The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-11-22


other children on the beachT
Little Chit admitted that his life had
not so far been complicated by any OF
these things.
well. | hate all of them, so | am
running away, and you shall go with
me- Little Chit"
Lock that door, don't let another
soul in here"
But, sir, he says they from the
Philadelphia detective agency and
they have just come over on special
train"
II don't give whoOp who they are;
there Is not room to breathe in mere
now and my private office wasn't quit
with the idea Of accommodating all
the policemen this side of New YORK.
The manager Of the great hotel swung
about in his chair and addressed I'M
patiently rOund-faced, matronly wom-
an whose arm was about fair-haireo |
little girl clinging to her as though TOT
protection from the excited group !
which ranged itself behind DIR. Louise
Craig-Lackland. $50 ahead, Mrs. Chit-
wood" THAT is about all, sir. am
sure no harm is done, that can see.
When Little Chit brought her home l
should have come right over, especlal-
= " when she admitted that she was out
l without her-her-" Mrs. ChitW00d
cast about obviously for word. She
dare not refer to the indignant group
i as servants, and parents and relatives
: they were not, without her keepers
S permission" cheerfully resumed the
e widow. noting with placid satisfaction
+ the gasp of Doctor Craig-LacEland'
+ "They were out all the afternoon
6 playing on the beach, and her shoes
d and stockings were all wet. So ! maze
q her take these off while dried them
e and then the poor dear child was so
hungry"
2 eyes" spoke up the Money Princess
n quite suddenly losing her shyness, you
d. shall not blame Little Chit's mother
ig nor Little Chit either. / had q perfect
IN ly glorious time so / did-all after
noon, and l had soup for dinner soup
ne with big yellow dumplings and choco-
late layer cake, and am glad dldn
at come home and have to eat four ounces
RS of old farina and fruit and sterilizeo
milk. and / wish | could stay right
SIS here with Little Chit and his mother
T. and that all of you would let me be"
'lu "Such impertinence," gasped the gov
"a erness.
III ut comes of her association, N
eo doubt" Indignantly declared the house
iei keeper.
"Boiled dumplings and chocolate
1ri cake at bedtime You naughty, un
II grateful child" This from Docto
n,' Craig-Lackland.
A'e That very night the Money Princes
and her retinue left the great note
ho But as the last taXicab pulled ava
up from under the porte cOchere, brlgf
!. golden head protruded from the ca
window
us "Goodby, Little Chit, remember OF
D' promise"
anu "Good-by, princess, shall never TO
n.y. get you"
NY Ten years elapSe.
etrn In nf
pei few DAYS had been-days when the
ais was neither sleep nor a moments re
hi'e nor ease of mind, every member
University unit No. 2 thrilled wi
lack
-. pride.
Ills American engineers had filled {
ee9' gan. Throwing away picks and shove
they had stemmed that gray horde tn
mere was pouring through wide hole
'lhs' the very base of the British wedge,
.iia' widening hole that for two ola
tioi' threatened to turn Byng's mighty V
III tory into disaster unreasonable.
A",n 81 have just put your first Americ
lel into &C. pavilion" The orderly push
~ the empty operating cart into the COZ
Vs. o. dor and dropped hospital record CT
onto the nurses desk as he passed
,,rn She was not a trained nurse, t
that Deaoliiu''
their she iiau '"''i'tee 49,.
an American university unit, just
oon hundreds of other wealthy Ameri
lding girls had 'o'u"'ee'eo'
and With cool professional air she 7
Onely glanced down at 'iie e'iu oei1'e
l,+t,e A mick intake of her breath. Lea,
long the desk she moved softly into
mink dimly lighted pavilion.
"Mother"
mi,od How often had that cry rang
mesh over the rea-soahe' nous 80
,cofnl Always il was their first word W
they came from under the anesthe
Quickly she moved toward the
, bao and knelt beside him. 1t was very
~ liz professional. Making allowance
her youth, for her utter lack of Il
!, ing, the head nurse would have
o Chit bitterly indignant had she seen 1t.
Quito s;des there was rule II of Base
initial oS, which plainly stated
4 into nshaw. wasn't he An American
or bar wasn't she an American. and W
tho name on the card, Lieut. liz
,nerad Chitwood? What did she care
:" rules.