Show 1 B Garrison li un WHY W MOTHER GRAHAM WORRIED MADGE The Tho weather must must be bo changing Margaret l Its It's very cold in here I wish you'd start a t fire in the grate keenly I looked at tt my mother-in-law mother She had sl slept Pt late late late-as as Indeed had we Leilas Leila's the morning following all upon all upon wedding but she had appeared u un unusually unusually un- un usually languid and tired at the breakfast breakfast breakfast break break- fast table and the request for a fire the day clay was an unusually unusually unusually un un- startled me as usually warm one huddled n i I She was sitting in a sort of I position in her chair and I observed I II I that the hands with which she was little suits mending unending one of Juniors Junior's I were trembling I II I I am afraid you aro are not feeling well solicitously Dont DontI Don t m mother ther I said I yo yon yoh think you would better put t that at up up and lIe He down I am afraid you have fi a chill I Chill she exploded If its it's a sign of a chill for an old woman to want a abit abit abit bit of fire on a cold day why then I must have one You get along and fix that fire unless of course you do not wish to use the wood or take the trouble to build i if She had drawn herself erect in her wrath and I saw with dismay that her cheeks were flushed while her eyes had a curious Inflamed watery ap appearance appearance ap- ap as if she had been weeping Influenza The dreaded word seemed to resound in my ears from the depths of an alarmed consciousness from which it ha hat had 1 sprung I knew the In Invariable Invariable invariable In- In variable symptoms for Dicky Junior Katie Jim and myself had had mild attacks of the disease at intervals durIng during during dur dur- ing the winter Both my mother-in-law mother and my father had escaped something for which I was profoundly grateful ILLNESS THREATENS But I was very sure that Mother Iother Graham was wag coming down with It it and I was wildly anxious to get her to tobed tobed tobed bed and begin to minister to her as soon as possible I knew better however however how how- ever than to say anything more about it for a few minutes She was in one of the moods when an any insistence on my part would sent have her Into an unreasoning rage That she sha was perfectly capable of going out and getting the fuel to build the fire I I If I did not hasten I knew perfectly I well So I rose hurriedly and went to the thedoor thedoor door tossing back the protest I knew w I i she wanted over my shoulder How perfectly absurd mother i I Isaid said You know Im I'm only too glad to build you a fire at any time On my way out to the woodpile at atthe the back pf the house I tapped lightly hUy on my fathers father's door where by 18 a chance for which I blessed my lucky f stars he had taken Junior for one o of othe f the romps the little chap loves MOTHER MOTHER GRAHAMS GRAHAM'S ORDERS Father dear I whispered hurried when he had opened the door I tOr am afraid Mother Graham Is coming down with an attack of Influenza although she herself will not admit It Will you put on Juniors Junior's things and take him outdoors immediately I dont don't w want t thim him to get into the room with her jR Of course you dont don't my father whispered back Ill take him out at t once But But my my darling darling darling-be be careful yourself P PI I was absurdly pleased please as I sped down the hall that he had uttered no no o protest against my acting as nurse asso asso as is isso so many fathers would have done do e. e That he understood I could and would do nothing else and that he approved I was as sure as I was that his heart was torn with anxiety for me p With a basket of chips in one hand and an armful of ot light wood held held ii in the other arm I hurried back to the sitting room and In a short time timo had hada a wonderful fire blazing in the grate It made the room so warm that I 1 felt most uncomfortable but Mother Graham Graham Gra- Gra ham moved her chair close to the blaze and bent over it with out outstretched outstretched outstretched stretched hands as if she could not get warmed even een with its aid Would you like a cup of hot tea mother I asked knowing knowing- It would be useless to propose anything more strenuous until she herself should admit admit ad- ad mit that she was ill Id like something she retorted 1 tartly Im freezing to death What Wha t tarl are arl you ou doing running around in that tha thin without your our sweater Go and put it on at once once and then make me some tea You'll be catch eaten in In your death of cold and then Ill I'll ha have hae e you ou on my hands for a siege If I had not known from long experience experience ex- ex how 10 loyally and devotedly m mother-in-law mother would nurse me through any tny illness no matter how severe i should have felt aggrieved at her un- un un un- gracio As It was the only emotion emotion emo emotion emo- emo tion I experienced e. besides my ever ever- mounting anxiety for her was annoy annoy- annoyance anno- anno ance at tt the prospect of having to wear wear weara a sweater In that overheated room If I could only discipline her I i reflected re- re r fleeted as one would a t refractory child chUd the c problem of caring for her would bo De much simplified As it was I foresaw ores I an arduous task b before re me |