Show The Evening Telegrams Telegram's I Daily Short Story JI A DRIZZLING RAIN AINSLEE B By 31 HOPE Newspaper Notre News t lI 1515 b by the paper Syndicate S I rain was u daring th the eDit ft t to o Atwood Atwood's checks ID la 19 Constance stance Jot out oat V sad Get wet And AmI the rose roses rod s tilt frit iPP OM as she walked Balked the damp damn cinder path P th In ln b cP jk Con Con- and amI afternoon Saturday f f n s herself that ate she had promised of her six knitting the last h n J i the soldier boys bOJ before befog p of t W rocks tor for boat should hould have tailed called L p f Droth brother cr and aud slater being pred pre pre- reby re- re y ring out o of f the tho rain from playing by 8 d would demand tae attention 0 of f If she ehe were at home nce decided to seek neck the steel r she he ore house In tho park where e I JI almer like lete j this sho woe was suro sure to bethe be reached the thc circular circular r she the tle time r among amonI the dripping maple trees r about her snowy snow s iid curls urIs d and her ber checks were era glowing faund rd the le least t mol moist t of limo ho se seats sea ts is i extracted her knitting from he hor r sh po pocket Then Thon sho she began t to tot o being alone and anti sal t a h ly hoop happy to hum t girl sitting alone In a turn sum boase on a cold drizzling da day titter locks Is not nn on every da day pie plc- fe indeed It was such fuch an unusual gt t to Donald Gre Grey when he hc camo upon n t that t he te almost t stopped In his course courset o t are Cut But an Innate sense of ot p pro pro- o oy fix r y kept him from tram doing anything s 50 so o nee looked bolted up liP casually as h he hesed e sed tad uiS her ber calm level leper gazo met his te ii age o droPp dropped d her eyes eyed continued d he her r tOrr t and J the tho man nan strode on through pa path th 1 Bt I the mans man's p peace cc of or mind had b been en IC d. d Only hIs Ilia deep rooted sense of ot run j kept him from retracing hlA for or O ono one moro snore look at the lovely lo lJ Ue lie realized that ho had only a n aKer Ker chance ban e In a thou thousand nd of or seeing Helm ec apr t 1 fa and yet yH at that moment h he oH think of no other pel person n w whom ho he hoi i df dedred to see FCC and again again and often often LIke a ami t men who havo re reached ched the moored of five and d tw twenty nt Donald Gre Grey d 4 i a Ideal of womanhood I Iday From Fromy day y forward Donalds Donald's Ideal was not I n Appearance at nt least leat She had I wv sing if cheeks widely set et dark ark yes c-yes deal ij brown Irown curling hair bair Also his i ikalL Ideal scH ft knit bit After r he tt was out of ot sight of ot tho girl i Slackened n his a j aco to a veritable stroll t. t tt te a handball game to which ho he had hado hadJ o t J when he ha had run face flee toro to toto to ro Into leto Ma hla Ideal girl had suddenly lost rat ernt Before Defore moment he h bad had bada s a 1 lamenting the fact tact that his rooms th club where ho he played plad on Satur- Satur f afternoons had been en tx to to far apart Tb be be did not caro taro where the tho club was wast ted t a. a iU ill lit began to wonder which path the thed d wo ld take when leaving th time the sum sum- r Ue t Not t that he could lay 13 In wait wail ter ter but it would not nol be Im Impossible rK t h her r unseen from a II vantage CV I t. t True ie be would feel u like c mo of ot about the thc park ark whom he I always despised de d d. d an and yet ct If tho the girl Irl rot cot ot ito reo him ho no could bo be doing no one ono m. m 4 enl his musings were abruptly th SS M PS by bytho the tho aPproach of or a n big 11 park vS ft W rot cema leading ne a small mall 3 h hy by the hand hanu- Tho oft of- of err t haa Jt to lo stoop p to keep a hold llola ot of r the y lotI tot lot I Gatti lot lost Jud d he hp said Bald ald laughingly to D r old looked at the pretty prett little Girl