Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-11-01

sure her dream was coming rrue, and
she asked the nurse when the lady was,
coming again.
"She didn't mention anything about
coming again." she answered. Then
seeing the girls disappointed look, she
added: "But dare say she will
"Of course she WILL" was Hettie's
confident reply.
Hettie suffered a great deal of pain.
But after all, she told herself she must
expect that. All the girls on the screen
who had acquired adopted mothers,
and lived happily ever after, had suf-
fered in some way beforehand.
The next day she was told a mes
senger had come from Mrs. Burlson,
and did she wish to see him? Of course
she did.
A young man came in carrying fruit
and flowers. He could not for one min
ute have been taken for the handsome
hero. His face was quite plain,
bronZed, lean, and with the disadvan-
tage OLA turn-up nose. But his eyes
were honest, his mouth kindly, and his
form straight, and we'll knit. He came
with a mixture of pity and diftidence to
the forlorn little figure on the cot He
told her Mrs. Burlson wanted to know
how she was, and had sent her the
fruit and flowers. Rather awkwardly
hetold her how sorry he was. Then
Hettie noticed he wore a chauffeur'S
dress, and guessed he was the one who
ran her down. But she was too busy
thinking of Mrs. Burlson to bear him
any grudge, and she asked him when
the lady was coming? He did not seem
to know, but said he would tell Mrs.
Burlson that she would like to see her.
The chauffeur came every day to see
her The second time 1t was to tell her
that Mrs. Burlson was out of town, but
that she had left word for him to in
quire every day about Miss Hettie Bax-
ter. She found out his name was
julius Frost, and was always glad to
see him, because he brought some mes
sage from her probable adopted moth
er. julius was at first so filled with
remorse at having driven over the girl,
he was more awkward than usual in
expressing himself, but after time
this wore off a bit, and he cheered the
patient with jolly stories, and cheering
promises, of how he wanted to take
her for some rides in that very car
when she was able to go. All this
seemed in Hetties mind to point to the
fact Of a probable adoption into the
family.
At last one day Mrs. Burlson came.
She was a very pretty, beautifully
gOWned young woman much too young
to be thought of as a mother, even an
; adopted one, and she spoke to Hettie
, in cold patrOniZing way that sc
crushed and disappointed the girl, that
! julius found her in tears. He was sc
/ kindly sympathetic that he drew from
i her the cause. She had hoped to find
! some one who would want her, even
! take her in her hOme-as her own.
Then julius found voice for the
words he had wanted to speak.
Little girl" he said, 81 want you
aWfully. I'd take better care of you
than Mrs. Burlson. 1t wouldn't be lots
of money, but it would be q comfy lit
! tie fiat for you and me. And she never
could love you half as much as | do"
The answer must have been quite
! satisfactory, for the day Hettie was
able to leave the hospital on the arm
of JULIUS she was heard to say softly
| to him: "Honey, this beats getting
adopted like dollars do cOppers," =