Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-13

ST tell you men show more presence
OF mind than women" emphatically as
eerted Harold Chadwick. til acAnow-
ledge that when 1t comes to suffering
and bearing pain calmly, q woman has
N over a man, but In time OF accident
or emergency, nine times out OF ten,
woman loses her head and goes all
to pieces"
his sister, Lillian. sswhen you burned
yourself so badly last week. didn't I
show presence of mind by hustling for
the soda and binding up your burn ?"
"Oh, WELL" laughed her brother
that didn't really require much pre-
sence of mind. But IL something seri-
Gus or sudden should come up re-
curing a cool head-while mamma
was away-Pn wager a box OF choco-
lates that you wouldn't be there with
the goods"
"No doubt our self-controlled Harold
would, though" quietly observed his
father who had come up unobserved
and had overheard his sons last re-
mark. This slightly sarcastic fling OF
Mr. Chadwick's brought forth appre-
ciative grins from Clarence and Lii
liam, but Harold flushed with annoy
ance-he had no idea his father was
within hearing.
"Of course I don't want anything
bad to happen" said Lillian as her
4 IaIn6T W6lkGu away UuI uOP6 L ~
have chance to get that box OF
chocolates" Knowing his sisters
weakness for the sweets, Harold grin
ned aggravatingiy.
That night while the family was
quietly. reading, Harold. who was
scanning a newspaper, suddenly burst
forth in triumphant tones, There,
sis, what did I tell you? Here's an
account of an accident that proves
the truth of what I was saying this
morning. Listen: Mother loses
head when her 3-year-old child gets
all control Of herself and rushed,
screaming, into the street, leaving the
poor child to her fate. Wasn't that
awful? Now If the father or brother
had been there"
Harold never finished his sentence
for he happened to look up just then
and glance at his mother, who was
smiling in a way that made him feel
uncomfortable. He had a feeling. that
she was thinking OF that day she
tainted away when she and Harold
| were alone. He was SO scared and
frustrated that he didn't have the wit
to try to revive his mother by DASH
ing cold water on her face, but rushed
down to the woods where his father
| was at work, shrieking, Papa, come
Up to house, quick, Mammals dead"
When the startled man hot and
Il TCdCuCu Ing I1OuHcP I0 4OuHu
/ his wife sitting at the kitchen table,
peeiipg potatoes. (Harold inwardly
called his parents bricks for not
giving him away.)
One morning, a few days after the
conversation at the opening of this
| away with farm produce to make
| their weekly trip to the village.
Finish moving that :lve-acr lot, ~
he said to Harold before leaving
| You. Clarence. may do any hand
moving that needs to be DONE
| soon heard the noisy ciick-click Of the
moving machine in the field back OF
the house. An hour later, as she was
| sliding tin of cookies il the oven
Harold, white-faced and trembling
/ burst into the kitchen.
| "Clarence's cut him aWfnlly with the
scythe," he gasped. land he's bleed
ing to DEATH"
Almost before he had finished speak
ing, Lillian had bolted from the house
| and was speeding for the scene Of ae-
cident. As she ran, she snatebed OF
Il her apron and tore a strip from it
When she reached the place, Clarence
was lying unconscious on the ground
| with blood squirting in bright, RED
Jets, from an ugly wound in his leg
which he had barred.
AN artery" calculated Lillian, her
Il
"Oh, he'll bleed to death!" walled
| Harold, who was close behind his
sister. What shall we do?"
stop, your noise and give me you
| jack-knife," sharply ordered his sis.
ter. She worked cody, yet with light
ming movements, cutting away cloth
ing from the injured boys leg.
/ Get me a small stick" was hel
next command to the thoroughly scar,
ed and helpless Harold. With the
| strip of apron she made a bindine
| above the wounr. tying the ends of the
string to gether. The nervy girl ther
inserted the stick into the band anf
kept twisting 1T tighter and tighter
until the blood ceased flowing.
Run over to Mr., Smiths quick, and
ask the INTO telephone for the doctor
and papa and mamma" she com.
manded. I'll stay here with CIarenc,
until you bring help. Hustle now!"
AS Harold hustled" away, h,