The Detroit times., 1917-08-28

Vida Clay pinned her SHABBY par
ANA hat "a her damn hair without
ooS 10 ne cloudy glass. which RVS
coo Bye. attorneys a. lsE. prorid
&C Tor the Use OF their stenoSra
pne- sac was pale wiki Tho heat.
and her cotton shirrwaisf crisp A.
= that morning Was now a. shape.
less and limp The once. in re
second soor ~ The bank building.
vas so ho' thst The electric fan on
only stirred ths air. without lower
inS Ne temperature
The street IS Vida stepped into +,
vas sull hotter. FOR II Rad iain
baking al dSy like crust in an
oven 4 drug store furg So cool
drink temptation IN her face. BAT
she never tuned her head al,ho
she was thirsty. she had too much
ss''control 10 spend her nickels thai
way Why a rickei was the price
~ loaf % bread and e. hone hey
needed bread more inan she needed
chocolate sundses
Vida crossed ne stree walked
quickly up he other side and at
tered Birch-aYe She always dread
% Birch.ays r was 40 long ard
dull. NTH ia old fashioned houses
croVding She sidewalk She hsd 90
walk nearly is entire length oef0re
she turned OF into Purple
where she lived A. : o'clock all
/ Bi~h-ave Vas busy with n, sepner
getting and eating Tan'aliEInE
odors scented ne lfeiess air Vida
sighed and hurried faster AFTER
all home vas . refuge. even no
! there would only % rice and milk
and cold fea Tor supper and Ire
four small rooms up IRE outside
( aight would b breathlessly close
and warm Mo-her would De there
and sitho she vas rather an made
quste little mother A. bes'. she vas
still something to love The need
Of Nldas whole being vas 'or love
love given and low" received She
rad had ~ 100 litue % it. poor
child. her llfe long
Tne thought or her own mother
-hsrpeaed her sighi ~ he realiEa.
tion Or thai other mother who sat
watching her from he tiny porch
- the quain'est houss OF al Some.
how II came 70 her that this other
mother rad been here 4 great many
lines as she hurried b. ard always
n the same position. She sat " q
loV 0ld-fashioned chair Nth her
'eef on a braided ruS Her hands.
small End useless noz after years
OF hard work. perhaps were folded
on her Vhi'4 apron Her dress was
as white - he apron. and her hair
was almost a. white Her small
sof'iy lined face vas white TOO
save FOR ts dim blue eyes The
eyes looked into N!dss and th'
Hfrls white old lady smiled am
nodded Vida smiled back Win a
/ will She vas 80 lonely ard -
much a stranger IN ne town tina
even this casual recognition "a.
precious 20 her
The next evening she was lookin'
r for fha litfie white LADY. and = va
evident that the nffle white ladl
. vas looking FOR her This time thei
r smiles had more resdy recognI
= ZION
~ feel a. ~ had made ny ~
real friend After living IN mi
. 'own SIX months. abe told be
mo nor.
. YOU could make plenty ~ TREND
3 IL YOU chose. said Mrs Clay
p You 70 TOO particular Vida Tha
n comes % fhe year you spent a, III
z university
vida caught her breath She roua
D. never think ~ fhs' long pest gn
yersi'y year without a pang 81
had had such high hopes. che ha'
2 made such biK resolves Then sud
d denly great corporation bad fsi'e'
= and The Stock which had ylelde
% them comfortable income becam
3 worthless vida had 20 DO SONS
, thing quickly and she had turne
20 stenoRraphy. which she he
. learned without any thought q
y using ~ 49, tool ~ trade An ore
~ higher wages had brought b.
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