Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-17

ers for the loan of the paper: then he
came running up to me. his eyes all
wet and his lips quivering.
Drive me out to Granny Harland' $
place. Ed" he said: I'll nay you on
Saturday"
When We were driving past the
telegraph office Jim Hurd, the oper-
ator came out with a telegram for
Granny Harland. and he gave it to
Johnny to take out. 1t told what was
there first only 1nez was SO upset
with her success that the doctor
wouldn't let her send message
We found the old woman digging
around the apple tree the count had
planted for 1nez. and when Johnny
in the paper. l thought she'd die.
Il knew! l knew" she kept on say
ing. Il knew all the time
l left Johnny there with her and
came back into town. and most every
one there was talking about Inez Ca
brera. Smithers said she would put
bonneville on the map. and Garrison.
who runs the bonneville Times. was
running round asking for informa
ton about her. He sent a wire to a
big paper in New York and Jim Hurd
told me it was that long it cost four
the count and old Granny Harland
and the tree horoscope. Jim said
there was whole lot about the tree
horoscope.
1t seems that Johnny Templeton and
Granny Harland had got letters from
Inez saying that she was going to
sing. but they didn't think she was
going to break all the track records
like she did
Inez came up quietly one dav about
four days after that. Johnny Temple
ton took me down to the depot and
told me to drive her out by the back
road, because she was so nervous and
so afraid there'd be any fuss about
her which there would have been if
the town knew about her coming
She was just the same quiet. soft
spoken girl, not bit proud or. con-
ceited.
Good morning Mr.. Greensboro she
said. putting her little hand into
mine. I've always thought of you
because you drove granny home the
day I went away"
l drove her out and drove her back
again without any one knowing she
was there. Smithers and Garrison
were mad when they heard about it,
his paper: but that little girl didn't
want to be questioned about her sue
cess. She had come UP to bring money
and delicacies to Granny Harland and
she couldn't think of ANYTHING else.
Dear. dear granny" she kept on
more. See-I have money tons Of
money. and you will get everything
you want"
I think the news of the girls sue
cess made old Granny Harland go to
nieces. She sort Of had ioy-collapse.
She couldn't walk. and I think she
was a little bit off her head She
wanted to see Inez act hut she was
too i'll to go to New York, she being
afraid Of the cars. scared out of her
life of them.
Cant you come up to bonneville
~" ac'." sh" said cant vow. Ine-?
Can't you come and sing your beauti-
hear you?"
1t was useless of Inez to explain to
her. She just kept on babbline her
wishes over and over again, and Inez
was crying as she tried to soothe har.
The sweetest and the nrettiest girl
that ever was born was Inez Cabrera.
No one like her. no one.
Everv day after that there was a
niece in the New York papers about
Inez. Smithers would get them and
show them to US. Every one was
wild about her that winter in New
Yo-k. hut she didn't forget old Gran
nv Farland. There was a nurse up at
the Harla nd place. and eases Of things
came up from New York that I never
heard of and ] took them out and
read the labels on the road
THEN one day. just at the end of
! the winter. chap stepped off the
New York train and asked me where
the bonneville Theater was. 1 told
him, and I said it was only used for
the htgh-school graduation exercises
and things like that.
well, Rube,' he said, speaking