Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-12-30
THE RESCUED LADY.

Oh bAS seventh evening, Jane came
Sn ready to ask two questions.
First, she wanted to know whether
Great-aunt Matilda sent telegram to
the ehildTen's mother to let her know
that they were found. Uncle Tan am
swered that Great-aunt Matilda did,
and that the children's mother. came
straight back from Boston.
Second, Jane wanted to know
whether the children's mother believed
their story about the finding of the
cats and the carpet.
II am sorry to say" said Uncle Tan,
''that she did not believe it. She lis
tened to 1t with amazement, and sent
for the doctOr"
'WhV did she send for the doctor?"
Because she thought the children
must be going to have fever, to tell
such story as that. The doctor came
and felt their pulses. and put Their
mOmeter in their mouths. First he
put it in Brothers mouth, and found
that it registered 9S.2 degrees, just
as it ought to do. Then he wiped the
thermometer carefully and put it in
Sisters mouth. 1t registered 99.2 de
: grees, just as 1t ought to do. The
children had no sign of fever.
'TheR the doctor asked them a
whole string Of questions about their
adventure, but they didn't feel like
telling htEn anything. They sat still
and said nothing till Sister felt that
they were very rude. Then she said.
Wouldn't you like to see our new cats.
dOctorr The doctor said he would,
and she brought them In and played
with them
'"Then the doctor made them stand
up and hold their hands over their
heads and slowly bring the tips Of
their fingers together. You under
stand what mean. The tips of the
fingers Of the left hand were made
10 come slowly up to those of the
right hand. It was rather a hard
thing to do, but each child was able
so do It nicely.
"The doctor did other queer things.
He looked into their mouths, at the
roof Of their mouths, and he looked
at their ears, and he asked them what
kind Of dreams they had. It was all
very tedious to the children.
"But afterward they were glad that
ahe doctor had come. He told their
mother that there was nothing wrong
with them except that they had too
snuch Imagination. He said that he
thought that they did not intend to
tell lies If 1t pleased them to think
they could ride on that beautiful rug,
which they had perhaps bought from a
peddler. let them think so. They
\ would get tired Of thinking so.
$50 the children went on very much
as before, only they didn't talk much
about their adventures"
Well (sald Uncle TAM, you remem-
Der that in the last story the children
were at the seashOre. In the seventh
story they are still there.
Once upon a time in that summer
their Great-aunt Matilda wanted to
send to town for three things. They
were q box Of talcum powder, bottle
of water, and can Of gasoline.
She wanted the talcum powder be-
cause she had taken long walk in
abe sun. and had got very much burn
ed. She was a great hand to use tai
cum powder, anyhow. She didn't care
a bit whether 1t showed on her face.
Very often you could see 1t on her
ears. where she had not taken pains
20 rub it in.
The reason why she wanted to send
for bottle of water was this: She
made q great fuss about what kind of
water she drank. There was a fine
well ON her place, but the water tast-
ed OF iron, because there was iron in
The rocks down below. She could not
endure the taste of iron, or she thought
she couldn't. So she was in the habit
Of sending TO town every few days
gor a big bottle Of spring water. She
paid q dollar for ten gallons OF it.
The reason why she wanted to send
for can of gasoline was this: There
was gasoline stove down in the
laundry, and so that was why she
wanted to send for a can of gasoline.
1t was four O'Clock in the afternoon
when Great-aunt Matilda discovered
4bat she needed these three things.
she could not send the man for them,
because the man had already gone TO
tOwn for other things. She thought a
nlnute and then she called Brother,