The San Francisco call., 1910-08-07
The Girls of the Juvenile Home
Are Proud to Care for the
Abandoned Babies

then his wife notified us he had disap-
peared. There was all sorts of row
about it-newspaper stories. reward Of
fered, and so on; but 1t was as though
the earth had swallowed him. His wife
dragged along as we'll as she could;
the uncertainty in q case like that is
awful; but she was plucky. She was
nearly destitute, though, when his
lodge heard Of It and came to the
rescue.
Something over four.years after that
he walked into my office-Pd been TAX
en- into the office by that time. He
told me he was In one OF the big de-
partment stores in city not a million
miles from here. been there over a year
and a half. I had believed he'd got
caught at something crooked and
probably served time under an assumed
name you've no idea how often that
Is pulled of successfully to save his
family disgrace, and finally I intimated
as much and he, il you'll believe 1t.
blushed like a girl ] never thought
of that TIL tell you where wasEI
was tramping. The wife believes I
shipped On tramp steamer. To shake
the boys and the booze, and the excite
ment and stay here In sight OF II was
too much for me. and was sure down
to cases, so one day / answered an al
for agents to make SIS a day or better
you know the kind-but II happened
to be q real useful little novelty, and
I just pungled up-it took all I had
and lit out for the country roads. had
only one idea-to get away-but from
the start I made money, and somehow
I just kept along at 1t, feeling better
all the time and surer OF myself. plan
ming to go home soon. Meantime I got
one of the lodge boys to look my wife
up, jolly her into thinking I had been
shanghaied and give her plenty to be
r0rafOrf first hoL
If I couldn't make good I wanted to
stay lost for good and all. but long
before two years were up knew was
all right for keeps, and a better man
than I'd ever been. That's about all
I struck z, and they needed sales
man and took me on Experienced men
were scarce there and II wasn't long
till was put In charge of a depart
ment. You know I did a bit OF that
before I left the old town. I'm here
buying goods. The wife and I have
a pretty little place out there, but she's
longing for home. so you can boost
me for job here any time the chance
comes
well. this letter asks for the boost.
He learned of the job. and I've been
able to help land 1t for him. He'll be
at the head of an important department
in one of our leading establishments
And just think, you're likely to see him,
day after day, and never know it, even
after seeing the picture. No. you can't
see 1t again Isn't 1t awful. Mabel?'
But 1t isn't awful With the reason
able side of my mind I'd rather not
know. Seems to me it would be a sort
of intrusion. Still, don't suppose I'll
ever see fair. good looking man with
face indicating strong character, in
such a position In any business but
what I'll be wondering. His isn't ex-
actly an uneventful recovery, but the
treatment was modern and up to date,
although 1T was advocated two thou
sand years ago.
Another of his cases was of a man
who had served time in the old home
locality and afterward had come as far
away as he could to get new start
among strangers. He had dropped his
family name, using his given and middle
names. matter came uD wherein 1t