Just me (1919)

Page scan 000118 from Just me

Record Details:

Title:
Just me
Date:
1919
Publisher:
New York : George H. Doran Company
Volume:
Just me
Leaf #:
000118
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
April 18, 2024
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JUST ME me any more, as he realized that a poor sailor could never aspire to be anything in my life. I didn't hear from him again until two years ago, then he wrote a nice friendly letter, among other things telling me that he once had a sister named Pearl, whom he had heard was married^ and lived out in Missouri; but as he had been estranged from his family for years he didn't know much of her. Evidently, he must have read some little squib in a magazine about me, for he was under the impression that I was born abroad. This letter sort of made me figure things out a bit and I asked for the details of his origin, which he gave me, and I eventually found out that he was my own brother. Poor boy! That must have been an awful shock to him. His past childhood affection for me must have crept back unconsciously into his soul and he had mistaken it for a different sentiment. He didn't communicate with me for some time after he was informed of our relationship. Then I received word that he was soon coming to New York and would look me up. That was in March 1917. In April I received word from one of the officers on board [108]