Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-11-16

dead when she flung open the door
az his room. He. was lying on the
floor. and his hands and face were
the same shade Pc the bathrobe Of
gray Turkish toweling that was
wrapped around him.
"He must have tried TO get out OF
bed BY himself she walled aloud,
although there was no one in the
carkened room with her. Mrs. Jc-
rome, who avoided all unpleasant
things Is she would have avoided
the black plague had not followed
her at the sound OF that heavy fall.
She mad stayed behind in the hall,
waiting Tor Sally to go and find out
what had happened. All by herself.
; Sally lifted her father 10 the bed
he was singuiarly light and easy Tor
her 70 pick Up in her strong, young
arms.
Poor Dad" thought Sally, and AS
she held him. she suddenly felt clos
or To him than ever she had since
the iong-ago days when he had been
q gay and clipper young man who
had taken her to picture shows and
he circus.
IL seemed 10 her that she had for
gotten how much she had loved him,
al through those years, when he had
left all of them alone ~ shift for
themselves. But now 81 came surg
irg back TO her-that love for him.
The love she rad had for him when
she was 3 years old.
She was crying softly as she picked
up the telephone on the stand be
side the bed. and gave Dr. Amhie-
sides number.
While she was speaking 70 him her
fathers cyelids fluttered UP and her
looked 1T her. His hands moved,
locking themselves on his thin chest
Sally gave q great sigh OF relief.
"Guess ] must have got a little
faint" he murmured thickly as she
hung up the receiver and turned TO
him. Il thought I'D get up 70 get
q drink of water. The therm0s bottle
was empty"
"My fault" Sally blamed herself.
70 was the first time she had forgot
ten % keep the bottle filled with the
special mineral water that Dr. AM
bleside had ordered for Mr. Jerome.
But. somehow, ii was easy 10 for
get important things lately ia The
House by the Side Of the Road. For
there were SO many. many things
for Sally to do, and ali Of them im-
portant ones . The baby 20 be fed
bathcd and tencerly watched from
morning till night. Mr. Jerome to be
cared for almost rs carefully az the
baby had to be care FOR. Mrs. Jerome
70 be waited on, hand, foot and
finger, all day long.
And besides that. there's the
Lrwww rNrFmE runwt-NnA cha Emmrfm~ ~
thought Sally, h%urrying down 20 20
kitchen with the empty thcrmos bot
tie in her hands.
Today there had teen an extra job.
Aunt En- had decided she ought 70
have a new costume for the new
dance-thc Savannah Stomp. And so
Sally had thrown together a gay
gypsy costume Of cheap, hriKht-col-
ored calico, all sewed with little
bells. She had planned 90 stitch at
neatly late that night, when she
could carry the electric sewing ma
chine down into the dining room,
where the noise OF il would disturb
no one.
Il took hard figuring these days 20
do all the things that had 20 be done.
"And them said Sally 70 herself, II
never get caught up somehow
With the bottle filled she rushed
upstairs TO give her father hits drink
Of water, ard 70 rcassure her mother
that he was all right.
But Sally, herself. was not AZ an
sure that he was all right" He was
70 quiet and listicss. somehow, as III
he did not care whether be was alive
or not.
For days she had been growing
more worried about him, and her
worry was reflected In her mirror
like face when she opened the door
to DIR. Amhleside at 6 O'Clock.
In the restaurant the three must
clans who constituted Aunt Ems
"iazz band were tuning un. Aunt
En- was giving Hilda, the waitress,
several orders In her high-pitchrd
voice. Upstairs the baby was wall
ing for MS reason az all except that
il was a baby and got its exercise
by crying with all its might.
The front door opened and Mile
came flying into the house. bringing
the freshness Of the rain with her.
She banged the door behind her
and called out: "W cil. I've had 70
quit ANOTHER 5oh!' In n loud.
Ehrill voice before she caught sight
Of the doctor, who was hallway up
the stairs.
He stopped. frowning down at her.
Then he turned tc sally, who was
just behind him.
II asked you people 70 keep Mr..
Jerome perfectly quiet nv said I'M
that terrifying. solemn voice that
doctors have. IFS this the way you
do it?' He was plainly angry 81 the
way his orders had not been carried
out.
Scowling and shaking his head. he
went into the sick room. smartiy
closing tic door III Sally's face.
She stood. staring AZ IL re~rpiexcdly
FOR q moment. Then she turned and