The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-07
LADY
BOUNTIFUL
By TEMPLE BAILEY
Copyright 49, By Associated Litsrz-
Press

Il might as well be warm once,
be murmured, and settled back in his
! uncomfortable chair 70 pass another
I day In pain and loneliness.
II Is bad enough 10 be sick, even
in the midst Of luxury, but TO be
sick and poor, that IL enough 70
make man groan and vrtthe. Tom
Stevens. alone in the big city. too
proud to write back home and tell OF
his hard luck, looked az the gray
skies and the gay streets and wished
! he were dead
/ And just then he heard the rustic
! Of paper. and, looking toward the
/ door, he saw that note mad been
/ slipped under It.
/ Painfully be crossed the room, and
painfully he returned TO his big
chair Then he opened the sheet OF
paper Across the top was painted
a wreath Of Tiny rosebuds. and IN
| dernesth was the verse:
There IS ever song somewhere. my
dear
Though the skies above be DARK and
/ drear
! There is ever a song that our hearts
shall hear.
There is ever song somewhere. my
dear
| There Is ever a song somewhere
AS he read Tom felt az If the sun
were shining and the birds singing
] on June day. Who had thought OF
F, him In his loneliness, Why, IL was
better than food and drink-better
} than fire and warmth
Its a girls handwriting. he said
/ TO &c. right up and hunt for her, but
when he tried to move ne sank
! back with groan, and the little
neighborhood doctor. coming in, eau
| toned him
The next morning the janitor S
wife brought him his meager meal
II Was sloppy and badly cooked anc
Tom turned from it with a sigh SC
the ianitor's wife carried the tray, but
I left a crack in the door.
! And II was through this crack ar
hour later. was slipped tiny tray
two slices nj no, ,oas, and soft
boiled egg.
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I, wide onen and facea an emn,,
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