Show TELEGRAMS TELEGRAM'S DAILY FICTION STO ST I I LIFE FOR LIFE By DOROTHY DOUG DOUGLAS S. S Copyright 1 1915 15 bv bo the McClure Ne Newspaper News epa e pa paper r Syndicate n 3 l ate John was one ono of or the Idle p poor r. r He had spent the Great greater r part of his tw n- n o years ears In silent condemnation of ot i those people who had chanced either by I their own endeavor or by that of forefathers to have CI acquired wealth wa was ono one of ot those thole men who believed be be- that the world and nd the tho idle die dlo rich i him him a living On clde Idt however and a a. circumstance cir dr- that somewhat lessened the c evidence against ag hl hin him 1 was the thEl fact tact that he had been orphaned at an early Jay dey in lis 1118 life Being of a retiring nature he itt ha had never inveigled himself Into a circle other than one of Indifference thee ence to lo his own welfare rio Tho o within his circle had no ambition of oC their own arid therefore rc non to instill Into pay any one el else c. c drifted into manhood without an Influence for tor good gooc or evil baylog having bay hav log ing left Its mark on him I If his hili mind was wae undernourished front from lack Jack of energy BOal eo so al alo aiso O was wall his lis bod body and found 1 lt at 25 lying In a a. hospital 1 without the ne necessary str strength to undergo an on operation operation op op- op- op Perhaps for tor the first time in his life desired to go on living lie wished d that ho lie had bad spent pent le loss money on cl cigarettes and more mora on br bread 10 o that thaI his bod body would not be In tho the humiliating position po po- altion of ot abject weakness eaknes A u spar spark o ot of anger flamed in hl hIs hi t eyes es II tho the strength of hi his 1 mind concentrated In con con- damnation of at tho the rich and Idle who bo had hadnot hadnot hadnot not only food tood In abundance but all iU the luxuries that he lacked Th The soft oCt burring burning of ot a limousine at tho the hospital door only augmented a d grievance and arid h he turned hi hie face faco to the wall He would pot flot have believed belle had he ho been told at the tho moment that th the young oung la lady stepping out of tl the limousine had bad come romo that her blood might be transfused Into his orns orn's veins When he turned his face tace from rom tho the wall at the tte command of oC the surgeon shrank within himself Beautiful and glowing with Uh wonderful A. A and health wa was the girl who stood beside bOlde tho the surgeon This Thill young lady is 18 s to give you OU a anes anew new nev life lIro Dr I Ina n sate said i am ant going gains to your transfuse body some of at her Iter ler pure nuro blood Into wo wont won't t have hats h liar her I I r do It It I muttered weakly and turned hi his hIlS shamed taco face a away from train tho luo radiant girl sirl In whose eyes phone a R great pit pity But you ou will not deprive me of or tho the pleasure It t will afford rue me she sho said Id quickly iu iii n a 8 voice oleo eo so musical 1 that Cran Cran- born orn vibrated with th tho rhythm of ot It iou You fou see I have been on Dr Lyman's it for tor a a. long lone time and amid never before have havo I been allowed to give Ivo my py bloOd to any of his patients Now ow he has called me hero here be because ho- ho cause my blood agrees r es In lii c certain pathological pathological patho- patho logical l particulars with yours ours o rs and I do doro doto to ro want to do title this little good In i In tho world S She o wa was look looking Ins Ins- with actual pleading now Into the eyes she eho had lied compelled com corn d to meet her own i j have everything every every- I. I thing In the World orld pave avo the knowledge that I r O ha have e saved cd a human II life Surely I m I you OU will 11 not rob mo hue of this desire A weak sob shook bod body and he closed lute hlA ee eyes I Dr Lyman motioned tho the girl to remove her wraps Tho The surgeon then prepared his largo bingo caliber r needle by which the vein ehn to tor r vein till in t and nn consequent scarring la is I I avoided but must have ha b been ca unconscious during the proceeding for or he Knew no more moro until a warm contented i souse of ot well vell being permeated his Ills bod body I The Tho room hind had grown dark darl and he was I alone ilon t lon except for his n nurse re who f sat cat A t quiet quiet- ly Iy beside belde him I would 1 have we woken save Kive that thata I Ia a bense of oC complete shame hame held him silent I A woman or lr rather a mere girl Ir and ono I of or the idle rich he ht had So eo systematically condemned had given h he her i life lire blood to tosao tol him hint Ills His goo save sao for or nothing I bO body had been purified strengthened and made whole by the act of pI f charity that not noti I one lOP out of or a nd persons could offer Pure blood bloo did not run nip In every set Bet of veins tins Had th the girl be hen n a needy J person parson who was wal making the blood sacrifice for