Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-07-28
ing. would pray to God as best she

ing. would pray to God as best she
ooh, God, send me someone to love
pray. And then cry a little. And faii
asleep with her eyes still wet and hoi
And, in the morning there would
be a long day to face-hours to waste
and nothing to do.
more weak than she should have been
Or. Sherman got her going again, but
for long time she had curious feel
ing that her brain was outside Of her
head and 1t worried her.
"A lot of people feel like that when
they've been ILL.," said DR.. Sherman
The next day Mrs. Sherman telephoned
to her and invited her to dinner and
she accepted and found two other ole
friends there and had a nice evening
but all through it she had the feel.
ing that she had been invited because
they felt sorry for her.
She met woman in the grocery
store who invited her to a club an6
she went there eagerly enough but II
all seemed very silly. The women reaG
papers and Irma thought them exceed.
mgly dull and tiresome. There vert
cakes and coffee later and the women
talked to one another Irma met them
time. had the feeling that she had tc
get away, had to get out.
On the way home she wondered why
the women had affected her so curious
~. They. were very nice women, she
knew. She had met one or two Of
them before, had seen others while
she was doing her neighborhood shop
ping. And yet. they gave her the feel
ing OF not being able to breathe. She
never knew why they stifled her OF
why she was SO glad to get home.
She. ate the dinner Frieda had
| cooked for her and then went to her
room. She turned on the radio. Looked
at the pictures in new magazine. For
a few. minutes she was content-hap
pier than she had been in a long
time. And then a new kind of rebel
lion came over her.
She didn't want to be satisfied with
! this! She didn't want to like being
alone. The magazine slipped from her
fingers. Tears came into her eyes
pitiful prayer to God She wanted
someone to care about her! She want
ed to care about someone!
In the morning she awoke with a
curious feeling that something was
happening. But she had had that feel
ing too often, and nothing ever hap
pened at all. She read her papers and
her mail-an advertisement Of a sill;
firm and department store sale. She
bathed slowly. Went downstairs. Drank
coffee and ate an orange and a piece
of toast. And wondered what she was
going to do the rest of the day. The
rest of her life, If it came to that
The front doorbell rang Irma waited
for Frieda to come downstairs. Frieda
was Strengthening up her bedroom and
was a long time in coming down, so
Irma went to the door, herself There
was no one there but something dark
and large on the porch near the door
Irma walked over to it, shivering slight
ly, for the morning was cool.
1t was a basket. Irma peered inside
and ran back into the house.
Frieda! Frieda! Come down." she
called. Someone has left baby here. n
Indeed someone had! Frieda rushed
downstairs-faster than she had moved
IN years. She carried the basket into
the house, And she and Irma gazed
at the contents.
The baby lay, rosy and warm, sound
asleep, with a blanket tucked UP around
him. A note lay on top of the basket
This baby Is an orphan and we'll
born" the note said please give hin,
very nice feminine hand writing on
heavy white paper and unsigned.
Dressed so well, too"
ITS. simply dreadful" said Irma
THE idea of putting a baby on our
EfaTh , AS # didn't have enough to
What are you going to do?"
Going to get rid Of it and right
away. What would do with a baby
Frieda thought of all the extra work
the baby would entail but she thought
of other things, too.
1T would be company for you," she
Company" said Irma. "a baby!
Who can't even talk or think! A help
less baby who has to have everything
done for it. If it's your own it's diff
ferent-but strange baby. Thank you
mol"
But here it is"
But it won't stay"
Irma marched to the telephone. Her
actions were more decisive than they
had been in some time. She knew what
she'd do. Shed call DR.. Sherman. He
knew about babies. He was always
Luckily DR.. Sherman was at home
You can never tell about doctors.
go" Geme ye over 5,i hsre at once" 1rma said
. Nv, will ,,s be # you don't hurry There's
IT mean it was left here. But 1t
won't be here long, I'll tell you Come
over right away and tell me how to
get rid of it."
DR.. Sherman was there almost i'm
mediately. He looked at the baby, still
asleep in its basket, which stood, now
on the dining room table.
1T looks like a nice baby" he said
He lifted it out of the basket and
handed 1t. to Irma. She took 1t with
out thinking.
Take it back! Take 1t back" she
screamed. It'll drop 1t. I don't know
anything about babies!"
"Well, this one looks like one OF
the best"