Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-19
Runaway June
BY George Randolph Chester and Lillian Chester
1915. by Serial Publication Corporation.

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narrow little room," sympathized
June.
The head nurse brought her bit of
sunshine into the room.
"How are you feeling?" she asked
Bully"
"Then you can probably stand a
pleasant surprise" smiled Mrs. Wade.
You have visitor"
"Oh!" The sunshine left the rough
ly nodded face. but the grin was back
in minute. Say. tell her the doctor
says 1 amt TO be talked to long. And
can't one of you nurses stay here to
make it strong:"
His grin was so confiding that the
head nurse grinned back at him. She
was a woman of much experience.
''Of course you must not be talked
10 very long" she agreed. And you
should have nurse with you to take
care of you" She looked Mt June a
moment; then her eyes twinkled. II
think I'll leave this one"
"Much obliged" And the man turn
ed his cheerful grin to June. who sat
down primly at the head of the bed.
The man sank back when the head
| nurse left and looked as Feeble as he
could. His nurse was smoothing the
pillows when the door opened, and
there came in a large, heavy jawed
woman, with long ostrich feather on
her hat, half a dozen cheap rings on
her fingers and two buttons hanging
loosely on her coat, one by single
! thread.
well, well. Joer' she said in heavy
voice, and she stared at June. Didn't
always tell you you'd get it?" She
| bent over and kissed her husband as q
matter of propriety. Hurt you much?"
Something fierce!'' huskily murmur-
! ed Joe and half closed his eyes.
Tough luck!" said the woman.
'You wouldn't take out that accident
insurance ! wanted you to. and now
suppose can starve.'
"Oh, well. you amt done it yetr OBJ
jected the man, his tone losing some of
its feebleness. ~ guess you can get
along till can get out of this. I give
you every cent I ever make
Il guess that's a lot" And the wom-
an sat down with thump.
Thirty dollars last week."
"And how much the week before?"
| well, it was rotten week" And
the man turned his eyes toward June,
who looked steadfastly out of the win
dow. There being no help from that
quarter he proceeded in helping him
self. "You got enough to run you for
ten days. You know you have. Come
on, Alice, be sociable."
"Oh. 1 can come Oh all right. and /
can be sociable all right. but sup
pose you don't get out of here in ten
days! Then what do / do? Starve, l
guess. Say. how do you come to be in
a private room:" She looked at June
and shifted. "And with private
nurse:"
THE good sport that picked US up
put me here"
The woman surveyed the bare little
room. There were no curtains at the
windows, no upholstering, no softening
graces Of any kind on the white enam-
eled fittings. but it had an immense SD
! periority, the cause of which she could
not fathom. 1t was absolutely clean,
and she paid an unconscious tribute to
| that phenomenon.
why, it's better than 1 got 1t at
! home" she complained. The man
turned his head over and back again,
| but he said nothing.
Say" the woman went on, "the fell
low that spent the money for this room
and the private nurse would have done
better to let you so in the public ward
and give you the money for your
wifer'
June, at the window, moved impa-
dently.
Nurse" said the man, "can you &c.
me my pants?"
June opened the door of the tiny
white enameled wardrobe in the corner
and brought out the mans trousers
handing them down with the tips OF
her thumb and forefnger The wo
man took them and deftly ran heI
hands into the pockets.
Seven fifty-fve," she reported and
clicked the money into her purse. She
| hung the trousers in the wardrobe and
shut the door. "That'll help a little
Did you get your pay for this driver"
mot vet, Alice"
well. you tell me who it was, and
I'll go after it, She had turned from
the wardrobe and was regarding a
tray which stood on its folding stand
: by the wall. She lifted the napkin
My God~ she exploded. "a hot
house peach! And you didn't eat it all
at that. You know what I had for my
breakfast? Coffee and sinkers and
hash! And here you are living on
the fat of the land!'
"Looky here. Alicew The man had
raised up in bed. and there was a
twitch Of pain at the corners of his
lips as he stretched out an oil black
ened forefnger.
June whirled from the window with
n snap of her big eyes. She still car
ried the thermometer which DR.. Remert
had given her. Now she thrust it in
the mans mouth. put q hand at the
back of his neck and gently forced
him down.
THE times up" she crisply told the
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