The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-05-09
The Rescue:

Isn't you goin' to have another
piece Of caady?" asked the girl who
had not been long from the land Of
Dixie. Then she put her hand over
her mouth and laughed gleefully
through her fingers. 1T nearly drives
Sister Matte Grassy to have me say
amt the way I d." she went on, 'but
somehow I don't reckon ever will get
over dom It.
another thing that Just about en-
harnesses Sister Matte to death 10
the way I talk to strangers. / know
nearly everybody In the apartment
buildin' now and she don't know hard.
" any Of EN-. Sister Mattie's lived up
north 80 long she's Just like northern
people.
"Speakin' Of talkin' to strangers,
there's the sweetest lookin' young man
lives in the apartment across the hall
from US. I've been crazy to know him
ever since I've been here, and I knew
he was all ready to speak to me II I
gave him the least little bit of chance,
but I was so scared of Sister Matte
that never dared to. Every time
we'd meet in the hall. though. or in
the elevator he'd kind O. look at me
and I'd kind O. look at him.
II reckon we'd a gone on like that
all summer II 1t hadn't been for the
nre the other mornin'.
Eyes. indeed. my dear, We did have
. perfectly terrible are. 1t was about
! o'clock in the mornin'. such q scan
dalous time for anything to happen!
"Tho drst knew about It was when
Sister Matte came into my room and
begun poundin' mo. Get up! Get
up!' she was sayin' when I opened my
eyes. The house II On nre!'
n Jumped up out Of bed and begun
noppin round tho room and screamin'.
Still. I had enough presence Of mind to
60 back after my black satin slippers
when ! got clear to tho top Of the
stairs and Sister Matte was tuggin'
1t my arm and tryin' to make mo hur-
r. down. OF course, the first thing I
did was to get my best hat and put Il
on and then I put on my white shoes
and my kimono. too. because Sister
Matte KEEP worryin' me 90 about It.
runnin' around behind me with It In
her hand.
"Well. my dear. I give you my word,
I was clear down on the street when
I suddenly had the most awful feelin'
ever had in my life. I'd come OF and
left my hair! Now, could you ever
believe it? My beautiful long switch
that paid 81 an inch for!
II just knew I'd never In the world
get money enough to get another one
and had the most awful vision of me
goin' around the rest of my life with
just the hair that grows ON my head
and I nearly tainted. For a minute
l was so weak couldn't move and
then I simply tore back up the stairs.
When was about half way up heard
somebody gallopin' after me. What do
you think? It was that lovely young
man across the hall!
"Let me go and get it for you, Miss
Robinson he said. Wasn't it sweet
of him to know what my name was?
II was just pantin' by that time,
was so out of breath, and bein' so
kind o crazy and excited, just told
him the truth. It's my hair l said.
I'm afraid you wouldn't know where
to find it,
"Well, for minute 1 thought he'd
die laughin, and it wasn't any laughin'
matter, / thought, so I started on up
again. He took hold of my arm,
though, and said for me to go on down.
stairs, and he asked me where my hair
was. By that time he'd got over laugh
in, so told him it was on the dress.
er, and he went on up and went down
to the street.
II didn't have any more than time to
begin thinkin' how perfectly terrible
I'd feel when he came back wavin'
that hair in his handI was thinkin'
maybe it'd be better to have gone
through life lookin' kind O. moth eat
en- than to face such a terrible situa.