The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-04
CHAPTER III-continued.

CHAPTER IIl-ContlnUed.
'"The dame will be all right in min.
ute. always carry this just on pur
pose for ladies when they pull fade
away" He sampled the LADY reviver'
himself refectively and returned the
flask to his pocket. I'm the telephone
repair man. What We been doing to
the wires over here? They been try
inS TO get you from the main Office al
day"
told him where the trouble lay, and
he departed in the rain to patch it up.
Shortly afterward Mrs. Green open
ed one eye. She looked at me for a
moment and then smiled.
"Hor your head steady a minute,
she requested gravely. wanna see
who y'are."
I'm Mr.. Blainey." explained.
Everything is all right"
Course it's a right But 1 don't
think I'll get up till the boat stops
eockin'."
You're not in a boat, Mrs. Green
This is your own home"
Its a boat. l tell you. l guess
know when I'm seasick. Besides, a
home amt got so many pictures OF
purple sunsets"
"But there aren't any pictures OF
purple sunsets here" protested.
You're mistaken, my fren', there's
two Of 'em over there" She pointed
Imply in the arc of a circle which took
In the entire opposite side Of the room
"I'll show you Hor this board steady
while l step on It"
She graveIy made an effort to rise
but, failing in that. fell back Imply
into my arms.
ITS no use. Ship rocks so can't
stan up. Have to roll over there"
] tried to prevent her, but 1t was
useless She insisted on rolling on the
floor She was engaged in that pleas
ant pastime when her daughter and
Mr.. Bopp entered. dripping from the
rainstorm.
tried to pick Mrs. Green up.
With a cry of alarm Luciie rushed t.
her mothers side. then started back
shifting the air.
'Mr. Blainey." she cried in horror
stricken tones you've been drink
ing"
Don scor my III fr'en'," Mrs
Green protested, patting my arm
Hes mos beautiful fr'en' I got"
A light of understanding began tc
dawn in Lucile's eye.
"She tainted" l explained "and 6
man who was here to repair the tele
nhone gave it to her to revive her. Il
was too much on an empty stomach"
..Is the telephone fixed?" demanded
Bopp, springing up. Maybe l can ge
launch to come for me yet"
The look which Lucille gave hin
warmed my heart and made up to MT
for the hours l had spent alone tina
day He sank back into his chair.
will you call up DR.. Stone, Mont
morency," she requested sweetly. "anC
ask him to come over to see mother"
Surely" I replied. l soon had th'
doctor on the wire. l told him tina
we wanted him to come over.
"I don't believe that it is possible,
came the answer over the wire.
Not possible| I echoed. "Wh!
nOt?"
Haven't you seen the sea that i
rInning? 1t wouldn't be safe for an.
kind of boat to land at Green's islan'
the way it is blowing now. You know
the shore is very rocky there, and l
YOU miss the entrance to the GOV
you'd be dashed to pieces sure"
told that to Lucille.
ASK him what we should do TO
mother ourselves" she instructed. "Te
him she has some fever and seem
very weak
| told the doctor what she had sal
and asked what we could do for tn
old lady until the sea quieted dow
ruough so that he could come over H
told me. and l hung up the receiver.
"Well," Lucille interrogated, "wha
; DID he say?"
, He said"-I repeated it carefully
, me said: Tell her to give her digestiv
apparatus a rest. Don't eat anythin
for twenty-four hours, and drink plent
. Of water"
Bopp laughed derisively.
The elder lady showed signs of ir
tnrest. "Thass what l want-water,
she declared, plenty o water. Blaine!
beautiful fr'en', gimme some watsl
Have some yourself"
gave her glass Of water, whic
she drank with enviable relish.
"Bes water l ever tasted, said Mr.!
. Green, attempting to put some in he
| eye under the mistaken in preston thl
l II was her mouth. "Bls iney, be lik
: ME. Never drink anything stronge
than this water an you'll always b
I blithc an gay, JUS like me-"
: "You are going up to bed" Lucil
said reprovingly.
t "Go TO bed? l don wanna Sc TO be-
S Ii gonna pat on my red dress"
Mother and daughter started up I'll
q g:aIrs. On the landing Mrs. Gree
Y tarned.
e "Goo'by, beautiful Blainey. Mo-
!. beautiful man / ever met. Goo'by."
r After she had been dragged around
e tNrnd of the stairway by her sea-
d daliaed daughter there drifted down
The living room a grumbled fragme
pf indignant protest. swell, he Is beau
Enl. He's more beautiful than tn Met
D Sdis' minister, an you know It"