The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-03-16
There's No Immediate Danger of Any
thing Right Now, Little Lady"

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There's No Immediate Danger of Any
thing Right Now, Little Lady,"
1t amt elastic enough to stretch, let u
know. Take good care of him, Doc
The best amt none too good for him
Be glad to send you paper to the shoW
when we play a return in April, Doc
Glad to take care of you If you will call
around at the box Office. Come, Lo
we gotta hustle"
"Whatta you think 1 am-crazy?
Il amt going"
He shuffled toward her.
None of that. You gotta-we can't
miss connections for
81 amt going
"Cut it now. Amt he all arranged
Tor in the hospital? You can't jump
"a show like this without
"You go chase yourself, Charley Lee.
You can't bluff me. I'm going to stick
and whatta you going to do about it,"
"Tell her, Doc, she's crazy with the
neat"
THAT won't thaw no ice with me.
I'm going to stick with him and-and
If he-he will have me I-I-Al-Al?"
The figure on the couch stirred be-
meath its gold brocade property cover
let.
"Where-Lo-where?"
She sprang to his side with the doc
tors restraining hand light on her arm.
"Al, darling! Oh, my darling"
She leaned to him as if she would
lay her heart palpitating at his feet.
"You amt mad at me, Al-you amt,
are you, darling; you amt mad at
me?"
Tears rained down her face and he
made to touch them, but his arm could
find no power to raise.
mo, no, pussy cat. l amt mad. Why
should l be mad?"
He lo}led his head ever so slightly on
the pink sateen property pillow and
smiled.
"Sure I amt mad. 1t was the spring
board that didn't work"
ooh, my Cod" She could have
swooned of heartache.
"It amt so bad, AL. The Doc is
going to fix you up fine-ain't you,
Doc? Amt you?"
Quit your crying, Lo."
1T amt so bad, Al. lift you amt
mad at me we-we're going to stay
here, darling, right here in Adalai like
you wanted-like you wanted.
mo, no, LO, L"
Il seen the house when we walked
to the show tonight. Just like you
said, on the hill, and a little red roof
and a little kid swinging his arms for
a w~eathercock over the porch-just
like you said, Al-you'l lemme-you1L
l~emme-please, Al-pleaseI
From his closed eyes came tears that
be could not wipe away.
In Adalai spring comes shyly. A
by the river, bending over at its
imagery, like a woman STOPPING to i'm
her hair, blooms suddenly over
in long lacy strands. A truant
hides his shoes, sucks in his breath
and shivers before the first plunge of
the season.
In front of a little cottage ON a hill
fairylike carpet of white dOg-violets
Dloomed of a morning, and when Mrs.
AL Delano opened her front door to the
first kiss of spring she cried out sud-
ienly, as if something within her had
"Al, darling, look out In the front
yard !"
'Where?"
Here; femme wheel your chair out, J
Look, a whole batch of some
hing or other spread out on the grass
ike a table-cloth drying. Here, femme
Wheel you out" !
mo, no, baby. It's fine here by ehe s
with the sun on me-" t
But, Al, ever since we been living |
lere you been waiting and waiting for S
he spring to come. It's spring now
or sure, darling. Smell! Here, darling. q
She flung wide the window beside t
is chair, and the frilled white curtain O
u
'Smelli" f
"M-m-mi Like someone was SQUIRT Il
lg a perfume atomizer." b
He relaxed his great shoulders A
ack against the pillows, his face inert
ut smiling. h
You'll be sporting that sunbonnet
en brought you and hiking right out G
the garden now, won't you, baby?" L
"Yeh. I'll show him we amt such
Ity bugs. d,
Its Monday night and he'll be stop
ing in after aldermen's meeting. You
put out some bulbs to surprise lie
i'm, baby" hi
Sometimes l wish Ben didn't stop
Monday nights after those meetings, ST
On. They last so late and tit keeps