The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-12-15

and beauty unlesa there was some
unusual reason she had told him she
wan from the aomth--frum Florida.
She rad had a. open IRE. An open
nrs. IN New Ygfki Ana . bowl q
ionquiia
And she had FED him
Round and round he went n a1uir-
rel in cnre o. doubt Had she Of
ftrsd him toast and eENF end Tea Dee
cause sire wanted "a uner him co.
cal courtesy nr had ana known
that he was hungry
TTe sat 81 ere side - fse bed try
ina ta lEht H 1ut and come ta some
urfrFsfardInE vffh himself TeIIIus
hImseIf one minute that she could not
have known. and the neat that He Aad
tainted and she bed feI bin. and she
muff have known
she knew people ln Florida and
Alabama that De- knew 80 had never
heard ~ MarcsUa =0uthEafs-huf BE-
knsu many southEatrF ln both states
If ives twelve o'clock when BE- Hose
20 last and vent over to the mirror
and looked az himself A drawn.
white. haFEard face. with burning
rrra
Fcr ere srsf time IN weeks Ne
Thought about DIE apparel
W1at a picture BE- must have pre-
arrtaf % her .aHs night Rump.ed
linen and unfrarHed clothes. badly In
need ~ e viFit Co the pressing club.
ife vroane8 and shook NE fist at his
reflection.
Then be vent back pnd lay down
or the bed TIE was awakened - the
grey kitten EckinE his face He sat
gp and stared about him. Ills bead
vas spinning ard fis hack ached Ike
q tooth Ills limbs were heavy as
Iced
He picked % the kitten and grinned.
Lock here. you Toots-are you
reair" Then he fell back, lapsing into
Inconsistencies
Pc heard voices and he tried %
raise he head and look about him But
a heavy weight held him down. The
voices came from a great distance and
roared through MS head. like q muf-
Ted foE-horn A hare rnveloped him
and he tried % penetrate o. and then
hs sank into black darkness
Ee woke again and locked up into
a womans face. A beautiful face
crowned by a mass 81 yellow hair.
iike ionquiis. she was smiling a. him.
You mustn't talk" she whispered
And he smiled hack and went 20 sleep.
Again he walked and he thought he
was alone on q desert island The
world seemed 20 hs Keeling through
space with him alone clinEinE 20 "a.
And then suddenly Ne heard = kitten
new. lie listened and from q far dis
stance he heard a woman's voice.
Then he saw the giri with the yellow
hair. she had a grey kitten In her
arms. and she took q gently and put
Il out and shut the door
She turned and he was staring a.
her
she came over and looked down az
him. smiling.
Did Toots wake your" she asked
T 4 ty 90 keep her cut but sometimes
she slips In before ! know And you
have not seemed % notios anything
Are you hetter7 But you must not
talk. You are better. o. course. The
doctor says you viii soon be ali right"
Then be remembered al old man
with a long. white beard re had
been q whirling dsrvieh IN his dreams
lie laughed a. he rememhss "a. aud
his laugh sounded mke an cid woman's
weak oackls. And the bis. fAt NO.
man, whom he had taken for his Old
yellow mammy-that must have been
MIS-. suKEa
But even IN his dreams the girrs
face. with its crown - tonquii hair
rad come and Eone and he had known
her
TIE awoke one morning. his mind
clothed Ia the habilimsnts q reason.
The giri was sitting near the bed.
IN his big chair.
she looked ~ suddenly and caught
his eve. she closed the book she was
reading. and bent over him Swing
him nourishment from a blue bowl
Sc drank--and then he remembered
lie had tainted and she had FED
him. And now-now lie lay suffer
iuE dumbly