The Glenwood post., 1913-12-13
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can - 10 forecast Of . haDDao1g
that y governed ealy by chance"
Nay I suggest iste1passA tAs -
Of both oontentions. Mr.. Looms -
sumes that there are happsainss -
erneA' by chance. Perhaps II ~ -
examine the phrase - vim Aisoo~0
that 1t 10 paradoxical. 10 what hs 90
chance governed By soosthiaS3"
Loomis hesitated. and DsWA
laughed. Il think the professor aesoD
with my visw."
''On the contrary" said the proesDp
sor. Il believe there 10 No such thing
~ chance. More. am willing to rase
my belief on your experience. Have
you ever known Of an ocesrTenee ~
ultimately proved to be utterly -
poseless and out Of time. Don't -
swer me too quickly. Let ne tell ~
Of . strange series Of what my frieoA
Loomis calls chances. The story has
Just come to me fairly complete.
Mine years ago two children. broth
er and sister. were placed in . char
liable institution in New York city.
Their mother had died and left then
unprovided for, their father had dis.
was ten years old. the girl sevea.
After year in the institution the boy
ran away. and. strange to say. lsft
the city and followed the railroad
westward. II was in the summer sAA
he made his way easily for fruit Al
plentiful and sleeping out of doors was
not . hardship. He had many -
ventures along the road. but noas
worth mention until late in September,
when he found himself in q little VII
lage in southern Michigan. His CLOTH
ing had been worn to rags and he was
beginning to be shy Of town, fearing
arrest and possibly a forced return to
New York But in Mattawan he sav
. kindfaced woman who not only
gave him . meal but q complete su1e
Of clothes, and who talked to him Win
10 much interest that he told ~
more Of his story than he had co..
hded to any other new acquaintanoe.
He said that his parents were dead.
that he was going to California. whsse
the gold came from, and that he ~
made his way alone from RochestsE.
The woman tried to induce him -
stay for . time with her, but he vas
afraid and got away ~ quickly a. -
could.
He arrived in San Francisco ChrisG.
mas week. by that time we'll Injured -
hardship but still self-reliant. His nFue
meal in that city was earned the naz4
morning selling papers, for he foan1
not only instruction but help ameag
the newsboys. For . loaG time -
made NO more than Q bare living, ~
BY the time Of the fire he had begua
to save. Three years ago, then nftssa
years old, he realized that he needed
an education moro than anything eas4
and he began to attend night sckssl
He kept his place on the street selliae
the morning papers, bst in the aftsH
noon gave It up TO others while -
went to his studies. Last Novembe
he learned Of place With an enginsaH
ing hrm here that would be opea ~
him II he could prepare for II. -
make It he would reqaire 1t least36
months at the university. and II se60.
ID out Of his reach. He needed 93oo
to sustain him, for he would b oblie
ed to give up his Newspaper sellinG.
Every plan he could think Of preseaA
ed the same necessity-Nore money-
and he knew Of no way to get it. I've
days later he picked up 4 purse on tAe
walk where he had stood SO many
mornings, and in the purse was $6oe.
It seemed like q direct answer to his
wishes, but he wanted to be honest
The next morning he turned quickly
but tremblingly to the lost and founr
advertisements. What he hoped NOT
to see was there, and two hours later
he was ON his way to the address
given. To his knock the door open
ed and there, not recognized for .
minute Of curious surprise and strue-
Cling recollection, stood his sister.
whom he had not seen for seven yearA
"Her story was even more intersting
than his. She had been chosen fro0
among her many companions in the h
stitution and adopted by . childlsss
couple from Michigan. who had visited
New York with this purpose in mind.
A long time after she had become