| Show THE EVENING STORY IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE I Copyright 1912 b by iy W W. Werner Margaret smiled whimsically as for tor forthe the tue second time she picked up her brother Toms Tom's wife's letter and read We Va all feel sure Margaret dear that you au will enjoy a few dR days In the city It really mu must t be dreadfully dull Just juet now In your little bit of oC a burg and the city is so lively this winter The girls are having such a gay time Grand opera apera Is ts IsOn Ison tsan on an now and we Wp all au know how haw our aur dear little Margaret l lo c music And so 80 o on In a foolishly fond rondo wholly patronizing strain Margarets Margaret's smile took look on a tinge of af bitterness She knew that she would not be In the hou house e an Rn hour before Bee a n deprecating look on an her pretty r face ce would bring her some same d delicate lIcate bit of finery finery fin fin- ery cry and and and- Aunt Margaret 1 I hate to ask you au but you do such bt beautiful work nork I Isn't nt that hal Jagged tear perfectly dread dread- I aa Ho stopped I I pan pon my word Margarct Margarct Margaret Mar Mar- garet I didn't know you ou ful fui I t simply cant can't mend It and our aur seamstress sc Is 11 so bUH busy lIce leo would be followed b by Marion Marlon and Marlon Marion b by Jessica and xo so her hr r fc rc days would be spent pent Nevertheless Nc as 11 was always alwa's th the tho caso cas when Toms Tom's family call called d there ne ei was R a thought of oC refusal In Margarets Margaret's mind and the following week aw saw her It iii hi the netting room of or rom Tonis home at nL work A rather wistful w lI light ht c caine Into her c cyca es as is sounds of at gayety came up from the floor loot below helow I 1 wonder wander what It woud would be like like she murmured to mix In and be really young just once I 1 believe p Ive I've been anold at au old maid maht ever since sirico I was vas 10 years r e old I t really do Im I'm only live five years older than Bee Bet Id I'd like hike to know even for foi an one da clay what it IL Is not to have ha a single roil cOlli expectIng e anything of ot me She Witte ha conscious of lof steps coming com coin amIn In ing along the thc hall hail the tue swish of or skirts and sl n started violently when a R bright laughing voice olce cried So hero here you ou arc you ou little bit of af a a. a athing thin thing Mrs Dudle Dudley cried eagerly eager eager- ly h Rul Instantly Bees Bee's mass of or I was waa az thrown a aside aNkle I didn't expect t tsee to see you ou so 80 soon I heard this morning you yau were here bere Bee Informed me you rO ou were In your ale elft ment merit up tip here beret fussing over Ja laces es Welt Well if you ou are Im I'm going to make you unhappy unhappy un un- un- un happy for a a. few tew minutes Mrs Mra Dudle Dudley picked up the muslin and lace from th the chair where whore Margaret had dropped It an md and Hung flung It onto anta a a. table a at t the far end of af th the room room There Miss Bee Marion Marlon o or Jessica she cried airily stay there a while I see Margaret l she went on that the lecture I gave you p OU J the last time Urn you 1 0 came to the city to play the part o of af maid didn't have the desired effect At Atthe A Athe Atthe the first peremptory order larder to report fo for tor dut duty you ou responded didn't you jou DU The They have alwa always alwa's s found Aunt Margaret a quiet little stay slay at nt home hom with never never- a a. a sign o oa f a girlish fondness for tor fixing up Were We're going to show how the girls what a a. really fascinating aunt they have Not one t to La Labe tobe I be as the they see fit Youre You're making selfish dependent ent women of your nieces Margaret and It wont won't do Im I'm thinking Its Ita poor wives they'll be making one o or of these days das Margaret looked at her quickly BuBee But Bu Bee Is such a good sort ort Im I'm sure I know she will make your your our your brother hapP happy Harry Mrs Irs Dudley Dudte Iau laughed hed Pshaw Theres There's nothing In that They The are not suited not a bit But But but do you jou mean that they don dont care In that In-that that way was There was In Margaret voice valce that made Mrs Dudley look at he her keenly and something In In the soft sott dark darl eyes a eyes a quiet happy haN light that light that for ar a moment thrilled her and then made he her feel very sorry for tar