tor forthe the tho 25 fee teo she could tarn might aught have remained tho the Cr of oC his ea call early manhood But the fact fael that a girl beautiful wealthy and arid refined had e of offered of- of fred practically her life me that his might bo be I saved flung once and for all tints time Into a path where no shadows 8 of JI pst t failures were to darken th the Wi way After tho the successful op operation on he lie lay la regaining r his strength lh and planning some sonic kind of or a future for lor himself The Tho girl Edith r. r came cam a few I days ater afterward td to see how was all progressing and end to n assure uro him that she I had Ip Iri no way suffered b by tho the Ion sion Dr had advised the call all since was torn by doubts as to her welfare re reBut But Wh Why do O you OU f feel teel el called upon to risk riek your life liCe In this way 3 for tor one that thai may bo be worthless Dr man layman tells me that your our name Is III down on the lists of ot four our surgeons and that you ou might bo be called upon at al any time Utne to make this sacrifice Cran orn said taM while his eyes looked steadily into h her r clear sparkling one ones Principally because the the dearest brother broth broth- er In tn the world was td caved cd to me by the generous transfusion which was of offered him by a man who wa was O down and out I have huc always vowed to seek anc and seek eek until I could g c a lIfo for or n a. a. a life lICe and ami In someway tonic some Ij way repay the great Teat debt o of gratitude The man roan who whet saved m im brother has climbed td up tho the ladder of fame no now an and l And frAnd you ou have given I n life lite to me itte Cran- Cran born horn said d softly and amid 1 I I. I t too Gol God willing will III log ing n will build up this mis 1 bod body of mine mind eo so that my ray name will wilt one day o ap appear appear ap- ap pear on n the surgeons surgeon's lI list t that t Is honored b by yours jours oure I J. J too will plan piau to give gh a 11 life JIle for tor a 1 ur life When she sho had left him rut real l that from rom the tho moment of ot her com corn h In Ing Into his fo 1 ho had seemed to be bo a different man Was it her influence or merely the awakening of oC the thc latent ambition am an- biton him He lie chose to attribute attrib ute uto the to 1 and her wonderful fund of ot human sympathy That she sIte was happier for lor having ha saved 3 d his life lito was wan moro more than evident In the cairn cal Jo jo l that radiated through her bel being beIn She h had d not so definitely expressed that feeling at the first meeting and Cran Cran- born knew that If It doing good makes one so 90 completely happy happ then good It was that he Intended to do Ho smiled softly In ini- ini n sl- sl I- I I I I. I I m I but Jont condemnation of or tile ho idle poor poor toe in circle from h he h had flown Perhaps then a year car or two tuo later th the happiest da day of ot his life lite occurred when h he saved od a life lito and felt the same ume radiance flooding hl his being that Edith Mc Icke had hud t felt lt wh when n she had given life me blood to a JJ ln man had lund been riding hl his mar In inthe l the tho arly early morning when a n se second od mare man frightened by the din of or a motorcycle dashed toward him had on onlY lime Uma to grasp the situation z see rocK lock rocky precipice ov over r which the frightened mare mar would hurl her rider rhIer 3 and nd to to swing himself himself him him- self like a flash tram front tho the saddle He opened his eyes after being dragged and nd looked straight into Edith fi own He Ho felt her sigh of ot relief I thought I was never whig to find the tl first t you ou was all nil said In dazed nu moment ment He W was S. dazed dued principal principallY because the girls pirl's soft were trail trailing big ing o over er the bruise on his hll forehead Justas Just as ns they the had once trailed in tho the dreams ho had had of ot tier her fc Vo Wo seem destined to keep each rach other in n the land of ot the this living the girl Irl said Mid a trine trifle un unsteadily for aside from the shock chock of that hor horse t s ores eyes were gazing at her 1 A deep color colo Into Inlo her tier cheeks cheek sprang nl We e can con m make ke them lives e that a are wen well cl worth saving If lf you could d lo lore me I have havo been most mOAt successful since you ou came carile Into Info mv my life and I have hav wanted to tell vou tott that t and something else for or- or well ll Jl a and at t least for tor two cau Edith laughed laus-hed softlY an and nd rem sat trying to the time man many hours she ehe had except the tho man in the inn think of someone hospital who nho ho had tried to refuse to per per- f fI I rait rolt heY her I bl bleed to te lie trant veins 5 I Two 5 years Mrs li ii I she said I fU eyu tty t Immediate up 1 tat for loti It teth i m When n th the G Cl I a arun run it li Is a MM Wt lit iii a button bm bot around th the small er erbe tsi 1 n be turned d. d |