Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-19
THEFOUR OFHEARTS
BY VIRGINIA VAN DE WATER

, him the pleasant information that
| he must not use his eyes more than
an hour a day. That hit dad hard"
"Of course it didT' Poor mani"
were the sympathetic rejoinders.
| You see," Milton explained, turn
ing to Cynthia, my dads a regular
bookworm.
An Understanding
80 was my father" she remark
ed softly.
Then you can understand" the
young man went on, "how hard this
verdict is for him. lie has stood
up like d man before the knowledge
that he must let me attend to
a lot of the business for him, for 1
guess he thinks the experience will
do me good down to the office
| only once in so often-because he
could always forget the world and
! his worries in his books. And now
here comes this verdict-and it's
| knocked him all out.
| Il ran into his room when l went
| home this afternoon to dress for
| the Delafield show, and L found him
dreadfully depressed. l promised
| him I'd come home and read aloud
to him. But with a grin, Il must
confess that the prospect did not
II should think mott" Dora teased.
Poor Mr.. Van Saun!"
We'll, ] do read abominably. I
admit" Milton Van Saun replied.
But, Dora, my dear, hardly
think you are in a position to make
| fun of my poor elocution. You
yourself are not much in that line,
you will please remember"
Il hate reading out loud!" Dora
declared. But for that might do
| it pretty we'll"
'I love it," Cynthia said. my
! father" dropping her voice as she
, always did when she spoke of him.
suffered with his eyes for several
years. He trained me then in read
ing to him. He was very particular
about it,"
You should read wonderfully
well with your rich contralto voice."
Milton commented admiringly.
II was wondering girl be-
! gan, then paused.
| What were you wondering,
/ Cyn?" Dora demanded.
II was wondering" Cynthia went
on, "why l might not read to Mr..
Van Saun for a while each day-if
he would care to have me do it,
ooh, my dear!" her aunt exclaim-
ed, while Stephen Livingstone re-
garded his niece with sudden sus-
picion.
Just what do you mean?" he
asked quickly.
In a flash Dora realized that her
uncle suspected that she had con-
sidered the possibility of making a
little money toward her own sup
port by offering her services to Mil
ton Van Saun's father. Her cheeks
famed with a vivid color.
E. n Kind Suggestion
Il mean," she explained, her in
dignation giving her courage to
face the displeasure smouldering
from her uncle's eye, that if Mr..
Van Saun would let me come to
him sometimes and read to him ii
would make me happy to do So
and make me feel a little less use-
less than 1 now feel.
You see," glancing at the
Others, II am doing nothing now
to add to anybody's happiness. l
used to make my father happy and
comfortable in many insignificant
ways. If | could tighten Mr.. Van
Saun's dark hours trifie, 1t would
tighten mine, too"
Good for you!" Dora exclaimed
enthusiastically. Il think that's a
perfectly lovely plant Gym, you
are a darling. You are always
doing something nice for somebody
things that it would bore me to
death to do"
"You are very kind" Milton Van
Saun murmured to Cynthia. his blue
eyes soft. II know dad will ap-
preciate it,
Before the older people could
voice an opinion, Dora made a dar-
ing suggestion.
II say" she proposed, '1et us
four go around this very evening
and see Mr.. Van Saun and introduce
his new reader to him. That would
be jolly for us, give us something
to do, and do him good, too. Come
on, Gym. let's get our duds on and
be off at once.
But don't you want the CARP
her mother began.
Indeed mol" she replied. "It's
only aShort walk-and we all need
the exercised
ITO Be Continued