The Washington times., 1921-06-20
SON STICKS
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Mother Can Have All | Have y
bud" DecIares-''l'm
Through With Him."

NEW YORK, June 2O.-A seven
iteen-year-old boy, tall, slender, with
jcrinkled, reddish hair and the eyes
of squirrel hunter, sat in Fifth
avenue apartment, bending over an
lalgebra text book.
Now and then his gaze swept Cen
tral Park, alive with motorists, pc
destrians and children on pleasure
bent.
BONING FOR EXAMS.
Others OF his station in life were,
no doubt lolIing on the decks of
yachts, taking invigorating swipes at
little white balls on golf courses. or
sitting behind the wheels OF smart
roadsters.
= themselves through the mental de-
lveloping room in bud" Stillman's
mind. but there was no tingle of re-
gret in his boyish tone as he said
81 left Milton Academy, up near
Boston, during the Easter vacation to
be near mother. Now 1 am 'boning
ike the deuce to pass N y exams. They
begin tomorrow"
A moment of thought. The firm
gazing eyes rested on the little lake
across the way; then, with a note of
seriousness:
"But 1 am glad I came. / don't
know whether / have been of any
use to mother. But just love to be
near her. l wish / could get in the
thick of the fight with her. It's a big
fight She Is winning, and / wish I
InI.x 1. x.rs. faly
completely"
"How about your dad, Bud?"
The squirrel hunting" eyes, gem
orally aglint with humor. narrowed
and the answer came without an in
stants hesitation:
HASN'T FATHER ANY MORE.
at in sort of hard to say, but I
don't believe I have q father any
more. Once we were pretty close to
each other, my father and I. But no
longer. 1 nm sorry to say ] cant
recognize the man who fs seeking TO
ruin my mother Ms my father.
"I cut away from him the moment
found out what he intended to do
to my mother. We are further away
today than ever can't ever look
upon him as my father again. They
say that what's in father comes out
in a SOM Well, II will never come out
in me, i hope.
Those respect tell me I am totally
unlike my father. 1 hope so.
There are certain things a fellow
doesn't like to talk about. But there
is only one thing want. That is, to
have the privilege of taking care OF
mother all her life.
Gee, she can have everything I've
nxxH
have some money in my own name.
II was left to me by my grandfather.
Ny name is James Stillman, you
know, not James A. Stillman. jr. I
can see mother through.
'I am going to earn my own living
always. 1 won't need any money but
i am glad 1t is coming to me for
mothers sake. l may not have as
much as my father. but after l go
through college and get my engineer
ing degree 1 am going to work like
the very dickens to make my own
way. And everything l have and
eyerything ] can earn-every cent OF
twill be at mothers disposal-al-
ways"
STANDS BY MOTHER
This is the boy Mrs. Annie U. Still
man speaks of proudly as my eldest
son." the boy who cast aside oppor-
tunity for gilded living to stand at
his mothers side; the boy who sent
the now famous message: Treat
them. rough, mother. Lots of love-"
Bud Is in his second year at Mil
ton Academy. Last year he played
football and tennis and did little
running. This year he would have
made the ball team. He is rangy,
and he, can "go get 'em" In the out
feld. His life in the woods has
n touehened and hardened his mus
cies. Nothing is wrong with his
batting eye.
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