Show f A CRUEL KINDNESS BY BIKS U 1 L rr fie BE town had grown W up P to them and al most crowded itself into thel their fi flout out door but they still lived ou on antho la the same saine old 1 f a s h lo 10 n od t methods n e t hod i if t 0 tho io past half c century e i it u ry clini g i n g to he chairs and tables they had bad when licy were married ried even retaining tho the attio squeaky piano that had teen nn maria a bho inai erkd a rich anil and changed to anita mai llanio fe 1 alio llio lie cradle she aas js locked i in AN when lien a baby manufactured out of a barrel by her adai ing father and covered skillfully with rose colo colored lrea chintz had acon sent up to the attic for it offended ur if r line fine sense of esthetics when tile she time nine homo to visit lite rag carpet in the living loom was us the work of leisure laiouia aiom s and had been in service tin twenty crity dl years tin and d thc jhc old man maa used to say I 1 I 1 angly while tic ho regarded it in with ith ad aull never make an carpet like that mo icil it u as ai liko the last pointing painting of a great it tibt to hini him and now the old people had bad taken nn an outing that was to last a whole week wella tho result of a conspiracy in which aich ann marla maria NN was as chief mover who vv was as aided and abetted by her sisters married and settled in tho the s sime ime tonn town it uld ind whom silo sho was visiting N hile tho the old couple were gone the possessed themselves of tho the key of the homestead enta entered red it stealthily and began N what hat they con a work of ie lafonn forin which also has N as expected to be a delightful sur prise ariso to those thosa most interested N ell all get that dreary old piano out ont of ofilio the way first said its former dav owned net N ito ho had one now that cost a thousand dollars I 1 ind and tho the old i lag ag cat caipen pet it aphes gh es me a ell chill III to see it and all those dreadful framed photographs and chro enog anosi I 1 have a few oil paintings that I 1 in 1 I ought ough t down Is ith me on oil put POW to deplace them and that red tablecloth table eloth 1001 boehle do you remember whon linn we c used to IL beirn irn our lessons lesions on that flam finin iu thing it looks as awful awfully 13 red us c cei el docan t it I 1 I 1 iab m I 1 answered sophie sophic fill a dl i thice high I 1 I 1 ondel if we al aio 0 as it hip tp py now as wo we veto then orif or if our con editions depend so bo much on surround ings ing ingeline alne furniture foi instinct dinst inco I 1 I 1 sal sail I 1 anu ann marli carlt cm cin ne c must move with tha or bo be run avs jovn i ifera take old peacock feathers feat heri and stow them away somewhere I 1 suppose it do to to burn thorn them I 1 once thought the e acs cs la in those fLath fint licis cis A v atch d ebli athing I 1 did ave vo 11 letti lea a 0 gi anaf alther B s clock because it iab b me ine and a fad now in the best und and the aldei tile tho bottei so 10 they tore up and tot c don clovin n n and lid in a few houis houi s a really model n air N lid id every nook and cornei A pret ty now n w carpet not too gay but with ith a pl pleasing asing assortment of bolois s toola the place of the despised rag carpet Is naw aw choirs chairs a handsome lug ing an tit up easy chair foi I 1 f ither and a odlin od lin kolhei for mother blip bill glinted tho the lang oil used furniture furni tuio tuie of the alio pis t and tho faded old boio ei 0 i I 1 cinon emited emoted ed to make room for si aart pula tings in III estyl with tile new order of A whito anni still icv ci replaced t io 10 1 I 11 I 1 log cibin quilt cerv of which lia ha I 1 been ns ni book ful fui I 1 to lead oilier era ln mida 03 throughout and then vic the touti paused to look on oil theli theft h hinan ind IN orli ork nl t tako ito breath ihus s tho flis fit st an oric I 1 s 0 boio in t anty reaia eaic bal ann viria N wip ip in her bep flushed fae face with ith a rea real I 1 I lico ice handler handkerchief 31 chief but I 1 d just liko to wo the atar car old couple niico they open the door I 1 I 1 in arrild the alie 11 object to li hiving the piano out of sight said one of the t i tors but alio thov le ie sure to liko CO thing hung else mother boull I 1 novit nevii lot ita nie me touch a chali oven even to n it out ho I 1 the auh way say was nas to taco t her old folks get i about hao till a long time it I 1 im in t good for tin in to binko ce idols out of old fui it iture I 1 I 1 I 1 should bay not added ann M ML mi L ria besides it the fashion now us its it in wis is a fw 5 ears cars ago ivas I 1 was ral r al Y 1 I 1 r 1 d M I 1 ILI e Q XV 4 cj I 1 it f IX 1 VVE WEIL I 1 L ort THAT DIWA deram n 1 aano OUT OF THE A rinar I 1 ty ly afraid i would think wo io di biln in t appreciate our ol of I 1 folks to lit ita them thein if lio a on among that old rubbish the last touch touches s being tie ac campli gilld tho the went I 1 lap etive homes and at III X liaf tile the W two 0 old follis folks walked allied into tho the domicile that had sheltered thein for forty yonis the tho I Larest spot on balth to them liomel it h hi t I 1 ave bf on n planned by their knowing inchild rn tn that thi y were to entel th the 0 house abouo to intensify the alio hur prise in stole fr far them