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LIFE FOR tIEI..
BY Dorothy Douglas.


poor He had spent the greater part
Of his twenty-five years in silent CON
domination Of those people Who had
Glanced either by their own eudcHV0r
or by that OF their forcfathors TO have
acquired wealth Cranborn WAS one
OF those mcu WHO believed tina; tho
world and tho idle rich owed him
living.
on Crauboyn's side. however. ana n
circumstance that somewhat losschod
the conclusive evidence against him.
was tho fact that he had been orphaned
- an carly day In his life Beinc of a
retiring nature, he had never iuVoiElcd
himself into a circle other than one
OF Indifference TO his own welfare.
Those within his circle had no Aubi-
iion OF their own. and, therefore. none
TO instll into any one Else Cranborn
drifted into manhood without an i'm
nucnCc for good or oVii having left
It's mark ON him II his mind was uu-
dcrnourished from lack OF energy. so
also. was his body. and Cranhorn found
himself at twenty-five lying in a hos
p;tal without the necessary strength
20 undergo an operation.
Perhaps for the first time in his life
CraubCrn desired TO go ON living. lie
wished that nc had spent less money
on cigarettes and more on bread, so
that his body would not he iu the hui
initiating position of abicct weakness.
y spark OF anger named MS eyes. MI
the strength OF his mind concentrated
itself in condemnation OF the rich and
IDLE. who had not only food in abund-
ance but all the Injuries that he lack
ed
The soft biurrins OF limousine At
the hospital door only augmented Gran
horn's grievance. and he turned his
face TO tho wall He would not have
believed had he been told ut the mo-
ment that the young lady stepping
out OF the limousine had come that
her blood might he transfused into
MS, Cranborn's veins.
When he turned his face from tho
wall nj the command Of the surgeon,
Crnnboru shranli within himself.
Beautiful and glowing with wonder
full vitality and health was the girl
who stood beside the surgeon.
This young lady Is going to give
YOU a new life" Dr. Lyman said. Il
am going TO transfusc some Of her
pure blood into your body"
II won't have her do It," Cranborn
muttcred weakly. and turned his
shamed face away from the radiant
girl, in whose eyes shown a great
pity.
but YOU will not deprive me Of tho
pleasure II VIII afford me" she said
quickly in a voice SO musical that Gran
born vihratcd with the rhythm Of IT,
You sec J have been on pr. Lvman's
list for long time. and never before
have been allowed TO give my blood
:" any OF his patients. Now No has
called me here because my blood agrees
in certain pathological particulars with
yours, and | DO so want TO do this lit
tie good IN tho world She was look
ing with actual pleading now into the
eyes she had compelled to meet her
own. II have everything i'm the world
save tho knowledge that have saved
q human life. surely you will not rob
M OF this destrcH'
y weak sob shook Cranborn's ho,,y
and he closed his eyes.
pr. LYMAN motioned the girl 10 rc-
move her wraps. The surgeon then
prepared his large calibrc needle by
which the Vciu-to- vein sewing ana
consequent soaring is avoided hut
ere uhorn must have been unconscious
during tho proceeding, for he knew no
more until warm. cont"uted sense
Of well being pcarmcatcd his BODY.
The room had grown dark and he was
alone except for his nurse. who sat
quietly beside him
Cranborn would have spoken save
that sense of complete shame held
him silent y woman. or rather a
nero Cirl, and one of the idle rich hr
had so sys,cmatiCally condemned. had
given her lii" blood 10 save him. His
useless. good-for- nothing hody had
been purified. strengthened and made
whole by the act OF charity that not
one out Of q thousand persons could
Offer. Pure blood did not run in every
set OF veins liad the girl been a needy
person who was making the blood sac
riNCe for tho $2J fee she could earn
Granborn mirl. hlyE remained the
Nranhorn Of ..iis.c-jrlv manhood. But
tho fact ,hut gIrl. beautiful. ,woalthv
and refined, had offered pIacti'ally hcr
life that his might be saved flung
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