Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1912-02-17

loved TO awe all the new children who
moved into his part of Dix Street with
| the uncanny tale of de nutty lady
wot lives in de swell end of de street"
| For did he not know all the thrilling
| details of the ladys ''nuttiness"? Was
not his own mother intimately con-
! nected through her profession (she
was laundress) with the entire af-
! fair?
But when little Nazileh Sewaya
| heard the story. only half comprehend
| ing Tommys vernacular. her lovely
dusty eyes asked myriad questions
that ner faltering English could not
| express.
Geraldine Schmidt, who had heard
the story before and always treated the
entire affair with maddening Teutonic
| Indifference. made a stOlid attempt TO
| elucidate Tommy's narrative.
she aindt regular bughouse. NuZly,"
she explained while Nazileh CROPPED for
the meaning of the word "nutty': she
don't throw no fits. yet, nor she don't
makes il that she kills nobody-she's
yust nutty."
"Oxcuse thad / ask" murmured the
little Syrian perplexedly. "whad ees
1 eel lLdu you call bOOS OuSt-
Tommy and Geraldine eyed their
friend with plying disgust. Gee. eX-
ploded Tommy. amt | never goin' TO
loirn youse " Yoik talk?'
"OXcuse." murmured NaZileh peni-
tently me. | theenk YOU hat nod tell
.hees ad ne. thees thad you c2.!'-Ler
voice wavered but with Oriental pa
thence she made the attempt, 'thees-
I 90 -nfaea
And when Tommy had recovered
from the noisy mirth into which Ma
zileh's attempt at idiom had thrust
him. he made one last gigantic effort
at explanation.
playhouse is being so nutty dat
dev has 10 chuck youse in Mattywan
de lady hain't got dat bad yet but
she don't notice nothing nd she don't
know nobody she ust 10 nd de gent
has a nurse goil wild a white cap a
stayin' wild her all de time"
An the leetle babee thad 90 dead?
The nutty ladee don forge-et heem?'
NaZileh demanded, husging her baby
brother so close that he beat her with
his dimpled fists.
Oats wot I'm tellin' youse." reiter-
ated Tommy for the twentieth time:
after de kid goes dead de lady goes
off her nut-'nd den's de time de gent
gives me mudder all de swell clothes
nd de buggy nd things dat dey has for
de dead Kid. Ne mudderd show you
some Of de clothes yet. but de buggy
we sells count of me kid brother is 4
good walker now"
NaZileh sighed. She had hoped 1t
would be nice story; all the stories
she heard were treasures TO carry home
10 mn Antar. her mother, and Ahu
Asaad, her grandfather. TO tell them
while they counted laces in the twi-
light But her sensitive heart knew
that this story of the 'nutty' lady was
far TOO sorrowful TO tell those sad-eyed
people.
Il tells you wot I does" promised
| Tommy generously. "ThOisday | goes
me up Dix Street wild de wash-'nd
Nuzly. yOuse can help fetch nd likely
youse will get a squint at her-she
sit in de back yard-de gent has II
fixed up awful swell for her. Gee. its
on de corner nd dey's bunch of trees
around-he's got a swell fence made
up high out of bricks nd all around
de top of de fence is jugs wild wege-
tables CROWN in 'em nd dey's a swell
gate md inside''-his voice dropped
impressively. inside dat gate dey's a
fountain sduirtin' nd bunch of chairs
around md de nurse goil sits a-watchin'
de nutty lady nd de nutty lady sits
a-watchin' nothin'-"
At last Nazileh began to comprehend.
Me- know" she interrupted Gag
erly. "thad ladee-she hat the eyes
weeth sorrow-she nod see? Ees that
nod whad you call nutty? Me, | know
I those eyes weeth sorrow-on a time
thad my fathare ees keel my mothaire
s mos nearlee haf those keen of eyes,
: Eef ladee hat a sorrow in her heart
I -NaZileh's slender hands were pressed
! against her dingy dress and her dark
5 eyes were wide with horror-"an' she
s hold thad sorrow mooch too tight cen
: her heart an nod let eet come from
I her eyes weeth tears-by an by thad
s eyes ees all blind weeth sorrow-eet
5 ees a theeng YER sad"
Honest, did yer mudder get it,?
demanded Tommy eagerly.
Nazileh nodded slowly.
"She hat eet; she nod nevaire talk
s she nod nevaire smile; she nod nevaire
; cry: she look thees way"-the little
! girls eyes stared blankly and heI
s mouth drooped-"but come a time AL
s lah SEN to her thad geeft of tears, an
, thad sorrow-whad you theenk, thad
sorrow ees weep out of her eyes-nod
, ! ALL" Nazileh sighed, "but mes all an
5 then she ees speak with me, hel
: daughtaire, an weeth Antar, thees ba
bee, an weeth all peoples thad she hal
I know-onlee but she weel nod speal
s about thad sorrow-eet ees thad my
5 fathaire ees keel"
5 Gee" said Tommy thoughtfully. O.
! don't want dat for mine, De lady
she's got it good md plenty, It's d.
real t'ing-she don't know nuthin'-
wait till youse sees her-she won't lie
on she sees youse-she looks right TIRE
I youse."
s The baby walled fretfully. Nazilel
s lifted him from the curbstone to pu
: him in his perambulator.
! "Thees babee," she painted proudly
! lees grow leeke the cole waggin-s'
s mooch he weigh-eef | nod hat thee
81 cart
The "cole Vaughn" was sucking hi
I sisters neck so lovingly that she coul,
! not talk for joy. When his moist ca
s ress was ended she pumped him Of
s the shabby cushions and clapped he
~ hands.
"Aiet Aie," she cried. "Who hat a