El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-06-20
Guiding Cottages
A short story.

respective Inhabitants being anything
out bosom friends was simply ridiCu-
Ious- The thought struck DOllabella
FoWney quite fOrcibly when she
bought one Of these said houses, and
made her more eager than was her
wont (she was not curious by narure)
70 catch glimpse Of her next door
nelghbOr. Oddly enough it was quite
a fortnight after she had moved in be-
lore she did so, and then the manner
OL ner catching was sadly at var
! lance with her customary traditions
OF dignity.
Consumed, one evening, with a desire
70 know something of that neighbOr's
tastes and habits, she rose on an IN
FeTIed backing box, which she had
paced against her garden wall to take
a IurtlVe peep at the adjacent prem
lses The neighbOr, CuriOusly enough,
cnose that precise spot and moment
AOI similar maueuVer. Result their
noses all but met The neighbOr said
. afterwards that he was training a
Creeper, but the announcement was in
any case absurd DOllabella shriezed-
her backing box turned turtle at the
start she gave. and she nearly sprained
an ankle as she fell plump into
( group OF peOnies. With a cOuntenance
the color OLLhOse flam bOyanr bios
SONS, and tears Of modification In her
eyes, she scrambled up and went ma
Jesucally indoors. banging the front
uOOr TO ease her feelings The neigh
Dor-such is the depravity Of man
laughed After that there was only one
course open TO DOllabella, the next
, door neighbOr must be ignOred-senr
10 CoYentry-Ostracise d-crushed-
50 when the Wears wife called one
afternoon, and was full of that de-
uShIfuI Mr. Randall on your left,
DOuaDella dropped from pleasant yOlu-
/ Dlllly 10 cold 'indeeds,' and 'reallys,
ana the wears wife. seeming some
cOntretemps rushed off at score to the
subject Of the Red Cross society, which
was at that particular time being
forced upon the village
Would Miss POwney jOin2 She looked
so capable-and--lL was splendid train
ing, even If Germany never did invade
u.s.
Miss POwney was drawn later into a
promise 10 attend lectures in the
schOOlrOOm-
1t was two months later, and the
sultry glory, of a July evening took
the Guiding cottages AS they were
irreverentIy called-intO an almost
tropical embrace. Miss POWney was
very busy-a garden hose in one hand
ana a little black volume. with a white
Wnlrlglg on its cover, in the other.
Ing, 10 be committing something to
memory
The next door man was on the lad
der He was ChrOniCallv on ladders
Dollabella had consulted her lawyer
brother as to the possibility OF a single
woman getting an injunction against
people who perpetually mounted
heights and, under a preteNt of prun-
ing. commanded other peoples do
mains. Moreover. he was whistlinE;
and mis- Wnlstling got upon DOllabella S
nerves. Whenever she looked Up she
could see his straw hat and a pair OF
Dig Drown hands busy among the
young branches OF a mulberry tree
and the sight annoyed ner--
FRACTURES SAID DOLaDeLa to her
self as she hosed a thirsty looking
.H aH q g. #nHH m. Of anH= D. H#
COmpOuud-COnvex - COncave
tno. that sounds nonsense)-wait a
minute
She threw back her head and looked
10 the sky for inspiration.
w ne-Ou-Wne-Ous went the man
next door.
simple - compound - Implicated -
cOnteZ-ahg
Sllther-scrape-c raSh-plOmbl
Good heavens cried DoIlab bella. and
the little black book with the white
whirlgig fell from her nerve shaken
hand TO the ground
Something had happened next door
something which included a splinter
ing sound and the too sudden contact
OF a heavy body with the earth
me Whlstling had ceased abruptly
in the middle OF a bar; there was no
longer any sign Of a straw hat ami
clipping hands.
DOllabella listening in cold horror.
heard two or three grOans, and then
there was a CHASTITY silence.
Her heart thumped hard against her
rlbs-her breath came in little uncOm-
Portable gasps-
It's an accident Of some sort she
said addressing the flower borders.
Now, what ought I TO dO,N
The hOllyhOcks and sweet Williams
having no views on the subject she
did what common sense prompted The
gardner, who came once a week TO
NOV the grass and cultivate the garden
OF ~ Ia nsaF nsnr
close at hand; she brought them and
placed them against the wall, and
climbed 20 the top.
She was almost afraid to look. but
common sense gave her another prod
and look she did, and, in looking, be
held prone figure which lay on its
back, presenting q very white, up
turned face to the summer sky.
broken ladder.
At first she really thought that the
whistling man next door was dead. Her
heart seemed to turn a sOmersault AMI
TO stop before IL got over She
scrambled down into his garden, drop
ping bang onto choice liliUm auratum
in the process, and hurried to his side
He was breathing, but seemed I'M
conscious. and his right arm was bent
In curious Way-and the hand looked
swollen
Douabeua kneIt down and felt IL
EinCerly; then she stared at il. and
tried to marshal her recently acquired
knowledge
pain - deformity - swelling" she
muttered- It's broken, OF course it's
broken. What shall I dO2 I must put
il into spliuLs before 1 call help
Her eyes rOved wildly round and
discovered a EOlf putter lying on the
lawn near a small hole. The whistlinE
man practised putting-when he was
not in mid air
BY means of his putter and a sturdy
stick used for tying up dahlias, DOlla-
bella made her very serviceable SplinLS,
which she tied on with her handker-
chief and his Just as she had finished.
her patient moaned a Ittle-auI
opened his eyes
The pain in them lessened when he
saw the apparitiOn which bent over
him.
You viii be quite all right now"
DollaDella assured him speaking very
distinctly. as if he were a child. Its
your arm, YOU knOw-brOken. You
know, Pm the girl from next door. Pm
going to make YOU comfortable. and
send for your hOusekeeper TO watch
YOU while 1 fetch the doctor"
She looked around and seized a coat
which she found near at hand. and
arranged il beneath his head. The
whistling man shut his eyes and
moancd- The very slight movement
mad panied him.
She sped indoors-big eyed and
white. After much unsuccessful