The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1919-04-04
LOVES MIRACLE
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tsli ~hy. Shs suoks. msAing eastlAl
r~suark ga he ~eAihs a1 ih~n--
4 am salug 70 - some ~
cream AMI caks ~ h... ~ u-. Il yea
have time and win ak ~Hh ms.
and new Ia the city. ana "a. - lone.
ssme
And thus the les ass tnsten aud
the ksen snioymsnt - her nes ae
aualufauee - the little tr.nt mnfs
ffna harry She became confidential
she told her simple siefs. that ui =
eounifY bird siu Whose sispmaitef
had fufned hsf safiit sffef lhe desih
- her father
4 found r..me stead, vofk today ,
ssld Erna sauie batch - hand
cirtIux = ga m..ussfipis fef 4
mnssum They cover ihc histsrf ~
snfInus curie. ihs ehisei hsing pfssff
ssiion rather lhan putucit2 An not
fuuunafs1
You arr. Indeed rrspeniet Ger
tfude Warren a have been out -
~oft for q uesk ana nnt siusis
prospect IN ,isw~
ruh ,ou mnst not - discouraged =
said tflshi spirited rua 4 feared
ens going 90 use up mg uiiis surr =
siofe - money waiting for eafA when
this came alous Aud. ~ ne u, per
hsfrs Nou eHn helr me iu dllrmnia
! hsse heeu sfn,ing - hoiei. end
that - expensive iuu ars probably
better acqualuiet With The ciif than
myself Can Yen adsiss ms hnv "a -
shout Fetfins a rnnn in snme respect
able place not tua faf frum deen.
town snd not 'oo desrfr
Gertrude seemed a. have che rnnn,
afsirrf Immediately in tlee She
i~'f irna that she lns~ thsf. pas =
furnished rsam Tor rrnf right rfAf to
hrr oNn in = house shfr. eiaov
tcpl unli iaat luarrrs lrnA aas
grateful ant pleased Gertrude -
cemran.ei hef 90 the hotel e here Frna
paid her hili sui nslei her nrvi,
mafe friena 10 cafr4 on~ - her safth.
sls. She traisd "a refreshing soda
"u fheif say o. hef nev home asr
trufe introduced hef 80 hsf ianfiaff
arrangements aefs made for 80 apnri
meut fhn' pleased Frna Immensely
snd she vns rlad 90 have Genruds
for close r'lfllher aud fo'd her 80
Gertrude iefi Erua uflsf hsiplng hsr
unpark her belonging. and promised
ie shoe her convenient restaurant
later in he "a, Ffua wns Arranging
the manuserlpi on iifiis writing
table when she Asokea up and listened
lni'nily Plainly she hsard The lauG
lady outside IN lhs hai saa
"ront ihlnl ne unfrlsudi,. Me.
NHfren. hut must have fie iaes
fnn0ih. rent ~ shall have ~ ga
500 % rise up your nlot4 ta a nsN
tenant"
You have been very cuusifsufs 20
me. Airs Dale. came ihe inN toned r.
sponse "nud would not Impose on
sour generosity anY fHnhsr even Il
sou would 90 me n o. not gsi
work Tomorrow eiil fnd new quar-
iers ana psy yon up when regain .
situation"
irna waited until the sln had ~
tered her Own room. then shs stole
down the bail after ihe lnnlihiy She
iook oar her pockefboeA uni mhis.
percd conference snsued Hair -
hour later Mrs Dale announced in
Gertrude HAT she bad changed her
mind n she would he willing to 80
sist hsr On hour eseh morning Ironing
N. napkins and fnhleeloihs. she
would ask her for neither ihs default
81 nor future rssm reut. - long as
che vas agreeable % the arrange
nsnt
Gertrude suspected Nat her uew
friend vas responsible for this great
benefit. She grew % love Efna -
dear sister. Better fortune came b..
Wy IN the shape 81 service Tor tpa
hours afternoons IN doctors once
Of = dollar a day Rrsulng. she would
~ reading IN Ernss rom uhlie iis
ovncr copied the Old manascnpfs.
Ifna was enthusiastic ever this wnfl
,ad often kept 81 Il half the night
through. Tho strain broke her down.
she VAS taken iii one morning and
for nearly a month passei through a
period - fever and dsiirom nnd IL
vss then that cefislde made ihe a..
cosery that her friend had left behind
her Ia her old home toun y man she
loved, Alden Thorpe.
Frna sat % AZ lest Ter hrst n.
precision ~as of regret over her neg
ieci~d work. but IN Eiaf amaze uhen
she learned that cerfruds hsd com
piefed the copying. The money for IL
had been paid and there wss pienfy
- Bew work when Erna got vel.
Then came q letter one day snd -
Efna read u her eyes M up win =
fersor that nearly overcnuis her. n
~ss signed Alden Thorpe
Dear Erna.- n reNc. ~your sfep
mother has refused 70 give me your
sddress. but st last I hss. learned n
snd am coming 70 you 20 tell VOC
wtas ] cane too late 20 ten you two
months ago when you had left home
fhnt ] love you and wish yon 10 b..
come my wife,