Show THE PRODIGAL SON By Dy AUGUSTUS 0 0 SHERWIN eee HW l. l leis HIS b by 1 waters Itra Now p pet Union He lie was wn n man of ot whims and Im Impulse ulso apparently for tor lie he liens w ns na child child- ishiI engrossed In viewing a pretty prett picture of ot which n a bright attractive looking girl ctrl was wan the center She Sho wet wai just Junt inside th the fence of ot n a clover felland flek fell and w was ns daintily picking the red Jell top tops Tren she sho would go to the tho separating t barbed wire fence reach rench through and pet converse conver e with and food feel a n whito speckled calf culf plump friendly and spotless o of of grime or 01 brier Ive Jc nn on Idea tub Idea totted fatted calf I l abruptly chuckled the tho onlooker Almost Almost Al AI most ns nil pretty as ns the girl girl and ho ha op- op the fence near which Hilda n Strong stood of ot the big hi form farm a n bit tilt hack back whore where they're selling out he lie naked The girl quite startled flushed and fluttered gave n a confused assent Til orn take that calf If It the figure Is right resumed the stranger stran or But Is not for tor sale sale announced an on pounced Hilda She docs does not belong to the farm Mr Warren gave gove her to tome tome tome me when she nhe was the tiniest little thing liking and I have fatted he her hei You wouldn't sell her then Oh no not I Never That Is unless ls unless I had lied to And maybe that may come still Hilda Kilda n a mournful J shadow adow crossIng cross cross- Ing tag her pretty face taco Mr l Warren Is III breaking up and I must look for n a new home I nm an on orphan and have only h R few fow distant relatives Tier Her artlessness c charmed Bart Dart Miller Mil Jet ler r and nd her r II simple dimple ways aroused his sympathy and Interest C. C I he uttered Were Wore pretty near of ot n a kind kindl Ive I've been blen nn an or orphan han myself for ten t that that nt Is I ran Away WRY from home and haven't seen fa ta- Sher or mother since f 1 Oh dear I how could you stay slay away from them 1 chided Hilda I yell Veil I got going careless and rough nn an and bad Then In trouble and finally tl I settlers down to life JICe among the hard test st crowd n rand ranch ever knew It was cards card drink and fighting most of the time Hilda lad Il tl shrunk a n little at atthe the con con- You dont don't look very careless and rough and bad ball she s He lie laughed quite boisterously nt at her InI In In- I rm Im not not now That's why Im I'm going Cuing buck back home Oh lire are you Are you cried Hil 1111 Hilda da do sprightly How glad your folks will be to see you I l Father is dead dlud sold said Bart Dart but mother Is living Using and Ive I've sort of spied out the land before I ventured to let lether her hlf know I was around As I said I Iwas was n reckless ono onn until a n year ago ngo I 1 had hod tone gone oue to prospecting Dod Dad as evil Vl I trained with n hard crowd One day I took n a drop too much nn and a n turn turn- tile We ble I went Into a n pit pit pit-It It must have been over fifty feet felt How flow I escaped being killed I couldn't reckon out When I landed It was on a soft bed of ot Bund on annd-on on my my knees He De spoke the last words solemnly A strange spiritual expression came eyes and Illumined his face until Hilda was fascinated In n an nn Intense intense In in- tense hypnotic way Yes on my knees repeated Dart Bert rT There iere I was was saved saved by the Almighty A I 1 was was vas as I had been at nt my mothers mother's r 3 way back In fn childhood All AU my bail bad life Ufe flashed upon me The words of Now I lay ny me down to sleep drifted drift ed cl dr dreamily through my mind I couldn't o stir for over an on hour AUthe All the time some new spirit seemed d to come peer me Young lady I crawled out of that pit weak and broken broken n n new newman man man manOh Oh how glad mother will 11 be when you OU tell her till nil this I l eked Hilda Dildo With good behavior came come good goodluck goodluck luck went on Bart Dart tersely I struck a rich rich- mine I saved Instead of Im I'm going home a n pr pretty tty rich man and my money will do some ome good for tor I found my mother poor and neglected Im I'm still queer In my notions no dons young lady I know what mother moth moth- er cr will wilt say ay when she sees ses me we coming back hack What urged Hilda breathlessly as absorbed us liS though listening to Home flomo entrancing fairy story Well Vell mol mother her II U is biblical al and nd It would bl be just be-just just like III her r to say In heri her i t kindly forgiving way woy Prodigal gal 1111 son On you OU 0 are ra welcome and for you shall b be killed the fatted calL calf But Dut you ou SEe see poor old soul she has hus no tat l-d l cult calf And ADd your struck say ray fancy tancy And I J thought Id I'd buy her loud her to the old home Its home Its It's only ten miles across the country country and and say Mother Ive I've brought the fatted calf and a bag bar of ot gold and my worthless self st eel lt nil in at once back home Oh Ob she ehe wont won't think you worthless worth less And what a II grand man you have bave been to stop stop stop- stop stop-stop top stop being rough and Careless and andaU all that and thinking so much of ot your dear old mother I 1 And What a blessing you will be be beto to her ber and andrw Im I'm no so glad guid I met you lOU for you can take IY her r. r aTta Its It's all BlI tl and overcome me by her emotions Hilda broke down In tears It was with a pretty ribbon tied around her neck that Whitey was led away from her Iler devoted young oung mis mIll tress Hilda had urged him to tell teU her the end of ot the tho charming story he lie she the theold theold old lid mother and Whitey were acting out Mother says she he must see lice yon lon you reported Bart Dart two days doy later Hilda we e haven't known each other very long but long enough for m me me to know that I love lov you and want you to help I me tie le make mother happy |