The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1919-11-08
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oaeah LiDdley Was Only Fifteen
Yean Old. When Nine Years
Agc She Helped Tramp
In Distress

!. Council Blnffx. Ia. Nor. s--Nin'
yooa ago Miss Sarah I.tndley o
OoAge. Iowa Invested 81 and q smiis
u1lh tramp Who stopped at hel
uncles home for meal. Recently she
seoeived notice thar the tramp had
dkod and hs< icS her ses.sea sr
Minnesota land and in cash
Hiss Lindlcy IL "A wears old nov
~ clerk In a dry goods store in
01nge. When she gave the tramp
IL - bill and TIE smile she was
oAH Is.
I'm going 10 bug IN automobile
an4 keep right on working provided
Gpu't get married" says Miss Lind
~
uiss Lindley. then in high school.
~ visiting Al the home OF her uncle.
q. %. Lunde, near Nora Springs. la.
vAbn she made cte investment She
4 the daughter Of Ole Lsndley OF
Ooaee and she has four brothers and
six sisters
One day. after dinner. an elderly
AaA. poorly clad. came 10 the door Of
The farm house and asked for some
thtog to eat Mrs. Lunde was busy.
ut Il vas toe rule Of the Lunde home
never 10 turn . man away from the
doof- SO Sarah lindley placed food
- the table and the tramp WAS in
v1ted TO sit down anl ea..
Before b. finished II began 10 rain
A. the end OF the meal be filled his
pipe and cat and smoked while wait
ing for RE shower 10 be oTer Excep, |
tor thanking Sarah for the meal, he
had NO. spoken q word
Presently Sarah noticed tears In the |
old mans eyes. and rcr sympathy
was aroused. Finally she asked him /
what the trouble was.
Ny wife" he answered
She deserted me three years ago
/ have been hunting for her ever
since. ! loved her. but sae did not
lore me. My money gave out. II If
had Little money ! might find her
Sarah did not question hsn further |
she did not ask his name But when
the fnower was over and the old man
knocked the ashes from his pipe and
prepared 10 leave. she said:
wait minute
Then she went into an adjoining
room. gos 81 from her purse. and. re-
turning. handed the moaey TO the old
maa-
Again ire old mans eyes filled with
tears He munabled his thanks and
left The Young gig. watched him as
he frudred down the road
Next day the nearest neighh0r. half
= mile down the road. stopped al tae
Lunde home and told about an el1
maa who had come 10 The house The
previous day AMI asked the name al
he young girl who livea in the Lnnde
None. He wss told her name Then
be went on down the rnad
That was tire las. Miss Lindieyl
heard Of the old stranger until twoI
weeks aeo. Then she received ies-
Ter from a firm OF attorneys at Me-
iseas MINI The letter informed herI
hat John Brunsiex. an aged farrnerI
Eho had lived near Melissa and had
'ecently died, had left his farm and
lis property 90 her The entire es-
ate wss worth about sss.ef0. faet
etter said
Furthermore. the letter said that
8runsiek had left her his property
,ecsuse she had lent him s. and had
yiven him smile nine years pre-
Tiousiy The letter had been ad-
'ressed to her ancae. Mr.. Lunde. near
son Springs. and gsaa been for
rarded to Usage by the Lunde family
By the time Sarah Lsdiey had be-
one Miss Lindley- and was a clerk
q . dry goods store She had for-l
Nj - -
he had given the s.. But the letter
rom the lawyers wens on 10 say that
D Dis viii John Brunsiek had told OF
be incident and that /, was 10 repay
er for the money and for the snile
hat he had left her his money apon
Is death He had never succeeded
finding his wife. and had no rela-
vek, she letter said.