The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-11-08
A WELCOME GVES'
BY ARNOLD wARasN>s''

lie. 'eo ROberr
and I heard it first w
brother, Martin. roata
. why what's your ide, r :,
nrst speaker. Suddenly tsk. .se'as
to humanity, that you ws ~Asa lii
poor little abandoned skit ' \. % H
after" ' VI q Sn
o There Robert Leslie pap,.,
acute expression in his bro odass
checked him. He was so rr,s' b
realized re z that he had made h ~ 10
There had been a passage in J Sas S'a
hveS where anger had led to 't ieI. y
and this, in turn. to sorrow ~ ~ 'plp't
lasting. ueep d /
Into their lonely lives this ,,
= ternoon there had come a cr. 'uaal
perlence. Their home was =. u a
house. with common porrb O o'q
lived alone in his quarters Man, &',s
a housekeeper, a Mrs. Wade 'T Ts
years these two rare old bachelor 9 =
lived daily sinking deeper ipto
OF uneventful existence.
"sss here, Robert" sDok. w..
after a pause during which tbs
gazsd down at the little huddls, W.
snagiy ensconced in . padded s,,ss
Il see We are Of one nlnd. Soms '' -
er. Asartless or drivsa to di,s+I
freshly. has left the child h.,s m
sac selected two grabbed old CRAM,
take In the little refuge. I c,nnot
prsasnd. Here 1t is, though and !
are Ike TIVE schoolbeys with On ~
tsy. All right-ws'u adept tn. AM,
Yes. it will break the IODsIpa,
responded Robert; but what a :
knew about babies"
That's just it." said Martin s,,
ly. "But l have Mrs Wade, Sbs,
but she's a woman and knows hsI,
ways. Don't you seer
mo, l don'tl" growled Robert .
have as much right to the child as m
have"
Granted. and We'll make it uurI
adoption" pacifed Martin, persuadn
~. 1--WE thought for a long time ban
senseiess it was for US to maintain NJ.
arate establishments. Close I'd wr
joint and lessen the expense by taEa
a room with US, and share the htI
among u.s."
SO the little founding was cana
into the house, each Of the queer ID
characters jealousy insistent on hF
ing q handle Of the basket all to hin
self.
Here's q visitor, and we're gdnga
adopt the little fellow" Announce
Brother Martin, and Mrs. Wade went
into OBSTACLES over the tiny Stra4E
Never was such lovely, smiling blue
eyed angel! Why, see-he wound ~
chubby fingers around her wOrEVri
hand and actually laughed up at As
Oh, this was such a rare gift fra
heaven And Martin grinned ODD
chuckled, and Robert hoped from t&
TO foot in d state Of high e1cltela4
And Mrs. Wade cried and lausla
while the baby coOed and crOWed'
In the following irrational week A'
tin sneaked down town and came DaA
with all kinds Of baby goods ho'"
contributed a high chair and a ro'AI:
horse. The two fond and foolish guls
ians lowered about the cradle Oil Q
occasions possible.
Eve been thinking that baby ol:l
to have some one TO care speaa-! ~
him." suggested Mrs. Wade. 7 I,
nv other duties, and I'm old ana S, ,a
so search was made and a Mrs. .-'
turn hired to take charge OF Inc 'l,
SlyIy Martin hid a baseball and oa'
kite and a pocketknife. Roosn i !
cretly went him enc better. tie l- =
toy wagon and a sled under the ''- :,
The DAYS went by pleasantly 5 \.
peacefully, the infatuated Or0ll que, nd
covering daily some new culels% e,rr
intelligence in the baby, al"a y, N,
ing and smiling. One Cd! ,D Gl
nurse was wheeling the HUE ,,,1tfdi
along the street when a lady yoa, NJ
in face and form, stopped ne el,s u , M
over and cnress the baby. The p r5s
was attracted by this inteFs, -, ms
fell into conversation ana Ip' - in
mentioned that she would have .',s ~ i
nm her charge, as some fel"'' ra
asked her to make nef D'D
them. ,,,,, rou bls
nv U Iife i bv one e simple sin act2 broke s1 5
the strange lady, and into ,1 'llS b no
ear she whispered a story Ina
tears of sympathy to her eyes, s.. ap,
1t came about that when .sanao mi
left the Leslie home slle l,' tbp ati
succeeded neeenGi her. The boy 's ,,ao %
love her from the start. She he '''
the brothers and Mrs. "a't ", brObI
One day Martin cai'eu :. doOr OF
into the library, closed INC Ister.
fully and extended to hiu ,.,I,
Read that" he said So o Who W
| "why, what is it aD0u''
tr -, Mrs. EHo
"Alrs. Bell, otherwise an YOU y
Leslie, wife Of the nep De has ~
adrift eight years aS" ,,oar. she '
Ill in a sanitarium tor . 90 and Dsa
to work to keep him ln' lot+er tells