Logan Republican | 1915-08-17 | Page 5 | Why Joseph Was Sad

Why Joseph Was Sad. H Forlorn llttlo Joseph had called upon mo with n crumpled noto which ho re- luctuntly dragrcd from a rocket. It was H from tho admitting agent of an orphan- ago, explaining that Joseph could not be taken Into the Institution until his head was "cured;" and It gavo some details regarding tho family, tho H worthiness ot tho mother, nnd her ex- cecdlng povcity. Tho ngent hoped that I might relievo her by expediting l Joseph's admlHBlon, I tried to mako H tho child's ilujly visit to mo Interest- 1 Ing. Tho treatment was not painful, but tho end of each visit ho camo with patient regularity oveiy day left mo ns dolorous as himself. Ono iH day I tried, by promlso ot a present ' or any treat ho fancied, to bring out somo expression of youthful spirit jf all unavalllngly. "But you must wish j for something," I urged; "I never H knew a boy who didn't." For the first tlmo tho silent llttlo lad showed en- jH thuslasm. "I wish you wouldn't euro fJ my head, so I needn't go to tho orphan H asylum." Lillian W. Wnld, In tho At-