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Show rf AwnmmTt ctcw ormmoirxrc 1 ' ccewiintiiZii-Kt eeryrce mc ' LETTM PftOM LESLIE PPJISCOTT TO Mnl JOSEPH ORAVES HAMILTON. CONTINUEO. I uat haa ta amila, anotbar aaar. whaa that aid woman ran l bar daathbrd bunkum and I had au I could do not to aay la h,r thai aha ramlndad ma of thoaa 1'atar bad man who aonatd.rrd it a a diaaraaa aot to dla with thr boot. on. I think, parhaua. that would hatra baan tb. laat or ma if I had dona It. for aa It waa I i Put aay I oat la It dreadfully " aaylas: , "I am aorry that Mlaa rmdfor mt Ih. talazram bacauaa It worried Jack frUrhtfully. particularly aa It waa Impoaalble for him ta oom. ' At thla that aplnater atappad forward for-ward and ramarked with mora or laaa rancor: "I am aura, Mrs. Praa-oott. Praa-oott. that had you aean Mr. Prea-eotl'a Prea-eotl'a mothar nfaht befora laat you would Mhava thoushl aha was a-olns ""What waa tha natura af hac III-aaMir' III-aaMir' I Inqulrwl. Tharanpoa tha old aldy broke down and aobked aa aha aald: -John baa broken my heart! John haa broken my haart!" I muat haa looked aoraewhat aur-artaad. aur-artaad. for aha ihruat a lattar Into my hand which It aeema John ,nad written ta hla nwther. In whlrh ha had told her aoma wholeaoma trutha It aaamad that backbltln PrlacUla Bradford had aaaa ma that l(ht at tha Proiia with Karl and aha wrote full nartieuiara, aa aha aaw It. ta ajothar-la-law. I waa aa anrry at that old wia when J read tha lettar that I would have annihilated ber on Mthaaa apot. hut oh. how I did l"ry In Jack'a apunk! Ha iuet told hla mother ha would not allow anyone, not even her. ta aay anything about m. Juat aa aoon aa ha cornea -noma ta-alcht, ta-alcht, mother, you hlaa him for ma and tell him ha la tha beat aw. won't your Uon-t yon think my apartment la Mttrely? I think that 1 will come noma tomorrow and help you enjoy It If In tha meantlma thla aid woman bera doaa not think up aoma ather way to keep ma here and maha. ma perfectly uncomfortah!.. I ftba keepa no matda. but aha will not let me halp her "dear Prlacllla" da anything. Mtou to think t am not capabia of It. and I'll tali the world, that "dear macula" la no night I had fried ateak. plain botud potatoaa and aoggy apple pla for dinner. I waa a llttla ratty, mother dear, and aald aa I refuaed tha ateak that I aevar ata fried meat of any kind. When naked If I did not Ilka pi. I anaw.red that unleaa pla cruet waa particularly flakey and light It gava ma dyepapala. If looka could hava killed I would ha.e bn n corpa then and there from "dear Prtacllla'a" glancaa. I an being rather flippant, mother dear, bacauaa I realty am vary unhappy. un-happy. Poor Jack! How draadful ha muat fl to hava auch a mother and all tha while aha think, ha awaa 'her everything; and tella ma vary plainly that aha mat her aoa completely whaa ha married me. I am goina: ta ran trp Jack tonight to-night and talk to him. On what ha aava will depend whether I etaxt noma tomorrow or not. lovingly. I.BSUK. (Continued tomorrow.) |