The Washington herald., 1921-04-03
TWOCOODFAIRIES
AID ANTON TOFllD
TRACEOF MOTHER
Illinois Girls Bring Sun
shine Through Clouds
Surrounding Boy.

when Anton Desoviac lett IN
Baltimors School for Boys saturda,
morning with his carfare and hi
mothers new Washington address
scravled on q piece Of paper. h
thought he'd get to this city al
right Just as he had before.
But Anton hadn't counted on los
ing the slip of paper. Whether Il
slipped down the side Of the seat
or blew out the window, Antor
never knew, for he was too inter
ested In . travelling mans samples
to think anything about 1t. But
when he got on the train at Wash
ington he wasn't quite so sure oi
himself as he had been before, fol
he had never seen this new home or
Fifteenth street but once, and IL
year-old boys don't remember the
details of everything they see the
nrst time. One thing he remem-
bered-ft was on Fifteenth street
So Anton thought that II he looked
long enough and hard enough he'd
nnd IL anyway. But hard as he
looked from 10 o'clock till noon and
from noon on till o'clock. no
mothers house did he nnd.
Two Good Fairies Appear.
He was hungry and tired. and
with the approaching night he be-
gan to get frightened Margaret
Crandall and Gertrude Pettitt, two
Illinois girls, came out Of the Sher-
man apartment house in Fifteenth
street about Z o'clock and found him
crying against a lsmppost. Both
of them noticed him. but they didn
stop. A little later one of the girls
said:
Let's 60 back and see what's the
matter with that boy. can't get
him out of my mind"
So they went back and found the
boy still crying. At the touch OF
their sympathy and kindness he
told them his troubles. Betwes.
sobs he said that his mother was q
typist in the War Department and
he told them her name.
About this time a middle-aged
woman came along and seeing tie
situation. offered to call the police
But girls from the West have ulenty
OF initiative Of their own and a little
plan had already formulated itself
In their minds. So they took the
boy to the War Department. They
thought that the Office would be
open and they would be able to get
the address from the personnel Sec
tion at once. But Larry, the big
Irish watchman, told them It was
closed. Larry was their right-hand
man, though, for he Immediately
thought Of something that had not
entered the girls heads-the city
directory.
LARRY Helps Out.
II took about two minutes for
Larry to ind the name but the ad-
dress was not anything that sound
ed like Fifteenth street. The boy,
all eager and responsive now. helped
them out
That's where she lived before she
moved up to Fifteenth street. She
just moved there last week"
2 Il have it." said Miss Crandall.
"call the postolfice and they'll give
Us the new address"
But it's against the rules to give
out addresses at the postoffice; they
never do it," protested the other
girl
But Miss crandall was already at
the phone. How she made them
break all rules and regulations no.
body will ever know. But she final.
ly turned away smiling. She had IL.
When the boy heard her repeating
Il over the phone his face lighted
up and he acted like a different per-
SON
That's it. that's itp' he exclaimed
now. I remember-you take a
Fourteenth street car"
They hurried out, and as they
passed a little restaurant on the
corner, they noticed how the lad
Iazed at the tempting rows of food.
Tries to Pay His share.
Did you have any dinner, sonnyT
one of them asked He shook his
head. Then they wheedled out of
him that he hadn't had any lunch,
either. So they went into the little
As they all sat down at
the table, the boy reached into his
pocket and laid is cents on the table
viii that buy a sandwich and a
piece Of pie?
The girls gulped back something
into their throats and gently pushed
The money back into the child's
pockets. Maybe they didn't order
with trained motherly wisdom, but
hey ordered enough. Anton thought
Ihs magic of some good fairy had
.uA6aprv hean visit al nn0n the n1ara
Thirty minutes later they were all
rfding on the Fourteenth street car.
When they got on, the lad ran
ahead of the girls and pretty soon
he let out a Wild yell.
A little girl. playing In a nearby
yard. heard him and ran and threw
Ter arms around his neck.
Il guess we can skidoo," said the
><Andan girl.
The other one was rejecting.
TT was better than a show, any
way. wasn't itr" she soliloquized.