New Britain herald., 1927-01-17

good turns for other people. Many's the man I've trusted for the pricc of a room--an' never got dime. Not damn one of those people was a millionaire in disguise. They wa2 all dead beats.
 "See what doin' good to others has got me. An here Martha Dalton goes an tumblcs into bed of clov- CT just because she done her duty one night"
 "Course," the postmaster said, T ain't begrudgin' her nickel.'
 Me neither. Martha deserves all the good luck that comes her way. I'm just complainin' little that l never get any of it myself"
 T understand" said the post master, that the reason Jim Tlwell and Mollie and Prof didn't come back that night they was expected was because Jim had an accident. Seems he was knocked down by a truck up there in New York. He liked to died"
 'Is that so? Did he pull through all right?"
 "Cordin' to what Sarah Jones said, Martha Dalton told her in her letter, the boys better. They didn't expect him to live at first. Has his skull fractured"
 .'Too bad about Jim," remarked Ben Carter. Imagine goin' through life not bein' able to talk or remem- Der anything. They're comin' back soon, ain't they?"
 Yep"
 Suppose they's any way of Jim ever gettin' curod?"
 Don't know. Prof don't feel much encouraged, they tell me-
 Its a damn shame. You and me have a lot to do, kickin' about our luck. Look at poor Jim Elwell, as nice a boy as I ever came across Tn forty-five years-an' look at Mollle an Prof."
 They would, they agreed. have to turn out again when Jim came home. Make them know we're glad to see them back again. Let 'em know we'll be glad to do anything for Jim that we can"
 Camdenville must be informed, they said, as soon as they heard of Jim's arrival.
 They were sitting in the sun on the station platform when the Indianapolis train rolled in and Martha Dalton and the two girls alighted.
 Hello, Martha" they greeted. Hello, gals" added the hotel pro- prietor. Back to stay while?"
 They were, Martha admitted. She was reticent concerning Jim's ex- pected arrival that evening.
 She and the girls, after exchang- ing few more remarks with the postmaster and proprietor of the Palace Hotel, made their way to the Elwell house and prepared late luncheon for themselves.
 "Wouldn't it be awful" erupted Rusty, all excitement, as the trio
  something happened?"
 Something better not happen" remarked Betty darkly. And there better not be anybody hinting that anything might happen, either. I've known people being murdered in cold blood and their bodies thrown in the river for less than that. Something happened last time, but it better not happen again."
 She turned a threatening eye on Nurse Dalton. who hadn't said a word, and seemed to be daring her to say something in her defense.
 "Well. we'll" soothed the lady who had learned how to tell work where to go without the flicker of an eye lash, we'll try and not let anything happen this time."
 Rusty laid a caressing hand over that of the old nurse.
 You said 1t, Daily. dear" she told her, but you know it some times seems to me that anything, almost, can happen since l found out that my darling old nursie has learned to swear"
 Rusty Elwell - or Marvin, l mean." expostulated Martha Dalton. quite shocked, you must be care ful. There's lot of folks in this town who might not understand that little joke"
 Uncle John told me-" said Rusty. He said you were now in a posi- ton to tell-"
 That will be enough now"
 Betty left the room to unpack the harp the baggage man was bringing