Show A MESSENGER BOYS SYMPATHY j BY MAUDE LEONE i 1 MISS MAUDE LEONE in private life Mrs Willard Mack is ill at the Holy Cross Crosa Hospital but is progressing iL so 80 o well that she will be dole ible to leave l ave there In a few tew days Yesterday Miss Leone sent for a district ct mes men messenger boy The boy was admitted to her room in the hospital As he entered tho the room his face tace lighted up upI upI I 1 know you ho said youre Miss Leone at the Bungalow Us kids think youre great We wants wanis you to git well and come coine back It was a real touch of sympathy and the artistic temperament of ot the clover actress was moved by the boys boyn well wishes Her feelings found vent In the following verses which came to The last night Prom From what strange sources comfort comeS conies When with trouble waves our hearts are stirred When we lay ky stricken dazed and dumb Afraid our prayers have not n t been heard Theres always something ng sent to prove That we are never forgotten quite v That God still guides us with His Bis love loveTo loveTo loveTo To help us onward through the night nightA A kindly word a tender thought Just rust something to show that somebody cares care Full many a n darkened soul has brought Out of the depths of a 1 deep despair One day I lay ina in a darkened room Where illness claimed me for its own Then a few kind words from boyish lips ups lightened the burden my heart had known rm Fm the messenger boy You sent for me Why I saw you on the stage one time You looked so young and happy Gee Im fm sorry youre sick I think youre fine Just lust boyish praise in a boyish way The kind that is on the square But it lightened the rest of the days for me And it lay on my heart like a prayer |