Show HIS CARE CARESSES ases 0 dmd TOO LATE MEANT WELL IF DIDN T A GOOD old ripley Ilen ryer Is a well to do illinois farmr farm r with tendencies rles whose hose life tige h been gaii paired ted without no an emotion except what blat may have been engendered in getting money together lord h alding fast to it when ilia his father died a of a century asro ago hn his mother concluded she could not got rt along without him so no site she quickly followed the same amo way and ripley cornice into roie rose solon of tho the homestead felt fell tile alic necos necessity sity lor for a good cook and washer woman then he pre prevailed upon hotly St ercer an pretty maiden of tho the neighborhood to assume those first making her lita ilia wife it li Is i cible bobala beld nothing to her of be tte ua the wifely relation but th t mae made no difference us to results re ulta ripley was strong ns as an ox a nard hard worker himself bo be nud no lie excuse for lazy people and no excuses for those who were weaker than hinti telf As time parsed little Ilen ryers oi one lie twe three five in all cattle into the family told fold eath each one addina to the cifes cares and mn meantime ilme added to hla his acres the I 1 ha rumber number rif of hired men inen but in all the years it never occurred to him that the mother of hla his children might need help in her department hired girls nere iio cat co cc and came awful high ri ii ho he put it when oneff one tt the neighbors reminded led him bith of tits his remissness hetty hefty bure bore her yoke in silence ond and might have been contented even but for iho he mans utter lack of sentiment or 0 r arf arhe calon she tad bad never felt the gentle tire pressure asure of hla his hand lit in soft caress and he had never kissel blasej her in tits his life she grew crew old fasts fast faded und and dropped drooped and finally oven even the stolid sordid husband nw baw i the necessity of callick in a doctor when the latter was leaving the alio house bo be culled ripley aside and said suppora Sup posa you show bhoj your wife rolfo a little kindness I 1 think it bit of affection will tio jo her more rood good thun than medicine ashes irk in a t tad ad way and may de 1 the selfish follow fellow was frightened at the prospect pios of his bis cook and faithful und and after some dellbe deliberation ration lie be entered her bedchamber and awk awkwardly ardly 4 her bar side elde then stooped over and klesel her palo pale cold brow the poor woman who tor for 25 beare ear had bad been dying for or avail sim pithy athy and love was so no tit rt ale tit at t this I 1 its exhibition moll of feeling feell ni on the iho art of her husband that tears of than hunk k u ness gathered in per eyes eye and then rolled down dowd tier cb eells rho ibo lubberly fellow started back at alg agit it ol of this evidence of and b burled aried out gosh hetty you mind it I 1 mean by it doo dao he be paid aid it tol ibliss make maite you fool foal better then the tears diled quickly enough and tho woman turned her pallid face toward the wall anca ripley kip ey eama came ba bilk it an hour later ell all too kis es ei in the world worl d could not linae brought rUm sture to her eyes the office of cook cecil and WB was vacant in his bouse Clit chicago cago tribune |