Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-09-11

rs there anything in my box. 51?"
and Helen leaned across the desk
eagerly. The mail had just been
sorted and placed in the boxes and her
weekly letter from her mother was
late.
Yes. Mrs. Curtis" said the clerk.
handing letter over the exchange
which Helen seized eagerly. 1t bore
the familiar postmark and Helen de-
cided to go upstairs to her room,
where she could be alone to read 1t.
In the elevator she encountered Mrs.
Raymond. who looked at her with an
injured expression on her face.
Where have you been keeping
yourself lately. Mrs. Curtis?" she said,
tapping Helen playfully on the arm.
II said to Mr.. Raymond only yester-
day that we rarely see anything of You
since the accident. How nice for you
that Mrs. Benbrook has been making
things so pleasant lately!"-this last
with catty look to see how Helen
was taking things; but Helen only
smiled serenely.
She realized that Mrs. Benbrook and
some of her friends had been very nice
to her lately, and that the fact had
seemed to worry Mrs. Raymond
greatly although she and Warren had
fought shy of the Raymonds from the
beginning of their stay.
This is my floor, bye, bye" and
Mrs. Raymond stepped out of the ele-
vator nonchalantly humming a little
tune. Helen stepped off at the third
floor and few minutes later was tear
ing open her letter. 1t seemed as
though she could hardly wait to hear
about Winifred.
Dear Helen-Your father and 1
feel that we should write and tell you
something that has worried us for
some time. 1 have purposely avoided
speaking of it in my letters for fear
of worrying you unnecessarily, but
after ALL dear child, I think you ought
to know. | shall come right to the
point and tell you that Winifred is not
so we'll as we would like to have her
An Operation Necessary for Little
Winifred
For some time we believed that
nothing was wrong that would not dis
appear with local treatment but of
late she has been so listless we thought
1t necessary to have a consultation on
her case. DIR. Roberts had a city doc
tor down and they have decided that
slight operation must take place.
Now, my dear, don't worry about
this. because there is nothing very
serious the matter with Winifred--
nothing but what plenty of children
have to go through at her age. l am
sure that she will be much stronger in
every way after ii is all over. I have
noticed that she has not been breath
ing properly and suspected that she
had an obstruction of some kind in
her nose. l am telling you this SO that
YOU will realize that there is nothing
to worry about
THE question is. do you want the
operation performed out here or would
YOU rather take Winifred back to the
city with you? 1t won't be necessary
for you and Warren to hurry your
vacation at all. Just come out when
you had planned to come, only want
to know how matters stand before
you arrive. With love, as ever,
MOTHER"
Helen looked up from the letter
with every bit of color gone from her
face. Not worry? or course she
would worry, how could she help It?
This was her punishment for leaving
Winifred out West when she should
have been at home her parents only
Warren would never see 1t that way.
Only this morning he had been trying
to persuade Helen to stay up at the
Bluffs for couple of weeks without
him.
What's the use of your coming
back to the heat of the city Just be-
cause l have to-" he argued.
She Fears That Warren Will OfFer
Objections
But Helen had never been away
without Warren in the whole course of
!, their lives together. and she had
laughed at him for suggesting such a
thing. Now she wondered what he
would do about Winifred. OF course
he would scOff at the idea of her wor-
rying about things. And he would
never in the world consent to leave for
Missouri Immediately; that she knew.
Clearly there would be no pleasure
left for Helen for the rest of the time
she must spend in Pine Bluffs. and
even the slight relief that she might