The Green Forest tribune., 1912-01-05
The Rescue

Isn't you goip' to have another piece of candy?I asked the girl who had not been long from the land of Dixie. Then sRe put her hand over her mouth and laughed gleefully through her fingers. Tt nearly drives Sister Hattie crazy to have me say 'ain't' the way I do," she went on, "but somehow don't reckon I ever will get over doin' it.
 Another thing that just about em- barrasses Sister Hattie to death Is the way I talk to strangers I know nearly everybody in the apartment buildin' now and she don't know hard ly any of 'em. Sister Mattie's lived up north so 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 l knew he was all ready to speak to me if l gave him the least little bit of chance, but I was so scared of Sister Mattie that I 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.
 T 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 Nperfectly terrible fire. It was about ? o'clock in the mornin', such a scan- dfpus time for anything to happen!
 '"'The first I knew about 1t was when Sister Nattie came into my room and legan poundin' me Get up! Get up! sine was sayin' when I opened my eyes. The house is on 'fire!'
 mped up out of bed and begun f1oppin round the room and screamin' Still, had enough presence of mind to go back after my black satin slippers when l got clear to the top of the stairs and Sister Mattie 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 ana then ] put on my white shoes and my ki1flono, too, because Sister Matte kee worryin' me so about it runnin' arouhd behind me with it IT her hand.
 Well, my dSar, l give you my word l was clear dH HEn on the street wher I suddenly 8the most awful feelin 1 ever had in Mlife. I'd come off ant left my hair Now, could you eyel believe it? Weautiful long switcl that I paid $2 Ench for!
 T just knew Anever in the world get money enc 10 get another ont and I had the Awful vision of mt goin' around tn of my, life witt just the hair tn. &pws on my heaC and I nearly ia For lt minute l was so weak Sdn't move and then 1 simply tor N up .tGe stairs When I was about ,e.4kway up Aneard somebody gallopin' ;fter me VI hat do you think? It was that lovely Yyoung man across the halI!A
 Let me go and get it for you, Miss Robinson he said Wasn't 1t sweet of him to know whatl my name was?
 q was just pantlni by that time, was so out of breath, and bein SC kind O crazy and excited, 1 just told him the truth. It's my hair,' said Pm afraid you wouldn't know where to find it.
 Well, for minute I 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 I told him 1t was on the dress OF and hn went on un and went dn1ur