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Show Nettie, Page 68 with her accordingly. "I'm doing well, thank you, Colonel," Nettie replied cheerfully. "You know you can't take the life of ease like this forever. You've got to be up and doing or the world will pass you by," he teased but Nettie sensed his desire to motivate her toward walking. "I'll have it figured out one of these days," Nettie retorted. "And then just you watch out." The sparkle in her eye told him her spirit was willing though the flesh still uncooperative. "Well, now, you work hard and get well. When you can walk you come to my hotel in Cody and I'll give you a job," he promised. "I won't let you forget that, Colonel," Nettie vowed, her eyes aglow with the prospect. "One of these days I'll walk right up on the porch of that hotel and you'll have a new employee." "Nothing would give me greater pleasure, angel," the Colonel said gallantly. Then he turned his attention to Papa who had been working quietly but who had heard every word. "He's a kind man, but he knows what her prospects of walking are. I guess that's why he figures he can make such a promise," Papa thought to himself. To the Colonel Papa said, "What do you think of President Roosevelt's plans to make Yellowstone a national park?" And they continued discussing their favorite topic, politics, while Nettie resumed her reading-or tried to resume her reading. Her imagination had taken flight and she was walking importantly around the Irma Hotel in Cody where Col. Cody introduced her to his guests as his |