Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-05-05
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The Forgotten Story



From the very nature q. thlh5s
cant tell Alice SAID the contef'a'
ton enthusiast rs Ahces book.
Tier beoE." said She var ie..,t
wo!Ger. "|gh,A "a sac vIito ones
never knew size WrUte at ali.
she doesn't. now The ooasot'a
ton eEfAus.ast made chEcAuG reliy. |
"SAe learned loAg ago tIdt her els /
d.dn'l lie in taat direction. But whoa /
she was a very yOung sirl-you soc, |
| WAS born in the same block with |
Alice ana have known Ter ever lhce
we were cAiIdYu4-lLc had great
dreams ol becoming famous aulAoT
! | used 10 hear al about tbem-ahd
encourage her, that being The time
! when / confidently expected 10 DOS
som into renowned artist "neh
! we were II | painted Wild pictures
and Alice wrote book,
1T WAS d mild litt.e love story with
"A rathor original idea, but so cIuaey
, written! We thought it lovely them
but Alice was thankful soon atteF
that il Giod in the borninS. the pnD
fisher failed the week OF publication
so orb the few friends upon whom
Alice modestly pressed the few c0ples
he gave her before the RECEIVERS
took ms business over and decided TO
run il differently ever saw lAe No!'
ume. But | felt almost as Gl5lItaScd
as Alice over this seeming calt5tIo'
pAe. and / took one OF the copies 10
/ our librarian here ard got aim 10 put
it in the library.
"Well, We both went to preparatory
school that autumn. We wanted 10
get ready for college as quickly al
possible. We were busy as bees
every moment for ages and don't be-
lieye Alice ever thought Of that book
i know | didu't-unui she began to
attract attention by her brlllahl
sociological work
"A fellow worker who had htdId Oh
= the thing somehow OF other tWllled
Nice about it, then seriously ADVISED
, her 10 see chat it was Withdrawn from
! All possibility Of circulation, II sAe
! didn't. he said somebody would give
> if untimeIy resurrection some time
and shed feel ridiculous. SO Aiie9
u went TO lots OF trouble hunting up me
d man Who bgught oul her unluc5y pun
i Usher. When she found HIM ne sHu
u he had no idea where the plates o.
II that hoo, were. he didn't even Nno"
.t whether they we're in existence. bu'
Alice wantd them 50 badly that ut
hunted them up and sold them 70 mel
for $50 | expect she might have nae
Y tbam Tor nothing ii she hadn't beer
d so anxious. Anyway, Alice hau thei-
II sent ho4e and her brother used then
d as ballast fou his sailboat until he 80
il capsized. somehow, and lost ooa'
II plates and all. -,
7. Then Alice forgot al about tn
matter. I'm csr.aiu. shes 1#eA $
ip tnsv with RI, many things ios year.
now. = before she got the Gla1.
os ST. 4ted the i rafE mere a''
.e. a,d the M1..c..A to g-Fe h.t ~.
,a the book. TIC librarian s1'j hI
70 nrt f-r.syor had placed that Book
H., l.aTarv, with the consent q ID
I.o hoard Of directors. aA! lie had ~ -
49, lho''l1 - 90 - ,,,, ,,,,1sfion M
directors aiSc0s'ea ''s H',.' tT,i~ off
II regular hls1''i'7 ,f '',l, d.dr,f want +.
es cjal sanction Alre 1.0' -, .,.,,sirf
thing talked aH'U ., 80 .,...r.~r lol
o. the situation 10 'u9 '2 ,,.Ia a55 in,
TX. hlIn that the booh "'s - Vs.. "', ' ''
.rl shed CatgroWa il. - the l0-,l '~
IT, told her 'na .,. ne - .-1 nat il on
&c the regular S - w. 49,, '..' y5ore 81.
special sLlIL "a ''l9 -
Of tors would MOI E.'I a.. ~ cha, now Mi
~ "btt the ol".L Gay ... .t',' AN .ml "a
Jenkins WhoS 80 Iaaa'.'n'' r,o ia
IRIS sipy, went downtown y" ~. Wv, ,, vs..
re with me and romans. 0' ~ ra1 M
of conversation WAY S'l nan H" ,.,s
ey- Just ieaFfea 'l'' nj '.
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