Show K CALAMITY by HENRY JAMISO 14 stir sin was as a tiny liny bedraggled bundle of fur abu joe brought her ber to the I 1 linen aan room when elizabeth ui na folding linen she was the head nurse and joe was the elevator boy ue showed her the kittens injured paw und and she stroked the mewing pityingly her brown eyes were very toft what can vve do A ith her joell joel im time nine the be superintendent allow it 11 kitten lu in the ward but nurse the men would bide it when rhen the llie superintendent comes see the poor little creature Is 1 trying to play so it was that miss bl Mattea atteson ons 9 scruples were overcome the broken paw ilaw was bandaged and jim the nian la in the diet kitchen wade made the kitten a bed behind the range jim named her calamity and she grew and thrived becom becoming log much tog to lively la in fact for or it was wall necessary to keep her out of view when the superintendent or her A assistant appeared in the corridor lamity calamity 0 at once entered upon a se be ries ot of disasters that proved her worthy of lier her name the first was her fall into the soup acup can call fortunately it was waa not scalding hot the word ward lind been served but the men tn in the diet kitchen had no soup that day calamity presented such a flatte nell out appearance another time after u patient accidentally lay on latr that ilat the garbage man said eald on her I 1 Bo gorry its a bicycle alie ahe do be andin to nil fill tier her out bg ag in the bathroom man loan tailed failed to see sea hei the day she took a nay nap in a pile alt of rolled linen and she went donn don the clothes chute chut the laundryman laundry nian bo however weer re stored tier her to her anxious owners enot not long afterward she fell into ute the bath tub which was half full of water artificial respiration was as resorted to be fore she was finally resuscitated some of lie windows in ward were not provided with ith screens nod and durl a very warm spell they were d the flies became troublesome and when miss matteson applied for ft paper she received instead a scathing reprimand lep from the superintendent for all allowing oslas the patients to open those thoa windows then the youngest suggested experimenting with rosin und and castor oil they finally produced a sticky fly that answered every purpose at any rute rate it took two days day to remove all tracts traces of it from calamity y after she rolled up tip la in a sheet of it tile the inan in the grumbled over the amount of alcohol required by bv the ward urd at that time thoe whether it was a lis while they were with ith the mucilaginous decoction or whilo calamity N was as being treated to al allogio alco Lolio lioi iulg that cupid took a hand band it tv la certain that a love affair had its be ginning about that time miss matte sons brown eyes ekes took on a ex pres slon and the youngest lound it necessary to visit hla his typhoid cases many times it 11 day 0 0 0 0 A patient was admitted one day i whose home case puzzled all the lie he lay la in a stupor with a perfectly normal temperature but a rapid pul at times he be could be aroused to an n awer questions but oftener he be remained I 1 silent with closed eyes there here was no trace of any drug about him ua 1 I 1 was mas alone la in a private roo room 1 I 1 going in the morning of the third day to take to him bliss matteson discovered discover td him with mith wide open eyes and as she ibe approached the th abed bed he called out good morning mornin il nurse theo then noticing calamity who ho ts MOB tip following tier her he be asked I 1 Is L that our kitten will you put her her beside tue nie au ali the nurse to pick up calamity lain ty the man dealt her a blow that felled tier her to the floor then springing aprin glug limul his bed lie he snatched up a woodee tray and raised raided it oner oer her bar heed head at that moment pats irish terrier tei rier who followed him about the hospital appeared to in the corridor and at tight sight of her enemy calamity ran claw ing and spitting straight up the madelans mad mans back UL hi waa as ind clad in a single abla garment and her claws clas brought the blood wherever she rever the touched him ua aas so startled that he dropped the tray just then the lureine app pt ill tiled ed on one of 1114 lit illik I 1 ous N to tho the burd ard lie he the crazy patient and ami talling ailing for help soon had him firmly tied miss lay ule like one dead upon the floor aben the other nurses tile the young youngil on intel ne wad mas try lug to nha her fur for a beok euk her life MS lii in daner it as 11 duy day of rejoicing to la ti hie e I 1 V util lifie aben site die vas hiis able to resume lur duilcy s lind imil melted sufficiently to allow the senco of calamity to la the nard and he I 1 latter ter greeted miss matteson kith a hugo red butin sash ail which h guve gave her the 1 he of au all aril animated mated piece of f tul Illner this decoration of tiers hers belli 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