Evening Star Newspaper, October 29, 1927, Page 24

READ ESTATE. THE EVENING STORY Stuffy’s Wish. TUFFY RAYMOND hunched himself closer against his news- stand in an effort to secure all the shelter its scant width af- forded. Rain beat down with cold persistence upon his thinly clad shoulders seeping through his worn slicker and sending cold rivulets trickling down his spine. Stuffy's duty was to keep dry his supply of evening newspapers and magazines, and in congequence his own frail body suf- fered unduly. < Yet Stuffy did not complain. Great- er misfortunes than a cool drenching were frequent happenings during his 15 years on this earth, and he accept- ed this mild rebuff of Mother Nature withh stoical fortitude. Perhaps had Stuffy’s mind been un- occupied the misery of the present mo. 1sed him to wince, was a weight reflection and | ng flight of imagination ren- dered him obl his discom forts. A headline in one of his new papers had set him to thinking. “MILLIONAIRE _ ADOPTS ORPHAN GIRL." “A millionaire!” he soliloquiz and I haven't a cent! POOR have | own 1 or some- Shilosoph. | \ newspapeis or food with.” He sighed 10 buy thin’ ed All the automobiles and base balls I'd thought, “sup- | I was to meet a guy like that, who'd adopt me an’ everyt He turned so that he the hur bilists_who through the ¥ “all rain, The people, most of the immediate vicinit, 0[1 s stand, which stood on a busy corner in a well-to-do neighborhood. great ("1! \\\xrled up the misty h_geysers of dir Suppose'n,” he nd automo- homeward | were well | them, who | | “Supy he went on, “the zuy | in that big car wanted a boy like me— | and would give me— His reflection was broken off short by a sudden swerving utomo- bile. He glanced up quickly and saw | 2 little girl in the middle of the street. As the driver attempted to stop, the car skidded. Di efforts the machine swi l(n\\‘llll 1 and tow instant between cav: iz the gi In another been crushed the newsstand. : Stuffy acted quickly. Flinging his little body into the street, with one arm he swept up the girl and swung her upon the sidewalk. As he did so, | the car skidded clo: the fender. ctruck his retreating form and sent | him sprawling in a heap upon the | sidewalk. | With a laugh, Stuffy arose. for a painful bruise ac s the of his back, he was unhurt. The l:h:! was on her feet also, crying hysteri- cally, but unharmed. | The sedan paused for an instant, | and the driver, seeing the two on their feet, sped awa; Two onlookers | rushed toward the pair, but alread: Ktuffy was consoling the child. | he said, “it's all over now. You didn’t get hurt.” He placed his arm about her and patted her head. T've got the number of the one of the onlookers, hand Stuffy a slip of paper. Huh?" he grunted. “Oh, T don’t want it. But wait, maybe the tvke T don’ think she was hurt, i the car | He thanked the men and led the | child into a nearby store. Her tears had ceased to flow by this time, and in a plaintive little wail, she told her story. My mother’s name Povlona got married to my stepfather. name's Annie Rushovic an’ my ‘cause she He You might as well GET THIS NOW! 1365 Hamllton St. N.W. | zood to eat.” |ing of hopelessne; | him deepl; don’t bring her no money, and we can't eat and she had to go to work and got sick and couldn’t go.” The girl spoke in a dreary mono- tone, pausing now and then to sniffle. live down on Allport street, hut I come up here,” she went on. “A girl In our block was 'doptcd by a millyun-aire so 1 came up here where they's a-lots a_mill-yun-aires so I could be 'dopted too and give my mother lots o' money." As the girl spoke, Stuffy's face reddened. She wanted to be adopted 80 she could help her mother; ke wanted adoption so he could hu tomobiles and | in an instant the Tatility and | ness of his dreams. He clasped her little red hand in| his, called to the proprictor of the | | store to watch his stand | to_Annie’s home. | He found her mothe ing, middle. i | tiny flat_over ore. She wa | noc pri at o xl\ smi Ani s Core ul\m! Annie told, in he hildish treble, the story of the; cue. | Stuffy carefull; €crut a4 the | Bl poorly furnished room that as parlor and bedroom. H s as large as the tw is dingy flat. It |the compared with 1 he shuddered | k mother | ], w ling which compris was light and airy, the Povona home, at the idea of Anni: dwelling in so m ‘[ ask vou Mrs. Poviona, t “but no zot mnothir . ¢ | clar othing to eat,” commented Stuffy |y to himself. He never went hung for all the pinching and denying he 1 the ind 1st a minute,” he said) xnd ex the 5 himself, he dashed out He returned a few inut a great armeul of groceries N he said, “we ¢ swell supper The grateful woman wept loudl nd thanked him over She apologized for not having food. You see Pete Povlona he not come He drink bad stuff all time. | Last week he shot mon and now he in I work but get seeck. Now no can do.” Next morning Stuffy w: his stand early. A tend well being poured throu | mingled with it w: sus 1: be i iznant feel- he plight of | Mrs. Povlona and Annie had touched and he made a vow to | His own meager cireum- | however, dep: ed his mt determination ! s of helping them d them. came to him. As the rich morning par: tor cars filed past him. sudden return of the desire e of mo. | come to him the p would adopt me,” he enthused. what 1 (‘nulfln'( du for Annie!