The diamond drill., 1919-06-07

Sne nas turned her pacA On nos
friends.
"She has given her heart to you.
"She has given her body.
"She has given her happiness and !
peace into your keeping.
"She osers her life to become the =
mother Of your children and almost
lost 1t for the first one. 80
"And in return for all this love and u
faith and sacrifice and danger. you :
bring her TO a rented house and ASK 81
her to call 1t her home. f u
"And you say 20 her Lorna other
men can build home-nest for their
wives and children, but I-canT =
az am a failure. -t
i am pauper. Fls a~''"
1--WE will live on another mans
land
1--WE will till another mans gar
den. !.
: 1--WE will dwell in another mans
house. - .r ~,
"our babies will be born in another
mans rooms
"You keep her In the Haunted .
House where the ghost OF rent and
fear follows her from day TO day.
What would she do for herself and !,
baby II you should die and leave her,
without home? '
| What do you think OF the. man \
anyway, who wins charming girl,
then steals her youth and beauty and
health, then dies and leaves her a..
washer-womanY 49, ,s~~A
Lorna deserves something better
than that from you. and so does the
boy. y
Give her home OF her own, II you
never do anything else. Make the
deed to her. a.
Plant garden for flowers anc
she will be the rarest flower In all
your garden. tH'
She will bless you with smiles and
tears and children and love and
grow younger every day.
But no woman grows young j.. =
rented house.
Her children seem like orphans on
a poor farm.
The ghost Of the Rented House
follows her and stamps wrinkles on
her brow, steals the bloom from her
cheeks and puts fear in her heart.
Say Doa, you don't belong to the
Brains family If you haven't brains
] 20 buy and pay for a home for the
little woman YOU love more than you
love anything else In the world
Every man Of brains does that.
"You live in that fine old state OF
Wisconsin, state rich in lands and
beautiful towns and fine homes;
state Of good climate. fine schools.
/ lofty ideals and intelligent people. II
offers YOU everything you can ask in
comforts and opportunities. II is a
fine state to live in for lifetime.
Buy home and be Badger"
Your uncle,
OLD JOHN BRAINS"
That letter stunned me. 1t was
! all true-every word of II and knew
It.
III Well. when Lorna came home and
began to grow strong. showed the
letter to her When she had read Il,
there were tears In her eyes. She
turned TO me and said Don, dear
: that Is the way woman feels The
ghost OF rent and no home, hauhts
her and fills her heart with fear.
would make any sacrifice for a home
where we and the baby could. feel,
safe for the future" e.,s
That day we put our heads togeth-
er and began to plan. We held to
our purpose. AS the years went by
we had our ups and downs and anx-
iety and Joy, but we wasted no more
g money for rent. Our equity increas-
ed and our interest decreased. until
: one day our home was ours, without
q dollar against Il. We paid the last
y installment on little Don's sixth birth
day and We gave him and his brother
y and sister feast 10 celebrate "
= event.
When they were in bed, Lorna came
q over and perched herself on the arm
y Of my chair and pu; one arm around
u my neck and said don, dear, this
Y house isn't haunted any more The
u ghost OF debt has been slain In every
Ie room and the ghost Of fear IS slain in
o my heart, apd l love you.
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