Show T T TT 1 H A M A t 1 4 5 5 I I r 1 New t Year eals s t Di Discovery overy a I. I I r. r V r oft By v ByI N I Katherine Edelman t Ii- Ii J ir f T T Hr 1 H w T WAS a t typical mid west OW lL IL tern New Years Year's eve e Snow I was falling failing In soft feathery t 7 flakes turning the city Int Into Inton u n I panorama of ot beauty Dorothy Crandell Crandell Cran- Cran dell en caught ugh t 11 her 1 breath sharply as she she looked at nt the picture Suddenly she slapped 1 on her brakes braKs In her Interest she site had almost run rUD over o a little fellow on the snow cov ered park drive e Jumping out ont hastily she Inquired 1 of ot the hp boy If he was hurt No maam ma'am he answered half halt apologetically Im I'm 1 Im I'm sorry sony I was In Inthe Inthe the way I ought 1 to 10 nave ha neen been lookIn look look- tou- tou P r In but but hut but I 1 was a about b 0 u t ma mn ma h T Oh It was all nil j my fault Dorothyu Dorothy u answered n s w ere d su sur surprised surprised r- r at nt herself i And And and Im I'm s so glad slad youre you're not notS S hurt If It you tell m me where youre you're going Ill I'll be glad to take tape you ou there 5 You see maam ma'am maam 4 the little fellow tried hard bard to keep the quaver qua out of ot ofF F his voice my ma maIs maIs maIs Is real sick and and and- and 1 thought maybe I could shovel snow sno for some rich folks to help out auto Dorothy Crandell was not In n the habit hubit of ot paying particular attention to ragged urchins Born In the lap of ot luxury she had never taken any In Interest Interest interest In- In terest In those who have ha to wrest an nn existence from life lIte Now she was shaken out of ot her usual selfishness s. s and frightened too by the thought that she might have killed the boy boys And too the manliness of ot the little fellow tellow coui coupled Wd with his s solicitude Ir for his mother muther touched her strangely Something awoke Dorothys Dorothy's heart that had never come to life lite before Then she took the boy Into her carand car carand and d drove r 0 e b back backwith n c k with him to the little lit tie tle cottage down In Inthe p a the hollow where his iris mother lay ill III In the two hours that followed Dorothy Dor Dol Dorothy othy Crandell made the discovery ery that she had bad been of ot v very II little t tie I real e a I service e In the world before For Forthe Forthe the first time In hei het I Ilife life lite she felt th the glow of happiness that comes from helping others The fhe grat gratitude I 11 t u d e en n a and n d appreciation r of at the Mia ctrl sick n touched her be beyond ond measure Tears had welled up Into the the failed faded eyes eves as us she took teok the bill hili that Dorothy pres pressed ed Into her hand at lit leaving len As As soon as Jim comes back from rOm the hospital and 0 we get et on our nur feet teet again Ill I'll P pay y every cent of ot It back she sial said 1 No No no I you mustn't think of It Dorothy answered back This Now New Years Year's experience had awakened her tier herto herto to the discovery that lifes life's greatest bu happiness lies In man making others happy g 1929 Western Newspaper Union |