Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-26

harmony to his ear. He drew nearer
the wall and looked over through a
clump of bushes. His eyes opened
wide and he leaned cautiously away
from the moon rays.
Was she a wrath or blood and
bone girl who trailed back and forth
over the rain-soaked grass! DR.;
Emery. so completely startled out of
his everyday, humdrum city life
could not definitely answer the ques.
ton. He watched with fascinated
attention.
The girls attire was white and
clingy and traily, and rs she moved
across the long grass her bare feet
peeped forth. Those little feet found
pool Of water left by the recent
rain, and gleefui chuckle fell from
the girls lips. .
'Insane!" muttered the young doc
tor "By Jove! What a pity-she Is
as beautiful as the lilies.
"They toll not, neither do they
spin" thought the doctor, and the
pity dropped out Of his thoughts, the
girl seemed SO absolutely happy. 50
evidently joyous in this condition OF
the mind. After humming a few
notes of lifting melody the girl
tripped quickly toward the house and
disappeared. .. -.
DR.. Emery frowned. partly because
the garden seemed less beautiful and
partly because he had been inter-
rupted in his attempt to diagnose this
peculiar, form of brain malady. The
puzzled frown remained as the doctor
returned to the house.
At an early hour of the morning
there came to the doctors ears that
same tinkling laugh. He jumped
hurriedly from his bed and looked
out Of the window
The sun was a great ball In the
eastern sky, and 1t cast Its dawn1ns
color over the girl In the next garden:
"This Is assuredly peculiar case,
muttered the doctor, while he Kept
fascinated eyes upon the girl. she
was in the front garden now and a
blue kimono enveloped her; her head
was bound closely In a turban effect
of the same shade, and she was trip
ping quickly about among the great
hydrangea bushes, From time to
time she would select blossom and
hold It In two oaressing hands, then
suddenly bury her face In its so1t
depths. It was at such moments that
the little laugh rang out. The doctor
watched her fuss over the tiny wh1t9
petals that chung to her eyes and lips
and nose.
"she is just plum dippy!" ejsculated
DR.. Emery, with tinge OF Irritation
that she should be getting so much
10Y out of living. II suppose II l dis
covered a cure for her she would be
as grumpy then as she is happy now
The girl then went down into the
back garden and selected an ear OF
corn from the stocks, which she ate.
nibbling it with apparent relish.
Then she sampled peas, carrots ana
beets. -.
Mud and all! Most extraordinary
For the first time in his career, DR..
! Emery regretted that he was not an
insanity expert. "She seems to thrive
on i4-never saw such beauty In all
nv life" was the doctors thought as
he crept back into bed after the girl
had returned to the house. He lay a
long time wondering how he could ar
range to talk to the girl without arous.
ing her suspicion.
During tho day he watched Tor
various moods Of the case. When the
sun was high the girl came out with
her glorious red-gold hair hanging,
and p 1 oeded to sway backward and
forwar I swishing it to all the wind
in the after which she brushed it
vigorouA
Nov she thinks she is an Italian
wood carrier" The doctor watched
her put book on the crown Of her
head and walk slowly around and
around the house. "lll bet there is
specialist in that house watching
her every minute!"
In the evening when the moon was
high the girl came again into the
back garden. Dr.. Emery was we'll
hidden behind clump of bushes.
"Great Scott! She has on her
bathing suit! And she is rolling in
this soaking grass! She'll have some,
thing tomorrow that will need a
doctor as sure as my names Emery
After rolling over and over In the
wet grass and then lying full length
on her back for a long moment, the
girl pulled a bathing cap well over
her head and turned on the hose
With laughter falling from her lips
she ran In and out, squealng with
the cold and exhilaration Of her hose
bath.
A door opened in his own house.
ooh. DR.. Emery! Here is a tele
grab for YOU" the voice from the
! house called. ...
{ With lingering look at the hose
nymph Dr. Emery went for his tela
gram.
| He was summoned back to town A
patient needed him and Emery tool
the late train out that night. He
went determined to return as quickly
as possible. Pity being akin to love
the young doctor felt the diagnosis
Of his own case was easily made.
| Weeks wore on and still DR. Elmer,
was harnessed to the grind in town
He felt, however, that since the snow
was upon the ground the girl would
not be permitted to carry on her In
sane wanderings in the garden. Ross
Langdon had drifted entirely out Of
his thoughts and only the girl OF. the
garden fingered
| 1t was at a big New Year dinner
his first social moment Of the pas
| months that Dr. Emery glanced Il,