ne J gar for r a n youngster like that to aleno I in n the park isn't It 1 ho ro nnA for J. J hc the C Sa Says 3 s 's h her r rt a n lal and nd site she run off vol volun- volun un- un the t e rJ policeman r further Donal Grey paled n a little lou you say 7 Her lier her mother Sorel u e. e not Aint th they all ar an a- a ai n t he It 1 day an night t for Tommy Atkins r r bike o him I tho officer I rap t a Young Joung woman ba back k I III the I riser hero Roust knitting said Donald ona ero asked ke the I J abo show policeman alertly you lee u It e QU quicker c cr and Done Dond Don Don- d a led lb the e way tray back to the tb genes summer l lUe pre trotted the tho big bl etman aM Donald see red J humming gaily gall not to care who her ton tc proton pro pro- were so long Jong as sh she 1 1 waa hating ha little lt excitement t Donald lIuch t f in the tots tot's t eyes II could see ibe saw w the t trio approachinG eo t it stopped Jt d knitting ng and Nd not could JA I t E Eco ne ata at a glance that h on M h. h Rhe 1 looked from ro ono one no to tho the other as tho llio three drew close Atkin yer pardon lad lady but did ye e lose loo this kid 7 asked td the tho policeman n Constance laughed She Sho shook shoo her head No 0 Indeed 1 I Is the poor baby lost She he suro sure 1 Is says Is-says says her hor ma mas ma's 3 a and she run a way away And A nd I I Interrupted Donald a trifle trine embarrassed ed now no that ho he was wae actually In the tho pr presence of ot the girl I 1 hov having teen you vou a few moments since told o policeman of ot you ou when ho he asked It if IdI Id I'd I seen the child a iJ mother This was not strictly smelly true but the truth was embodied In the statement statement- Mas doln doin that said Id the child Rally gaily pointing to Constance and her knitting Is is she h tie dear dear r asked Constance and Constance and Donald realized that sho had lac olce voice too of ot his hla Ideal And where did you jou OU leave ICI your our mamma The child made a vague gesture Over homo home o with lots lota o 0 ladies all and Tho The policeman took the child again b by bytho tho the hand Como on kl kid you cull It catch cold out here sere Ill I'll find her ma ma mat all right Much luch obliged And the bl big policeman and the tho little HUla one ono walked off ocr in n tho the drizzling rain Donald Grey raised his hat Im sorry sorry- Oh Olt it was quite natural Im I'm sure Dont Don't apologize I 1 only hope thc they find the baby's babs mother eoon soon It s 6 not a n da day for lor little ones to bo be out Ion long The Tho girls girl's tone dismissed him and Donald Donald Don Don- Donald ald strode on This limo ho 10 felt des des- cs- cs ato If Ie ho had fwd wanted to know sr her after alter a single glance at ut her he long longed more than ever e now lIOW that ho had seen cen her smile had tend heard her speak peak had stood beside her He Hc would have ha felt utterly hopeless If It ho hu had not nol been a firm believer In th the good l Pr that everything 6 that happens Is for tor the best beet If It this was the way ho was to meet her never ne to are 8 e her again uh why that that was teas niL alt If It she sho were meant for him him and and with hIs bis hopeful outlook on oft life lite ho Ito be believed be- be she ho was was-he nas he would find her somewhere some some- where For n nearly two years ears he lie sou sought ht her nn and 1 then at a n benefit dance given gi to aid tho the widows wIllows and children of or soldiers who had fallen fallon In the tho war he was presented to her by 0 a P patroness of ot th evening I It At t last Miss Atwood 1 he e saidi said ead i And AmI although h tho girl only smiled he had the thc satisfaction of ot seeing In her eyes eyes a n glad sIal I look k as ns If It sho tool too had I been en hoping And An If lf It Is ls fate fare ho raid Id d to himself In a 11 flash nash of ot course couNe sho has been hoping too |