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thursday mav 1 1931 5j 3prpp jgrpbh hart ginrg tonys gift of violets olive iiurnu kiruv oonv shapiro whistled blltliely while ho helped his rather polish the tan and black hw arraiib- ad in a watting row before them it was saturday and tony was trcu trom school across uifl way a brisk trade wa beliitf carried on at the wtabluhment of u rival ahooahliio parlor and tonys eyoi darkened as ho obnorvexl a small jowwli form uart through uio hurrying lriutir ill hot thai ikey is owning oyer to tfot oomo ot our ttaele tony threw the polishing cloth over his shoulder and marched toward the door 1 11 just wauh him and if ho dee what dire punishment awaited the other lad was never divulged for at tliat moment a hwiwtfured young woman entered and turned toward tlm vacant chair bearing the caption for ladiea only title smiled a alio read the sign and tuny sighed vottatlcally ho had prevailed upon his fath to rervo a chair for his feminine customers becauto margaret lajigmulr had once spoken of it tony this is a surprise exclaimed tho girl climbing- into the scat a special chair lor me every time i cnirni it will bo viry much nir and what neat printing did you do it7 tony beamed with phuiiure veam my fatlur uald 1 eould jo it i told him you said wo would get more judith tt come hero tho girl nodded i am niiro you will tony by tlie way how in bumnnu tin in days vou ought to do well whllo tho streets are so muddy tony glanced across tho street two men were crowding into a narrow ijuwa followed by a pintle ulatiiur little jhruiv tlio italian boys eyes cloudtd ungrlly wed b all right if uioyd let ua alone ho cried motioning toward the otlicr shop ikey goct up and down our side of tlm atreot trying to get our cu i- tomers we il get tho pollco after them if thty dont quit it aint fair 1 11 fight that ikey whin x get a chance tonyl tony rebuked margiirtt langmulr gontly have you forgotten last oundays liuion how we must lovo our encinlftft tlio boy lliuduid undcrneatli tlio dark tkm me had not forgotten the lomuin but ikey wait wono than an ordinary funny ih could not love ikey no matter how ho tried uo 1edzed a brunh and began on the trim little brogue i hi i spirit was in a turmoil and ncognlytiik this mlui fjuigmulr wiwly refrained front pumuing tho matter furtlior tomorrow t mothern day tony rtd wo are having a pealcer at the mission you will lie nuro to be there wont you yes mkt tony did not look hp lie was still atruirujung with liia honor emotions i hat tke y and tony margaret laiigmuirs voire took on a rafter note we will all bo wtarlng a howcr tomrrow in honor of our mothrrn i will wear a colored one becouu my mother bi living but you aro to wear a white ono do ir tjiat li because your mother hu bono to live in lumven tony had never known hla mother but lie loved llowem and ho welcomed thi opportunity to uiur one even a white one ills eye brightened anj ho forifot about ikey and tlie worries of buutiuua 1 11 wear one misa lmigniulr hi prom lied- ill bo there on time too lie hastened with hli pollthlng tho bun narrow roam unit filling with cutoniirrt nnd he knew ho mint hurry or they would not wait for ie rvlco that will do for thli time tony mulled miss lnngmulr impocting the tun brogue crltlcully you may give uicm an extra rubbing some time whci you are not u buiiy she did not offer to tin tho lnd tony would iinjve roicnted it the italian m li ion uai wveral hloclui from temy blnplroti home but tlio boy was the mat faithful membe r of tin clavs margaret laimmiilr lilted nil the little darkoyed jona of italy but nlu especially fond of imy hu wiui alwnyn jut ready to nnnwer quotloni or to help around tho mlulon i do not know what wo would do without him rho told the superintend ent an long oji tony 1h around there are no squabblei but tho mimito he lb absent there li uhuully a dlnpute of home wrt among the children tlie rush of buniiuiu in the jhoehlilno parlor kopt up all through tbo after noon but- at buppertlmc there wan n temporary couutlon toiiys youthful back aclxnl from tho rtooping but he carried on valiantly until hli father called him into tho little back room for supper tlio shapiro homo corwlited of two small rooms in the rar of tlie simp you gotta your supp whllo i watchu k shop ttdvlwd tlie eld r shapiro motioning toward a bowl of steaming spaghetti dont he uuiff mather i ya tho swarthy italian paiibed in the doorway ho was rarely impatient with his son tomorrow is mothers tay ot tho mission and x am to wear a white rlowt r in my coat because my mother is dead ahhl tlio black oyei stared into jtpaoe tonys mother had died when he was bom but her memory still lived in the heart