The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-12-19


Sa4 down her dress and settled
herself in her chair, I'm
going to begin at the beginning and
and tell you all about 1t, 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 SLATED as II the
police were after you. Mother said
she didn't believe you wanted to 60
the least little bit, but that your moth
er made you"
Don't talk nonsense. Polly"
well, you slated anyhow"
And don't talk slang"
SLATED isn't slang. It means that
you Just glided on like q streak of
lightning. You had .skated, and was
lonesome, and was out walking with
poor Flora. when a boy came. along
with big dog He was tough. So
was his dog. He shouted at mes
Take care Of your dog!'
"'Why?-' answered.
"'cause my dog will chew him
up!'
4 was Just going to tell him that
II his dog did there would be trouble
in the camp, when 1t sDrang upon
poor Flora and ended her life. 1 can't
describe my feelings as / saw her
breathing her last
Well, don't try to-not II there's
any slang in It."
Why. Hilda, haven't said q slang
word. You know how very. very par.
tlcular mother is with me. No, can't
describe my feelings, but / remember
that I went for that boy, tooth and
toe.nail hit and scratched and
kicked and bit, and l was doing him
up when"
Polly sewell!s exclaimed Miss
Hilda in horror.
Now what's happened?" Polly
asked. II told 1t to papa Just this
way, and he patted me on the shoul.
der and called me good girl. AS l
was saying. was putting in my best
ticks when along came a taxi with a
fat woman in 1t. Maybe she was
eloping, and maybe she only wanted
to 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, I 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
was in the hospital with three broken
ribs. That fat woman must have
weighed ton. It 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
anu ltdhGn luG " liz hUn-
pital. And, oh, that angel, cousin,
that angel"
You mean nurse, OF course"
Il don't l mean 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 whea
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 a side
Of sole.leather. Oh, you are interested,
are your"
Polly, was Just thinking how
frightened you must have been to fiud
Yourself in a hospital said the blush
ing 'Hilda.
"oh. see! Well, save your sym.
pathy. A hospital with an angel
doctor to Ak up your broken ribs isn't
a half bad place. In fact, i liked it &c
we'll that lied to stay there
Polly Sewall!p
Il sure did. TheyShad gone through
my outfit without finding my address
and had concluded was stranger
in the towA. sWhen'f opened my eyes
and sort o wlnked at ths,angel J" ~ ~
Polly. that's surely sIanglS 4
NO 1t isn't IStold papa about Il,
and he said things had come to a
pretty pass II girl with three broken
RIBS couldn't. wink at the angel.doc-
tor who has set them. When / had
opened my eyes and winked the doc.
tor said: ~
Little girl. what is your manner
It's Hanah Jones'
And where do wou liver
At far-oh Blackberry Corners.'"
Polly, you ought to have been sent
% jalll" was the emphatic comment.
But had my little scheme to work.
you see. Papa hunted for i've days