Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-09
-T-..,,o,t. 1870. bv pnbfo tedOer Co.
'0,O v,,,s STARTS THE STOEy

THIS STARTS THE sroi:s
H.. T. BRrion Francis. oomdn
MS,b Sh,ab ideals aud more than the
Tnn ~ measure Of the milk OF
cram t;oduess conrsing through her
htw" .oficrs that her ndsh,romdn,
T,M'' watson, is performing her tdbors
M's' .,,ooiSh manner, inquiries d6oW
~ - to"Wh Wh and about her numerous
h,Jsea hu subjects her to some up'ift-
Mnu,,s IN motherhood, suggests
W ,' her husband 10 read, aud
;.s,ors,ts oooss "a herself IN the ,ceFare OF the
family, :.
,r,,rIJ have 10 move poor Polly, II
w che lives through the night" the
80. s.;d to the house doctor in the
,G,s;,ol that night. "She is making all
.U Mo naticnts homesick. To hear her
.nl,ing I for her mother or for some one
, ,.on ,ome' is hard on the sick and
we'll. l =, ,,a,
Aioty" the doctor asked gravely,
% ue was wiry little man with face
~. leather, but his touch brought
healing and his presence hope
"she is dying of homcsiekness ms weil
.ynbod." the nurse said sadly, "and
-. sooms so anxious to get better, poor
M ..;,a, She often says. L can't die.
..;.s | for what'll happen mother. But
sI in,' the last two days, In her delrium,
.So seems to be worrying more aoout
ssr ir work and her flowers.
nes s.I think they were pretty hard people
!. i,,od with. Surely she'll praise me
~ ~. ,;n,e she often says. I've tried my
,nE ISost .i The strenuous life has been too
.Srob a.of for poor Polly. Listen to her
powW =, r,o. a ...,s,.
..l sweet her voice rang over the quiet
aard and many fevered face was rails
,I 10 listen. Polly's mind was wander
,us in the shadows. but she still sang
ths songs Of home in a strange land:
Down BY the billcr there grew
green willcr
A weeping all night with the bank
for a piller.
And over and over again she sang
r;th a wavpring cadence. incOhercntly
sometinles' puI VIZ "m,,, no .'us, tLa
pleading, something ABOUT wnerc thc
stream was a,howin', the gentle Kline
lowin, ana over my grave Keep the
green willers grown ;, =,
1t u pathetic 10 near her' the
nurse said ana now hsteh TO hef ask
Ing about her poppies.
IN the ooN' mss 1 urouRht thc
seed nacroSs tne nocean, anu theS WuH
beauties, they wuz wot came hup;
They'll DC noddin ana Wavih now req
and andSome, II sne asn CUT them.
She wopldn { CUT tnem; would she, miss!
Sns sN so"iah I1ad ave e., .ne ' cart / th'nk. ;,
NO s indScn, Iac,o. ~, iii, lnSa d., VI. mem
p Ias naiTS Er~ima urie% b,md MN tondn, ue '1kins
rS.S r% o"ani nn,5 oa mann L., .rnaurS IN nfrs'
uto. 40 ome ouso somsu ~" th;p IMn savn peauties'
pom,. nlS' Thnriro bioom;no "u tu,i .h'ns;
,ud U' horJsnmo oImost % t.i sou' rev
sn sna po'' poiiu ;, "''"''' 40 '"'i Us you
''Si rho = ',f; "tFco bov +ouchod h. ,,u..,,
III. nne on'e o'' ''ucheo the nurse
"a oort,oma, uho soro 80 ,.s,
,b;s how for ono of The tvnha;,, ~ v''
t;on,s :" bo sa;d bona;@un @ sspuo" pa
The nurse rcod The addro.s 'u al 5'N. ~.
bor trembled in her hands as sho CIV uo. .me
cusIy opened il and tooL omt @ 'r tho neau oap
tents 49," Wv" 'u' 'ne eoh
"Polly. Polly !" she cried cyc.tedIv
"didn't tell you they were BLOOMING
red and handsome. !" -
But Polly's eyes were burn;ru with
delirum and her Inns babbled mconing'
lessly.
The nurse held the poppies over her