The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1920-09-02
Joyous
ldealist
q, ALvAH JORDAN GARTH

u
shine aud the blue shy once IN q
WHILE
The life - the Office brought his
hand down 90 ihe broad. bent back ~
/ the bookkcepyt With brotherly slap.
and then faced him all smiles aud
I good nature.
Don't be- like quadruped hunt.
| Inc Tor acOrns and never looking ny 10
see IL It's an elm or an oak he's UNI
der proceeded Lane.
The AGED bOokkc,per looked up with
clearing face.
"Conhdentially." observed the book.
kccper. smiling now. Il wasn't moon
ing or blue. but was trying % ugure
cut how was going TO spare enough
from monthly stipend to pay tor a dou
lie crndle."
"You don't mean" cried Lane bo.s-
tcrously
Twins. yes. DO" nodded the 9th.
er anlmatedly. Girls. Saturday
night
Isn't Il strange. now exuItcd
Lane. Double crudief Got friend
Who has one. anxious to get rid Of IL
The bOokkecpcr followed Lane rs
be- moved away with CLEAN 81 mark.
eel suspicion IN his eye. Looking back
for i've years. be could recall many
aud many instances where this sower
81 happiness had sprung into the
breach 10 face the needs and trou-
blcs Of others. Always he seemed TO
be most proyidcntially equipped to act
as altnoner or practical adviser. When
Ned Dolby. a clerk. had broken down
IN health and had To be sent to Colo
RADIO. Lane had bobbed up miraculous
~ with railroad ticket. stand In
with the Official. scef" he had lnti-
mated with an audacious smile.
Rigat now be lifted from his desk
bouquet done W In paper and with
u advanced to the desk of Miss Ava
Kcade the sienUsrapher.
For mother" he whispered raptly.
Getting better and better every day.
hear"
Yes. thanks TO you" replied Miss
Reade with humid eyes. "rhe oper-
alton you paid for has saved her hfe.
! hope our constant prayers bring you /
blessings. And now you go and rob
your garden"
"Nonsensel Rldiculousi Thousands
left--one solid mass OF blooml"
As TO those acres Of flower bloom.
rs TO the friends who had oyercoats
TO give away In winter and double
cradles and railroad tickets. this AZ
suring romanticist glIded over his I'm
agiDary friends aud possessions too
airily for the Office force TO explore
tha real facts. With his more artless
Lane was rich. lived In
regal home probably with extensive
grounds. seeing that bouquet on ev-
cry suitable occasion was readily
forthcoming.
II pretty Ava Reade ever suspected
that this great souled philanthropist
was given 10 eoaggeration, she adored
him all the more for the Sacrifice. the
ulseliish devotion 10 humanity that
must be the sole handspring OF his
generosity. She was the first TO show
sollcltude when one day. word had
come by phone that he was III. by the
end of the week IL was said that he
was under the care u physician.
Ava went 90 the cashier and asked
for Mr.. Lanes home address.
Queer" remarked the cashier. look
Ing over his books. but Lane never
gave US that. Never had occasion TO
ask him. for this Is the first time he
ever missed a day" Ava mentioned
this TO her mother. The old lady i'm.
mediately went to kitchen shelf
where she kept odd pieces OF string
and waste paper.
Yes. saved IT," she said. unfold.
Ing the paper that had surrounded the
flowers Lane had sent. Il noticed his
name written On In pencil and paster
hearing the name OF n laundry. Here
IL is"
Il was late Saturday afternoon when
Ava started out 90 visit the laundry.
The people there gave her the address
OF Lane. and Ava looked surprised
and almost dismayed. The actions Of
her stanch and helpful friend were
apparen, as she located n poor tene-
utul anu was sHtNu W Itbiu bnt
floor below the attic. From inside
came babel Of Juvenile glee.
Upon a couch IA the stuffy. sparsely-
furnished room lay Lane. pale and at
,enuated but smiling bravely and en-.
couraging half dozen ragged. un-
kempt little ones'to continue feastins
upon Ice cream and cakes set on
table. In one of the windows was
little rude box filled with growing
flowers. This. then. was his royal
abode that two by four window space
his rsolld mass OF bloom"
Ava glided to a corner of the hall
and had good cry. Then she hur.
ried home. There her mother Joined
her with companion tears Thence
both departed In livery carriage nm
hour later. 20 remove John Lane from
discomfort. and almost squalor. TO
their own neat. comfortable home.
Fraud OF the world. but couldn't
help H." confessed Lane. and as al.
why's his wan face full Of sunshine.
$50 many needed what earned more
than myself. And see the friends I've
made You two alone are enough TO