the little thing In front fron of or her because only that morning Harry Harr had told her that list Bees little frumpy aunt was In the city No they the dont don't care In that way a at atall all Margaret she he said saru softly The girl turned to her work smilingly You dont don't mind If It I 1 go so on with this do you jou all Bee Bre wants wants- Mrs Dudley DUdle quietly took It out of at her hands Never Ne mind what t Be Bee wants wante 1 If you jou au please Youre You're going with me and oure youre going to do what I want nant you OU to do da And to 10 the astonishment of at the young people peaple downstairs an hour later Mrs Dudley Dudle with Margaret behind her appeared appeared ap ap- ap- ap pea rd In the hall luaU Bee Mrs Dudley said ald briskly Margaret Margaret Mar garet Is Ie going home with me mc She may maybe maybo maybo bo be hack back for dinner and j she may not nat But Aunt Margaret mj my my-my- my Can n wait walt Mrs Dudley Duthey PUtS put In lri Or b better still spend a a. few hours hour In the sowing sewIng room yourself It was a a very different Margaret who stood several Rc hours later before Mrs Dudle Dudley's Dudleys mirror Tho Tue gown sown of af somber unbecoming gray graj- ra old enough for far a woman waman In the sixties Ixtle lay on a chair and Margaret Margaret Mar Mar- garet gazed At a aUlon vision Ulon robed In iii n the tho daintiest most niost girlish dinner creation For or th the first time In h hf hey r twenty eight years she clue knew know what It was to be strict lv ly up to date With Uh a final look at herself she went vent down to to the th drawing or room In inwardly ward I that Mr Mrs Dudl might b bo alone Vet iet wh why What If Ir her brother was Va there Her lIer head had went up tip and she was conscious of a power she had never in al all her hel life experienced She Sho was waft quite sure she he would not sit tonight ht b before foro the man who thio had always treated d her in In Ina a mildly manner like hike a little ninny al almost si- si most moat afraid to speak and although he her heart beat a tattoo as she sha entered tho the S S r F With a a. wondrous happy light in her oyes eyes sho ho eagerly unpacked rOom oora and eat saw him him talking with Mrs Dud- Dud 1 icy ey sho ho he looked charmingly charming In Indifferent as u ashe uhe she he he went forward a D. ver very verv radiant little figure f In her finery a 0 faint rose TOn color tinting the my i Il creamy re ft hello unno Margaret gan hazily almost getting to hl feet ou ii 11 lb stopped with a low Whis hIJ looked eagerly n 1 r a. t admiration f flashing Into e M Jon you tau tn word Margaret Margarct I did 1 And mm nn the tho three e sat at lt he an to belle believe hn he ha had neseT ne her The Tue frumpy st as-st appeared in n her place IlaC w g c rt rI tier than Bee and when It sparkle and wit and As A Asand ca and then In n a graver turn o of th down right could coul I not hold holti a candle to her lie He hud hed been decidedly grum g Mrs Dudley had telephoned Mm- Mm to dinner that Margaret w Wa WM and at first had flatly refused J i nr seemed to fl fly and after dinner Margaret was as ae leaving he heV V Ba g insistent Upon her dining with following ollo Mrs evening as DU DudI le found round himself planning a matinee But Mrs 1111 Dudley Sn into with th the positive assertion l' l hour Margarets Margaret's tIme rUn taken upI Up I am not nat going to have hay my- my U formed plan jeopardized she as a th the d door doar of her f limousine J c cJ 1 the Ithie two b by appearing In sn an I an Costume Miss Margaret Margar I I III attracted and and- Oh you vou I him lm such a R. dear little wife I I- I p Mr Mrs tu Dudleys Dudley's soliloquy ao trailed of a Il happy reverie re an site alie toed Ib drawing room window Jool nr the avenue unmindful of tb the passing and the tho automobiles until her own Ow pulled In to th te the curb amused smile glimmered In Jn her hut hery her brother Jumped out i lie Ue w wants to talk she mU believe belle Margaret If you jou ou will OnlY to me you will hold tromps i And farther up the av n a j ft it wondrously happy happ light in her her-e hery eagerly box bax afUr box O l f finery quivering and si thought of at the warm close etolle pressure certain handclasp an and of or the l Harry Thurstons Thurston's face race as he night 0 Perhaps she said 1 ln tn an ar anAlar eat Alar r whisper perhaps Then Ihen the ther deepened and she turned finery |
