The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-12-12
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soul In here" Ell
but, sir. he says they from the
Philadelphia detective agency and
they have Just come over or. a special
train"
II don't give whoop. who they are |;
there Is not room to breathe in here
. now and my private office wasn't built
with the idea Of accommodat ting all
the policemen this side Of New York."
The manager Of the great hotel swung
about In his chair and addressed i'm
patiently a round-faced. inatroply won.
an whose arm was about fair-haired
little girl clinging to her as though for
protection from the excited group
which ranged itself behind DR.. Louise
Craig-Lackland. go ahead, Mrs. Chit
wood" "That 10 about all. sir. am
sure no harm Is done, that I can see.
When Little Chit brought her home /
should have come right over. especial
" when she admitted that she was ont
without her-her-" Mrs. Chitwood
cast about obviously for a word. She
dare not refer tosthe indignant group
as servants. and parents and relatives
they were not, without her keepers
permission cheerfully resumed the
widow, noting with placid satisfaction
the gasp Of Doctor Craig-Lackland.
"They were out all the afternoon
playing on the beach, and her shoes
and stockings were all wet. So made
her take these of while ! dried them
and then the poor dear child was so
hungry"
"Yes," spoke up the Money Princess,
quite suddenly losing her shyness. "you
shall not blame Little Chit's mother,
nor Little Chit either. I had a perfect
ly glorious time, so did-all after
noon, and I had soup for dinner. soup
with big yellow dumplings and choco-
late layer cake, and am glad didn't
come home and have to eat four ounces
Of old farina and fruit and sterilized
milk. and wish could stay right
here with Little Chit and his mother
and that all Of you would let me be-"
"Such impertinence." gasped the gov
erness.
1T comes Of her association, no
doubt" Indignantly declared the house
keeper.
Boiled dumplings and chocolate
cake at bedtime! You naughty, un-
grateful child" This from Doctor
Craig-Lackland.
That very night the Money Princess
and her retinue left the great hotel.
But as the last taxicab pulled away
from under the porte cochere, bright
golden head protruded from the cab
window.
"Goodby, Little Chit, remember our
promise"
"Good-by, princess, shall never for
get you"
The rule seventeen as plainly posted
over the head porter's desk told what
would happen to an employee who
but no difference, for hadn't Colonel
Job hurried right into the managers
Office and hadn't the manager called
in Little Chit's mother and wasn't the
outcome Of this whole matter that old
Colonel Job, who had more money and
more govt and less relatives than is
good for any man Of his age. aston
ished the whole hotel by insisting that
he was henceforth to be Little Chit's
guardian and protector-and that the
boy was to have everything that money
and a good home could afford?
Ten years elapse.
Terrible as the strain Of the last
few days had been-days when there
was neither sleep nor moments rest
nor ease of mind every member. of
University unit No. Q thrilled with
pride.
American engineers had filled the,
gap. Throwing away picks and shovels
they had stemmed that gray horde that
was pouring through wide hole at
the very base of the British wedge, a
widening hole that for two days
threatened to turn Byng's mighty vic
tory into disaster Unreasonable.
ST have just put your first American
into &C. pavilion" The orderly pushed
the empty operating cart into the corri-
dor and dropped hospital record card
onto the nurse's~desk as he passed.
She was not trained nurse, this
beautiful, fair-haired young woman.
She had volunteered as secretary to
an American university unit, just as
hundreds of other wealthy American
girls had volunteered.
In the stress that followed the ebb
and flow Of the great offensive when
first dressing stations had been swept
away and disorganized, moaning.
mangled men had been hauled In by
the hundred-hauled in, yet wearing
the foul, sticky clothing In which they
had fallen.
She had plunged In and scrubbed
and cut away filthy clotted clothing
and done cheerfully and well those re-
pulsively necessary things for which
training Is naught beside strong hands,
and calm nerves and cool head, all
of which the Money Princess had.
With cool professional air she now