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Show Neiv Year's f I Discovery V V V I By Kaiherine Edelman ..,f.f,f.f.f frSfjT WAS a typical mld-teoffe mld-teoffe western New Year's eve. TrtIy Snow was falling in soft, feathery flakes, LSjO 'urn'nS the city Into a panorama of beauty. Dorothy Crandell caught her breath sharply as she looked at the picture. Suddenly she Jammed on the brakes; in her interest she had almost al-most run over a little fellow on the snow-covered park drive. Jumping Jump-ing out hastily, she inquired of the boy If he was hurt. "No, ma'am," he answered, half apologetically. "I I'm sorry I was In the way, J ought to have been lookln', but but I was worryic' about ma I" "Oh, It was all my fault," Dorothy answered, an-swered, surprised sur-prised at herself. her-self. "And and I'm so glad you re not hurt It you tell K where you're g-ing, g-ing, I'll take you there." "You see, ma'am," the little lit-tle fellow tried hard to keep the quaver out ot nis voice, "my ma Is real sick and and I thought I could shovel snow for some rich folks to help out." Dorothy Crandell was not In the habit of paying particular attention to ragged urchins. Born In the lap of luxury, she had never taken any interest in those who have to wrest an existence from life. Now she was shaken out of her usual selfishness, and frightened, too. And, too, the manliness of the little lit-tle fellow, coupled with tils solicitude solici-tude for his mother, touched her strangely. Something awoke Dorothy's Dor-othy's heart that had never come to life before. Then she took the boy into her car and drove back with him to the little cottage cot-tage down in the hollow where his mother moth-er lay 111. In the two hours that followed fol-lowed Dorothy Crandell made the discovery that she had been of very little lit-tle real service In the world before. be-fore. For the first time in her life she felt the glow of happiness happi-ness that comes from helping others in need. The gratitude and appreciation of the sick woman touched her beyond measure. Tears had welled up into the faded eyes as she took the bill that Dorothy pressed Into her hand at leaving. "As soon as Jim comes from the hospital and we get on our feet I'll pay it hack," she said. "No no you mustn't think of It," Dorothy answered back. This New Year's experience had awakened awak-ened her to Clie discovery that life's greatest happiness lies " In making others happy. (SO, Wetrn Newspaper Union.) |