Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-05-23

s>9ohn Gordon's face.
, e9t seems too good to be true" Cor
ao0 said, returning the laugh. III l
lsssere an author, would put the old
aady into book, If she has not already
lbeen immortanzed. But you cannot
pTsuade me that she is just ordinary
ossh and blood"
:; Before night every one in Hope
rsHouse knew Of the great gift of $780,
100 to the settlement. The little group
~ residents at the supper table was
IN q fine state Of excitement. Plans
fw9e discussed for redemption of sur
fsEoundings that would have shamed the
widest tales of Aladdin and the slaves
OF the magic lamp. Miss Andrews,
@seated at the head Of the table, looked
ten years younger. One of the young
. women spoke of it to John Gordon.
'Do you notice how handsome Miss
Andrews looks tonight? She must
have been a remarkably striking wom-
IN ten years ago."
mot more so than now, do you
think?' Gordon did not intend that
the head of the house should hear, and
Assupposed that the noise Of general
conversation at table had made it i'm
possible for her to catch either the
question or the answer. But a faint
color appeared in Miss Andrews
cheeks as she turned to the young wo-
man and said, with laugh, "When I
was as young as you, my dear Miss
Hammond, assure you l was quite
T11nfod LOOKS
1--WE all think you have renewed your
youth, Miss Andrews" Gordon spoke.
and Ford led off a pleasant ripple of
applause by saying Hear! Hearv'
'"Thank you all.' The head of the
house seemed genuinely embarrassed
and looked more Interesting than ever
on account Of it. AT this rate an
other 100000 gift would put me back
In my teens"
She spoke lightly, and her blue eyes
allied with wonderful light, so beautiful
IN its expression Of JOY over the new
opportunity to help suffering humanity
that the whole company was affected
by it, and for the first time since COM
ing to Hope House John Gordon was
asking himself whether Miss Andrews
had ever had romance in her life.
The question went without an an
'sBwer; indeed it was not much more
than vague suggestion prompted by
Miss Andrews appearance during the
>evening Of that eventful day, and the
next moment Gordon was busy talk
ing over the innumerable plans and
projects eagerly discussed at the table
Tor using to best advantage the Won
-derful gift from the old sea captains
widow.
ut all comes back to parks and play
grounds" was Miss Andrews sum-
ming up when they had all had their
say about the disposal Of the money.
my heart has ached long enough at
the sight of childhood's misery. We
can lessen it's duration even if we can
you people have got model tenements
ION the brain. That's all right and good
enough, but it's not tie end and aim of
our work entirely. Let us give starved
nature a chance at nature itself. The
first hundred thousand for breathing
spaces, flowers. water, grass, trees; the
next for buildings, additions to Hope
House-what you will"
j So the next day Gordon and Ford,
with Miss Andrews and Miss Ham
mond, who, next to Miss Andrews, had
been the longest at Hope House, sat
down to make a definite and positive
plan for tie transformation Of the
burned out district into an oasis for
the desert Of Bowen street that still
swarmed with wretched and desperate
humanity.
The evening that was marked by
Hope House as turning in it's affairs
large enough to be called a crisis Mrs.
constance Penrose was having sharp
anterview with her nephew, Archie
Penrose.
You are your own master of course, -
Mrs. Penrose was saying to her
nephew, who lounged carelessly in one
: OF the bow windows Of the drawing
room, "but at the rate you are going
You will soon exhaust your resources.
You are spendthrift not only Of your
money. but Of your health, which is
worth more than money"
~Oh, that's all right, Aunt Con-
stance," Archie answered, yawning. Il
know when to STOP"
Every gambler has said the same
thing"
I'm no gambler, aunt"
"You are. You stake your reputation
Sand the good name Of the family every
time you put your health and money
up against the world, the flesh and the
devil If you have no respect for your
own name, you ought to have some for
s1n1ne."
what have done to catch all this?''
Archie looked annoyed and also a lit
tie afraid. There was one person In
The World who had the power to stir
Tear In. him, and that person was his
Aunt Constance.
"You haxe nevsx dope Anything.
What have you svd{ .dtbne, 1aSchle Ren-