Life — June 3, 1909 — page 51: what you’re looking at

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A Library Experience (Continued from page 798) that she had failed in courtesy toward me, by Sowing so little real interest in the fairy, sai Suly, looking at me, but grasping Gracie's han: The princess very nice; but what I wonted was Gracie. init! was so sweet that T wasn't sorry to stay pay < Children’s room while the children’s libra- ae her supper. I sat down to rest at the deny 2 Moment, but was interrupted. Sud- “oly one of the boys who had been reading ‘Wietly at one of the low tables began to act very strangely. He was under the table, crawl- ing about on the floor on all fours, barking like a dog. None of the other children seemed in the least disturbed. I arose in alarm, but a big boy came up to me to explain. “ Nothin’ to worry about,” he said. fits. Thinks he's a dog. home in the ambulance. Send for the cop. I'll take the kid. I kind’a like the ride.”” And we did send for the ambulance, and a great policeman came in and ushered out the poor little chap, who crawled and barked clear to the door. My supper hour found me somewhat dispirited. I inquired the way to the nearest eating house and was hurrying out of the door when a small boy stopped me. “ Are you the new one?" he demanded. “Yes, I smiled. “I came to-day for the first time.”’ “Well, here’s the picture Ma sent you. says to keep it clean. and wants it back.”’ I thanked him, and flew back to the low light in order to have a good look at the face of the lady who was said to resemble myself. One glance was enough. If that were a faithful photograph of Gertie Hally, all I could say was, Heaven pity her friends! I can’t tell you how dreadful she was. Her hair was done in a kind of leaning-tower-of-Pisa effect; her eyes, by na- ture too close together, were drawn yet nearer by a would-be character-giving frown; and her mouth looked as if only a force-pump could open it. In an agony of anxiety I flew to the prettiest assistant—the one with something sweet and human about her—and confronting her with the photograph I demanded : “Tell me the truth. Do I look like that?”’ She was surprised at my vehemence. “Why, of course not, my dear. That's the picture of Mrs. R., berself, before she went to the asylum. She’s cured now on everything but resemblances. She thinks that that is a pic- ture of a friend of hers who's moved to Chicago. She’s always bringing it to the library, trying to match up a resemblance. Run along, dear, or you'll be late.”” The restaurant proved to be a desolate place, as I had feared. 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She placed the egg cup on the large dinner plate in the middle of the space allotted to me, and then placed five different vegetables in individual dishes in a re- spectful semi-circle round about. It was plain, however, that she considered the eggs the piece de résistance. “There must be some mistake,’ I said. “I ordered only the eggs. These vegetables—"’ “ Trown in,’’ she answered, scornfully. “ You kin have coffee, too, on the same twenty cents.”” I thanked her, and to my horror watched her “draw '’ me a cup of coffee from what looked (Continued on page 800) comicbooks.com