The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1912-02-28
The Rescue

piece Vi CdHOyI ABheu tHe girl WIN
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 crazy to have me say
amt the way do" she went on. but
somehow / don't reckon ever will get
over doin' 1t.
Another thing that Just about en-
harnesses Sister Matte to death Is
the way l talk to strangers. 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 knew
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.
Il reckon we'd u gone on like that |
all summer II II hadn't been for the |
fire the other moTnin'.
yes. indeed, my dear. we did have
perfectly terrible FIRE. 1t was about |
o'clock In the mornin'. such a scan
dalous time for anything to happenl
"The FIRST know about 1t was when |
Sister Matte came into my room and |
begun poundin' me. Get up! Get |
upl she was sayfn' when opened my
eyes. The house 10 on fret
Il jumped up out OF bed and begun |
noppin round the room and screamin'. |
Still. had enough presence of mind to
90 back after my black satin slippers |
when I got clear to the top of the
stairs and Sister Matte was tusgin' !
at my arm and t1yin' to make me hur.
~ down. OF oo1Tse. the first thing ]
did was to get my best hat and put II
On and then l Put on my white shoes
and my kimono. TOO. because Sister
Matte KEEP wos1yin' me so about II.
runnin' around behind me with It IN
her hand.
We'll. my dear. 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 on and
left my hairi Now, could you ever
believe III Ny beautiful long switch
that paid 80 an inch for,
Il 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
! was 80 weak ! couldn't move and
then simply tore back up the stairs
When I was about half way up I heard
somebody gallopin' after me. What dc
you thinkf 1t was that lovely youns
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 VAST
II was Just pantin' By that time, ]
was SO out Of breath. and bein' &C
kind O. crazy and excited, / just told
him the truth. It's my hair / said
Tn afraid you wouldn't know where
to find It.
We'll. for q minute I thought he'd
die laughin'. and 1t wasn't any laushin'
matter, thought, SO I started on ur
again. He took hold OF my arm
though. and said for me to 60 on down
stairs. and he asked me where my hair
was. By that time he'd got over laugh
In. 30 told him It was on the dress
or. and be went on up and went down
TO the street.
Il didn't have any more than time te
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-
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 paperi Wasat that the sweetest
thing you ever heard Of? My dear.
could any girl have helped fallin' in
love with himf
mo. 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 himf And Sister Matte