Show kathleen norris says say S the bride of a blind man bell Syndic syndicate te features 6 1 F I 1 C Z I 1 hope dolores and david will have as pretty a ul edding as can be managed L alee thrifty days and be back on the campus when college opens by KATHLEEN NORRIS ER father says that HER dolores shall not and must not marry david dolores says that come what may she will marry david her mother cries a great deal and wants to know what I 1 advise and david waits david has a great deal of waiting to do for he has come home from gallant service in the south seas stone blind they quite engaged when h he e went away they liked each other very much the young spanish professor at college who was david and the pretty half spanish pupil who was as dolores before he left david a asked dolores if she would wait for him it if he killed if he came back all the pitiful its upon which our childrens happiness depends in these tremendous days N now ow hes come back blind and of course he feels that he cant talk about marriage to dolores who Is 22 whose people have only one child and a comfortable position in the arizona town it w would 0 uld mean the sacrifice of the childs whole life but dolores is the most determined a of them all she knows what she wants and it is david he can go right on te teaching achini with dolores who speaks spanish better than he be does to help he can live right along in his own cottage on the campus with dolores to keep house for him his handicap will only draw them closer together his els eyes may never see ee his childrens faces but he will see them through dolores wad eyes dad will go on with her allowance have plenty of money should have pretty wedding N now ow an U three say that they will abide by whatever I 1 decide this Is a tremendous responsibility but without hesitation I 1 answer that 1 I hops hope dolores and david will have as pretty a wedding as can be managed in fai these thrifty days and be back on the campus when college opens ready for the new we life together dolores has lo 10 loved v ed david ever since she was 12 2 and he 23 ten years ago he has always been her ideal of gentleness and friendliness and companionship to feel that he needs her that she can be always close to him Is heaven to dolores in her letter written in a round childish hand and stained with tears the she says papa used to ask david to dinner sometimes when I 1 was only a little girl and those u used sed to be great days for me I 1 used to go round hugging bugging the thought davids coming ill hear bear that nice throaty voice of his hell smile across the table i n at t me when I 1 got older and was going to my first parties hed bring me a gardenia now and then 1 have them all yet and a year ago when he went away and said bald something to ene out on the porch one night about wanting ito feel that id miss him that perhaps someday id forget he was dads dada friend and think of him s 60 1 aw 1 Y 10 rr uis bit handicap will draw them closer as my friend as my husband well I 1 lived on that for a whole yearl you dont know how wonderful he Is id rather marry him with his heart and his bis mind than a mil uon lion boys with eyes devotion Is IB uncommon feeling as she does knowing this man as she does dolores has nothing to fear on the contrary th the happiness of marriage between these two the flimsiness of its difficulties cul ties will be a constant revelation and delight to both husband and wife many and many a wife hungers in her heart tor for the comp companionship an these two will know the evening lamp lighted the days school papers read aloud by dolores corrected put aside the world shut out and all their dreams and their love shut in american women have been wonderful in sacrifice and endurance during these years of war now a new job is facing us to meet our wounded handicapped sons and brothers with heroic courage to plan activities tor for them that they can perform with dignity and satisfaction to themselves to save their hurt pride to encourage them to take up life again on new lines to convince them that love and content happiness and usefulness interest and achievement do not depend upon an arm a leg eyes backs that despite wounds and losses a man may live a full and happy alf life e |