Show where arc going this evening ditc to tho temperance meeting I 1 prom iscil to play fur tho society tonight to night you wont will you iso dionio early dear yes but dont worry if I 1 should be detained julinna will fake cure of me can have a chocolate ready for mo when I 1 get homo and when evening canio the briglia face and voice acio gone but lacre friglet alie wear mother as turned up the liblit and seated herself to her work I 1 dream of this she mused when I 1 maiac plans with katies little baby face looking into mine she will be such company for me I 1 said when she grows up be nothing but a convenience night after I 1 hit by myself it is either lecture or party or concert or company when I 1 am expected to myself and wait upon her and john it is hard 0 o bo forced to admit it but I 1 think my child cires for everybody but me and I 1 cannot tell glicr eliat I 1 think lie neglects me if she see for herscot I 1 must on larr edw moistened it to me I 1 have been she said 1 I know I 1 have tried to be was a knock at the door A neighbor came in one of those women alio though not genci ally lidd con diio to keep on a good footing with their neighbors through sheer force of persistence her izuno wis grace though not a particle of that quality so often found in alic humblest humble sl of women appeared in glicr manners or garments 1 I wnm sure I 1 should find on alone he said kate is out yes she has gone to the temperance meeting slie is very useful there sigid mrs grace her keen eyes reading tho pale patient face kato seems to be a great favorite every but I 1 should think want glicr at home more arent you bouc somo evenings I 1 know vi hat to do my liza kates mother almost smiled involuntarily liza was a very homely girl without ambition and almost without spirit alio was kates senior by nearly twenty years yet thero something pathetic in the care and love she showed lor glicr mother yes I 1 think kate is a favorite she inada reply nothing in tho way 0 amusement seems to go without her licup I 1 want glicr to enjoy herself while arlio can trouble always comes soon enough most likely it will if she marries johnny palmer ventured mrs grace why what do you mean what nebout ji ihunt asked iho with nervous interest 0 nothing only ho neglects his mother as much as As kate neglects mo 3 would say exclaimed mrs raynor with a touch of anger you 1 ibay bo sure mrs that my child alic least thought eliat she is neglecting mo and she sho added with i mothers self I 1 cant expect to keep her so young and so full of life housed day and bight with an old wonna like me olal laughed mif mi f grace why kate is seventeen and you arc only twenty years her senior you ought this moment to be almost as and fresh looking as a s she is goodness you old when mrs failed to reply why im in my sixty first vir v ir and I 1 can enjoy my share of the worlds good yet tim trouble is bouvo forgotten forgot len yourself and have made your whole life bend to her preferences and inclinations alic reason thinks of 3 our pleasure or convenience kato is a good girl im sure but are talking ard specially since jo died jo was mr lie biad been dead HOW nearly three years what arc people saying asked mrs kaynor her blue eyes full of lightning well they speak of your being left alone so much you abed to be the life of the place 1 I dont caro about going out its my awu fault what I 1 reply at least what I 1 tell you any its almost alawiya alio way tho same old story over and over with parents and children you bring up your children painstaking and care only to have them laugh at your old fashioned ways anil lacavo you with hardly a regret on the firby opportunity dout exclaimed mrs raynor in a pained voice trying to keep back her tears it seemed like iho echo of her own sad words kato sat nt the little organ in the brightly lighted hall and played and sang ami looked very ami very happy sho thought she was doing her duty and the girl really dc do some good in the world alic belonged lu the dorcas society aliat met once a week to sew for the poor anil to alio mite society and other kindred associations alio in sunday school was a member of a literary club and she often sho had scarcely a moment to call her own A stranger was speaking it was a man freshly caught in the temperance art ami he and blundered until it was a positive pain to look at and listen to him ballo lockwood Tock wood who sat next to kato whimpered something in glicr car tint mado her L and lien alio caught tho eye of hew kiloh ik fy shook her head and kate looked at binl then brick at again for n long tinie alio growing more thoughtful every moment earlier in alio evening she had overheard sonic one siy did you ever aeo a looking woman linn