Evening star., 1927-05-11

Il mouse set on d N4uENSWSSP
ing lawn which was as
smooth as a carpet and perfectly kept
by Old Pete. her gardener. She had
flowers in great abundance and a lux
urious limousine was housed in ga
rage quite in keeping with all the
rest of her property. Mrs. F'risby was
10 and when she went forth to call
on the few persons she CONSIDERED
worthy of her notice she was clothed
in the richest Of black satin and wore
diamonds of such size that she falr-
" dazzled the eye.
She was to all appearances austere
and naughty, q woman with heart
of ice. She never allowed any one to
take liberties with her and she
granted favors and interviews much
as a queen might. She was not gem
ssarous and to the people and children
who lived near her she was a perfect
bugaboo, for if a child or dog nap
pened to stray on her premises IL was
( driven away and made TO feel II nad
committed a crime. Everybody, even
4he few on whom she looked with IA
vor, stood in awe Of her.
In all her life there had Deen only
three people who had discovered that
she had a heart, one an carry sweet
heart who left her for her friend; the
second old Hannah. her ancient hand
maiden. and she knew Miss Caro-
line, as she called her mistress, like
a hook" and the third was young Dr.
Dent.
Dr, Dent had been called in an en-
erpencv to attend Mrs. Frlsby one
day when her old family doctor had
heen away. Mrs. F'risby was, she
said a victim of nerves, but when
DIR. Dent had taken her temperature
looked at her tongue and .feit her
pulse he had told her that she was
not victim of nerves out sIe h"u
a bad case of Edgetihs.
TO the old woman, fed up on Dr.
Crosby's sympathetic diagnosis, the
thought of a new symptom was really
refreshing. and she continued TO EN-
pIov the Young doctor, never suspect
ing that he had found nothing the
matter with her but ennul. When
he had said fidgetitis and told her she
was a. fidgetarian he thought she
would see the joke at once, but sne
had not and quite reveled in the new
complaint.
This new interest lasted until Win.
fer came and the snow piled up and
made it impossible for her to get out
in the car and then she really dld
get so nervous and dissatisfied with
everything that she IoSC ner appetite
and began to sleep badly. Finally she
developed a headache and remained
in her room and then she took to
her bed. She refused TO see any one
and when some of her asquaintances
and relatives heard of her indispos1-
ton they sent flowers and books, but
she hated flowers in her room and
she had dozens of books and maga-
zines that she had never opened.
Poor Hannah was at her wits end.
She offered to put cold congresses on
her mistress head and brought a
bottle of Mrs. Frisby's favorite laven-
der smelling salts, but when she only
broke down and cried and said she
guessed she was homesick, this fright
ened old Hannah so badly that she
sent a hurry call for DIR. Dent and
he came, as he told Mrs. Frisby, ION
two wheels"
When he had talked a few mo-
ments he told her if he had had
time he certainly would have brought
her an aluminium ring with a glass
setting as big as a bean. At this
she laughed. Before he went away
he said he was going to send her
cure. 1t would arrive the next morn
ing promptly at 8 o'clock and as it
was a peculiar remedy and must be
delivered directly into her hands she
would have to be downstairs when 1t
was delivered.
Then he went away, and so busy
was Mrs. Frisby in speculating over