Show ern rh rU 1 J l 1 Si It Pit S CUTT s S- S TO vo I-I I aim nl 01 or 01 Till nir si loll nn DR IM I'M LIt It Jt doesn docen t seem cm possible po little that thit one Olle t A lire life c cAn llIn n com com- completely com com change chang In twenty tour twenty hours Yesterday when hen I you 1 think I 1 was s the happiest st woman oman on onea onearth earth ea th and today I kro keon there thero I is Innone none more miserable Jack seemed so 0 and ind 11 1 i 1 I 1 p ip-p p to ha lint have e me mite home hoin He lie I hat hi 1 A Anice anice nice dinner waiting for tor nir hie and after atler wo na had hod put I the he baby to b bed d dhe he canto Came and sat beside helde me on the sofa and putting pulling his arm around me and ond drawing my head hend Oye over on his shoulder he ho told lold mG mr how glad II ho was as that I 1 had coned conle b back ck l cannot tell you ou how lonely lv I ha hate habe 0 be been n dear deor heart henl t he Said eald aid Not since Ince the baby camo came had he I been no so 10 III e and set et all the while there was aft va a kind ot of some some- lhing bet between een us u Finally we no e began to Ok talk of ot Paula Panl Perler Perier r I m sure sur you ou know the gossip that Is going about the town n I Les- Les Leslie lie I r dont don't know any gossip I an- an ans an s ered I I newer never let people talk gossip goI to me Arc Are Lou vou sure you do not know kno that every one ono has hM said ald that It was as I Paula Pauls Perler that put little Jac Jack Jackin In front ot of 0 our door I I belies helle believe e I have hav heard some some- something something thing like that but I 1 paid no at- at attention at al attention ten lion to 10 It II I thought It was as I Iten l God od Jacks Jack's arm arOI clasped me tighter tight and hi his hia lips III's touched my m hair lov- lov lov lov ln g I l 1 am ant e at that time lime If It It I hadn't been tot toi that blessed baby bab babI I 1 wouldn t have hate wanted to 10 live lie he I nid It If It lash ass a Paula Perler I 1 shall hall hall bless her as long as I am on this earth I was almost Sure lure the Othet othel day when she was as hel hoc e that hat she ahe was wa re and nd trul truly ruly Jack Jacl Jacks s a mother and oh oh hon ho SOli sony y I was for tor her hor i I do not think I could h hive lase e been as big ble IS ns she he Wa was w If It I really leally sere elo his mother I could not h have hate e gone without telling my secret I think I should have hate made a 0 scene John and Insisted on taking my bab baby home with Ith me She is a big woman oman dear doir de and Stange sli ne I a as aa It may y seem Im I'm going to tell you ou sho Is la a good oman even hUe chile I J confess to te you ou au that Paula Perter I Is the Iho mother of at your adopted bl b babe Why do you ou au say any ay your your adopted babe John Iw In t little Jack our adopted 1 baby bab 9 No o a my deal deaf He Is la yours oura by hut but but but Leslie Lelle God 0 me Ine I l am m his hla hi 1 meal iel eal father I felt rolt my oyos C eves es widen Iden with alth sur- sur surprise prise and horror Don t t laugh at me Jack I do donot donot d not II like such auch kinds ot of Jokes 1111 I m ni not laughing dear heat halt t I Iam Iem lam em am tr trying Ing to tell toil vou that Paula put little Jack In front of olour our door because sho she was wai almost almo starting Ing and nod she had found that no one would a young wo- wo womAn woman wo woman man with a bah and she he decided th that t as the child belonged to me and a ai I J n was tsar perfectly able ablo abl to bring I It Il up In the comparative luxury I was u the Iho logical ono one On to take t ke car care ot of It Copyright 1324 1924 NEA Sn Service Ice I Inc I More lore or of or the Hie let let let- letter tr ter from froni Leslie 1 Pr oll to Leslie ante caro of or time the secret da cr |