of ofovann shapiro sol to- jnorrowtliey were to honor tho mothers dt his adopted country very wcll u db the agton free press fum would wiar a flower too tho whitest and moat beautiful that oould be bought and father the lads voice strain detained him what ees rot lony may t take home of my mom buy a bunch of flowers for miss ijuig- mulr youro nuppoiied to uke flowvni u your mother and i have no mother may i atlior tho hoys voire trembled it won u mommitfms iirition and lie waited eagerly for the uiutwcr i here wul sllenro for a minute brokt n only by tho ijulejc breathing of the boy and the bubbling of tlie spaghetti on the stove ya tony you gtta da flower x glv you da mou mimiy she good to you he dlinpicarod through tlo doorway uuvlng the boy to a blliuiftil mrul tony waited while his fatlu r fhiliilied hlu btipmir then lie iillpiied into the litre t and joined the hurrying crowda of even ing iihoppom i lie ueureit florist- wail two blockn distant and lie run swiftly in ueit direction dodging in tuid out of the jostling pedejitrlaiift wltli tlio agility of a rat it wiui not yet dark and ho would be able to purrhuio hli flow m deliver them and hj bai k before the evt nlng rush of business five dollors u dojuml lnumed tho man in tlio florlitu bhop holding out a rluiiu r of fragrant roiiei tony gusied in lili hand i he clutch d a precious dollar hli own mom y for ho moant thu gift to lie from hlinw if and not from the irm lr a dollar he would only gt t one two not ev n throi tou it he looked about tho hot niol it shop in de iporutlnn surely there would be naiiu thing he could get for lib dollar that would ho a tribute to hli dour teacher violets i uo i pledi the m ovijt in i comer of tho window bomohow they lookid like margaret iuigmulr and tho lad wiut quick to lenus it how much are tlifuo viietnv io auked bn athleiisly lnillriitmg the tingle bunch in the low gluui container the clerk coughed wturlly ho would lb glad win n molliera day wiw in tho umbo of things punt ono dollar and a half no they are marked down to ono dollar violet arc too perhhuble to keep long tony heard only tho magic t wordi ono dollurl hli face berime wreathed in smile i and ho pre isod the crumpled bill in the mans hand ill toko tin m mtter wrap thun up nice and fancy wont you iluyre for u young lady the lujiintant had miltlclent n malnlnu vitality to nmlli nt this naive annoincc- t and he produced a jjiuuro purple bo from the reciitci f u rear cupboard and packed the violets carefully in it ilve minutes later tony merged upon tho street with tho box tucked under- iii ath hli arm and start d foi the ml i- nlon ho knew mli ijinttmulr had a cluni of older boys on saturday uvcningti to whom ihu taught kngllnh oil oil whaiya been doln dajo ijuyln flowen for your goll the jierlng taunt came rrom the edgo of the pavt m nt tony whirled nltout i time to iii o the blocking face of iki y klniu in dl appear liehlml the broad bick of a ot tly uuutlomaji iiu forgot ida awe timiellinir bunrh of poilea fonto- the admonition to love hli neinlej for got everything in fact but the in m prei nco of his hated rival you ikeyt ill git you till time he sped through the crowd hli eye on u ragged flguro in a blue cotton jrjy ikey ulthmigh heavier in build and older than tony had uo di lre to come to grip with the italian lad and he durtt d down a aide street and into a narrow lane behind romo iton i tony nev r ioit bight of hla quarry presently lie beuim to overhaul htm you ikeyl 111 eutch you in a mlniltel a big truck laden with milk cans backed heavily out of u ttore alley tei ikey fled pwt tho opening tony hla head down did not jipo the muchlnu until it wui too late with u slcki nlng thud the truck alrioiiwlpetl tho child and fluntf him upon a mount of atrow plftd agalnt tho wnll of a rtuble be neath the nncon icloiiu form was a aquaro box wrappi d in purplo piiper in aoiiiu unaccountable niiuiin r it had i acnpi d debtrurtlon tim driver ignorant of tlie orcldvnt turned hii car around and drovo alowly jpjit into tralflc ho did not uoo th small lky lying no quietly ngatnnt thrf building but ikey jaw him and tin jowlsii lad ciept back ft arfully to ie if hlu tnemy wore nally hurt or merely feigning uncoiucloiiiideiu ihe still white faro frightened him and he ran to toll ills father now ikey what i been tellln you about not huhtln with other boy a ri prunonded xuaao kiiiiitoin when ikey began hli story what a that tonys hurt whore t why didnt you go tell his rudder yes yes x know we aint friends but this is d i if rent on ikey and tell tony fuildor i ho boy may die go quick tint tony did not die when olovunnl shapiro rem heel the lane where his bon luy tho boy was re gaining