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Show 1 29 YEARS WITH I! AN unselfish! I 1 HUSBAND Bl , TUo Atncrlcaji Magazine, has been ! offering prizes for tliu best letters on- titled "What I Am Most Thankful ( For.' The following contribution fioir. !') z. woman who Is thankful for twenty HK ' yr.&rs spent with at unselfish husband BB' won third prize, and appears with tho H , ' other prtzo winning lottois In tho No- BB I I Tcrahcr Issue: ' . ;j "What I urn most thankful for, un- H l questionably, Is for twenty years of BB, jj mnrrled II to with nu uiibclllsli man; ' j a quiet, studious, witty man that chll HB , dren and dogs lovo and imulcrstauil HH ' i "A man that gave up his college Hf (' career that ho mlrjht help his parents H( l and give hin young bmther a chance BH I "A. man .vho tod.tv supports his old Bjl mother In her own lion,.., so t.iat sne i BB can still foM independent Instead or BB la bis honui, where t!:u expense wou'd HH v to I HH "A man who has honor and duty BH -written In his soul, whoro they nlwtiyr BH , renia'n so that ho docs not need to HH arry a rabbit's foot for luck. BH "A man who twlco has had monoy HH that represented years of saving swopt BHj I jwny In a few weeks swept uwny m' K. through n supposed friend; but honor BHj I railed for him to stand to tho gums, Hi sua ho did not llluch. Hi ; It fs cany enough to bo pleasant m H'lion llfo flows along llko nsong, m! Sut tho man worth wlillo Is tho ono BH'. j -who can smile H, '' I When ovorythliiK goes dead wrong. HHj , 'This man has worked much hard H' er than many mon. IIo has not co:n- BH Flainod, has kept olieeJful, bravo, un. BBk I Ho through It nil. David dravson m' rouIU llko to know htm. BBK "Ho has pity for mankind, is tfey ml, l-now not how to llvo, for tho ood n llfo. l'lty for tho downtrodden and mf crlmlnnls, anil looks forwnid to the HHf' tluio when tho Old World will bo bet- HHll Ur through ovolutlci and education Hfl. "It is a test of character when rue las to wtitch money so ns to mnkc ' tvery dollar count to best ndvui, HI' tage to remain generous still and H& cep from becoming stingy. (l'iriUm H I we, for I know. IJiavo tried to tand m xhoulder to shoulder with 'this man Hft , ind 'ur mo it was a fight to koi BBB tteucrous.) H I "Wo both wanted to do groat deeds. H) ! Wft vciiderful things In, this llfo, hut I ' Savo learned to gv0 one's self, in ' j ' the thousttnd and ono llttlo deods of "orr day that count for comfo-t M.d t lirlpiifnoes tu othors. K ' "'or Instanco: nuslncss takes thlf ' husband of mino many miles nv.-v H mHmmi to n country town here In tho spring no cniv gather lnrgu baskets of trailing trail-ing arbutus. Wo give this to tho sick and aged. Wo especially try to llnd people that knew nnd loved this daln-O' daln-O' blossom in their childhood. Later tho field (Insles como and wo use thorn; but, best of all, for friends and neighbors this man brings fresh eggs, butter and fruit. No chnrgo is mndo for tlmo or' trouble, but there is r. leep satlsfnctlda In being nblo to aelp others, oven over so llttlo. "I.atoly I read of a man who said ho had lived eighteen years of happy narrlcd llfo. IIo instantly received m olTor to nppenr In vnudovlllo. So t is possible that fame nnd fortune nay yet bo ours. What I mil most thankful for is expressed In my first tentenco Twenty years of married fo with an unselfish man." t |