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Show chlldrew. mm sewttr kniokknacks tavlal. snd ah oosM sssko It ooroa Malar tat Tom! Brut, to kar dlame. her Udlnwo war mat with coaMenaUoa oe the part of lavlnla aort downright refusal from her arm. eh, went to har room and Indulged in a "sood cry.-' Than, refreena. she rnada up har mind to do oho plea In tha matiar Tbo remit waro at eap-par. eap-par. whan aha want down and vwd them I m aorry you an dlopisSSOl at What I ra docldod to do." aha hates, aadreee-ln aadreee-ln flrat Tom. than hta wtfe. "bat I can't juat alt around all tha root of my Ufa I want to ha dMn aomsthlng: I seed to." lavlnla looked frlfhtanod : hot huiband troubled. At last aha aald par auaalvaly: Tv a little ptec of news, moth., that may make you charxa your plana I'm (wins' to rat a rata aeert week-tan week-tan ortro " "But that Isn't tha point. Tom. rm Juat tlrad of bains Idlo end no uaa to anrbodr" Tha little woman spok with an air of determined finality that atferl tiallT put an and to the dlsousoSsa. The metier waa aottlod and tha moej fin-lahad fin-lahad In alienee. After auppor eha roo ai c.nr and startad hack to her own mom Tha hall and alalrs wara dark and ah loot her halsnoa and ton. Tha doctor pronouncad It a bad sprain painful, though not aerlous. Porfoet qulat In bad for a eoupla of wooha and all would ho woll. The loo, lonely days t that follow! afforded Tum'a mothar am. pla Urn for redaction Lavlnla was aa rand and kind to har aa har own rtaugi tar could here bean, but sha was van bury and could only run In sno out. Tors waa hard at work sll dsy. but maaaawd to alt with her an hour avary areolae What a lot of trouble she was causing thm! Ham wag an sddsd espouse, and all she could seem to do was to makr thm lth unhappy by har own dlscon tent. If therr were only eome way eat' At Isat tha little women waa anoweo to ait up. A few days more and sha could be carried downstairs, and. aft' a little, use a crutch. The warm aunahlne rait good on the Inveild'e faee. and the eon oprlng air leaning It caresatnaiy. Row good It waa after all. to be alive She had boon ungratful. cranky, selfish- But now aha eaw thins In s different light, and she maent to be different heraiJf hereafter' And while she sst thinking one of Tom's ohllden toddled down the flowet path Quito close to the cement haa in under tha fo'intain Ho made etralghi for the water, knelt and thniat hta rhubbv Angora Into Its cryotal depthr The lltUe woman cried to him rharpi-to rharpi-to com away, but her feeble voice waa drowned In the boy's merry kjaspkar. A sasajkl ftrward h loal hja balance an-1 tumbled head flrat Into four feet of wat' The grand mother gave a quick cry of alarm, but Lavlnla waa too tar awa to hear. She tried to rls. bat ssnk back with a moan of pain. Then, quick ai thought th little woman rachd for hr crutch, and with a auperhumsn effort ef-fort aucceedd In hooking tb curved and of It Into the struggling child's leather belt and dragging him to the surface of the water. In a moment Lavlnla, pallid with fright, appeared on the scone, and looping, aetsed the terrified child in her arme. It was a Ions time before ahe rojuld epeak. . aiding tears were eouro-tng eouro-tng down bar cheeks, and n waa breathing Jrklly. She ehuddered, ap-palld ap-palld at what might have happened if Tom'a mother had not been there! ah looked toward the little woman, and asr Itpe twitched. "Oh. mother, pother! ahe cried, "what In the world would do without yen!" Tom'a mother amlled happily. It we enough. Her faded eye were lumlnou-with lumlnou-with an untold Joy. They needed hei end loved her! THE EVENING STORY A HOME WITH TOM. pooker between Ma wife's brow want unnoticed. un-noticed. Indeed, ahe had turned to lower a ahada that thejr might not a, and when aha looked around again her face was quite placid and determined. aOSaV faraa9aavf''' WraataSar (Copyright. 