Show ba FOUND HER IDEAL loss of fortune and social standing andino St brought love and happiness by GEORGE C CODD COBB daniel forsythe consid considered dred himself one olio of tile tho inott fortunato fortunate men in the ibo world when lie he a part fier cr with roger hell bell ile iio was vas gettling old hla his now new butil business ness cares bo be light and hell bell was it money maker besides au aides that young honed 1101 rud lucia r were eti aged it was waa tup true that young g bell was waa by ao 10 means the wan man tho alio old busti buBli iosa toss veteran would othild generally have cd for a sou iii law tile tho scion of the dells wua we idle without fickle and it As to luccal she alio lad had failed to find one ona ideal among tho the young men with whom bho was brought in contact in ili the social swim she had arrived d nt a mar ever and the pal anxiety of tier her father was ah to see iler ner settle down as lie ho expressed it 11 sho she sighed a dine and then in tier troal love for tier hor father she eho decided to make a Bacri uce of herself then 1 I hen rudely unexpectedly came the darkest day in the life of old daniel iel with a crash the great house of hell bell Fo forcythe Forey roythe tho co went ent down in ruin all of the forsythe borbi the fortuno was waa involved tile dells however were opre notorious notor loua for having ever an all anchor to windward when uio the creditors were settled with it tile tho nella belle rew flew as ae high as ever mrs dell bell had a fortune of her own and on that thai tho the family could drift along very pleasantly the first thing shallow mean spirited denzil uell bell did was to break the engagement with alth lucia she had expected it and was vaa devoutly glad that it had come about wo we are pau peral mourned her father and now the engagement Is broken it crushes me to think of you lucia I 1 had so BO counted coun tedon on your trip abroad to finish up your our art and music now new now dear papa cried lucia at al most joyously 1 I am tree free to have my own way to really live to bo be of some 1 4 1 IVA 11 J it crushes me to think of you luccal actual use in the world fee cesart 6 artand and music are arc very dear to me but thanks to your great goodness I 1 know a good deal worth orth knowing of both I 1 am going to try to share those treasures to impart my knowledge to the world at large larg e 1 even it if the crash had bad not come declared her father it would not have meant much to me for I 1 am gradually era dually breaking down in health nonsense cheered his bolef uJ daughter A month up among the pines pinea with aunt carrie will soon drive away all such megrims me grims papa you have taken care of me all my life now I 1 am going to pay you back lucia was as good as her word she did not realize that the removal ot oc social restrictions the absence ot of matrimonial fetters were elements in the tha vast courage and ambition that began to come into her hei life in a practical mc way years previous mr air forsythe tho had bad given his widowed sister a small home at wareham and had secured a per manal pension to her this was waa now their refuge lucia found it to be a very verr humble home indeed but comfortable for table cleanly kept arid and what made mada up for all other deficiencies they were welcomed with true love lucia had arranged in tile city to do some illustrating for two publications A music house too had agreed to pay her iome something thing for arranging songs so 80 sho she began her new life with quite an encouraging income e her efel work did not take up all her time and she became immensely interested in the children of the poor factory workers of th the town 1 I declare papa she said one day about six months montha after their arrival la in War eliam aBi 1 I believe I 1 never knew what real happiness was as un until t tl now 1 hint of it this grand air and exi aci se have made you twenty years younger the ho bank Is in willing to pay you well for a few hours 0 of your time as 8 adviser nt alser I 1 am earning a nice little t urn eurn and oh chi these dear little childr jmj j mr page has haa selected those who seem to havo the musical and art instinct and saturdays I 1 havo have tour Alf ferent free classes you should see r i A BO me 0 ot of thear their drawings I 1 am really pro proud U d of af thin chein e Js ia not one ot of my music scholars who would not give up tip a whole li holiday oliday to practice on tho the piano the mr air page she had alluded to had come into lucias life alfo quite prominently of late lie he had chargo charge or of a school supported by the manufacturing plants blunts at tho the edge ot of tile town the work was purely philanthropic it was profound admiration fo for r tho th way in which w alch lie he had won tho the interest tind and lovo love of hla his poor pupils that had haa caused lucia herself to long to be ot in ili cooperating to raise the and educational status of the forlorn little ones onca lucia would never forgot forget to her dying day ono one golden afternoon when she was waa strolling by the riverside with harold pago page discussing now plana for tile tho benefit of their mutual work suddenly Sud donly harold had bad sprung front from tier her side then she bho saw that it a little girl playing in ili a boat tied to the shore near tho the mill dam had fallen into tho the witter water just in ihno mr wado n plunge that rescued the imperiled child from sure death tho the little one wits wa mora more frightened than hurt whon when page carried liar i to L u t grassy plot lucia lout cut down to caro care for tho the weeping child find and lie aci rescuer hovered near by to soothe ties hd with gentle words oh dear mr air pagel page you was so BO good so BO grand to jump p in arid and get fill all wet and up lip just juat for a bad naughty little giell site sho was waa so BO grateful so BO happy that slig eho seized hla his land hand she draw it close to that of lucin lucia and kissed them both bolli and held them there so BO close together that lucia blushed and looked embarrassed it awoke lucia to a quick comprehension of the fact that she eho had found her idi ideal at last it nerved mr air pago to speak out what had been in his heart for some BOOI time miss forsythe Foryt tho hc ho he said eald as they walked slowly homeward anybody would bo be pardoned tor for tho the common belief that you are a princess in disguise and really I 1 was led to believe that hat you were the great heiress they said eald but I 1 have learned that youl you work hero here la Is real soul labors labor I 1 have something more in worldly wealth th than a z n my humble but glad position here would seem to indicate lot let me snarl share it with you and on an such euch a ti dreamy reamy mellow ovo eye nine and with such earnest earnest bordi from such euch a man lucia foresyth Forsyt Fo reyth hf could not say eay him nay copyright by W 0 chapman |