Nelsonville High School - Saga Yearbook (Nelsonville, OH)

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4 The Scarlet and Gray The junior Class

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Claypool LINSCOTT Weist and HAMM Fancy Groceries Notions and Novelties Distributors of Good Things To Eat Both Phones Black Cross Nelsonville, Ohio TllA Slid COFFEE The Biggest Line Ever..... Bicycles, Fishing Tackle, Base Ball and Sporting Goods, Pocket Knives, Flash Lights, Safety Razors and Alarm Clocks. The Carpenter Hardware Co. Try Our Peanut -- Butter M. L. R O S S E R LOUIS REGEN Dry Goods, Cloaks and Millinery.... 69 West Washington Street H. Verity Groceries and Fresh Meats Opposite Postoffice Be Wise Heat, Cook, Light and Work with Natural Gas. The Ohio Fuel Supply Co. 41 W. Washington St. Nelsonville, - Ohio

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The Scarlet and Gray 5 IT PAYS TO BE KIND Millie Leigh sighed as she placed the newspaper, which she had been reading on the table. “I wish I could take vocal lessons,1’ she thought to herself, I am almost sure that I could be a fine sing- er, for father has told me that mother was, and every one says I have a lovely voice. She had just been reading about a lady, who like herself, had been very poor, but who, through the aid of some kind friend had been able to go to New York to study and was now one of the noted singers of the world. ' “If I had some friend who could help me. I would surely be happy.” she said half aloud. “But there is no one in Clifton who has anymore than father.” Millies’ thoughts wandered.on as she went about preparing supper. Her mother had died several years before and since then she had kept house for her father and little brother. Mr. Leigh came home to supper pre- sently and Millie forgot for a time the vocal lessons and New York. The next morning after her brother had gone to school and after her work was finished, she put on her sunbonnet and started down the street. “I’ll just run down to Grandma Burton’s for a few minutes and see how she is this morning, ” she said to herself. “She wasn’t feeling very well when I was there yesterday.” Grandma Burton, as she was called by every one who knew her, lived alone in a little hut just at the edge of the village. She was considered a very queer old lady. She seldom went out- side of her tiny yard, but spent most of her time working in the garden. The cnildren of Clifton were afriad of her and in fact she was rather disagreeable looking a? she went scowling about her work. But Millie was fond of her and scarcely a day passed that she did not “run down to see Grandma.” This morning as she neared the little shack she was surprised to see that the door was shut and no familiar figure was working in the garden. It seemed rather strange, for Grandma was always up and working as soon as it was daylight. Thinking that perhaps ■vlrs. Burton was too ill to get about, Millie hurried to the door and knocked, receiving no answer she tried to open it but it was locked. Now thoroughly alarmed she called some of the neigh- bors They came and broke open the door and found that Grandma Burton was dead. One day some time later a letter came for Millie bearing the postmark of a city several miles away. She knew no one in that city and she wondered from whom it cou.d be. Perhaps you can imagine her surprise when she opened it and found that it was from a lawyer, briefly stating that Elizabeth Burton had left a will be- (Continued Page 20)