Show I 1 1 0 0 2 1 I I 1 I 1 THE T W LITTLE HELP S a 1 1 I 1 I 1 B by Y N MILDRED L E SWENSON I 1 9 I 1 I 1 i I lw b N F I 1 11 ili I 1 IMS by mcclure newspaper syndicate both glanced lu up p from froia the fashion paper slie she had ileen perusing to where iier mother she was mate matei i ing n dress for beth of course but rith all duo to 16 a style that would dinst for thor dresses had bad to do them for n longtin long tip c e beth sighed Mot mother lier m sh ebald bald you be just tickled to to wake up X some icorn morning ing and find that you could IV go out and get a dress all dildy made in alio latest fas ilori without to whether it ia su aim 1 l wear well 0 or not noty yes dear 4 p pw klimut kLI but jut I 1 JW ai kno tow that would be hwalko J lr LOX 1 I 1 know it mother said Z beth with mth a I 1 slab but goodness me I 1 ao 0 o hope that it wont be like tills this fore forever er I 1 there I 1 mother ir forget that im ill I 1 it a little pig alg I 1 t to 0 core care about it tit at all ill 1 but her cioth or er she knew liow hord it was for her daughter to 96 go without the lie pr arc tty things that she jid had been I 1 I 1 accustomed to lave hate you see mr IMi mariln trvin 10 ad 11 heard eard lifs ills count rys call a short time I 1 before beforehand and had gone to join the colors I 1 leavin ea vin ghis gIli wit wife e and inq sixteen cearold acar old daughter liter ta to get along or on tho amount fiche bank antik after many years of saving li it was lins a small a amount woun t too but Is larger enough enoi igli to keep his 1113 wife and da daughter fighter in comparative comfort 1 ut till hes hould return but without tile the juN luxuries uries of I 1 life I 1 no one knew when the aught tor for humanity would be Lim ended oled rind until it was mr air marvin now C captain mar vin would stay in fra france nee but bu the tha little family lie he had left cejp wei e brou prou annul d of tie the husband and father wha was over alte sea lighting fighting that t they li V illig lif le be free n and d d I 1 d nt r really eally mand I 1 I 1 co cons ril 1 az a little that lie he nilah t have 1 Z v q the lie necessities at the luncheon table next noon beth outlined a proposition it startled iier her mother and mh mude e laiq bieri ri il 11 ize that her little girl was growing up fast tills this was what betha mid zi t she was young and tm and they girls to irk for the lie suir mpr so wily why hiie alie go goa may alay jones was going tonT to rin in Sto stoneville neville and sile she aw wa a ent fent hal half halaris fris na strong its as beth wa j etc but aou would id mrs maryln maryin do with lier her only daughter away from froin her ber for tab sum mer both had that all thought ou out to too uncle jim jlius fathers brothe r find a farin upstate up state a ways and would atif h s sure ure to hire help for the summer why chyr t beth be one of mother could go up for aristi a visit 4 finally mrs marvin deci decided def t to 0 give lve beths plan phin a chancer chance and wrote the letter to uncle jlia Jim then a few days later came an answer why ot of course they could come and lie he would be more than glad to do I 1 q could for his brothers wife and child so sot a week later intel mrs Marv luand and beth were on their way to the farm early in the fall they atme c anle 1 l back 4 home after licar their long summer in the country both tanned and tired but happy and mrs I 1 the summer had been spent to the best advantage and when she iiii ed into baths su liling face slie sile w was asmore 6 niro than glad that she had cons consented e ifer iw tv iier her plan inn to earn extra money loud it thought glit how many pi pretty etty things that same nine money would buy aoi her bittic little I 1 gi serl rl f therefore she was greatly surprised pili sed one day a short time later when lien she lie suggested that they go lowa flown town andio and do soule shopping 1 wit lh lithe tho woney beth had earned to maebeth ha eBeth say no io mother we e ont do any shopping hopping im afra norard lol and then na her mother looked at her lit in no mother not now I 1 II 11 I 1 hotle hope you sou wont mind but well mother n her alv ive sent all that money to dad I 1 it to daal cried mrs alalvin how hott could you BOO the monedi 0 ney that mcnut so much 1 1 I 1 i f there its nil all right mother 1 said both beth 1 I just tell tel you you see free I 1 thought lit be you might inight object J ec t simply because little selfish MW me thought alii wanted abil find so I 1 lid did it before you ou aou could i d knina a anything about it and have hae time tos to stop fop I 1 me you remember alia lat last lett litter er we e lind from dail dad where liere lie ho spoke sip oka oi of I 1 those hoj boys s in ills company who had no ren reil homes or fr friends lenus 2 and he I 1 s said too loo th tint thit it they were eie lonesome C ver oci there and ana eliat it they only had and I 1 something to 0 O cheer thern up tili a graph erash a cheap one ane of course it it might help a lot jot but it seemed elmost liap impossible possible to ralp the money tor for it every one had chipper i in and was as looking forward t to the time when lien there would bould be enough but well elij ou iou know I 1 how long it would I 1 take to got get enough for that pit chono 0 n q graph graab so I 1 knew that my hylt would help enough I 1 I 1 oil oh I 1 go do lip hoalt it 1 did 1 and you yoli dont annl Ini mind nil do yb sou u 1 mother you see cc how it tas I 1 mind of course cours e mrs I 1 mind Slip gatherl gath eroll il lier her little laughter daughter into lier her arms armi anil assed her ter i I 1 As for the hois boys over the there rel they did it get their phonograph and blessel blessed the girl I 1 i ali ho 0 had bad gong gone without the I 1 pre pretty tty that were so att rd to he her that they a 6 few unknown 1 m soldiers who had thought noone no one 0 o lip d for them hem might b hae ate a it little tile iii pleasure oare but it ii v was as not n ot the glorious elo glor rions lous ailed taryl pictured it to be although one 1 of the be little I 1 that c coun one of the things that the people au over tills flits L bread land are aie hint these soldiers of oars evirs may hei kept happy and nd cheer cheerful fuli ea chati it wily may be easier for or the theato ralto taj figi M rf 4 i f ta t 4 i i t 4 jat I 1 N 1 1 I 1 V |