The Era-leader., 1921-08-04
SIMPLE SIMON
BI tCDlE GRAVES.

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~ ,l., 9,''.' r.,5 T., .7",,.,,. ,9,,1afo Sadie
IVA -,r r,*.r1 1rarv roa.r,s were
.,,.,,Ir sngao4d sheIifnc roas for can
~.,.r ir rase.qrhorcl summer lnnse. .
>r,..y looked at her communion resent
sI-lr and. 10 a close observer, pity
Io..y.
Sadie continued: a don't know what
H.. Sf,.l,f. Simon is thinking Of. lie
,,r...r,v had Tie nerve to think a col
.aa. -irI. living iu the city. would
5r-- If coming out here TO live in
g.;. shack Of a house he h&s Oh tAat
little farm"
,farv W., about TO rer'y to rhe
scnrnrnl words but bit her lip and re-
mair4d silent. Sadie. noticing her ret-
romeo wen, on, It's all right for YOU
n 1.-Two in the country-you have
nice bfc house with modern con-
veriancas car, and income enough
n eriov Yourselves. Bnt no love il
COTTAGE for mo with rrlmeya1 methods.
And Merle Morrill, is one Of those SIM
pIe Simons who would live that way
Neither Of the girls noticed q rather
more than ordinarily life-Sized mascu-
line figure carefully efface himself
| from the landscape back OF the arpor'
When the girls entered the kitchen
they found Mrs. Roberts in tears. She
| had lust received a telephone message
saving that Aunt Ida's baby girl had
drank some fy poison while at
neghhors. and was very i'll. Mary
hastily snatched q home doctorins BOOK
from the bookcase and started for her
Arnts. Mrs. Roberts turned to Sadie
and said There is nc doctor in Town
today. Our physician has been called
t0 an important surgical case Or I'll
old patients in the town where ne
Dractjced before coming here. bu'
Ierle Morrill, has just graduated from
Harvard Medical school-it ne is hofne'
Mary will ask him to 60 to Aunt lQas
with her"
"Wty. Aunt Emma. you never rnen-
t;onad Nar,o Mnrrill's being q physl.
cian"
.No. he did not wish anyone to
know He worked his way through
college not being sure Of circum-
stances allowing him to finish. So he
reouestad rs 70 LET people think he was
simnlv working for a living. He is a
, onie+ modest, retiring sort Of fellow"
Sadie ahrnnt,v left the room and
, s,on+ tho efrsrnnon in to>-urlnc anger
with herself "Simple Simon alias
Sadie Saaderson. one and the same.
Same initials / made slight mistake
. lint got II now
Morr fou,5 Nerle Of han1e inst ar.
) r,rod from his rnfntenriona] caves.
, aronninr and in no- tba hest Of hu.
r .,,or pr. whom her errand WAS OK.
nloinoa ol, narsnnal matters were for
,ot+o, IN tho ecrivi+v of tho doctor. To
oetber 7hev hostened 70 the suffering
Z cb;ld erd +nra+ber they worked ant
: watched for two weeks before feeling
ass,rad of rho hahv girls recovery.
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f ,h,: d;rrisoi sn,f.pssnrad cffirien
- n,on no tho Sin,n1a Simon who hs,
t,r,;a,, osroa har 70 ho his vifn9
Ton,ora +ho lost whom +har hod Fl,
: ,,o ,r,,,o rirI,s racoverv cerrain Mar,
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,,,,~s to,. hors,,f 1e,rinr Doa+nr Mn,
ill and herself s,one Sadie was :
/ retnrn "a the city In q few DAYS with
/ ort soo,a,hiar che bes nsrar disroy
nred sha had nn,u I. wps Inst IN,
noctor u,rrin had tn haar+ Bn
h, c.vo M avidnnca ox nossassinp /,
! wiS,t,,,r So5;a So+ ena vo+cbad hin
/ T,rping bor head she saw Mary ins
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