The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1921-07-21
SUSIE IN The CITY,
by DOROTHY DOUGLAS.
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90 1871. BY Mcclure Newspaper syndfeate)
Susie stood gazing at her vines that
already had tralled their green way to
the tops Of her window frames. A
slight pucker formed between her
brows as she tried to solve the problem
Of their further ascent. She did not
know who lived in the studio above.
Had she known who was upthere she
could easily have gone up with her
string and tied II to the rusty nails
which she had seen from her own
window. y But Susie feared for her
quiet, restful evening, should she be-
come acquainted with near neighbors.
However, she did want her string
wound oyer those rusty nails In the
window ledge above and, as her vines
began to plead desperately'for support,
Susie determined to find way OF
giving It to them.
She decided to tie a string to the
pole, and hoist II to the window above.
She realized that her act was trife
unconventional, but her vines were
perfectly conventional vines and need
ed support just as any vines need 1t.
SO she scrubbed few lines on bit
Of paper and tied the note to the end
Of her flagpole. When she heard foot
steps near the window above she put
her pole outside and hoisted 1t, after
having tied ball of Irvine to the note.
Susie called up soft "Thank you.
very much" when she knew the string
had been tied and the ball came tum-
bling down to her. She knew no more
about the person above her than she
did before.
II was a man, however. Capt. Nc
Gill Of the Gordon Highlanders, re-
turned to his adopted home In Amerf-
ca. and he was much amused at the
request to tie, the string for the tiny
burden to climb on.
Vacation time arrived for Susie. She
worried about the care OF her little
garden and realized that she would
have to be at the mercy Of Gods good
rain Just like all farmers II her gar
den was to remain green.
Capt. McGill, the man in the studio
above. happened by lucky chance to
see Susie descend the steps with her
suit case and in flash realized that
he wanted very, very much to know
her.
He didn't know for second whether
or not to make a most perfect idiot
Of himself and rush out, follow her,
purchase a ticket to the same place
the very hotel In which she expected
to spend her vacation. But McGill
decided to keep his head on his shout
ders and Just trust to fate. Conse-
quentiy he remained at the window
while Susie disappeared toward the
stage that carried her to the railway
station.
He felt decidedly lonesome when
Susie had gone from the studio build
ing. even though he had never spoken
with her. He looked down each day
at her small garden and IT was only a
few days after her departure before
he realized that II the products were
to be saved for her return he must
find some way Of watering them.
So after deliberate thought the hero
from the battlefield contrived an ex.
tended watering can by means Of his
bath spray and a long-nozzled can,
The rubber was sufficiently long to all
but reach the garden roots. Each
night after dark McGill watered that
small garden as II It were the fodder
for an entire army of cattle or men,
He waited for dark lest any passer'
by see him and laugh at his folly.