Show t THE SPINsrlElt I I I Myflro luwnrm t tonlfrht rind cnvklM I merrily tlio opon itroto My cat curkd l i up on lira toft cushion ami l < WiMfully I purring bomlf to sleep Two boohs llo on tho oozy llttlo tablo nwrlurj tho Uoi erica 01 UaohoJor And tlio Lovo Affairs of on Old Jlnld My knitting with Its bulls of palo bluo ftlid dorp wIno red rests llly In my Inp lIMn buck oomfortjilily In my Ug chulr ont with lull closod ry < s if I let my wayward I thoughts wander whom frco fancy Inuts them Who knows what tender feelings rtcal Into many a lonely henrt when tho Rhodes nro drawn and a brooding ullcmo nettles down on a quiet iltllo liouso I cannot help wondering whither nfurr nil my I neighbor tlio wny Is moro or lesn happy than I nnd my mind goes back to Ibo time when wo wcro schoolmates Illllan nt 10 wan tho prettiest girl In ehool Her vklo open hluo eyes her toll rollnll eheifcs ant h trIton log hair modo i her u picture of girlish Icauty Sho never t cared Jar Hluly hot a romp a plnl or n don on raN her delliiht Well at 18 cho marie ono of tboboys nndospected to bate a gay time forever after Her Jack WAS A good dancer ant drovo a stylish borne nil tho girl envied her and what more could on ok fool 4 Hut tho first year brought Beverodlinp rolntraonts Lillian grew earchts of her personal appcnrnncu and wildly jealous of Jack Ito hot rcenin nnd preferred to prod his tlnio whcro ho would not b nn f noyed by them After > mo bitter lon c Jacks ctta learned to keep within certain ji well defined limits With her leech beauty IW faded and with the knowledge that eha has loft her husbands I adoration t nho drugs i nlong a wenry life In which them neither pleasure In the present nor liotw for tho no future Sold to myself I am fur happier to hap-pier In certain loneliness than In ruth companionship and I looked around my cozy room with n nemo of relief to think I h I r that no scowling I coo and no harsh vordd I r 4 teuccedteyoldloaldoinrnolluoc f Then took up my half flnUhul work 0 and knitted 1 Inilustrlouly for awhile I I 0 was making name tacks for hub Ted my young nephew Who could tell the proud rt joy tho lullnlUi tenderness JII tote lilch croln thu heart of Teds little mother 0 Them coot nn answering thrill uhen I I Jii i thoughtof her nnd contrasted her Wo I lth u I mine How cloiely sloe clasped lion llttla i 1 h fellow In her ocr as It iho would shield ri0 him from all tho world With what eagerness eager-ness the watched for tho pet responsive W I I look Ibo first plain word and tho llrut i o tottlnl Icp Alld them woo corn nn I l absurd fondness In I thou tender mother 1 tyosos the gazed on tho antics of hrr young I j son and Imagined them vastly ttujHTlor thom exhibited by any other infant In ho I O wldo world Ted lone not a commonplace I r everyday baby not hl Ills worth babbling O f I bab-bling o full of wisdom only wo pour ordinary mortals could not understand the r00 mysterious lauguogo In which they wcro ullcrd o H I laid down my knitting nnd In tho redo I red-o coals I of dw open leo grate I rend tho I coming o com-ing years bringing tho Inevitable cbangis I l for Ted and his mother Tho boy 1 I not 0 d ° natu0ed to Ilvo within the clasp of tlioso 4 cheltrrlng arms lln must ECO llfo bo free k go out Into the world ant Judge for him 10 toll Tho mothers eyes arodlmwlth gath eng tears ant the trembles with forebodings o ° I fore-bodings Her boy 1 her little Ted Is I out o I them away from her lone and watchful care Ho may 0 cold or weary or I1L Tho 3 great world Is I pitiless nnd thor n many o snares She reads tho pi J rs and trembles ut livery vensatlonal I Item I Oh If I sho could o ri i4 only hove kept him us ho non A littlo Innocent I o Ip In-nocent child when ho knew his thoughts O 40fl and directed his actions Her ralltudo Is I I i 4 for niece body thal minI nd for tho 0 I < II moment Inn glad that tbo tiny cock In 0 I rIna my lap 1 lo llelcnji child and soot Co 4 But aa tho years pin on I sco Ted a o man n longer a heedless child tho comfort nod support of hU mother lIe I o 0 I loot gone through lIon flrei and coiuo back I I to her with his Iwyluli fancies his egotism and Ignoranco rcplawd by tho quiet decision 11 I sion and self rcllonco of the mnturo man t How his mother appeals blot defers to him and anticipates his libel In herO her-O J Jr 4ycsho I It hoc I wisest nnd tho handsomest young man In boa town folio Is proud of ° t rt nio h 1 4 bIt loverllto attention to her nnd with n I flush ether checks and an added brilliancy M rnu In her dark oyct sloe looks but a fow c J4 Ms winter Thcso are happy days but In I the height of their enjoyment tho shadows I como stealing It Is I at Hrst only n thought O 1j an Imagined preference but It 1 1 boon WI deepened Into a reality Tool mother believes In marriage She i would ray KJ If you or I tluiuld ark her 1 Sloe liellotea In It n tho trucbt and happiest I 4 happi-est condition man nnd woman kind O 4a4 bho has deliberately nnd firmly etudlod iO tho question atoll decided that there Is lot u slnglo girl In tho town who would mako r n good n Ifo for her Irup l Thero I ore good O girls I pretty globe 1 I accomplished girls but not ono who combines tho Jieceswiry gift 0 and giwiw Latuly thero has buon a difference f 0O dif-ference In Teil lIe has not talked to freely I r at dinner and has Ice fctrungcly absent 1 inlndaL Ho surely cunnot tw nttraetcd by frivolous llttlo Ills 1lowio tho only nnd petted darling of Dr Kvmttt Teds ci mother al ays ad ml red kernel bob until un-til now but In this must vital cholco cho on noel eadecotanol blot Ia vaIn thu sp O I reals to his rewnn lie says llttla nnd acts much Though ho ropeels his mothers r opinion tho 1 Is forced to ceo that tho U alienating him nt ouch exprosiilou of them 0 Bo oho dcctdua liken bcnblblo wuiuun t I o make tho best of things fl Miss riosslo I Intltod to spend a quiet o afternoon nlth her prosprctho motherin I law Sho la I found to pOHboas nthnmil I bIllIe head a warm heart and a charming teannoro k After all that has been said and dono they dccldo to luuLo thu moat ut inch other oth-er and lu lice intertwining allay balls uf I llrocy yarn lao tho piirabloof their unlh Ihes floe last Mich on Ice lit 101 Is bound off and tho playful Uttuu Is I oiling i Urn bright nmnants on tho hearth rug I 3 Alary 1cabody hawyer In IJosUin IJ budget |