Evening star., 1914-04-17

leaving the table Then Aunt Anee.ine
asked. My dear. what j. our InodGs
ope:audi for the afternoon"
Jessie locked straight u tic Old wom-
ans ewes. am going over 10 Mrs.
Brady 5 To take care Uf little Nplly for
her that She sil. have i Eool. sound
sleep. MoliN Las Jesu SICK tIrce weeks
and her mother "ara ont.
| YOU, Adele
II shall paint ] th-rk. aantle. One
more good thorough afternoon work
ought 10 finish ny picture"
y shan - ~ with ms sewing. said
Aunt Au@eIHe. r .oand aa Inspiring
( idea in i fashion hooE tais maraiss
Jessie could nave cried. Adele Always
picture iii Ier Itc, As for Auut AHEe-
lines fuery-Snc always iooked ike III
I animated scraf has hEl .Hetc Mas much
that needed u ~ d1Ea ~ tin world ia
! Aries itself, A. SI.u hurried toward
Mrs. BradN.s she wondered i she eyer
would ne able T. slo~ va y the way q
live and bc happN
Il SHALL try ana try / vii MAKE Adele
see. she ci.cd or;i iH her heart y II
2 only just beginning - see ms seiE ANA W"
could "a on Sc FAST together 'tb7s town
needs Is s.. We coiild ~ II mGcl -oot-
And then there's Tom II sHr DID she
wouldn't ha 50 hard On il@ fpr Towns
him
Mrs RraGy's White tlie tired mother
slept she held the l.tt,r llIid, VI no would
never H. any better ii This world, Il
her stronG- Young arms. securely ana
soothing, and sung lHs!a lies SONY
She Uas tired herself when . "ciock
!, came but Mrs. Brady rose refreshed.
+ Il feel like a rsew person. Oh, Eoul II
/ never know what this has done Tor me,
/ she cried
"IlI come tomorrow afternoon, Jessie
| promised
! she felt strangely downcast now. he
4 long hours of sitting IL much the same
\ position with the cbiId ii her arms and
I th, contest Of Il" morning had told on
4 nor Her f,ct 8rs4..ed Il lttie as She
I ltert on toward Eofue. Iier Wa led uast
4 Bob Baliard~ store AMI when she
I reached it she saw tual II was fun 70
4 the doors 4 doctor PASSED hen quickly,
4 medicine case III h:rd. She went uP %
! the door and spoke e the nearest man.
What's wrong here. Mr.. Sells
why. Bob Ballard got hurt the man
I replied He climbed up 10 get some
/ thing off the tor shelf and the strpiadder
( broke and lie fell kersiuash. lis head
I hit The counter ANA they say his skill
! Is spiintered
I lard and how 10 keep Tie news from her
until she Was fully repaired She ran all
/ the way home. At hGr 1--WE house she
! saw Adele on the porch and rushed mp
/ to her, breatGlessir. oh Adele she
:
] Ballard is not s'routc ana they Il tie
!, bringing Bob home ia moment. lie has
I fallen and fractured hiS skul!--
She got no further Ter Adele had given
a wild cry ana was ciir-ir4 % . porch
| pillar with her face As white as hes
waist.
| only this noon woaldn listen when he
tried to tell nir he loved me"
After All. il was }dfa ), lo wort to Mrs.
| Ballard : and s;.w 10 most u the things
that must " done before BOB was
! brought home. Jessie was there. of
course. ana Isop s cEum Totu E.arI and
Toms mother. ana ire nrst flishtful
news had lost something Jy cooling.
Iob's skull was bumped not fractured,
and his collarb0ue broken. That WAS all.
He was perfectly collected and almost
the first thing he said was:
Don't cry. Adele, darling. III get vel
and marry you Vet If you have me.
And before them all -Adele biubhored
that she would
Tom Bland walked boldly home with
Jessie to her own front door. Maybe
We can have double Wedding he sus-
| s.est.d. ha1W!y.
Jessie ues p!Gnips a Scotch daisy upon