Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1913-01-30
WEEKLY SHORT SI0RY :
NANCY's NERVES.
Bv NJ. O. Marshall.

But tell you X VIII uANc " oeVps
Mrs. Black vas saying emphatically TO
the telephone. casting naughty
glance at the mouthpiece. which must
have been intended for the janitor in
the basement below. You see, my
daughter has a bad case OF nervous
prostratlon, and that awful thing
plays all the time"
There was a pause.
1T Is almost killing her. and II /
plays nothing but ragume. and for 1
anyone with her artistic temperament |
ragtime Is madening. / actually be- |
hevo they have an electrical attach
ment. and turn it on and 20 away and
forget 20 turn IL of. ! would break
the lease, for I have a perfect right
to. you know. Oh. yes, have! Only
with my daughter in her condition the
shock OF moving would upset her
again"
Mother" came a delightful fem
plea from the front room Of the little
apartment; Mother, please don't
"Oh. yes, 1 can break the lease II
want TO-" the mother went on, FOR
there was nothing said in that lease
about putting up with pianolas-
But, mother. don't mind the plan
ola half so much as L do your scrap
We'll, / viii talk to the people my
self" said Mrs. Black and hung up the
received.
Nancy, the daughter with the ner-
vous prostrstion, lay in the small par
Tor on a lounge, the picture OF lazy
comfort She was reading and MUNICH
ing bOnbons.
4 wish you would forget about that
pianola," she said. without raising her
eyes from the pages OF her magazine
4 haven't really got nervous prostra-
ton, have p
.'Yop don't know how bad OF YOU
are" said the mother hdgeting about
the room. After what you have beer
through Il Is small wonder you didn'
break down completely and then Z
have that awful pianOla TO put up with
/ am just going TO wait till Mrs. White
comes TO her dumbwaiter and then
am going 10 talk 70 her. know the
haven't any maid now and she VII
cone 10 take the groceries OF from ia
waiter"
Mrs. Black waited till she heard IN
faint squeal OF the dumbwaiter whist
in the apartment above, and when "a
grocery boy had delivered his bask'
she put her head into the shaft III
is what Nancy, whose Frustrated mel
YES mad prevented her from stirrin
from her comfortable lounge, heard:
but / tell YOU my Naucy's nerve
are all on edge. She is having u
prostration and this has got TO sto
You see we can't move because 81
cant stand the shock"
What about my ArchibOldg' can
shrill question through the sha
"He is so detected that If he doesI
have that amusement he never "
nick up. We would pack up and
20 some resort only he cant
moved"
But Mrs. White, do you undo
stand that that awful machine
wracking my Nancy's nerves? Ev
since she was In that automobile sla
up her nerves have been all gone
But just thinl- II my Archibold. !
flying machine that he had spent
months over fell down the first G
and ne broke his leg. Don't you KIN
about that2'
oh" said Mrs. Black. almost 4
getting her Nancy's nerves and u
remebering them. Yes, but .
doesn't help Macy"
NO. but now his leg is getting
ter. he is 50 detected" went on N
White He spent so much on L
machine OF his. and 20 so and have
smashed the first thing. and the doe
said TO keep him cheerful, and
pianola is all that seems 10. he
passionately fond OF music"
What. that awful ragumeg" quel
Mrs. Black.
Nancy could stand no more OF
neighbOrly discussion, and IN spite
the enticing comfort OF her lounge
hurried 10 her room. slipped
coat over the dainty pink rufles of
negligee. pulled a tam-O'-shanter
her curls, gathered few pillows
a steamer rug under her arm ana
ped out OF the front door in her da
bronze slippers.
The elevator boy carrier her
usual, 90 the roof, and then stret'
her steamer chair behind her &C
toned chimney, expressed the
that she wouldn't be ''blOwed aw
and withdrew.
Nancy adjusted herself comfort
IN her chair and began to read. Z
saw a small magazine that had pa
few feet away from her. The
ing Machine Record" II said, and
she was aware OF something flu