Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-27
TgE DAILY NOVELETTE,
p The Jog Of LiciSa
n. MARY wINtFRED FORD

ssrs bsd decided long aCo that IL
u .,-. ,,us for him 10 say "sooJ by"
W. @ "a uor,d> He felt he was IN The
70 'D ~, ~. World would he fsr bet.
w'' ,;,.ho,t aim and TO-DAY. While
tr ~. % sudd,.d nm IN that old rocking
~ .nm,, .vsv A. bis nine. voices
,,,r, s,othsr roor nearby irto
S..,. nO..ys ,,,ottt. sitting room ana
=. hand made him lons for the
.ou. he ws. more than ron.
80 ,h.t he wss In the way.
.,w.,, don't blame me. Grsee ="
.an, hoard Richard. her husband.
,,, n wsm,t for vour father vc
say. =. 4.
could DC "nere :" 10 n'ee A"o warm
hut you know the trip 10 too much for
hin, and then he might be ailins-"
I'M -, :, u.s Al, -. rdn. beo,d b,. III.
ins' '"t w
son -in.hws "oro' wuhs ni' very
heart and not once but often he heard
~. daughter complain and say that "if
n'' -. o.. ,.,h.," ~. ..r,s 4. AT.
h ws'n 10. a., 'ne eou'a 10 .n,'
or she couid 90 tnat. Srace, MS little
sirl whom he had worked no hard for.
wb.n sbe had cried or fused h. b.d
W. ..I.,,.a h,. ,,,..
never compiA'neu' o"' always had en-
deavored to please and cater to her
slightest whim; now she no longer
v,nt.d him. her father. wers thew
Hs 'ne!
waiting for the day that he, too, was
praying would soon come-that very
ko,r u possible?
r. .,,.,.a .. ,..I ,. A.,
nc '''n'u =" WA 'u' .he WINDOW,
and there, smiling In at him with two
fat snowballs in her hands, wns Edpo
,h. ropns s,vl mart door who h.S ,sL..
". =. 49,. 49, 80 na' '.Aeu
quite I lancy 10 tna' oid race looking
out Of the window every day as she
looked In. Her cheeks were rosy and
her brown eyes sparkling, and into
grAndpa's heart came new life as she
smiled on him, and a. he noticed the
youth bubbling over in her, how he
ionsed at that moment 10 have his youth
over again. to be a. strong and healthy
Is she was.
She came close TO the window and
rubbed her nose on the pane, and, laugh
ing happily. cried: Grandpa. they
have Siven me permission to come in
and ST with you II you care TO have
me-" and at this moment Grace came
into the room and espied the fair face At
the window. -.
Come right in, Edna. I'm sure
father would enjoy havinr YOU" ana
grandpa was 20 happy ali he could
do was to puff all the harder at the
old pipe, his heart beating fast to think
that after all some one would care 10
it and chat with him.
"Oh, grandpa, II is lust too wonder
full for words out today! How I wish
you could come snowshoeinE with me
The girls have gone of for the week
end and I have to 70 shoeing alone.
Do you know, grandpa, IL IL wasn't for
you looking out OF the window every
day and smiling so nicely at me, I
should almost die Of lonesome less. True,
the girls are here of and on, but they
have such wonderful times without me.
They don't w-want me. grnndpa-T--
I'm only In the w.way-'
Why, what Is the trouble. little
missy1 When saw you out there,
laughing away, ] never dreamed you
we're unhappy. Now. tell grandpa all
about it-maybe can help you.
p Well. they all have sweethesrts,
grandpa, you know--'
oh! I see-Frank and the Rhodes
boys. often wondered why you were
alone 80 much.
, W,weii, they d.dont want me, as
l SouIo oe an extra one. and-weii,
CONSUMES .;. l wlsn l were dead. It's
tsrr,o'e a.S 10 tnlnk no one wants you. ana
.ss M tsnopa;r st m, msmms I, snd papa
snno! .a .nem. ,inSy "a! IN zoo S SoE.
.s.'us, ~ anu on 10 lonesome: olnce
,ns vau suor s =. % Iam h sN WIN
ou sou. ." ,or r' words w;s% T,en zoo nnId lonI
corno .ut % ;, "'u'' "''h ''' c'u'a
Why W.. ' i;tt,. ,,;.sv !, !. hard % .,;,r
that W, 40 MT w.icnros .vsr ~ ua,s
own home bmt am s,rc % Honr ~ Je Jear
mother and father welcome vou onIv
tb.v ia not ra.i;.. th.t rn,, orc nar,
lonesome Thsv arc nrobablv verv bury
with their problems and never dream
that YOU need their love 80 very much.
Some dsy you will meet nice younr
boy who will want YOU yery much. but
he hasn' t happened along lust vet, that's
an
"Just you wait. missy dear. and then
you will have the best OF them all" and
grandpa puifcd ever ~ vigorously at
his pipe. and in the circles OF smoke he
saw the one he wished Edna to see and
love.
Never mind. grandma. about my
troubles. Don't think any more about
II. am happy to have lust you, and
I do love YOU yerv much" and she
nearly knocked grandpa's nine clean
cut OF his mouth when she huered him
tight and kissed him softly ON TIE fore
head, and she was gone before he could
recover himself.
Another visitor, grandma. for you,"
and George smiled as he slapped grand.
pa caressingly on the shoulder,
"Wby. grandma who was that Won
derful LOOKING Young lady met asI
was coming in, 7 shonjd think Grand
pa. YOU wouldn't keen such a secret