Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-25
LOST AND FOUND
BY ANNE sRoADHURsr.

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and deep breathing in the cool air are
better cure for the blues than taking
"A good cry" Elinor went out as soon
as she had finished her dinner and
walked until the darkness drove her
In. AS she neared her boarding house
she saw at the edge of the curb a
mans leather bill purse, which she
picked up. AS she saw no one near
who could have dropped II, she took
1t to her room.
Fifty dollars! Just what hoped
to win In that contest" Then Elinor
saw that the purse also contained
some cards. IF I don't know whose
II is can't return It; and II don't
look at these cards won't know,
but
ITO a man who carries a purse of
this quality and who uses engraved
cards fifty dollars probably means
very little,' she unused, but to me It
means a winter suit and a months
board" Slowly she began to tear
the cards, but as the tough paste
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fingers she stopped abruptly.
Horrors" she gasped. ct said I
must win, and this is losing even my
honor. oh, / hate you!" And she
swept the money from her and looked
at the cards.
MIR. Joseph Stanley Norton she
read, but the name meant nothing to
her. She looked in the telephone book
and found the following: a. Stanley
Morton. Broker. Sis City Blk. Bldg"
No residence number being given, she
could not notify him that night.
Elinor had no opportunity to tele-
phone during her busy morning, so
she went during her noon hour next
day to deliver the purse to it's owner.
AS she entered Elinor saw that the
only occupant of the room was a tall,
well-built man whose dark head was
bent over typewriter statement
lying on the table before which he
sat. Hearing the door close, he turned
upon her kindly glance from a pair
of dark gray eyes.
"Are you Mr.. Joseph Stanley Nor.
ton?" Elinor began.
yes" The deep voice had a slight. |
ly rising infection.
Here is something of yours that
happened to find last night" She
handed him the purse.
why what pleasant surprise to |
find the purse, and how kind Of you
to bring II to me! thank you sin.
cerely. Now. won't you sit down and
tell me all about it,"
Elinor sat down and told him briefly
where and how she found the purse.
I'm going to confess to you" said |
Morton, that this very day I've been
thinking that honesty is an unknown |
quantity these days, so. you see, you
have restored to me far more than
my lost money; you've restored my
lost faith in humanity" He was lean.
ing toward her with the friendliest
look in his clear eyes, but the sudden
change which swept over Elinor puz.
zled him.
Don't, please DON'T" she almost
walled. IF you knew how near I
came to keeping 1t you'd hate me.
Oh. must tell somebody" and
grasping the arms of her chair as if
10 support herself. and looking into
her lap, she told him Just what she
first thought of doing with his money.
AS she talked her cheeks faded from
to white. Then she rose to
leave. Stanley Morton had been sit.
ting with his elbow on the table and
his right hand shielding his eyes, but
he rose quickly and stood between
her and the door, with his right hand
extended and sympathetic smile in
his eyes.
please let me say that I under. !.
stand fully, and that honor your
bravery as much as your honesty :
Many OF us are passively honest :,
when it's convenient. but you are &C.
lively honest even when it means a =
hard fight. You've made the world
seem right again for me, and new
won't you promise me that IL can
'ver make things easier for you you
will let me serve your" The mans
sincerity was unmistakable, and
clinor extended her hand and smiled
lp at him frankly.
You've already made things easier
" forgiving me. and you've under.
TODD. and that is what counts most
ou know" II was only after she had
one that Stanley Morton realized that
he had not told him her name or
iven him any clue about her work.
One morning. a month later. as
liinor was at her work in the book
tore she turned from the shelves with n
alf a dozen books in her arms and y
ear-sighted customer, intent upon U
ook he held. collided with her. scat. 81
sring the books In all directions. Air
entleman who was approaching 10