cniliclous- ness and he smiled wanly into tho an xious face above him tony7 you hurt murmured shap iro brokenly hu son tlio very applo crop reports and business summaries during the season die dank of montreal tuurs period 11 rcportl on crop conditions throughout canada every month it publishes a uusines summary covering business conditions in the dominion and in the countries where thr bank has omcr both of these publications are sent free to all who request to have their names placed in our rhailtng list bnk of montreal eiuuu 111 total alicia in nun of woo000000 acton branch l b shorey manngcr new low fares for 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mlji ijuih- mulr iony becumo more mid more e xejte d i lit man ellel the m up ull fane y for mo and the y lewiklil jiiit like ht r are you nuro yon didnt seo theni lather ihn tcara wedlid up ui tho durk oyrs tony was dolnte his lwet to stand the auony of the breiki n rlbu but the thouifht ef tho lit violets toi thor lth the pain wiui a combination too iixrrurliitlnn to imi iwimowlth eeniunlmty he turn el his fare u tlio wall and sob bed uuri utralm dly tenyl tony oloppu da tryl inc- claimed aieivamil elltnu t dly i taka elo unlit and uo looka for elem in a litt whllo titoppa ila cry tonyl the ijilui 1 ltncel unel tho boy waited patiently for tlio little shop to cleise half iui hour laur aiovannl returiud imptyhanded wui lony spent a sleep iest nluht torjad by pain and troubli d by tho loli of the flowt ru mothers duy dawnrel iuftly and brought with tt 11 morn inn nf iuu hlno imd kintlu breie i tonys iwxl was nour the window anil be twt i n tho walls of the two store i he could jiro a tiny patch or blue ijty a punir jhot throuh him this was motlilru day and tho vlohli were ifonol you rutn da porrldifcl iidmnul ihnd aiovannl brlikly ob i rvink hli sons dowiidijt facet nnd iurinl lnif tho cause 1uimy how tho child lay such storo by the m1ji011 and hli teacher i 1141111 cream and i uu for cttl im not huniiry tx nan tony 11 it- liuly ho turned his hcael languidly la that jomelioely ut the door latlier i hoard a kuork qloviuinl plncoel the cream pltchor on tho tray and shuffled into the little shop the knock was re peatt el before ho rragh- td the elhr anil ho qulckemd hli pace it was pmbably tho ihctor clekklmonilwr mr uhupirol mar- tfartt ljinirmulr itood on the paviincnt oho wili tirbeil in u jmart eiult of toy twreel und sho wore a folt hat in the same shaele a coruie bouqiiet of deeply purple vloli tii wili the only color note in the moeliill cnimble aoodehiy mie i muttered aiovannl iii i dark i yi i cuuicht mjrht of the flowers in her coat and his j iw droppeel violclii how li tony i have brought him nonii jellied chicken and a pueldinir may x ko in and si c nlmv tho man noeliled how luul slie known of the beiys accuu nt and tho viola mu liuiinulrl tonys cry rinib out like a clarion call in spite of tho piln lie twlited hlnuclf ubout ih ho mlirht tuhi hli dear tulchor how pretty sho looked iii bin eyet travolleil from tho bocanv inn hat doaii tho fair face framoel in kolehn hair to thr ope n jacket with 1u ihilirpiet of vlohtt tonys eytu row blti r anil blinp r and he forgot tho intonio piln mtsi liininmilr waj tulklnp softly i wiui 10 lorry to hear about your accident tony dear if it luul not beui u late i would have come over after the cluvj last nlidit ami tony the patted tho hroun hmd lylnu nn the- pillt it wili nice of you to find me the vloli ts see i am wiarlnjr thi m to el ay v i i u nt you itammcrtd tonv hli brain whlrllnis with the uddinm o it all why i i ikey told me yon and he wi re itnlnit t hi friend too went on tho rlr1 i am jj itlael tony he said ho was oominir over to in ip your lather eve ry oatunlay until you are neitti i i km w you would ninke frlund i with him tony ikey ills hutul rival and arch enrmyl he miiit have found the box in tho 1am tony hud put a card inside it the ladi hiart wiu lllliel with a treat wondi r but till i noon two uay to a tn meildouil peace line content if ikey would piny fair buslnisi coiild o on as usual smiled happily and clutched ml ui lanii- muirs hand in both of hli i in jo dad you liked them mm hn murmiind hh oyts on the violets they looked like you alibi 1 olt moniavs a wnmun whoeie hoiuowlfely feats wern always pushed to tho limit of endunuico and fitrcnath win o u rvi d to have chaniod her routine no ive lit lip a little on doln my work that way ilm admitted found that i cuii t wiuih iron and be a christian art in ono day how to swiftly get rid of loi agony out jroes the luin elown goes the awrluntf the in flu m mut ion subsides now youre ready to go to work again teir 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