The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-18

ST. OR DRY
aA. Case rs Investigate:

When Laura Stanhope was en-
gagged as assistant to the marion
d OF the stowe Chi1dren's Home II
was understood that she should
Il have! charge OF what the managers
called the home field w YORK:
y This consisted of regu lar visits 70
the homes or children recon- m end
H ed for the home. and the swatching
OF children who had once be IN
cared for by the home. but mad
later been taken back by their
parents or relatives. Laura stan
hope lived at the Stowe home and
when not engaged on such errands
she was expected to see that the
cook did not pare the potatoes to
thick, that visitors did not give
+ the children too much CANDY 20
help with the mending, take a
4 hand In the pantry when needea
y and otherwise put In about FOUR
teen hours OF usefulness a day.
Here's job for you, sald
Y the matron to Laura one chill
winter day when the snow was in
4 the air. Some OF the lady man
ayers have been concerned over
IAN advertisement that has been
Stunning In the Home News for
i the last two or three nights. They
think maybe there are children
there that ought TO be brought to
the home. Suppose you put on
Your things and take the next troll
4;1ey out Thompson's road and try
%to5 find the place. Here's the adj
.vertisem ent- 1t was. in the Fee
Smale Help Wanted. It's probably
some dilapidated farm house out
fgin the Old Orchard section. Don t
go inside, but get as good an idea
8as you can OF the people from out
4 side
Jane did not read the adver-
tisement until after she was
aboard the trolley that went out
u Thompson S road Then she I'M
folded the hit Of paper and read:
a nice lady to come and
8be mother to two little girls
We're. dreadful lonesome. Don't
come unless you can read stories
out of the fairy book, Please
come to stay always. Thompson s
road and Maple lane. R. F. D. IT,
Laura got off the trolley at Or
chard lane. That was easy 1t
was also easy to find a letter box
"a few hundred feet up Orchard
lane, marked II. The difficulty
lay in the fact that the post to
(which this 1etterbox was attached
TODD III front of a splendid old
Colonial mansion, set far back
from the road, kept in splendid
repair and surrounded by spread
ing lawns and groves Of trees that
showed every sign of constant
care.
The only thing for Laura to do
was to go to the front door Of the
house and ask whoever came to
the door if he or she knew any
II of
&tisement However. she was
spared the necessity of raising the
well polished old brass knocker
on the Eponderous white front door
IA well clad child OF eight or ten
playing before the house stopped
her.
you come Ito be our N 9th
Ser?5,' She asked. looking Laura
over With searching young eyes.
.ss:Not exactly said Laura. But
.I#did see your advertisement and
n s:came to see you and to talk
with you. Do you live herein
this big housco''
z1 Y es,. said the child. but don't
you see no one in
there knows about it, and l don't
want them to know until you have
come for good to be our really
and truly mamma Jeane-that's
my sister-doesn,t know either.
Its going to be surprise to her.
sRtss.s But you, you have everything
you want. suggested Laura, put
ting a reassuring arm on the
gchild's shoulder You ought to be
very happy. You haven't any
any moth err?
NO. said the child, shaking
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