The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-05-06
SUNSHINE. JANE
By warner-Copyrght 1914 by Little, Brown Co.

| Lorenzo hastily pushed up
chairs and they all sat down.
| III get some more Dishes"
Jane exclaimed, hurrying into the
pantry.
Matilda" Susan looked almost
ready to faint. Are you-are
you"
"I'm married." said Matilda. II
don't know what I've ever done to
deserve it, but I'm married. It's
the most beautiful romance that
ever was in the world, and we've
come to tell you all about it."
"Oh, do" Susan exclaimed.
Jane, come back! Think of an
other romance, and Matilda, too.
Well, what next"
Matilda smiled quite radiantly.
I'VE met on the train the day l
left here" she began; lit was
right off. He took me out on the
back platform of the car and
opened my eyes to life, and we
just suited, didn't we, Matthew"
Tell it ALL" said Mr.. Beamer;
tell the beginning"
| mo, Matthew, you tell 1t, and
I'll help anywhere | can"
We'll" said her husband,
then I'll begin with saying, Sis
ter Susan, Niece Jane, and young
man, that I'd better tell you what
| am, first of all, because Pm the
only one of the kind in the world
so far as | know"
That is true interposed Ma
tilda, her plain face quite meta
morphosed.
You see, was just a plain. or
binary man, with a nice business
and good disposition" Mr..
Beamer went on, "and | did get
so awful tired of things as they
were going, and used to wish ev-
erything was different, and then
one day, all of a sudden, it came
over me, with shock like light
ming, that wanting things differ
ent is the first step to getting 'em
different, and that if you've got
the brain to see what's lacking
you've got the body to turn to and
help fill up the hole. The very
, next day l read about a doctor
as set up some nurses"
"Oh, my goodness" Susan
cried, hear that, Janet"
, AS was to spread sunshine
and | thought that was a good
idea, only l couldn't see a place
in 1t for me, cause l wasn't young
|, and wasn't no girl to go round
spreading nothing.
so l figured out that being as
was man, | could maybe helL
make the sunshine, and then any
one could slather 1t on that pleas.
ed. So l began to look about fol-
some sunshine to make, and the
, handiest field | see was folks with
hard lines around their mouths;
, there's powerful lot of then
, around, you know-ain't nothin
so hard to break up in life al
hard lines around mouths. So
set out to pillow fields of hard
lines"
He paused.
DO go on" Jane whispered
|, softly.
: well, whenever I'd see hare
man sitting alone, I'd go up to him
/ and hold out my hand and say
Well, I amt laid eyes on you,
don't know whenv That wasn''
no lie, and most always we'd gel
a-talking. Then I'd say, I'm 6
harmless crank that likes to &C
round making friends, and | tool
7 fancy to you right off, 1t wa:
wonderful all | come up against
Why, the hardest folks was just
: aching to sit down and explain
kthat they wasn't hard at all. II
J was the most interesting thing
ever got hold of. / got arrested
once for gold-brick man, and il
I give me fine chance at the jail
ers and some of the men in prison
, Pretty soon everything that turned
. up seemed to just come along to
!, give me a chance to make a little
Sunshine. Pretty soon life was al
nothing but sunshine chances.
81 was on a trip when l SCI
Matilda sittin' across the aisle
from me. and l said to mysel
right off, What fine lines!" 81
l went right over and shook hands
with her"
"He said he feared maybe he'd
made mistake" interrupted his
wife, "and / said-'If you SPEAK
, to me again, I'll call out to the
conductors!'
"And l said: Madam, excuse
me, I'm only a harmless crank al
is trying to help folks as is sicl
or in trouble, and you look like g
woman as could tell me of some
l could help, maybe!'"
"Then l thought of you, Susan
said the sister; you see, I'd beer