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Show I THE -:- ! TANGLE LITTIPJ FROM JOHN ALDEN pniacoTT to 8VONy carton. I dMn't have time more than to Juat aak yeu to be godfather to my new eon when I aent you that clipping. clip-ping. And. beeidee. It eeemed to ma rather terrible to bring Pauia'a nam into th letter In which I told you about Lealle'e being eo near death. I'm awfully glad faulw fi gone out to Hollywood. 1 think ahe will make a great aucceaa In moving pic-luree, pic-luree, and Ood knowa I wlah hr evertyhlng good that life might bring to her. f auppoae, according to oar grand-mothera grand-mothera I ahould draplee poor little Paula. But. contrarlly. 1 only deaplae myaeir. Will we ever gat thla aex Idea aa It ahould be on a elngie atandard? Th only aln that Paula Perler ever committed waa In loving me too much. Hvri. and. although the prudea and prune might crlticlae her greatly. 1 only feel that X ahould aak her for-glvcneaa. for-glvcneaa. lan't It atrange. Byd. that " I am taking In my arma every day a child of unknown parentage and find that that child a growing very clneely Into mv hean, whltwwtr own -etfttd t prob' ably will naver look upon? No. 8yd I do not think I could he big enough to bring my own child Into my houae under the clrcum-atancea clrcum-atancea you apeak about. Certainly I could not do It without telling Italia, Ita-lia, and I am too big a coward to tell hr that, too much afraid of loa-log loa-log her love. When 1 think of It new I think the fatea have been pretty good to me, after all. l.alle trueta and rrapecta me. and I am pretty aura that i'aula la going to be no worae becauae of her experience. Indeed, enme people will tell you that It takee a great tragedy and a great heartbreak to make a great ac-.treee. ac-.treee. either on tha atage or oa the acrecn. 1 I wlah you could aee thla baby, 8yd ! He la a peach. And would you believe It? Leelie'a mother inelata that he look like me. Kho aaya h haa that aatne queer little twlated mile which enda la wrinktee In th uoe that I have. I'ntll ahe called my attention to tt. I never knew that I wrinkled my noae when I amlled. Bable. however, maut all have that aame little phyel-ral phyel-ral idloayncraey. for I remember yoa told me that I'aula a bahy had It. 1 thought you were eraay when you aald It waa Ilka me. I am buckling down to work with a new ardor. While Lealle waa ao 111 I could do nothing, but now 1 have much mora to live for than ever be-fofa- . . LieaHe la going out motoring with me for the flrat time tomorrow, and I expect Mra. Hamilton will be leaving leav-ing very aoon for home. By the way. my own mother la taking my adoption of a child very tragically more ao, perhaps, because that everlaattng old maid. Prtscllla Bradford, la with her than ahe would if ahe were alone. .II grlevia greatly becauae aha haa wot heard from mother, but ehe would be more hurt If ahe could eee aome of the lettera which have paaaed between mother and me. What an awrul nulaance an old woman ot puritanical atandarda and ao humor can make of heraelf. JACK. (Continued Monday.) |