Show HER GOOD TIME lucretia Luc retla parley farley was wan always unselfish during her short married life the she fetched and carried for her husband as would uld a spaniel and took his rough words words the same doglike when mark farley died her youngest sister bister maud came to live with her maud was big rind and raw boned with ashy blond halt hair and ft a temper that would have tried the meek st francis at first lucretius Lucret Lucre las friends hoped site she would be emancipated by her sifters sif marri marriage oge but as maud slipped from 30 20 to 30 unwed the hope died meanwhile lucretia Luc retla continued to do her duty she platted hypochondriacs hypochondria cs and cross old people who poured anto her patient ears till all their theft symptoms and complaints when her neighbors were ill III lucre Us vat cat up with them every night and if ff they hey died she put the house houge in order for the funeral and lent her crape bon boil net to the chief mourner she was president of the dorcas society and many ft a time she went with shabby habby shoes and cotton gloves that she might give a child a cloak there came a spring when she felt strangely weak and listless ifer her ice feet t lagging as it she were dragging a ball and chain anti and her hands were so thin that herrings her rings dropped from her fingers she stopped at dr sturgeons geons office one day on her way home from it a church meeting lie he pushed his glasses up on his fore head and looked at her attentively lie ile felt her pulse and asked her many queer questions which seemed to have no bearing on the case o nothing the matter Is there the he asked oh no he replied briskly 0 ill give ou a tonic and I 1 want vant you to pro mise lo 10 to do what I 1 tell you to do haill all right said lucretia Luc retla for she ahe wao used to obeying his orders have ave a good time the he began stop visiting mary yost and those other sick folks buy some good clothes clothe lie in ili bed of a let maud maudee ee to the house play cards say bay mean ja things about your pur neighbors be as selfish as you coin can ole it that quite right doctor I 1 lucretia Luc retla objected it Is ili a prescription lie he returned jut as I 1 tell one person to take hot baths bath I 1 tell you to be selfish and la larj though you much natural ability poor little Lu lucretha Luc crettal retla I 1 the doctor thought when she he ia via as gone mark parley FArley was a brute and maud Maudi Is saty a tyrant and the whole town imposes on her ill try to give her a little good time though its a late start lucretia Luc retla endeavored to obey the doc tots tors orders as to taking life easy ea 11 y just junt as conscientiously as she took her ionic tonic be fore fora meals but it was hard to reverse the habits of a lifetime the first morn ing when she heard the rising bell she nhe concluded she would have her toast and coffee brought to her she was half terrified at her audacity maud camean came in tier her face redder than usual from a recent scrubbing 3 oil ever to get up tip it cret crella cr etla ial slie she asked sharply sharp lyo and poor lucretia Lu crella huddled on her clothes clothe sand and went down to breakfast like a naughty child put but during the day she made some progress pro grer mrs mr lynn sent word that jimm Is having its fits and asks mrs far ey to come over ollin im very sorry site she said bald 0 to o the mes enger bat im not well so BO I 1 cant go 11 her conscience hurt tier her sorely alter after ward in the afternoon however site she bought herself two silk gowns and anda a pair calr of high heeled al slippers lippers she had also read literature of an uplifting tendency not go BO much because she he enjoyed it as because she thought site she ought now she read the silliest novels novel on which she could lay jay hands and even subscribed to a paper given up to jokes and gibes she spent long afternoons placing casino kith ith jimmy of the ate poor jimmy was not an player and he sulked when he was beaten so 60 lucretia always alway let the boy win As the time passed even maud could see that her sister was very fill but even liter after she was obliged to lit lie all day on her sola soa lucretia Lu crella continued to enjoy herself one day when mrs wilkins called she he felt that she outdid herself mrs wilkins was not it a pleasant person S on she had cultivated the virtues to the he neglect of the graces mrs wilkins stared tit nt these bold F late ments then changed the bulj ct when do you begin your houseclean house clean ing ingae she asked K 1 I dont intend to clean this ihli fall the other replied airily it its a jih a bore on her way out with the despised mair azine under tier airm mrs wilkins met maud 4 what has acme over our titter she asked dont ask me maud returned I she the some same woman she he was belore before she fhe was sick eveaj thing has to go her way now it was very near the end before lu lit cretia realized that there was wa no I 1 hope to fie for her acid you know it at first she bile a asked ked the doctor y yes es she answered I 1 and ou told me to enoy enjoy myself be cause ou knew my time was short yes alyes 11 Ough nt I 1 to have been preparing myself for heaven I 1 she asked after a pause you have been doing that all 3 our life the doctor replied 81 8 1 I 1 thought you deserved a little time to enjoy yourself in a worldly way well I 1 have enjoyed it she said with a sigh of content I 1 even when I 1 wa was awell well I 1 never had such a good tin time e you heard doctor how rude I 1 was to mrs wilkins the doctor nodded and grinned mrs wilkins was wa no favorite of life his but I 1 have done worse things than that lucretia Luc retla went on maud never w would put enough salt gait in my oatmeal and once I 1 picked up tip my shae and threw it at tier her it w lisant ladylike but it was such a relief I 1 have had a good time being selfish and doing what I 1 pleased you dont think it was wrong of me mcp doctor no it was all right he answered stoutly then lucretia Luc retla w was s content at the very last she turned her er poor dull eyes toward the physician 1 11 1 I 1 have have had such a god aline she rite whispered brokenly such a rest chicago news |