™ But. shucks,” he added & moment | later, “that's just punk dreamin’. I gotta get busy and do somethin’ He cast a spiteful glance at the| flow of automobiles. Fuh!” he grunted, “if you guy: knew what a swell kid Annie is an’ | how much they nced your dough. But the great river of motor cars | sped on heedlessly. Some grim reali- | to Stuffy as he watched. “All these guys with ioads o’ money, | an’ I had to be the one to find Annie | an’ her mother. Why couldn’t I be | Tich?” | ‘There was a trace of hitterncss in | his thougits, a bitterness unusual in Stuffy. In spite of himself he fsll to dreaming again. “Gosh! What if I was ricl, W] h’l( | if one of those g did adopt me! Or just give me a little money so 1| could help Annie! ! A large sedan drew up at the curb | and Stuffy seized a paper and thrust | it into the outstretched hand. The exchange was quickly made, paper i 2P 1321 Ingraham St. N.W. 14th Street Terrace 8 ROOMS, a Iarge living porch, a man’s room, two tiled baths, shower, open fire- place, equipped kitchens. - ROOMS, large front and double rear porches, open fires, two tiled baths, shower, equipped kitchens. $16.950 3641 R Street BURLEITH 6 ROOMS, tiled baths, with shower, double rear Porches SorEobhentaces HNy light basements, equipped kitchens. $9.100 to $13.750 AH Hcmes Are Opcn {01‘ YOL\!‘ Inspecfion for _money. and the car rolled on its voice cried, “Well done la | boy, Il meet you here at 4 th Stuffy the same number until it became a bro: passing motor benevolent CRINOLINE TROUBLES nd started | Train Inspector in London Sees LONDON. William Pryor, “Why, when the ladies wore hoop. skir hings | Then there came another tussle to get | them ! possible to get == THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D._C. SATURDAY. OCTOBER 29, 19°7. ‘REAT ESTATE. — e 1 | But_instead of the usual pen- in the |(l of the | the hearty | t night, my | (Continued from Page Twenty-three.) | after- Gardening in Washington morning. vear ean very well begin preparations is Autumn. The soil may be plow- | then glanced up [ed or spaded deeply, leaving it in a The license hore | broken, rough condition with full e the onlooker Fad |posure’ to the Winter freezing en him the previous eveninz. A |thawing. M injurious insects wi > slowly spread over Stuffy's face [ thus be destroved by disturbing their | 1 grin. The | Winter abodes. Stable manure m s seemed to purr in [ be applied with advantage at this time unison as he pictured [and by Spring will be thoroughly nie's small face wrappad in Fappy | ted and available to the plants. Wh iles. {one is dealing with a tenacious c TH | sifted ashes put on to a_depth of three (Conyr to four inches during Winter will help | s to get the soil into an easily workable condition. Late Fall is also an excel. | lent time for broadcasting lime and |acid phosphates but the quickly avail OF OLP DAYS RECALLED |abic and expensive nitrogen fertilizers may be better applied in Spring. | CLUB NOTES l Under date of .October A. Wadsworth, publicity chairi for the Community Garden (‘luh u' | Rockville, writes as follows: “The il ommunity Garden Club of Rockville | held its last regular club meeting of vear at Mrs, Hane's residence, sta, on October 18. A very in esting talk was presented by Mr. milton on bees, their habits and on.” stared in unbelieving sur- se for an instant, the moving car. END. Short Skirts as “Blessing” to Present-Day Railway Men. ted P g - Cr |nnhr\ml of Victoria espondence of the Ass L. — Entraini in the good old d: a good deal of a job. train _inspector at who' is retiring after 52 lway ser E not rea ckheath, rs of 1 nmen do short railways. 5 “Gn November 1 an open meetin | will be held at the Rockville High | hool Auditorium at 8 o'cloc E one is invited. Lantern slides te and lectures have been arranged and aster,” de-|the prizes awarded during the past | when they | vear will be presented by Dr. Bul- | s and hoops it wasn't |, | ive of them seated i | <| Dr. David Fairchild, head of the | the trains wer plant introduction activities of the | effort to get ottled. | Department of Agriculture, —spok | a delay of a few minutes | Monday evening at the = regular sasterous then as it would | monthly meeting of the Takoma Horti- | n these days of fast schedules. 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