mud and all! Most extraordinary
For the first time in his career, DR.
Emery regretted that he was not
an insanity expert She seems to
thrive on it-never saw such beauty
in all my life was the doctors |
thought as he crept back into bed af-
ter the girl had returned to the house. |
He lay a long time wondering how he |
could aerange to talk to the girl with !
out arousing her suspicion
During the day he watched for vari- |
Gus moods of the case. When the sun |
was high the girl came out with her I
glorious red-gold hair hanging, and |
to sway backward and for
ward. swishing it to all the wind in /
the air. after which she brushed it |
Now she thinks she is an italian |
wood carrier The doctor watched |
her put a book on the crown of her /
head and walk slowly around and /
a specialist in that house watching her
every minutel"
In the evening when the moon was |
high the girl came again into the back
garden. DR. Emery was well hidden
behind a clump of bushes.
Great Scott! She has on her bath
ing suit And she is rolling in this
soaking grassl She'll have something
tomorrow that will need a doctor as
sure as my names Emery
After rolling over and over in the
wet grass and then lying full length
on her back for a long moment. the
girl pulled bathing cap well over her
head and turned on the hose With /
laughter falling from her lips she ran
in and out, squealing with the cold and
axhilaration Of her hose bath.
A door opened in his own house
"Oh DR.. Emery Here is q telegram
for you" the voice from the house
called.
With q lingering look at the hose
nymph DR.. Emery went for his teIe-
gram.
He was summoned back to town.
patient needed him and Emery took
the late train out that night He went
determined to return as quickly IS pos
sible. Pity being akin to love. the
young doctor felt the diagnosis of his
own case was easily made
Weeks went on and still Dr. Emery
was Iarnessed to the grind in town.
He felt. however, that since the snow
was upon the ground the girl would
not be permitted TO carry on her in