The Snowflake herald., 1919-11-07
Natures
Benson
GA0
By GEORGE ELMER COBB
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I It was the merest accident that Mar
Gus Blake became acquainted with
Nellie Powers, she preceded him leav-
Ing street car and he followed her.
startled cry from her lips caused
him to notice the fairest face he had
ever gazed upon.
oh" she cried in vivid distress
Il left my purse on the window ledge
of my seat, and 1t held all have in
the world"
She even started to pursue the car,
but Marcus checked her vain endeav-
or. Quick" he said-where will
lind you, if ] recover the purseY
Il work at 2S2 and my name is Mel
fie Powers" +" came rapidly from the ag-
itated lips, and Marcus dashed to the
curb and sprang into taxi.
Il wish to overtake that car ahead"
shot out Marcus. and within three
minutes the driver pulled up at a
street crossing half a block ahead of
the car, said Half a dollar" and a
moment later Marcus was aboard of
the car that had led him his wild
chase. 1t held only one or two pas
'sengers. Marcus traversed its length.
! He scanned the window lodges but
they held no purse.
Looking for something's" question
ed the conductor
why, yes. A young lady passenger
you let off at Market street.
Il remember her, pretty as a pic
ture. Sat in the fourth seat from the
front"
'Yes. she placed her purse on the
window ledge and forgot it."
A smile of enlightenment crossed
the conductors good natured face. 81
fancy the purse is still aboard" he re-
marked. i've had these cases be
fore. You see. the window lets down
from the bottOm>and there is q big
space at the sill to allow its manipu
lation. Instead of placing her purse
on the sill, the young lady probably
let it drop down the window slide"
The conductor turned out a true
prophet. The purse was recovered
at the cost of an hours time Marcus
was gratified to appear at 232, which
proved to be a millinery store, and re-
ceive the thanks of Miss Powers.
"All my weeks pay and as much
more that l have saved is in the
purse" she explained. 81 need it all
to pay the doctor bill Of my little
brother. who is Just recovering from
a long siege of Illness and although
the conversation was brief is resulted
in Blake ascertaining that Miss Pow
ers and her brother were all alone in
the world and their living address
in two rooms, the kind-hearted land
lady of which, looked after little Les
ter. the sick boy.
Marcus lived in a suburb. Spring
had just started in, and anxious to see
Miss Powers again Blake cast about
him next morning for something that
would please her invalid brother. The
result was that he stopped /on his way
to work. and delighted little Lester by
bringing him a baby rabbit. His re-
ward was the company of Miss Pow
ers all the way down town.
y
teriaize for both the devoted young
people. There was not a day when
Blake did not carry into town some
reminder of the cOuntry-the early
wood vioets, the first fruit blossoms
and the like. Little Lester had but
one ardent hope; to get out amid ma
ture. but the physician had told Nellie
that he must be near at hand where
he could come under medical care un-
ill he was further cOnvalescent.
One day Nellie introduced Blake to
an old gentleman who lived in the
building and who dropped in occa-
sionally to cheer up little Lester. The
latter had quite a collection OF arti-
cles Blake had donated and from Mr..
Rossiter, who was placing suburban
subdivision on the market, Marcus re-
ceived a suggestion which hG discus
sed with enthusiasm.
"You have given me quite an idea'
Mr. Blake" he said 'you are quite
in touch with nature, in fact directly
in the midst of it. My office frorts a
street with many passersby and with
a window big enough to display min
iature farm. I'll make it we'll worth
your while to fix up that window
daily with the developing beauties of
nature on a big scale, just as you have
on a small one for Lester here"
Thenceforward every day Blake
brought in further reminders OF
the country. He kept pace with
vegetation and added to the window
display from time to time, and intro
duced so many novelties that the adj
vertisement proved profitable one
to the energetic land man. Finally
that show window had all the attrl-
butes of a miniature rural spot. even
70 mimic waterfall, frogs, hshes
birds. and at length Mr.. Rossiter en-
Moved Blake permanently at a salary
nearly double the one he had been
earning.
..rho Doctor saws | am well enough