The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-20

| rlpoons and boudoir caps, despite her
trying remarks about the grippe being
latai In many cases she'd known this
winter began to make the preparations
the pretty little patient commanded
Ihere never was a more pathetic pa
ieht than this same little bundle of
nerves and vivid imagination.
EVERY time she gets sick, she's sure it's
the last, and the effect upon her family
Is something dreadful, since they are
treated to it many times a year
Having had to go to the hospital twice
IN her young life, Anne has gotten so
row that when she feels the slightest all
ment coming on she Immediately makes
her Will and thereby riles her family
up to most unpleasant situation.
guess I'd better resign from all the
clubs | belong to-" she groaned within
another moment. "I'll never be able to
go to a meeting of any of them. They
say the seffect of grippe is fearful and
sometimes last for years, If you manage
to live through it at all. Peggy how
much toilet water is in that bottle on
the dressing table?"
The bottle was promptly handed to her
by Peggy who, with dripping eyes, gazed
fondly upon the patient before her.
You'd better get another bottle when
you are down town." Anne said mourn
fully. 'I'll need it at the hospital
Very WELL" said Peggy. land now I'll
An hour later the family physician ar
rived and after noting all of Anne's
symptoms, he laconcally delivered his
verdict:
Bad cold"
But, DOCTOR" cried Anne ..grippe
takes such remarkable forms this year.
I'm sure there's something dreadful the
matter, or wouldn't feel so queer, as If
I'd reached the very end of things'
That's grippe all right" said the doc
tor cheerfully. Take the medicine I've
left you and phone me in the morning il
you are not better
Il wonder why ever thought that man
was sympathetic?'' l just know I've got
to be operated on. He doesn't under
stand, evidently, how queer | feel in
side. Nobody does.' Anne began as
soon as the doctor was safely outside
and then she pulled out her pocket hand
kerchief and let the tears so long pent up
flow vigorously.
Peggy opened another handkerchief
| scented with toilet water and poked it
at her and shifted bit herself.
when 1 get to the hospital for the
| operation, she started again, you,
Peggy, and the rest of the family can
take turns staying with me. | don't want
to be left alone single moment. II
need new negligee, / want you to go
down to Blanks and get me that lovely
| pale blue one l saw the other day, marked
down from $40 to $149S Oh isn't it dread
full to have to go to the hospital again.
| The next morning, thanks to the doc
| tors medicine and Anne's recuperative
powers, she was much better and the
| first thing that she wanted done after
she'd had her hair arranged and her pref
| tiest boudoir cap put on her lovely head
was to send for the negligee and see if
| there was anything to be done to it.
'It takes her mind off of herself
Peggy confided to her mother, and off
they sent for the negligee, else all of the
family would have been total wrecks be-
fore the end of the day.
II want to read, too" she said petu-
lantly Nothing but Little Women.
could make me happy when l feel as low
spirited and down in the mouth as this
awful grippe makes me feel"
Anne, like most feminine readers. has
book or two which she never opens ex-
cept In cases when she needs Cheering
up and so when Little Women" was
handed her the family heaved a sigh of
relief and decided that life was worth
living after all!
'Do you suppose Anne will have to go
to the hospital and have an operation or
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