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Show j C r ahjhttmate cncm ar mmmrm : 1 'i ' ; W TOtlCKJ PBVEaLEDIN rnvtSt-UTTZBi -' T ... 1 , eoonrfne ran -lien seryci arc . ' I.KTTCPt FROM ALLV ATHCPtTON TO MR. JOEPM GRAVE HAMIU-TON. HAMIU-TON. My Dear Mr. Hamilton After your generoalty and that of my other frienda to tne, no one need over tell mo that thla world la not full of kind hearted and sympathetic people. I cannot write you all that la wlthJn my heart, but I will accept the check which Leslie sent ma from you, and you will be glad to know that there la great hope of Sam getting back bis sight. One of the greatest ays specialists In the country la coming to aae him tomorrow, but I think that, whatever what-ever ho may .say to him. it wilt not do him any more good than the words you aald to him through He that If ho recovered hla sight, you would find a place for him In your bualneaa. It has given him an Inoentlve to lire. Dear Mr. Hamilton, all I can say Is that both Sam and I hops you wilt get what you deserve while you live and cat, enjoy It. Sincerely and gratefully yours, BA.IXT. BETTER FROM r MRtw JOSEPH ORAVEfT HAMllTONTO HER COTTMTIR MRS" LELIB lAm Closing ' letter -from Rally Atherton written to vour father. I t have "rely Tour father ao i touched aa ho waa by It. I am glad, my dear child, that you are coming home before wa have to leave, and from what you have written writ-ten me. I think thnt John'a mother must be rather a selfish woman. Tou know my dear ahlld. that there sra mothera and nfbthers. Some m? P,v " nd some mothers ssk all. X hv aiwavs tried to stsor toward a middle course. , t have tried to stva to my children chil-dren everything that would make them happy, but I have also tried not to bo so Indulgent that I would hurt the strength and stamina of their character. It ta aald that a eel fish mother makea an unselfish daughter, and vice veraa. I am going? to tell you a secret, my dear Leslie. I think there are soma caaea wars unselfishness ceases to bo a virtue. Kindliness of heart and a arm pathetic pa-thetic mind are much to bo desired, but I have sometimes thought that -these people who sro particularly un-f selfish snd who give In to the wsnts snd desires and prejudices of sotno-I sotno-I one who Is narrow minded, eelfleh and i prejudiced, are too laiy to stand up V for their own, too Indolent to make a stand wht.-h would be bettor not only for then elv, but for the person who aaka ao much. ! Tour llttlo apartment la perfectly lovely. Tou have shown a discriminating discriminat-ing taste that makes mo very proud ; of you, and I am qluta aura that John love It aa much as you do. Ho told mo with great pride that ho- had not aeon tho plana. untU '1 waa - all finished. I expect you did J not tell him how much It ooot, aa men J never havo any Idea of tho amount f of money such things cost unlssa thev thev are In tho bualneaa of selling . them. John's friend, Sydney Carton, 1a due hero tomorrow morning, and wo shall hope to see you the day after you get thla letter. Rear with your husband's mother's idiosyncrasies, my dear. From what John telle ma., she has lived alone almost all of her life, and that la apt to make one both crabbed and suspicious. suspi-cious. Lovingly, ; TOUR MOTHER. |