and enjoy eccli other s delight over oer the occasion Ait without hout kut but they not knon knowing iZig this thia felt with tho of ago age a little hurt and citing together toge us ns they entered tho the dark und and silent ds dwelling elling ci cerv cr step of N anich nich i was as like iilo atallo lial lood ed gi pound aund to thir tired fired fe fact t i 4 ft clr my wy d w I 1 most wonder tit tha girls aint left a ight n bli arain for us us first they forgot I 1 bald the oil CAI roan wan a as lie he led 0 for eer a cl aar you IOU know iano father ann A rill martes vl Bitin thorn it ciak a n durci euce ald tho the mother in ill gentle apologetic etli tones that ane cie hel hei labut when de fenda fending the children t richt good to tic home alcait let lets a set bet aili r t st ft afore we helit ip the old man inan dropping into a handy andy i chair hut but its hh form lad had be beichly 1 I coy touched it II 11 ho he himself out of it and B it til I 1 t dont don t etem fatral nat ral I 1 it t most anost olo my baal to st s t in tit th tt it rl mandi there s something wrong I 1 mandy had been feeling along alon the bhelt fol foi tho the caudle that car in and year out stood there I 1 lite like a tallow r F n tinel and imil had gocr erf failed ailed liei bet in the darket ni ht bho found it but not in ia its ol 01 oil I 1 place it had been moved a hilts hill a to the left ail and d felt queer to her ter touch bunino a match eben I 1 want 0 t see what like ii h the can to la lot loid d a mercy look at it maul it certainly was not nob tile tho same beaud bi and of candle thit toi foi all there i 3 enri avid lien it en run in the tin mold behind the pantry door it nias a gorgeous tv isted in ill green wa wax with yol yd low at sti ipei that s tho the girls doln doin a I 1 1 bet e V said tho the old nian man putting on his hia glasses to tako take a better look at the intruder gohl aalt a As its I 1 a a diffused a light lir ht through 11 the room dooin tho the two 0 old people bi atran gan to In vestin ati they looked around into lath other ti faces rind both far find ond ciment here ere express d in theft stattler led glances mand said the old nian man at I list idt lecrone we I 1 c gone CRone and got int into 0 the in wiona I 1 lious cl 1 I IW it ansi cred mand feebly I 1 but then hei ij ii out A I 1 icib ct b look 1001 at the outside and the geils I 1 mho acio cio at their ox own n windows 8 ba haw w a r 1 immell ng ligh t dancing I 1 like an ignus f i bedol a t the lie old hou c e unit and could discern di cerii tho the un wonted of their aither and mother the outside of taca home b candle light it sti uck thein us as very funn meanwhile the flit truth trupi itself in pirt to tho the old people antl and holding aloft the fla lill wax C tool took an imen toi 0 of f the new furniture kiture fiam tile the on tho the floor to the paintings js oil the wills it was well alio to hear them it might have al a en ell them thein a shock even the alio planny a gone said mandy wringing Hn ging her lianda hands I 1 ta hie le oem old planny v where here A ann un mm mai IT IL lo 10 a arnld to play hang up tho the dab s 3 bho wib ten I 1 coul in t have sleeved it t tind and my iny lilt hit on an i alss ca carpet apet abu that t I 1 avith within ma ON own n hands aud and the red cloth eloth tho ilie cheet f III bt thiu fhlug 1 l ou could see bee it fol foi a i M 1 1 ii t T ID kal I 1 01 IZ ap a 1 I 1 1 11 at ae 7 S 4 1 INq I 1 HE 1 EN C I 1 L it little when the booi w N as rill nn 1 c L was as lighted un ull aud and my I 1 t s of tho the children childr tn taken balsen eci yeii ti of alini li 11 41 i its clec than tobben I 1 don t doubt they meant well i ell but it its i biake bi olic in ma I 1 tart art I 1 I 1 tini nini biolo liol 0 in ma bick bial trvin train to ta set in ill ono of them new IIA I 1 baid ild thi ol 01 oil I 1 in mm in spurning Bp the anim t hall with lili his foot I 1 do oil onu I 1 mandl aiana it if tin y left ab w ann thin to it nt t I 1 on llie vit r fal fiand 1 1 m 11 ri 1 fi mhd it t ill 0 3 an uld old fren I 1 it L I 1 hola fithia s ale atoo non in foi 0 the en antillo tillo iio it with loving 1 a I eg cs it ans mir da light 00 wo two old 1 al been tho list of tito the i new pill ml alling Ld them to ehor lhor bati bad f fi ution tan rhe fhe fain fana candle lift iia I 1 burned do MI it to a mouna of grec nand bellow Naca nl loii 1 nn r ri placed by a ati tight nept oni ill aug tallow hoin innel tit it belll I 1 M light fight on oil two old fatis that N vicy L ly llila but iota a coTi cious 3 of pe ILC ice ill 11 ll I 1 ti lumry and even I 1 ii I 1 their dream thc jhc bugled to think of it baa ann clail I 1 when e aishe b ile tells telli tho the fator I 1 after all our ani pla us rind walen w antor in L lit tor 0 lr the next da to ahle how ney lie 1113 mg new bm I 1 aull lin the hid had put back t n cre al ai th thle hilo le of the c id api and all and I 1 the nov new th I 1 ill u in tile the ihly linie lime a tic new omit nor a tablecloth vol una un shingi 1 sud tid tho the things acrin t able lulli lalk about ou being caned j lined to idols idola fathom nn I 1 0 o it il I 1 give him pointers pointer 3 out of the thou I 1 I 1 c e peri not t and bho oer tb ohp ld dc en racy of ae c irce I 1 aco cilmi |