Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1918-12-21
bringing a wonderful color to Edlth's

bringing wonderful color to Edith's
cheeks.
You're beautiful today, Edith, But
you're always beautiful. l hope Jim
Winter appreciates his luck"
Don't be extravagant. Bert. It's
likely to turn my silly head for anyone
with your taste to make compliments.
Jim's dear, but do you know he
doesn't know the Metropolitan museum
from u strawstack when it comes to
art
They both laughed gayly at this, and
didn't see the dog that had started to
cross the roeA at the turn There was
a yelp, and We poor thing lay kick.
ing heap behind them.
Edith caught Herbert's arm. "Oh,
and killed him."
HE was only cur. They've no
right here in the park, you know.
There's a policeman-hell shoot him If
he's not dead. Don't worry, my dear
girl, it's done all the time. A few
less to feed here would be good thing
anyhow. 1t would release thousands
of pounds of food for the soldiers.
1t was an argument she could not
deny, and she ceased turning to ascer-
tain the dogs fate, but the afternoon
was spoiled now; she asked to 60
home.
"New Workers are funny people"
Jim said the next day. Yesterday af-
ternoon I found hurt dog in the
park-some car had run over him and
then gone ahead. A policeman was
just going to shoot him when l came
along riding Prince"
Didn't you let him? Surely it would
have been more merciful."
"Merciful! said the dog was hurt.
I didn't say he couldn't live. I almost
had to wallop the cop before he put
his gun away"
"Oh, Jim, what did you do?"
''Well, l couldn't take him to the
hospital on Prince, SO I stopped car, y
Jim grinned 1T was big limousine
all lined with pearl gray stuff and
two men on the box. Milady was out
| for an airing
you never did, Jim Winterl''
"Sure l did. And made the police
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 to beat
| the band, but it didn't matter. They
got us to the hospital, and that did,"
What hospital?"
Roosevelt"
THAT'S not q dog hospital
II know; that's what they tried to
tell me there, but it was the only place
l could think of. Well, 1 lifted doggie
out and carried him inside and told
them to do what they could for him
to set his bones and I'd take him home
and nurse him. And sure enough a
| doctor and two nurses fixed him up all
right. I've got him, and he'll live"
Suddenly Edith flung her arms
around his neck. "Oh, Jim, Jim, ]
thought l was afraid of your will, but
I'm not now. And I'm going to con-
| 1893 I've pCCh OdOy CAOuSA " NC uii-
happy about the furniture. But moth
/ ing matters now, dear. You're a dear
wonderful man and l adore you"
"Oh, that reminds me-" said Jim. II
had almost forgotten. l got to think
ing about those things and the house,
too, and how you've been such dear
and let me have my own way. I'm
afraid I'm brute the way I have of
ordering people around and mustn't
do it with you. I'm going to exchange
the house for the one you wanted, and
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"
ooh, no, Jim," cried Edith then. 81
don't want it now. I'm going to learn
to like the things you do"