Show A ajl i i new years yearns discover discovery y V by katherine edelman fiffe IW I 1 W wt T WAS a typical midwest mid west tern new years eve snow 1 I was jait falling failing in soft feathery ti flakes turning the city into a panorama of beauty dorothy crandell caught her breath sharply as she looked at the picture suddenly she slapped on her brakes in her interest she had almost run over a little fellow on the snow enow cov ered park drive jumping out bas hastily she inquired of the boy if he was hurt hurl no maam he answered hall half apologetically 1 I rm sor sorry corryl I 1 was to in the way I 1 ought to have been lookin but but I 1 wits waa wor worrying worry ln about ma ina oh ob it was all my fault dorothy answered answered d surprised at herself and and im so glad youre not hurt if you tell me where youre going ill be glad to take you yon there you see maam inaam I 1 the little fel fellow tried hard to keep the quaver out of fa his voice my ma Is real sick and and I 1 thought maybe I 1 could shovel snow for some rich folks to help out dorothy crandell was not in the habit of paying particular attention to ragged urchins but now she was waa shaken butof out of her usual selfishness and frightened and too the manliness of the little follow fellow coupled with his bis solicitude for his is mother touched her strangely then she took the boy into her car find and drove back with him to the little cottage down in the hollow where his big mother lay ill in the two hours that followed dorothy crandell made the discovery that she had been of very little real service in the world before for the firer time in her life she felt the glow of happiness that comes from helping others the gratitude and appreciation ot of the sick woman touched her beyond measure tears had welled up into the faded eyes as she took the b bill I 1 11 that dorothy pressed into her hand at leaving As soon as jim cornea comes back from the hospital and we get on our feet again ill pay every cent of it back she said no riol nol you think of it dorothy answered back this new years experience had awik awakened ened her to the discovery that lifes greatest happiness lies in making others happy 6 1929 western WeB tern newspaper union |