| Show n IN BETHS HOUSE dy by MILDRED WHITE tt it U 0 letl br ir mcclur godfrey West lakes two sisters sat bat looking nt lit each other lit in 1 I 1 thought said safi ellent ellen that godfrey was far past tho the impressionable age and now that lie lias has actually taken a fancy to this queer elizabeth warren it Is trying indeed to find her so unsuitable Y you oil chow yourself mary that godfrey Is positively fastidious lit in ills his tastes of course courm this warren girl me mary but I 1 nm but quite impatient regarding this inetter tills this miss bliss warren Is presentable sen table enough and has undoubtedly been well brought vp up but the plain title little house that the site persists lit in living in iii coil can you or I 1 see happl happiness Dess ahead for godfrey it lie makes that woman ills his wife no I 1 cant snapped slater sister mary and more I 1 know he would be b positively unhappy I 1 happen mohave to hav seen the lie inside or of house beths queried the older elder slater sister mary nodded beth belli ll Is what tho th townspeople affectionately cau it her s r the tha interior ot of tier her small placa it Is homelike enough but the dec decora oriL tio ions I 1 mary held field up tip her hands hand in ID horror atrocious taste 11 she ex claimed ellen sighed lias ilas he site sir glar iced up quickly seen tilt alila beths houser house T no mary blary answered thoughtfully mrs winthrop who introduced tt tb two while elizabeth warren was visiting tier lias has since arranged that they meet there under one pretense oran other mrs winthrop invites godfrey to dinner or to drive or to form on one of a party of four at the theater until lie has become interested in the girl as mrs winthrop intended he should she endows Ms bliss warren with all the virtues and Is constantly singing her praise I 1 think godfreys godfreyh God freys ane position may lie be responsible partly for tits ht popularity it would certainly bo be an enviable position for in an ambitious girl lo io share we remarked ellen eilen dilly have shared it for some time but my dear you need not worry we me are not likely to be dethroned dethroner now by that simple creature irea tuie if on 88 you ou say godfrey not seen pen tier bizarre home hoin 01 lie will be when he does 1 I would not objected mory mary ca call it miss bliss warrens wap house vulgar crude rather lit in its ian impossible paintings and wildly embroidered covers covern ellen was still talking when tier her brother opened the door and bad thein good evening 1 I will mill not stop for dinner lie he said 1 I nm ani invited out mio winthrop wants tile die to go to t Ilet reths hs house to tf dinner lie said beahl abary exclaimed when tier her brother find gone so it has come tt to that the bittle parlor of tile the little house wits was cozily lighted beth left tier her guests there while slie she went vent to help coro cor linnett lit in the kitchen corn cora linnett mrs hire winthrop explained pla ined Is id it poor high school girl choin beth belli Is helping by giving her a good home to for r service exchanged godfrey seated before tho the piano paused daubed in the act of turning his music tits his gaze arrested by a startling point painting of tombstones mrs birs winthrop followed tits his gaze then she came look ing over his shoulder 1 I want to tell you she began about heth beth and tier her fineness that picture for instance was painted by a homesick crippled boy that she had been kind to jo in the hospital it was wa ills his interpretation of the spot ahers tile his mother was buried fit over oter tha th sea in ireland the picture painstakingly finished wits was his fits dearest possession therefore he gave it to beth often sho she has him brought here for tile the day and he will sit and look at that picture blissfully beths friend picked up khe he riotous pillow and tilts tills she ahe smiled Is old nannies bannies Nan nies gift of love made from blis alti of satin people brought to her that her mind find and fingers might be busy when tier her poor boily must be still ileth beth has hag her over from the hospital too when she con can for a cup of tea and my I 1 that old woman Is proud to see tier lier cushion tn in the he very best chair I 1 think said tire mrs winthrop softly that it would make your heafy glow godfrey just to see her pride and happiness 1 I could tell you many stories ona on far that hut glinting bead basket one for the picture it i the homemade frame beths little house Is as full of heart stories as full as Is 1 her awn heart of 0 sweet charity 1 smiling shining eyed the young hostess lio stess appeared in the doorway dinner cried beth Is ayed fol foi three godfrey Wesl West lakes arih went about the girls shoulder let us beij tel your friend now of out oui engagement dear lie he sald said while to mrs rep he added one doi not always find ones ideal an ideal indeed |
