The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-21


tlil,elns a molidei.fa! color . Faith.
cheeks.
You're beautiful today, Edith. Rui
you're always teautifui / hope liln
Winter appreciates his luck"
Don.r be extravaganza Kerr. It's
likely 10 turn my silly head Tor anyone
with Your Tasre 10 make compliments !.
Inns dear. bur do you know he
doesn't know The Metropolitan museum
from ii strawstacs when ii comes taa
arr
They both laughed sayly al this, and
didn't see the dog that had started 70
cross the road ar the turn. There was
Il yeip. and the poor thing lay kick
ing heap behind them.
5, Edith caught Herbert's arm ooh.
do turn back. We've run over him
and Killed him"
He was only cur. They've no.
ri2hl here in the park you know.
/ There's a policeman--lie'n shoot him il
he's MOI dead. Don't worry. my dear
girl. lis done all the time. y few
less To feed here would be a good thing
anyhow. IT would release thousands
of pounds of food for the soldiers.
II was an argument she could not
deny and she ceased turning to ascer-
tain The dogs fate, but the afternoon
WAS spoiled nov; she asked To 90.
home.
New Workers are funny people,
Jim said The next day Yesterday af-
lerloon found Il hurt dog in the
paik--Some car had run over him and
then gone ahead. \ policeman was
Just going 10 shoot him when | came
along riding Prince"
Didn't you let him? Surely it would
have been more mercifui.'
/ "Merciful. | said the dog was hurt
! | didn't say he couldn't live | almost
had 10 wallop the cop before he put
his gun away
oh, jim, what did you do:"
Well, ] couldn't take him 20 the
hospital on Prince, so | stopped car"
Jim grinned. III was 4 big limousine.
all lined with pearl gray stuff and
two men on the box Milady was our
!. for All airing
''YOu never did. Jim Winter
!. Sure | did. And | made The pelice-
man take care OF Prince While | lifted
the poor thing into the car, and then
got IN myself and held his head. The
old woman jabbered and fused 10 beat
the band but 1t didn't matter. They
got us to the hospital, and that did
What hospital 2"
Roosevelt
That's not dog hospital
4 know: that's what they tried to
tell me there, bur it was the only place
could think Of Well, / lifted doggie
OUT and carried him inside and told
/ them to do what they couil for him
TO set his bones and I'd take him home
and nurse him. And .sfre enough Il
docto. and two nurses fixed him up all
right. I've got him, and hen live"
Suddenly Edith flung her arms
around his neck oh, Jim. .Iim.
thought Was afraid of Your viii, but
I'm moi nov. And I'm going to con
feSs I've been baby enough to be un-
happy about the furniture. But moth
Ing matters now. dear You're dean
wonderful man and | adore you.
oh, that reminds me-, said Jim. II
had almost forgotten. | got TO think
Ing about those things and the house
too, and how you've been such dean
and lei me have my own way. In
afraid I'm brute the way [ have oi
ordering people around and | mnsln't
i do ii with Foil. I'm going 10 exchange
The house for the one you wanted, anu
If you'll put on your hat We'll go and
select the furniture all over again
You can have anything you like and
Won't say = word
oh, no, Jim" cried Edith then. 81
doH't. want it .now. I'm going 70 learn
. TO like the things YOU do
HARD TO UNDERSTAND PLANS