The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-03-10
Nmncv's Little
Beg
BY ESTHER Auccuss
lila CALDWELL ran d
. Assceisted.N Newspapers.
. WNU Service.

N A<A<h OftlJJWElL ran 20 inc
- door. smiling. Her husband was
coming home from q three-day trip.
Ella bad been watching the elevated
trains Tor twenty minutes before she
saw his sigaal-the newspaper held
crosswise "a the window Of the
train.
Just a. hs opened the lower door
OF the hallway Ella heard Mrs.
Mink's door open. Mrs. Mink was
new tenant In the apartment be-
low. The agent of the building and
the 5anitor said she was q veI-to-
do widow, Jolly, and generous to q
degree. It turned out when Mrs.
Mink's houeehold goods were being
moved into the apartment that Ed
and she had been classmates at
grammar school.
On the strength Of. ohis ancient
acquaintance Mrs. Mink had cheer
fully called .in Ed to settle differ
ence Of opinion between her tally
ing Of the hours il had taken the
moving mer and tbs hours set down
by the men themselves. And every
time that Ed had gone in or out of
the building since tina: first day Mrs.
Mink had managed to have some
excellent reason for stopping him.
Now Ella heard tn. soft voice of
Mrs. Mink say gently:
"Oh, Neddy! Could you stop for
a moment?. My gold clock simply
won't 60 AMI I've been poking at il
all day just waiting for you to come
In. knew you'd b.. able to make
il runi" sft
"why-why, SURF thing" Eds
voice answered.
Neddyl Ella hersf never called
him Neddy; The. always complained
that 1t was q sissy name for he
man. It was all right to be neigh
borly, Of course. But when q man
has been away for three days it is
laying it on bit thick to stop him
before he has had time for a mari
tai kiss. There was scant time to
think much about tn !, however, for
the door across the all opened and
Alicia Graves ran Asross with her
baby in her arms.
The dentist just telephoned to
me that if come right away he
can pull those two irnpacted wisdom
teeth for me. I'd have asked you
before I made the a.spointment def
initely only / saw ia coming and
he has such a. way with Nancy"
Alicia's voice trailed away into
nothingness. 80
Its all right, o. course" said
Ella mechanically.
81 like to be neigh orly back and
FORTH" said Alicia b. .ghtly.
1t ran across Els mind-Ella
had no babies to leave with neigh
bors-that most of the neighborli-
ness lay just forth and never back.
When twenty MINUTES had passed
and Ed had not. come upstairs a
plan formed itself in Elias mind.
Had Mrs. Mink beef elderly and
plain and poor, Ell would have
thought nothing of E IS staying so
long. But Mrs. Mini was right I'D
to the minute or a jLS5p ahead into
the next minute; hes* hair was al
ways beautifully waved and her
nails were glossy and fosy.
Ella had tried to call on the new
conner since Ed had once been a
classmate, But no one had answered
the door.
And now size rose . her feet, de-
termined to carry o. the plan that
had come, unbidden.s nto her mind.
Downstairs she pped at the
door smartly and an.en, the door
being aiar, walkeE boldly in,
through the hallway 20 the living
room, where she heard Eds voice.
On one hip She Carried the neigh
Dor child, Nancy, who was still
clutching her bottle md in need of
sundry attentions. In her free
hand Ella carried & bag of baby
necessities. ~
Her face was sert e and happy
as she spoke to Ed w hout a glance
toward Mrs. Mink.
I'm going up y the movie
matinee, Neddy darling" she muir
INJURED. Here's Nancy and the
baby things, dearest. / knew you'd
De giaQ 10 t&kS care OF b6py-Or
your friend with while you FIX her
clock. I'm coming to call on you
one of these days" she finished,
turning toward Mrs. Mink brightly.
~ think it's 20 nice 20 be neighbor-
ly-back and for.sr, don't your"
There was a brisz lance toward
the baby that btsokened coming
afternoons with Mrs. Mink watching
the child. ST.
please don't lea e the child
here" said Mrs. Mix in . chilly
voice, entirely unlike he voice with
which she had greeted Ed. II dis
like babies intensely. 7 didn't know
Eeddy had babiesv
''Oh, do your drs| led Ella gent
~, her eyes wide wh horror and
surprise. well, Ok L. any way you
like, Neddy dearest : II I'm not
hack for dinner you know I met
Irene at the show. fs5ie has been
asking me- over ~ dinner for
weeks M
1t was barely six O'Clock when
Ella returned to- the 4 Isrtment., Ed
was sheepishlys uretSSrine dinner.