Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-06

mother-we can give her some o
ours" urged the girl. -,...
ut isn't ours to give-yet' remarked
her mother a bit coldly; ,...
But, mother you vii do H., H. ,,s sfnp9t poi,
s you would, if you had it to give.
"And | say it again, Melicent shaI
never see her suffer, you may be sure
IL l have the money to relieve nSr
But" She stopped abruptly at th'
cound of an excited voice down the hali
Miss Flora. evidently coming in throusl
the kitchen, was hurrying toward then,,
"Jane-Meilicent.whssrTe sTero,. are re e, You sp.
ranted as she reached the room anc
rsnk ino a chair. Did you ever heal
anything like it in all your lfe' 9 70,
had one. too didn't you? she crled
her eyes falling on the ttt lever +r,a IN net oi
brothers hand But l ain | ''ue' u
(, Miss Flora wore no head-covering
She wore one glove (Wrong SIDE outl
and was carrying the other one riel iNt
dress. evidently donned hastily for tht
street was unevenly fastened. showing
the topmost button without ou'toh
!Mr. Smith says it's true" triumphed
"IIow does he know? Who told him t
was true?" demanded Miss Flora.
So almost accusing was the look lr
her eyes thai Mr.. Smith actua!ly 3flnNeo
LITTLE He sbtbe grew yls,0Is ietter tqIg speaks fol
itself Miss Flora" he stammereg' ,,,u.
sBut it can't be true, reiterated MIS-
Flora, "The idea of man ! never saw
) ike that and Frank and Jim 100,
'sBut he's your cousin--you said ne
was vour cousin" Mr. Smith reminded
her. "And you have his picture IN
vour album You showed 1t TO me =.
81 know it. But. my sakes! I didn't
know he knew l was his cousin. don
s,pose he's got my picture in his alouln
But how did he know about US II
some other Flora Blatsdell, l tetl you, YOU II,
cr,ed Jane. ut probably is some. other
Blaisdells. Well, anyhow, If it is w. we
won't have to pay that inheritance Ia"
We can save that much. ,,, A..
HSaye, Well what do we lose! ue-
srranfed her husband apoplectically.
Al this moment the rafting OF tne
J front-door knob and an imperative
knocking brought Mrs Jane to her teet
Z There's Hattie, now, and that aoot
! locked" she cried hurryihs 'n'o '"e
When she returned a moment later
Harriet Blaisdell and Bessie were Win
There was about Mrs Harriet Blais-
deii a new, indescribable air of com
r1asnding Importance. To Mr.. Smith she
appeared to have grown inches taller;
well, do hope, Jane, now youil hse we
n
thew entered the room, and not oohge
your friends to climb up over a grocery
s "wen / guess you can stand the gro;
esry store rrau teT m9re sdelI odTy dTTyy How
long do you s'pose we'd live-any oI
us-if I want for the grocery stores
to feed us? Where's JIM"
c,ming here, and to come right over
himself at once; that the very frst
thing we must have was a family con-
clave, Just ourselves. you know, SO as
to plan what to give sfb out TO was tas PIpSi ON his
feet. looking somewhat embarrassed ;
i'perhaps, then. you would rather l.
were not present at the-er--tafl1iiy
: Nonsense y" secuted Frank Blaisdell
"Why, you are one of the family
IL seems So" cried Millcent. =.
aNo. indeed Mr.. Smith don't 60"
smiled Mrs. Hattie. pleasantly. BE BE
Germs US, I know--for the book; So, OF
course. you'll be interested in this
legacy Of dear Cousin stanleys
Mr.. Smith collapsed suddenly behind
his handkerchief with one of the
choking coughs to which he appeared to
be somewhat addicted. ,,,
'.Aint you getting little familiaar
with dear Cousin stanley Hatue'
4 drawled Frank Blaisdell
Miss Flora leaned forward earnestly
But Hattie, we were just sayin
fore you came, that It couldn't be true
that it must mean some other Blals-
dells somewhere"
81 sShAbsurd - scoffed Harriet. There
couldn't be any other Frank and Jim
and Flora Blaisdell, in a Hillerton. too
Besides Jim said over the telephone
that that was one of the pest law
they know what they're talking about;
I'm sure l think it's quite the expected
thing that he should leave his money
10 his own people. Come. don't let
we've got to decide is what to do. First
Z Of course, we must order some eXpen'
< sive mourning all around
mourning - calculated an amazed
soh, great Scott" spluttered Mr.
Smith growing suddenly very red. u
never thought" He stopped abrupt.
~ his face. almost purple
But nobody was noticing Mr.. Smith
Bessie Blaisdell had the floor.
why. mother, look perfectly hor'
rid in black, you know ] do" she wa:
wailing: And there's the Gaylords
sInourning ] can't go there, nor any
i where. What's the use in having al
that money if we've got TO shut our
selves up like that, and wear horrid
etuffy black, and everything"
ssFor shame. Bessie % spoke up Mis-:
Flora with unusual sharpness fer her
II think your mother is just right. In
sure the least we can do in return fol
this wonderful gift is to show our re
spect and appreciation by going into
the very deepest black we can. In
sure I'd be glad to-
Is -Waitr Mrs. Harriet had drawn hel
brows together in deep thought Tn
not sure. after ALL that il would be best
& The letter did not say that dear Cousin
Stanley had died--he just hadn't beer
heard from"
eIn that case, I don't think we ough
<tn DO IT. And IL would be too bad-tha
s. gaylord dance il going TO be the big
s most thing OF the season, and OF cours
~ we were in black-No: on the whole
think we won't, Bessie. OF course, il
two years from now, when we get tn
\ rect. II will be different"
when you-what?" II was a rathe
1tartled question from Mr.. Smith,
n. "Oh, didn't YOU know? There's an
IS 6(her letter to be opened in two year
4 from now. disposing or the rest of tn
s. property. And he was worth millions
Xou know. millions %
/ Hut maybe he--er--Did 1t say yol
& woF6 toto get those millions them"
ION. no, II didn't say II. Mr. Smith
III Warrtet Blaisdelis smile was a bi
e1!ae ~est g sessss y r We vii viii
- q sssuss 5