The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-04-18

from us. I've been crazy to know him
ever since I've been here, and / knew
he was all ready to speak to me II
gave him the least little bit of chance,
but | 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 If It hadn't been for the
fire the other mornin
Yes, indeed, my dear, we did have
a perfectly terrible fire. 1t was about
o'clock in the mornin', such a scan.
dalous time for anything TO happen!
THE first ! knew about 1t was when
Sister Matte came into my room and
begun poundin' me. Get up! Get
up!' she was sayin' when opened my
eyes. The house is on fire!'
Il jumped up out of bed and begun
Hoppin round the room and screamin'
Still, had enough presence of mind to
go back after my black satin slippers
when | got clear to the top of the
stairs and Sister Matte was tuggin'
at my arm and tryin' to make me hur.
ry down. OF course, the first thing |
did was to get my best hat and put It
on and then put on my white shoes
and my kimono, too, because Sister
Matte KEEP worryin me so about It,
runnin' around behind me with 1t in
her hand.
We'll, my dear, l give you my word,
! was clear down on the street when
| suddenly had the most awful feelin'
! ever had in my life. I'd come off and
left my hair! Now, could you ever
believe 1t? 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 I had the most awful vision of me
goin' around the rest Of my life with
just the hair that grows on my head
and l nearly tainted. For a minute
| was so weak | couldn't move and
then l simply tore back up the stairs.
When ! was about half way up heard
somebody gallopin' after me. What do
you think? 1t was that lovely young
man across the hall!
Let me go and get 1t for you, Miss
Robinson he said. Wasn't 1t sweet
OF him to know what my name was?
Il was just pantin' by that time,
was 80 out of breath, and bein so
kind o. crazy and excited, Just told
~, Lol.
I'm afraid you wouldn't know where
to find it,
We'll, for a minute l 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 l told him II was on the dress.
err and he went on up and went down
to the street.
Il didn't have any more than time to
begin thinkin' how perfectly terrible
I'd feel when he came back wavin'
thai hair in his hand.I was thlnkin'
maybe it'd be better to have gone
through life lookin' kind O. moth ear
en- than to face such terrible sltua.
ton, when he came down the stairs
and came up TO me and handed me my
hair. What do you think? He'd
stopped and wrapped It up in a piece
OF paper! Wasn't that the sweetest
thing you ever heard OF? My dear,
could any girl have helped fallin' In
love with him?
No, the fire didn't amount to a hill
OF beans. We all went back to our
rooms In about half an hour, but Mr..
Sheldon came over the next morning
to ask how We were. Wasn't that
sweet of him? And Sister Matte
found he knows some people that she
knows and she asked him TO come TO
dinner, and he's been over every day
since.
Sister Mattie's just as crazy about
him as | am, but never did tell her
about the hair. | know she'd think II
was perfectly scandalous."