n streak already
starting up his arm. The man seemed dazed and she was afraid of shock,
so she gave him a dose of morphine and whiskey. Then with a quick
stroke of a razor she laid open the green streak and immersed the whole
arm in a strong solution of bichloride of mercury for twenty minutes.
She then dressed the wound with absorbent cotton saturated with olive
oil and carbolic acid, bundled her patient into a buggy, and drove
forty-five miles that night to get him to a doctor. The doctor told us
that only her quick action and knowledge of what to do saved the man's
life.

I was surprised that you have had a letter from Jerrine. I knew she was
writing to you that day, but I was feeling very stiff and sore from the
runaway and had lain down. She kept asking me how to spell words until
I told her I was too tired and wanted to sleep. While I was asleep the
man came for the mail, so she sent her letter. I have your address on
the back of the writing-pad, so she knew she had it right, but I
suspect that was all she had right. She has written you many letters
but I have never allowed her to send them because she misspells, but
that time she stole a march on me. The books you sent her, "Black
Beauty" and "Alice in Wonderland," have given her more pleasure than
anything she has ever had. She just loves them and is saving them, she
says, for her own little girls. She is very confident that the stork
will one day visit her and leave her a "very many" little girls. They
are to be of assorted sizes. She says she can't see why I order all my
babies little and red and squally,--says she thinks God had just as
soon let me have larger ones, especially as I get so many from him.

One day before long I will get busy and write you of a visit I shall
make to a Mormon bishop's household. Polygamy is still practiced.

Very truly your friend,
ELINORE RUPERT STEWART.

XXIII

HOW IT HAPPENED

_June 12, 1913._

Dear Mrs. Coney,--

Your letter of the 8th to hand, and in order to catch you before you
leave I'll answer at once and not wait for time. I always think I shall
do better with more time, but with three "bairns," garden, chickens,
cows, and housework I don't seem to find much time for anything. Now
for the first question. My maiden name was Pruitt, so when I am putting
on airs I sign Elinore Pruitt Stewart. I don't think I have ever
written anything that Clyde would object to, so he can still stay on
the pe