The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-11-12
By SEWELL FORD

see is a kind of cute little party with
shiny black hair and big brown eyes.
She amt much more'n a half portion.
Miss Moran, but what there is of her
Is neat and trim, and you know how
much one of them nurses costumes
helps It's the narrow little rosebud
mouth, though, that gets me suspic-
ioue. like 'em little wide cut. But
there was no gettin' away from the
fact that Miss Morans was easy to
listen to. It's one of the soft cooey
kind that's almost too good to be true.
10000, isn't that funny she CUR
giles, as Horace shows her how the
toy works. "But we'll have to put it
on the table now, won't we, while you
have the nice milk toast that / made
you all by myself"
"Oh, l say, Miss Moran" protests
Horace. "You mustn't go bothering
to cook for me, you know"
"But l like to-" insists Miss Moran.
"Now We'll prop you up with some pill
lows-no, don't try to do it yourself,
can lift up your shoulders"
"See that, Torchy says Horace.
"She won't let me do thing for my
self, and I feel almost like walking
down stairs. Making a regular baby
of me-"
You'll have to stand it, you bad
boy, for a few days longer" cooes the
nurse as she pats him gently on the
shoulder.
And before 1 leaves Horace gets a
chance to whisper to me on the side:
Have Bob send up a couple of or.
.chestra seats for some good play to.
morrow night"
You mean it?" says I.
For Miss Moran and her room
mate" adds Horace Flowers, too,
and taxi, of course. Charge 'em to
me. Her night off, you know. II
want to do little something for her.
lou unQerStdnd!'
"Uh-huh," says I, winkin' at him.
Mr.. Robert is almost as much sir
prised as was. Don't tell me he
thought of doing that all by himself"
says he.
Must have" says 1, unless that
new nurse has him hypnotised."
"Tf she can influence Horace 10
give a thought to any other human
being says Mr.. Robert, "she deserves
promotion"
Maybe that's what she's working
for says 1.
Not that l really believed Horace
could be permanently pried loose
from his fixed habits, for he's about
as skirt-shy as they come. His favor
lite slogan had always been, mo equal
suffering for me, meaning the hyme-
neal moose, Also he'd had lot of
practice in dodgin' the net, as you
can imagine.
Yet the next trip makes up to the
hospital, which is only few days later
he starts right in tellin' me things
about Peggy"
"Eh?" says 1. What Peggy"
"Why, Miss Moran" says he, work
in, up blush. "You know, Torchy,
she's quite remarkable girl. 1--we
found out lot about her lately"
"Well, WE'LL" says l. Been looking
her up in Who's Who?
We've been having long talks"
says Horace, "and she has been tell
ing me how she happened to take up
nursing. It seems that her father used
to be in the wholesale liquor business
up in Springfield, Mass. He was one
of those chaps who didn't believe hat
prohibition would ever come and so
when the great drouth did descend it
caught him with most of his capital
tied up in bonded liquor. Then his
business peteredout and there he was
with big family and no income.
Peggy was right in the middle of
musical course at the Boston Conserv-
atory-she sings very well, you know
but she quit all that and studied
joke, this hospital work. Long hours
and very little pay for the first year
or so. But she's sticking to it and
doing her best"
l mods careless. "a lot of 'em seem
to like the life" says l.
"I'm sure Peggy doesn't" says Hor-
ace, although she never makes COM
plant But just think what 1t means
to girl like her. Why, here she has
given up her music, her friends, every
thing, to trot around waiting on lot
of whiny invalids and disable grouches
such as I, for example. That's what
I call tough. And the work is too hard
for her. She's rather a frail little
thing. Think of lifting me half a