Evening star., 1921-07-10
HE good Samaritan stepped out
of Scripture into Pennsyl-
vania avenue southeast the

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of Scripture into Pennsyl-
i vania avenue southeast the
other afternoon. You might
possibly got have recognized that
immortal parsonage in the nifty
young man who was sprinting by.
and it may. be that you would not
have considered his helpfulness on
| a spiritual par with the first good
deed that has brought him the fame
Of undying praise. but anyhow:
Two bare-legged tads were sprawled
out on a sun-baked pavement trying
to doctor a wagon that was suffering
from wheel trouble. 1t was one OF
those red runners that boys get for
Christmas gifts and which are nat
| urally entitled to go wrong by the
Fourth of July. And it had gone
wrong, all right.
1t was so sizzling hot that a pass
ing woman paused to ask why they
didn't take the wagon to a tree.
where they could be more comforta-
BILE. This was too idiottc a sugges-
ton for answer. as anybody could
them for another helpless second and
was moving on when the good Sa-
maritan. in q monkey-back suit, in
stead Of his official robe. which was
perfectly all right. seeing that fash,
ions change alike for saints and
sinners. halted. in turn.
He knew exactly what was wrong.
And the boys knew that he knew.
1.-The w'eel has wun OF an the
scwoo's lost" The two tads said 1t
together. which showed. also. that
they knew what they were up
against.
The wheel was certainly off. and
the screw was obviously gone. but
there is always a way. In this case
it meant cord. So the young man
popped into the corner drug store, pre-
oaasink 1wS shakes rams niousS ssi. tRs wagon was
in Commission, the boys flying down
the street like winged victories ano
the young man-having served MS
nsighbo1 nshI1rss even en- hia Tat0 way. sne
And as the woman got ner iass s
glimpse Of boys and wagon the
thought came to her: .
Il might have given them Ice
cream cones" ,.
were on hand-the good one ana
the other.
A WOMAN from an incoming train
n was welcomed by man VINO nad
been waiting at the gate. When the
raphsodies were over and he nad
taken her suit case, man IN rail-
road blue, passed. smiled at the "om-
an and touched his cap.
That's the conductor on our train.
and he caught me In the FUNNIEST
mistake! Oh! I'm 80 glad to get nome
electric grill in Philly and it weighs
a ton. He said my sleeper was lower
eight-don't set 1t down like that!
I bought you one of those new styie
class shaving mugs-and l thougnt
he said lower rate and"say. mas mas
the golden ;ns,gS glow i gr9SMn fSaf bush every
The 1oke doubtless frothed out later
among the bubbles OF Joyous nome,
coming, but to one lonesome soui
who had come back *" With h.d no followed GhS ID
behind to the car line. 1t seemed that
no conductor was worth rememner-
ing alongside OF home with a push
Of golden glow In the yard-ano
faithful Jim-husband that couid pc
relied on to meet his wife at the train.
p SIT has to be stated that he made
a remark to the effect that she couid
have bought the grill here and had II
sent home-and what in thunderation
did he want with a glass shaving mug !
He was glad to see her. You could
tell \
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THERE 10 q mighty tree that
L reaches out its branches to shade
| a high-up apartment porch across the
next yard. The porch belongs to q
little mother who housekeeps for her
| two boys, and when twilight times
come the place makes breezy bower
with stars and clouds for contin :
uous movie show-with a chirpy
neighbor on another porch, which be-
longs to the lady of the tree.
The. little mother is triumphantiy
, independent of the servant problem,
but-you know how fate insists upon
sticking her fingers into family pies
one day she became i'll and the boys
turned the situation around and
mothered her, instead, After . bit.
when 1t got SO she could potter around
with the dear youngsters guarding