The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-01
NEVER CAUSED Us
N HOURS WORRY"

~Jnfn this awful thinE happened
= never caused his mother or my
~ an hours worry lie had FIN.
h&cd public school and while decid'
~ whether he preferred military
nndemy or a college course he went
8~ork
"a tried and true old friend OF
me offered him n position and
Xnlph jumped at it--said he wanted
~ earn money.
Wgsve him s. a day SO that he might
- more or less independent and no,
hnmiliated before his comrades. But
~ wanted 10 work.
The merchants large dark eyes
I mu~a beyond mo with the mystical
~ Of the Oriental He was appar'
>naly searching into the soul Of his
-. trying to understand and. under
1nnding. 20 forgive
- wunted--tife.~ The elder Sac
tnon's voice was gentle. little
acpioxrtic. M tho trying to translate
8 Izn1ph,s action into something less
- than crimlnaiity.
FTxMITTED EVIL
0DAGP TO TEMPT HIM
~He permitted evil companions TO
1nmpt him. He listened 10 sugges
1Inns OF adventure. He confused
Grpds Of daring with deeds OF dis
nneaty. But tho older man
rfened TO add. In hls heart b. IL
~ dishonest lie was always a good
~. good II horne. good 70 his
1nosher.-
al mention cf Raiph's mother. Mr.
onssoon stopped talking and hooked
away.
His black suit ard scarf. the black
!. hxnd on his hat tell muteiy the story
z the mother whose courage. already
trokeu by illness. ebbcd TO the point
= intoIcrabIe despair. Yet who shall
lay IL takes grim courage 10 turn
- the gas and 20 out alone TO meet
- Great Adventure7
The father OF Ralph does not shy
i K IN 10 many words. but Il In easy to
! enfher that he undertook TO BE- both
fhther and mother. after that. to the
j 0rsxnt lad
loONEY SPENT LIKE WATER
10 FIND THE BOY
10 one knew where the boy was
I Money was spent like water TO trace
4 I'D whereabouts. Business went ur
I'D and the father devoted his
whole tlrue and strength 10 the
SEARCH IL ended last week In Mon
treal.
Il supposed him dead. When I
found him alive" says the father
simply. Il determined 20 save him II
mving was possible. and 20 give him
4 chance in life. despite this tragedy.
Il n took my own life as forfeit lie
d not yet is."
& II IL a heavy handicap Once on
4 time the moraiists would have
shall heavy heads and declared the
boys life was over--just as they
whispered ruined to wretched girls
whose feet had strayed from narrow
maths.
But modern ways are a little bit
hlfferent.
The employers Of Ralph have said
<hey afs willing 70 rcinstate him.
And TIE money, nearly $4,000. has
teen made good by Israel Sassoon-
10Y At LIBERTY IN
custody or FATHER
The boy is at liberty In custody
n his father, under bail when his
Trial comes up in the near future,
wnfence may be suspended and a
new chance given.
The shadow the lad win never be-
from. however. Is his mothers
xeath, aitho the father has done
what he could TO dispel Il by assur
Ing the world that his wife had been
hopeless and melancholy for months
because Of chronic Illness.
Ralph himself, thinned down from
husky lad TO a nervous. rcmorse-
full silver OF a boy with a face years
older-looking than his 1s years should
SHOW, declares with the fervor Of
full realization that he win yet live
10 make his father proud OF him.
Mother love Is said to be the
strongest in the world.
win this fathers love prove