The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-23

to me. You, of course, have the same memories of Harry Glendening' 8 father, as l have. I'm sure he has always seemed to you as he has to me. a rather weak, good natured man, of no particular emotion or purpose in life But just listen to this story written by his son"
 Again taking up Glendening's let ter, he read:
 Dad, in his early youth. committed the usual indiscretion of falling des- perately in love with q girl whose parents objected to him because he was poor. They forbade her to have anything to do with him.
 As lovers always will the two met in secret for over a year and the result was that the poor girl died when her child was born.
 Her parents, deathly afraid of scandal. succeeded in hushing up the tragedy, but they absolutely repudi- ated the baby. Dad. not yet 21. took upon himself the care of 1t.
 "The child was never quite right and needed constant care which. of course meant constant expenditure of money.
 For years every cent that my father could make outside of the bare pittanee which went for his clothes, his bed and his board, was used for the support of that child. Dad al- ways felt that it was a pennance that he had Ito pay for his youthful love affair-a kind of divine judgment. as 1t were.
 "When I learned this tried to mak e him see that the parents of the girl were also culpable. Very probably if they had realized they could not regulate the lives of their children in such matters as falling in love and marrying, he would have been hap oily welded to hls first love, and the girl alive.
 "Father shook his head when I urged this point of view. Ann's parents only made a mistake,' he said gently, but I sinned. And I had to pay It Is right that l should. But while I want you to understand. my boy that the law of compensation Is always in force. I have never been quite able to explain--even to myself why the innocent should suffer with the guilty. Your mother, Harry, has always suffered with me
 "It is foolish to speculate upon that which might have happened, continued dad, but I want you to know, Harry, that l never loved that poor girl as have your mother And want to impress upon you, my son, that whatever may be the trend of your life--its hopes, it's joys, It's dis appointments or griefs-your only human chance of real content in this world Is to marry some good woman and raise a family of children in such way that they may honor your gray hairs
 Poor dad. I'm afraid he has never been very happy over me. l certainly never brought him any honor. h. deed, I've always been worry to him. He has worried over my health my business prospects and he never did take greatly to Doris. Our not having children has always seemed to him a great mistake. And this di- vorce, I am sure he will call a tragedy.
 For years, my father, after the ter rible ending of his first love affair lived the life of an absolute recluse He never made enough money to keep the child comfortably and at the same time allow himself to go out with young men and women of his own age. Besides, he always seemed to have a feeling that he had com mitted an unpardonable sin and was not fit to associate with others oi his kind.
 At last the unexpected happened He fell in love with my mother, who at that time, worked beside him in l the office where he was employed Shortly after this he was offered a position in town quite distant from his old associates and association Tomorrow: Puppy Love" Copyright, National Newspaper
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