The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-03-08
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Symone's. After while Mr..
Hatton played for us and truly
he is q great pianist. II Mollie
hears him she will be more In
love than ever. His music Is all
sad, however. / know that he
has had very sad childhood but
there must be something deeper
and far more reaching In his life
to make him seem SO grief-strick-
en-.
l heard him say to Dick: II
really bought this paper for Pat.
You know he Is my foster
brother and dearest friend. His
mother is the only mother | ever
knew and Pat has done for me
everything that a brother could
do from the time that he insisted
upon being exposed to the raumps
because l had been and he was
afraid that | would be sick and
they would not let him see me"
How splendid" said Eliene
Yes, but like most splendid
actions 1t failed of its expected
results for poor Patsy had the
mumps and ! escaped and al
though / stormed and made the
most awful rumpus they would
not let me go to him.
"Since that time we have never
been separated but once and then
we were both very unhappy. He
went through college with me,
was captain of the football team
and he declined admittance into
the most popular frat at univer-
sity because they did not rush
me too. We have travelled all
over the world, Pat and are
more than brothers. would
give up everything | had in the
world for him and l know he
would go to death for me rs
quickly and easily as though he
were going to luncheon.
But for all that Pat is very
Independent and after we had
completed our educations he
struck out for himself In the adj
vertising department of a New
York paper"
A shadow passed over his face
as he proceeded: Through no in
tent of either we were separated
at this time more or less for
nearly two, years and then ]
could stand 1t no longer and !
bought this newspaper and put
him In as managing editor AMI
business manager.
when I first came here | had
no particular interest in the at
fairs of your city or in the run
ming of the newspaper. l only
wanted Pat and Mother Nora
with me and the only way l could
get them was to make them think
l needed them.
Sometimes, Mrs. Waverly, l
think men also have that divine
love which always goes out to
those who need It and them.
But one cannot live within
the atmosphere of a big city
newspaper without becoming
more or less interested in the
affairs of the city of which 1t is
a daily chronicle.
''Of course, want to make
money for Pat, for, although he
does not know it the paper is his
and as soon as it is paying
proposition l am going to tell
him so, but / am just as anxious
to help make this city clean and
livable."
well, you have a pretty good
chance to do some fine work."
spoke up Harry, land I'm going
to help you. You can call on me
If you need money and I'll help
you in any other way you think
best"
"Oh, Harry, how splendid!"
exclaimed Eliene, 81 have always
wanted you. to do something in
civic work-perhaps you might
run for mayor"
We all laughed heartily and
Harry said: Think of the howl
that would go up If / should at
tempt such thing. In the first
place, dear, l don't even know
what the duties of a mayor of
city are and in the second a very
rich man would stand about as
much chance of being elected
mayor of - as that ami
NAL whose inability to pass
through the eye of a needle is
intimated by some old-time SYM
bolist. However, I'll begin to-
morrow the study of city civics.
Dick, here has often said / ought
to do something of the kind and
we'll see If we can't interest some
other men,"
''I'll tell you what to do, Har-
ry," suggested Dick, "call a meet
ing of your ward here at your
house and let each man explain
how he thinks he could better the
city government and administer
it more efficiently"
Suppose we begin first on the
school question:" said Mr.. Hat
ton. "They are going to appoint
four new members of the board
of education within the next two
months"
II wish we could do something
to help" said Eliene who had
been much interested In the con-
versation.
II think we cam" said, 1--WE
can interest the women In the
clubs and hold neighborhood
meetings"