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Show M y pfiOEBE FORREST K At her own import-thing import-thing about her. "i, paradoxical, but Rnire of tto Averse, Kito her eri,ienc. u hA iCSloW T her bd, KiLlI .0 or them, fa Wfftfta herself n" K., gho fa d"r to her. EK cuipot Hvo ithou W&i&htirt-1? may RJfai without hcr, but he C ktr, nd ha knows nil itfinf the wuia. f b told ko, however, ftr,th of Mb assertion. WB of hcr w possible, if he would make hcr JiffirtH of attainment, he n all tho time, and she Mm attentions of some (actlca thing she can do, , pUcfd under obligations tier vbat their relations , hendf M indiepensable jry careful to do and say ay way hurt his feelings, rtrtcnfitire about it. Her but w she imagines, but ued upon the fallacy that ej about her, is the swect-m$ swect-m$ the engagement, fwey to jome other girl i not convinced, thsn, but t u long as he loved her, t mthout hen After she a the idea that hcr busily bus-ily helpless without her. jr her, who would see to h! Who would darn his d hu clothes xo the laun-t laun-t along without hcr, any- Wm b consider that he ordered BfreU before lie manned her; Hilont and to cend hi? clothes Bjtf h TfH before he was mar-. mar-. Trce, he didn't have a house Hr3t bat then he contrived to BjRtty ircll, and certainly at n Ai for hit fncks, ejtlior Aft tifra up into little knots, ui bongh; & new pair. Kfuthve been in accordance tjtul,Vititill it did not scri-ft scri-ft w, Uij wifp may "juat Bill w liya without tlio com- forts of homo and hcr loving caro, whereas, rcully, down in the bottom of his heart, he is longing for some of the conveniences of a modern mod-ern hotel and the services of an obsequious bellboy. bell-boy. Sho mny proudly cite aa proof of her belief that he ia unable to live without hcr the fact Hint, when he -was sick, ho insisted upon having tho trained nurso discharged, and upon having nobody but his wife to look, after him. If he should bo sick awuy from home her pride would have n cevcro fall when she Haw how much more quickly ho would recover under professional care. Her estimate of her own importance is clo&rly crmncoiiF, but it prompts hcr to such actions that it is really tho sweetest part of her nature, and 6hc would not be half bo lovablo without it. It has its root in the maternal instinct, and is therefore jupt as nacrcd as that instinct. It inspires her with a desire to take care of those sho loves, and to watch over them nnd proteot thnm. "While her children are young, this ecnao of her own importance, together with hcr maternal mater-nal instinct, impel her to watch over them jealously jeal-ously night nnd day. As long as they are vounc they need her care, and hcr Bcri6e of hcr own importance is in this ease well founded. When they grow older they outgrow her care, and como to depend moro nnd more upon themselves. them-selves. Sho never scorns to he able to Tealieo this, however, but continues to watch over them just ns carofully when they are grown up as she did when they were babies. She cannot graBp the fact that tho time has como when they no longer need hcr care, and that they are really much better off without it. You would hurt hcr feelings beyond hope of pardon if you were to tell her this, and, besides, be-sides, she wouldn't believe you. Her Bona and hcr daughters never grow up; they aro always her "children," nnd one, nt least, is always referred re-ferred to as "My baby." She cannot understand under-stand that they have to acquire their own experience ex-perience of life, nnd that they have to decide tho big questions of their lives for themselves. Rather, eIic attempts to decide for them, saying, "Now, I know more about die world than you do, so I would advise j-ou to do 60 and bo." The mother forgets, however, that sho had to learn everything by her own personal experience, that nothing came to Ler second band; or if she docs remember it, her recollection has the sole effect of making her resolve to shield her child from the suffering thnt came to her. Often and often, however, her anniments and expostulations are of no avail. He resolves that ho will taste of the forbidden fruit; his mother doubtless means well, but then he says Bhe is an old fogy, and times have changed since sho was voting. So he goes ahead, as it was intended intend-ed that he should, and finds out for himself. Even after he is married sho cannot bejievo thnt he has reached the stage whero ho can cjo without her. She managed his courtship for him, nnd now Bhe intends to engineer his married life for him. Sho knows just what dangers await tho little blind god in the first fateful year of married life, and she intends to steer hcr boy clear of them. He shall not be obliged to undergo all that she N;iU F fA,I flHE IS ALWAYS MAKltftf V-oJhP GJ HIM A PRESENT OF SOME KIND. had to undergo, because his mother will warn and advise him. As a matter of fact, the young couple do not want her advice, and they are really much better bet-ter off without it. Some day there mny be a quarrel and thoughtless youth, that cannot understand un-derstand her point of view, will tell hcr that they don't caro for hcr interference any more, and that they are perfectly capable of taking care of themselves. At that, broken hearted, she will retire into hor shell. But not for long, however. Her sense of her own importance is too deep rooted nnd of too long standing for it to be so lightly overcome. over-come. She knows that hcr boy cannot do without with-out her, nnd some day, when sho is no longer with hiin, he will realize it. So she comforts and argues with herself. Let no one call it conceit, for it comes from the purest nnd moat sacred founts of her being. |