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Show I A STRANGE STORY By O. Henry I Copyright. I:. I.v lajiiihladay, Malta In; puhllahad hv aparial arranaa. mnt wlih lha SVhaalrf H) ndiraia. 1 ln ' (Krorn tha Rnlling Htona.l 1 In lha northara part of Auatln thara onra dwalt an honaat ramlly bf lha 'namanr Hmathara. Tha family ronalat- ad of John fmolhara. hla Wlf. hlmaa.r. jthair lillla alaufhlar. t yrara of aa. , and hrr parania. maklna ala poila lo-j 'aard tha pnpnUtlon of tha illy whan rountad for a apaN-ial wriiaup. but only j Ihraa by actual count. una niahl aflrr aiippar lha till la rlrt' waa aaKrd with a arvara rold. and John Hmothara humad downtown lo aai aoma madlrlna. Ha navar rama hark. 1 h liiiia girl rarovard and In tlma fraw up to anmnnhood. Tha mnthar wr'avad ary murt.mar hrr huaband'4 dlwapiaaaranra and II waa naarly thrra montha hafora aha marriad afaln. and mord to Han Antonio. Tha liltla arlrl alao marrlad In tlrha and afirr a frw ara had rollad around, aha alao had a llttla girl fi4 yaara of aga. . rr.4 at lit llvaj In tha aama houaa whara I hay dwalt whao hrr (athrr had Irft and navrr rrturnrd. I lna night by a ramarkabla culnrl-dant-4 bar llnla girl waa lakrn wuh 1 ramp rollc on lha annlvwraary of tha idtaapuaaram-a or John Htnothara. who would now hava haan hrr grandfaihar if ha had barn allva and had a ataady Job. "I a III go downtown and gat aama madli-ina fur bar." aald John Kmlih for It waa nona olhr than ha whom aha had murriadi. -No. nn. daar John.- rrlad hla wlfa. "Tou. too. might diaapiar frvar. and than forgac to romi bark." Ho John Hmlth did not gn. and lo-gathar lo-gathar thay aat by tha badaida of liltla Tanay i for that waa Tanaya namai. Aftar a llttla I'anay aaamad la grow woraa. and John Hmlth aaaln atlampiad lo go for madlrlna. hut hla wifa would not lat him. Huddanly tha door opanad. and an old man. atoopad and bam, wuh long whlta hair, antrrad tha room. I "Hallo, ha 1-4 la grandpa." aald Tanar. 8 ha had rarogniiad him barora any of tha othara. Tha old man draw a botlla of madlrlna madl-rlna from bia porkal and gava i'anay a apoonful. Hha gnt wall Immadlatrly. "I W44 a llttla lata." aald John Jmothar4.a4 lwallad for a iraatrar.H |