Show r da DREAMS R M woo S M by KATHARINE E A NEWELL 6 1920 by mcclure New newspaper syndicate now then dreams get a hustle on an you with those copies and put the long stop on that high powered car driven riven by the duke of Killi liven even in these days of help shortage ye we w want tnt efficiency just the same iniss johnsoa Johnso Johns xa nR razor like voice struck on ann nn Floi flowers ers ear like ice A utter of amusement went around the office at the head clerks intended witticism and many eyes were turned for a moment to the gloomy corner where the girl had sat for two years the target for all the te teasing assing of the department somehow or other 4 it had leaked out that ann flower in day dreams hence the nickname dreams and the merciless sarcasm that was her lot iol dreams 1 I mean miss flower the th boss wants you in his office again miss johnsons voice smote enins ear like ice fee and all eyes flashed to her corner the me boss repeated ann ami stupidly yes the boss and dont keep him waiting snapped miss johnson ann aim flower stumbled to her feet all eyes seemed to burn bum into her back as she passed up the roo room she knew she had not done lier work well during the last week but they did not know what it was to sit up at night and finally have to see a golden haired baby diet die perhaps they did not know abbat it meant to leave the distracted mother sewing tor for a living to keep two other little towheads tow heads from hunger ann had not been satisfied with avith the doctor and that morning had herself telephoned boned for another physician not the kind that usually calls at apartment houses on the fast side of the city but there was something so insistent so softly appealing and piteous in the girls voice over tile the wire that doctor sunderland had promised to come good morning alss flower the boss voice came to the girls senses reuses through u gh waves of pain this Is doctor sunderland oh ob the children are not worse aria ann interrupted the boss introduce tion in a frightened voice no the biddles are going to pull through in fine shape thanks to your foresight miss juss flower flowen the boss cleared his throat doctor sunderland has told me miss flower that you have been sitting up at night with a sick baby for over a week until it died you have also been helping out the mother with two other children all this oils winter with inith your salary you could just as well have left her and gone to more comfortable for table quarters but I 1 she was good to me and it was hard tor for her to get a boarder who liked children and I 1 did im sorry if my work suffered here but I 1 leave lier her when the baby got ill iii and died ann flowers purple lilue blue eyes grew big and piteous honey Ioney I the voice of the boss was just as soft as any of her southern cammies mammies mam mies and lie he came to lier her side and patted her on tile the shoulder 1 J I did not know that I 1 had such a realI real live lve girl in my employ I 1 gum guess my character reading expert is worth what I 1 pay him after all it he gets some like you bless your heart 1 but doctor sunderland wants to have a talk with you youve come from a home biome where there is a pretty sick bunch and hes afraid that you may be in tor for a dose we dont want it spread around the office and whatever the damage Is remember I 1 foot the bills poor little dreams head seethed in a whirl of aches and surprises after the boss left her in dr sunder lands care it was a dream of wonderful peace to find no oneself in a cool gray and white hospital li room with a pretty red haired nurse durso ready to do ones bidding but there were days when little ann flower did not answer to dr Sunder lands dear with a smile orsby ashy welcome and nights when lie would come and shake his bead nod and turn hastily from abe pretty fever flu flushed sheel face and wonder why wie nv haae ha e to find the best in ill our scheme of life to lose it again there were days too when miss johnson and the department part ment could not bear to see the patch of sunlight shine on the dust covered typewriter cover in the gloomy corner without a catch in their throats when they remembered liow they had teased dear patient little littie dreams but days came when dr sunder lands dear won the day dav 1 I tale take my vacation next nest week and I 1 am going south he announced in his most professional manner one lay ilay the shadows got tangled up in ann flowers lashes it would be so loney loncy without this big dependable young nor northerner themer who somehow carld call lier her both honey and idear dear jua ns as endearingly as they did in tile the south this flu monia has left you pretty weak and I 1 want ant you to mako make the trip under my care he be went on calmly lint but no huts buts in this ohp caw case we are arc going to be married before we start that Is it if you are arc willing honey dearr dear 7 and ann flower hi happily ctorn his at arms they cant call me dreams dreamer again ive realized the only dream I 1 ever bad just it ft home androu |