The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-01-19
THE LEADER GUTHRIE OKLA. WEDNESDAY, JANTART ~ l9l0

right te know, Doubtless she viii be-
able 40 set you right
He picked ruefully at his salad u
don't helieve YOU understand how !
feel / want TO be a helper in the
world. And i seems selfish 10 stop
hY the way simply Is make myself +
happy 10y taking Gaze OF one little
aifis | have secretly In my heart
pledged myself to the worlds multi
tpdes OF sick aud poor and wicked.
WAtet tcould never help me, She is
dehcate flower TO be cherished SIR 1
is The sweetest thing -oh, OF courseT
cant tell YOU, 0nly--in war time
a man does not let hear ties keep
him from The battle. you know
The woman nodded her head I'M
dpFstandinglx. Yes, she reflected,
as from many years back Il know
The only man in the world foe me-
marrted Nhe girl he was engaged to
before he met me. He thought il
was Fight. have never had anybody
Of any own. And--I saw him lose N
the battle Only Love is the real
secret of strength. Abnegation car
ries its lessons. but it is not always
right. Think about what you say
Does Helen love you?n
"I--I am afraid she does
and Kate2r
/. He hlushed holly. Il hope YOU
don't think me mad enough to have
found out ] hope never made
sign 81 my feeling for her. You make
!. nie--hate myselfn
I The old lady had risen and the
\ Young man was helping her into her
Y cloak I'm going now young man,
Y but remember what say No wom-
an thanks man for marrying her
\ tnnkeep 4 promise Probably Helen
already doubts Your feeling for her.
4 Another thing you cannot give love
4 out to loveless world unless You
4 have a real home 10 find love in. And
II love Is not a matter of dollars, or
position. even Of ability and phi
lanthropy-it Is a thing wholly spir
iipal. Follow your heart, Goodbye,
new" She held OUT her hand. =
\ want YOU to 60 straight to Helen and
tell her. VIII your
n He walked back to his Office, AS
he went to the phone on his desk ID
call Helen and ask her when he coul(
, see her, his eye fell on a letter from
n her left there by the postman in hi
! absence. He opened it wonderingly
Dear Tom: start tonight for 81,
/. months abroad and leave this to b
mailed aftee I am gone. You don
X love me | am slow, but have see
Ii for some time | will not preten
IA that | am hurt. but I will say that
am strong and shall get over i
I After all, believe we would hay
\ made 4 mistake--a doctor needs
i home woman. ! want my work. Yo'
i need some flower of thing 10 max
i sanctuary for YOU. x | don't lnoy
q who she is. but rye feeling tha
. you've found her Helen
I He sat dazed awhile, then he close
: the Office and took car for It'll
I Kate's boarding house
II She at first refused to see him lr
4 he sent the greasy landlady back I
say he would stay until she did. The
10 she came down wrapped in hl
. shawl, weakand proud Her tran
1 parent CHEEK flushed under his gaz
Il her eyes fell. She would not CON
= to his outstretched arms. so he can
i to her and enfoldsd her, AMI held h'
IL close while he told her all that Ia
4 IN. his heart, ,4gPF,FFse Presently she NJ
y clllnlrg to him as II she could new
Fl let him 60 And 'he didn't mind
II the least that the fat frowsy Ian
l. lady was certainly listening at 4
4, door Copy ight, 1910, by Assoc
qted Literary Press)