Show 1 PROVD MAN Iff ILLNESS r you want to know the real soul man you have to seo him when l fill says a trained nurse Theresa Theres-a ling quite so abject and pltl as the average sick man Hes a r c baby only that a baby bears better than he does Id like to a you tho name of a man Ive just C taking care of but of course I ft t Hes a great big sixfooter and t ever had a pain since he cut his t Eh till appendicitis caught him I pit a month ago They brought him prlvato sanitarium on a stretcher t while I was getting him ready for 1 surgeons his mind was about ally divided between fear that he going to die and anxiety over a Iteboaril box he had with him He begged mo to put It somewhere ere It would be safe I asked him at he had In it and ho said It was nothing hed want In a day or two 10 lived I finally sot It outside the doll of his room on the ledge for said It ought to be kept where It cold He didnt mention It again two days his attention being feiwlse engaged Tho third nights night-s windy and tho box blew off the ledge The man heard It go and rang for me When I came In he was lying there cryIng like a child Its gone ho blubbered I thought he was talking about his appendix so I said he ought to be glad It was gone but he went on cry leg I wanted It he said I could havo had It tomorrow Its my box Well what did you have In it I asked He looked at me as If ho could hardly bear to speak the word and then ho burst out Lady lingers Can you beat that That great big fellow had brought lady fingers with him so hed bo sure to have something some-thing to eat And mind you thats not all Before the week was out he felt better and then he told mo he hadnt Intended to eat the things himself him-self but hed meant them as a present for me He actually tried to make mo think hed shed tears because I could nt havo them I reckon If you said lady fingers to him now hed try to fight Washington Post |