The Washington herald., 1913-03-16


'Oh-h! Oh-h! U-r-r-r. Ug-h-h-h!'
shuddered the invalid.
Didn't you know the thinks meat
wicked? And milk's robbing the cow,
and eggs robbing the hen. who wants to
have a family as much as We do" said
Emily, rather incorrectly.
"More'n some of US do, I guess" re-
torted Mrs. Conner, "and moren folks
ought to If they amt prepared to do
their duty by them when they've got
EN-" She launched a fiery glance at
Mrs. Darter, who was now groaning We
hemently. Got it all turned on this
afternoon. amt she?'
"Dr. Abbie Cruller told her that it
wasn't natural to suppress ourselves. II
you feel like groaning you ought to
groan-'
And she eats sech queer stuff she's
hungry most of the time" Mrs. Conner
interrupted, $50 l expect she groans a
lot. Say, Emmy, have you ever had
anybody come in and give your ma a
good hard-blowing up?''
The blood rushed to Emmy's face: her
eyes sank. She answered. in a confused
tone: Aunt Ida Glenn was over yes
terday. 1 don't know. what she said to
mother. but mother-mother told me the
one thing she wanted on earth was to
have me-send Albert away and have
everything ended between us. for she
never was so insulted in her life as she
had been by Albert's mother"
'Albert's mother amt Albert: though
don't blame her, Emmy. and Mrs. Glenn
is awful nice woman. But 1t amt
fair to hold Albert for her opinions.
right or wrong. AS said. she amt AL
bert. nor Albert amt her"
so l told mother" said Emmy. "T
did hate to be disrespectful to her, but
told her 80: and she answered that
Mrs. Glenn said Albert thought SO too.
Then when I tried to question her she
was in so much pain and groaned SO /
hadn't the heart to bother. She let me
put hot cloths on her, and give her a
Turkish bath over the alcohol-lamp: and
I hoped she'd let me make her some
water cruel. but she wouldn't touch a
spoonful. Mrs. Conner you don't sup
pose she-she will keep 1t up much long
err" Emmy's eyes dilated with an un-
spoken fear as she lifted them TO the
kind woman before her. She said she
felt herself growing weaker this morn
ing. II told her l wouldn't go to the
picnic with Bert. If she would only cat
But she said that she couldn't
eat anything. One time-one time she
went three days. 1 didn't let the neigh
bors know; but I was most crazy, and
cry, either"
NO" Mrs. Conner agreed. glancins at
jimmy who was chattering volubly with
the girl in the phaeton-"no. I'd say
she'd more likely to be sassy"
I'm afraid she was that. too sug-
gested Emmy, with a dim smile, but
at last she got scared 1t was some
new books Bert brought. got mother
out of that time; she was so anxious
to read them"
Mrs. Conner backed of the piazza-she
said she guessed she must go-and left
Mrs. Darter moaning and rocking.
And to tell you the truth, Miss Keith"
thus she ended a breathless narration
to her new boarder-"I went quick. for
knew I couldn't hold in one minnit
longer, And how'd it help poor Emmy
to have her mother quarrel with Ida
Glenn and me the same day? There's
Susy Baker, making eyes at Albert
Glenn. this minnit: and II she amt car !
ry1ng Mrs. Glenn some of her mas blue
berry cake. Right by the Darters. too;
and Emmy seeing her."
What is the matter with Mrs. Dar-
ter?"
We'll. old DR.. Potter says she's 'neu-
-otiC.' If you know what that is. I call
t jest notions. What the doctors in my
time called a hypo. that's what she is,
She's always been the greatest hand to
lose. Mr.. Conner will have II she KEEP
1ld Capt Darter poor buying patent
medicines. And she run after every new
,ure-all going. 1t was electricity one
year, and mother year il was blue glass, |
and one time | remember she had a
woman come of the sort that used to call
themselves bone-doctors when / was a
girl and this country wasn't much set
lad htif thaC'ra
seCh funny name, and give out they can
-ub everything on earth out of you. Mrs
Darter had her for a long spell. till she
got pneumonia, and nigh died, and sick
aned of the osteologist: and i give her
mustard plasters. good strong ones. my
self. All this time Emmy was engaged
20 Albert Glenn; but the old captain was
-eal feeble. and Emmy wouldn't leave
lim to git married. I will say Mrs
Oarter was real devoted to him. though
Emmy done all the night work and SPAR
ID her all she could. give up her school,
and spent every cent of the money she'd
aid by school-tea ching and working art
for her clothes, when she'd |
ne married-spent every cent on her pa.
Got him a wheel chair. and II ever a
nan set the world by his daughter the |
,aptain done it. He liked Albert too. |
guess if captain had lived. sick's he was.
le d have found a way SOS Emmy and |
Albert could git married. But he died. !
Then you'd s'posed they could marry.
or his life was well insured, and they |
yot enough for the wilder to be comfort
lble and keep a girl. But the minnit he |
lied poor Mrs. Darter got nervous pros |
ration. and she was nervous PROSTATE |
or a year. and they had to spend money |
raveling. and of course Emmy couldn't |
lit married. Mrs. Darter went to Hot |
springs, Ark, and she went to a sana- |
orium, and last she come home saying 4
he was cured. But on the cars she /
made the acquaintance of woman-well. |
don't want to jedge-jedge not, and |
'ou won't git jedged. you know-and I |
now it's hard for a woman to make |
living. but l guess that woman was /
crank. and a designing one at that. /
Sut she went to Mrs. Darter's to board. 1
nd she never paid no board, but she /
reached to Mrs. Darter bout how all the |
diseases that We have come from eating |
wrong things: and she said we'd got to
i've 'cording to nature more: and eat
ng meat made folks fierce like the car
Iivorous beasts, and things seasoned |
With salt was bad for you, and Jest plain
arnishous foods without salt-like we
ras chickens,-was best for us. ! don't
ee how Mrs. Darter. who used to cook
cal well and liked to have the sewing
ociety to tea. could stand sech sick
tuff. but she did: and what's wuss. even
fter the fool critter ran away and mar
led a magnetic healer who, they do
ay, has another wife, even to this day
Ibiel Darter believes in her and goes
Y what she says. And she amt ct any
[ food for so long that il she ever does
it coaxed to take a wholesome bite of
eef or pie her stummick is so weak, of
curse. she cayn't stand it. Strong folks
an eat strong vituals. and weak folks
ayn't. Mrs. Glenn coaxed her into a