Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-12
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SYNOPSIS
a. uazEL DEYO BATCHELOH
py y,s,.nt 1880, bv Pablo LEDGER 90.

From ~ tooether something dreto
ny ,Is. Sv". Fosfer and Virginia west
ke'n"tt; "tt,;endship. They tooro entirely
lnio i. temperament, Kathleen
digoIo"il I'll roth and Virginia dll sert-
Oehg "" and ,ohen IL cdme time TO
osSne'Ib bi, difference IN o tangible
Mow Kathleen broke her engage
monnIh h,oouse the man had no money,
mem 'v;,o;ria y,i married Jimmy Ander-
@ ,or N spite OF poverty
-,rT after all, in spite of Virginia S
b aversion to it, it became necessary
have 1immy's mother come and visit
% W. One morning when virginia was
tn'hino tnyhi, forward to the future with the
lOTS,.e Iuiv ewes of the prospective young
lu,IES nDtSsr. another misfortune leaped into
her way. s..t n,t down
to window. turned on the heat SO that
NV NV Mace would be warm and after
lns lnnssotfast was on the small gas stove,
."oSs Jimmy. This morning she pro, 4,
SVdt .0oJsd as usual, but when she bent
,own Un TO kiss Jimmy in the accustomed
uyT u.or she found him unusually flushed
/. snd The hand that she took in hers was
Srv Srr and burning with. fever.
o'S she % shook him lightly. Jimmy,
Jimmy dear. wake up, aren't you well!
Ue opened his eyes and tried to smile
,hat nice boyish smile OF his, but he
taied Sd utterly. His forehead wrinkled
IN pain and his breath came hoarsclE:
dFit,s nv cold" he said, when Vir-
,inin had brought him glass of water
ssnd n cold compress for his head. I'll
4 anu ,,,tfYfnu "
"Jimmy. you re not going to get UP
,odsv," Virginia said decisively And
I'm going to have the doctor here
aNonsense." And Jimmy tried to
,s,srt himself in the old way. but it
rss no use. After he had played with
,bo b food Virginia brought TO his bed,
.bS hurriedly went after the doctor her =
There was no telephone in the small
,nnrtnent and Virginia had missed this
more than anything else. In the old
jays her mother had always telephoned
for The materials from the market, and
,bs tInklins of the telephone bell had
slways been the signal for long exciting
tslcphope conversations. Now Virginia
vent to market every morning. She had
earned to realize values. and she knew
iust how much had been wasted when
.he had lived at home, but she missed
the convenience Of telephone q hun
ired times n day.
Doctor Bradley had known Virginia
since she had been small child. ana
Id promised to drop in at the apartment
AZ soon as his morning Office hours were
orer. He was very fond of the girl and
he did not feel that her present diff =
culties would hurt her. Her appearance
fbis morning did not alarm him any. He
felt that Virginia was needlessly
frightened and that Jimmy had nothing
hut bad cold. But when he finally
bppt over the yellow enameled bed and
took the dry, hot hand in his, he realized
/ that Jimmy was really sick. 1t looked
like pneumonia and the boy did not seem
very strong.
/ You'll have to, get some one to help
sou here" he said, looking up at vir-
sinia.
II can manage" she returned
promptly.
The doctor shook his head. "Not
alone; you'll have to have some one to
help"
Virginia would have given anything if
st that moment she could have said,
Very we'll, we'll get a NURSE" but she
Nalised that her pocketbook would never
permit such an extravaganza. There
was just one thing to be done, send for
Mrs. Anderson. No matter how much
va hated to do such n thing, that was
\ the one way open to her.
! And 80 that was how Mrs. Anderson
happened to arrive at the apartment the
next afternoon, and even with Jimmy
wing weak and i'll in the next room she
had to take the time to tell Virginia
what she thought OF the way the furni-
ture had been ruined.
Virginia was silent and apathetic and
responded not Mt all to Mrs. Anderson s
brisk attack. She led the way to
lnmy's room and was forced to stand
back while Mrs. Anderson took charge
OF everything. From the moment she
arrived she took matters into her own
hands. The sick room was to be her
own especial charge while Virginia was
given the house and kitchen work as her
share. 1t was unbearable. Even if
Jimmy had begun to i'm prove, Virginia
would have suffered, but the fact that
Jimmy did not improve, but grew stead
fly worse made things almost impossible
to bear.
Tomorrow, an old friend nuts In an