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14 HAMMOND HIGH HAPPENINGS patient and courageous struggling, she might accom- plish it, but these skilled men of medicine warned against it, since it might mean death. Cheerful though she was, it was a bitter cup to drain. She knew she could never enter into the bits of intimate gossip and experience, dear to the heart of every girl. She could not go to parties 01 dances, so enjoyed by the others, nor enjoy life to its fullest extent. One day, in the late afternoon, as she was enjoying her prison of beauty, a tantalizing shriek reached her ears. Her horrified gaze wandered past the little lake and riveted upon the inert figure of Anne, one foot caught fast in a tie of the railroad. What could she, a lame girl do ? was her desperate thought. In a few minutes the train would rush by, heedless of its work of destruction. A daring thought flashed through her mind. Should she risk being a hopeless invalid, even death, perhaps, by going to her sister's rescue? Her mo- ment of hesitation passed, she stepped from her chair, and by exerting great will power, managed to drag her- self closer to the girl. Far down the track, she perceiv- ed the approaching train. She sent up a fervent prayer for strength and courage. The train crept closer and and closer upon the straining figure of the terror-strick- en Anne. The lame girl's breath came in great gasps, her muscles stiffened and weakened with the strain. She was within two feet of Anne and she seemed powerless to go further. Tearing pains racked and threatened to destroy her overworked body. The train jumped toward her. Anne was but a dim speck. Great beads of perspiration stood out upon her white forehead. In- human sobs were involuntarily wrung from her, but with a superhuman effort she reached and freed Anne just as the train bore down upon them, and sped away into the distance, not realizing the near-tragedy, which had
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HAMMOND HIGH HAPPENINGS 13 never be able to walk,” was the verdict which met her straining ears. With a hopeless gesture, the girl made her way from the austere place of healing. The blue, morning sky cast its lazy reflection upon an artificial lake, bordering a sweet, old-fashioned gar- den. A few feet beyond this, the tracks of a recently- built railroad rose. Amid a bed of exquisite tea roses, a child, upon whose countenance was imprinted a sweet patient expression, reclined. A sparrow fluttered to her shoulder, where it rested a few mintues before con- tinuing its flight. Two squirrels approached her, eager for the breakfast she never failed to supply, all of which made it evident that she was well-acquainted with these woodland people. Her gaze wandered to the great, old mansion, a short distance from the garden. It seemed only a fantastic dream that she, an orphan girl, should be a participant of this magnificence. And yet, it must be reality — for as she gazed wonderingly about the grounds, her foster sister waved gaily to her, as she sped down the walk on her way to school. Five years sped by on golden wings of happiness for the little lame girl, until she reached her eighteenth birthday. She had become a cultured girl — a girl, marked with the stamp of wealth and good breed- ing. Although she was still chained to her wheel chair, she found comfort and joy in her beloved violin and spent many delightful hours with her old friends of the forest. To them, she was able to vent her hopes and despairs, which were much too turbulent to confide to a human being. Her foster parents' wealth had gained for her the care of famous surgeons, but the ultimatum was always the same: That there was about one chance in a thou- sand of her ever walking. They had predicted that by
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HAMMOND HIGH HAPPENINGS 15 just been averted. The lame girl laid her burden gently upon the ground and then gave in to her over-wrought nerves, as she sank to the ground in a sea of'blessed oblivion. When at last, she struggled her way back to life her happiness was made complete by the fact that, at last, after much miserable suffering, she would again be able to walk, to be a normal girl, revelling in joys, hith- erto unknown to her. THE UNEXPECTED MEETING “How's that, old man? “Pretty good, I’d say! “Will you go ? “Sure, where’s she live? “Oh, she’s staying with Helen. “Who’s Helen? “Oh, she’s the girl I take around to shows and dances. This was the conversation between Jack Manning and his friend, Jim Wills, after Jack emerged from a telephone booth. The telephone call had been for the purpose of calling a girl to go with Jim to the picture show the following evening. In another part of town the two other parties in- terested in the call were discussing the results of the talk. “Well, what do you think? I just had a talk with Jack and you and I are invited to the show tomor- row night, with him and a friend of his. “Interesting; who am I to go with? was Alice’s curious inquiry. “I’m sure I don’t know. Anyway, he called him Jim.
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