DISCLOSED AT LAST.

King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 371, 21 June 1911, Page 7

DISCLOSED AT LAST.

The aged father was beginning to teel that he had not much longer to live. " William," he said to his eldest son, " there is something I must say to you before I pass away. It is in the nature of a confession." " There is nothing you need confess to me, father," said William. " Yes, my son, there is. It is a disclosure that concerns you alone. Your mother and I promised each other that we would never let you know of it until the time came when you could be safely trusted with the secret, and that time has come. You are 45, William, a successfal man of business, steady in your habits, and with a family of your own. You are not likely to be thrown off your balance by the knowledge of anything that may have happened in jour infancy. It is perfectly safe to tell you now." "Father, is it anything discreditable to the family—" "Not at all, my son, not at all. But if you had known it earlier it might have wrecked jour career." " Well, father, what is it ?" " William, when you were a little more than a year old you took the first prize at a baby show." —Chicago " Tribune."