1911, by W. Werner.) When Tom Orlgshy father dried, leaving leav-ing the little farm heavily mortgaged and hla widow pra.nioaUK pMuiHeaa, there waa only one tlalng for har to do go and make her homo with Tom. Bo between signs and leans ahe packed her m eager belonging belong-ing In the little, old fashioned trunk ahe hadn't used el nee her honoytnoon and bought a ttoket for Now York. Young Ort go by met her at tha train. He hoped she waa going to like It In hear-new hear-new homo that la. by and by. Right now ha know aha waa too htmrtalck and homo-alnk homo-alnk to bo happy anywhere. If pooatbU he would gladly hare paid the rrmrtgagoe off the place and helped her to II v there contentedly, hut fundo In the junior r1gby household were at a low ebb, and Tom's wife worked -very hard from morn' ing till night to make ends meet. And there ware the children four of thorn to be clothed and fed and educated, eo thera waa no other way. La-rlitla had done her beet to have rhlnxa In apple pie order for the arrival of her mother-in-law. Flushed and smiling, smil-ing, ahe ran down to meet them at the front door and make nor husband's mother moth-er welcome In hr home. Tears art rang Into the little widow's eyee and rolled down her cheeka. but she dashed them away bravely and obediently followed her daughter up a Bleep, winding flllfht of etepa to her room. Inxtde she turned and threw her arms about Lavlnla' La-vlnla' shoulders. "It a all ao pretty and comfortable. she aald. gratefully, "but you mustn't begin by waiting on ma, dearie. I'm not eo old but 1 can look out for myself. Fool doe. I mean to be .f some uee to you." She turned to Tom. standing In the doorway. "I hope you'll persuade her to let me help about the house, son. It would moot kill me to ell around Idle all the time. I've ted such a buoy Ufa al-weye al-weye ' It was a long tune before shs could talk The flret weeka aUwed by uneventfully. By degrees the little mother began to secretly formulate plans for "helping her daughter out." She had been reticent at flrat, but her reatleaa nature r raved activity ac-tivity and she made up her mind not to stand back any longer IavtnlaV never railed on her, not even for the slightest service, but It lain to see that ehe waa at tlmee burdened almost beyond her strength. 8he did everything In her power to make Tom's mother happy. Pthe was never croaa. ehe did not oomplatn. Hut anvthlng In th nature of Interference with her dumeetlc arrangements would not be tolerated. 8hc had long ago made up her mtnd to that One day tbe little woman came into the kKchei.. were Lavlnla waa busy get tins the meal, he.- fate flushe and tired rings under her eyee. "Why not take the baby out for a little fiesh air. dear, und let me cook the dinner? Tor used to h?.cras about egg bread and 1 eovM makr trim some." A vague frown came to the younger woman's brows, but ahe smiled brightly Into the other's face "Whv, 1 would n t think of such a thing, mother Now. don't go and worry yourself Khout me; just go on and take a nap or read something till 1 ring the bell." Wtrh a allghtly chiHcd heart Tom's mother turned away. In the days that followed arte made several more attempts to aid lavlnla, hut was e'waye vuguely coneclous of the veiled rebuff. And all at ! once the truth i-ame home to her; ahe was simply a gweet In the houee. which waa worse almost than being an Inter loiter. To liava told these Ililtiats to her I awrwel'! 'S i With a slightly chiUsd heart Tom s mother turned sway. With a Sian'S ready raserneee to have thins runnln amoothlv between hla women folk, young Orltfaby tptickly aa-aelttetl. aa-aelttetl. They kept no eervalit and ne .p. In t .i.Miii bal tliet -hie mother could ii ip i ... i in .i amaslnaly aboul lbs pssns rnuMn Jhi-jj. i c of 'he I'hlldrsn T-jm;, son or laftvlnia would have hurt them both inepreselbt . They were young; thay could not undersignd. But tha ilHught rankled ami ahe uefan to look auout her for some solution of tha problem. prob-lem. Hhe wondered if she ware too old to gat a poaltlon In one of the big depart ment Mores! She had soen lots of old ladles employed In those rAaces, but then perhaps thay had been thera for yeara. At leaat. It waa worth an expert ment-Khe ment-Khe wanted to be of some use In tha world and she mean to he. She waa met with refuaal artee refuaal. but finally, just at sh was about to return horns, dlseouraged and exhauated with her futile fu-tile tramp, a sign in a big plate glass window- ca ugiu her aya : "Haleslad y wanted at nnre. App within '' Ten minutes later Tom a mother went horns with a buoyant sense of elation at har heart, rive dollars a weak to start with and more later if ahe proved f-attsfartory And abe would; aha knew arte would. U seemed )tke veritable Mrhee to the trembling little woman. Why. aha oould help htiy things for the |