beisys mother or ft younger ono would tako them for cra somehow the words had lingered in katus mind and now she turned and looked it mother there she sit serene and smiling every now aud then nodding to I 1 essy as something wu said or done thit me t with her approval yes sliewa looking as young almost la itose ami 03 kato watched her alio i mci ll 11 i ul i niwaye to cake delight in each almost they were together mamma is my beau how often slie biad heird say that somo way her own mothers sad pale faco forced itself before her if mother only looked like thit she sighed if mother would only be bright and stirring anil go about me and llian it occurred to glicr that shu iid never ix illy thought of hit before alic had preferred johnny the clumsy lid thit slie cared no moro for alian any other friend tant alio liked to show her power over him it was not quite honorable she fell herself blush if johnny were to ask usk her tit morrow slie could not marry him how much and bettor kessy was acting and there wis poor mother all abono nobody to speak to evening after evening seldom going out except to church and so much prettier than mr why and younger looking if only she biad some incentive she would be a mother to be proud of I 1 laivo been sho thought a sigh kate arc you dreaming you hear them give out the hymn it wa was s johnny who anil kite almost resented his attention he found the place opened alic music hovered about glicr till alio gitle checks burned again everybody was looking at ilium johnny arlio said al the cloo clo o of alio evening you take some one else tonight to night johnny stepped a like one stunned conscious thit something hid offended alio girl 10 could not tell what and kate walked home on the other diio of mother for they pissed katos house doe MM ever go out asked mrs unconscious of alio sting in the question it scum as if she would enjoy mcc you see ressy wont go anywhere without mother 1 and so we enjoy all the good bilings together etli sound ingin glicr cira kato reached homo anil went in it had seemed rather odd to bo without johnny but she respected herself more when slie thought of his commonplace even silly ami his often recurring haugli her mother had evidently been asleep audit smote tin girls newly awakened conscience to meet tho weary sad smile 1 I never thought how lonesome would be she said with a kiss so tender that it thrilled tho aching heart 0 well mrs grace WAS here a little while said her molher deliver mo from glicr society laughed kate nobody escapes her mercil cis tongue or id have had a little chocolate did alio came homo you kassy and her beau said kate demurely alessy and who her mother I 1 know any young man waited upon ah you dont know everything hessy hus the nicest beau you ever saw perfectly devoted to her and im going to have just such another I 1 have docu johnny well you me said mrs ll aynor I 1 kaow as I 1 ever bo curious again how hai it been I 1 never siv her with anybody but her mother and just what I 1 mean said kate her dancing mot tier ivo been asleep this long while and ive just waked up to realie what ive been nebout anil to feel sorry for it do you know that I 1 am ashamed of myself because I 1 have neglected anil forgotten you you aro ever so much younger and prettier than mother andia you will accept tho twill instead of johnny hereafter for companion ivo biked up to that nobody docs or ever will love mo as mother docs 0 my dear child exclaimed mother a half sob aking bior in glicr arm this repays mo for all the chao sometimes not often felt a neglected aim lonesome since your filhol died and tonight to night I 1 was thinking whit plans I 1 used to mako against alie timo you bo my as well n my daughter and when I 1 havo mccu and glicr mother well no mitter I 1 shall never feel never think eliat again for the good hus granted my prayer and my skirting ikirt ing back tome A A young operator on ilia central at corcordia Cou cordia kansas recently got anil alie blade instead of him and saying alic usual number of ahinga merely ramai k cd clial IL demairs Demi irs operator nt tho C U depot got married sunday eve hope it will make him ho can answer a civil question in u gentlemanly tle way alio umpire gives liim the following sand oh all we liopo is aliat his difo will break hi heed with a broom stick or mou li anillo or him down with iho milk stool if he is not plea santar around the bouso he Is around the depot au experienced mechanic writes anil to prevent slipping of belts but I 1 like oiling the bolt ou tho inside just before I 1 stop ou a saturday it belts and beata anything I 1 leavo tried yet aro church choirs put at iho back end of churched to tho timid worshipers who can not face tho music |