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Show ! Maligning Mother. Mrs. Brennan's ten children had I gathered at the old homo for tho first j time In years. Sho surveyed the group I proudly. From Capt. Tom of 35 to 1 ftfary of 11, sho believed they wero i equnlly dear to her. 1 "Mother loves all of us," said little 4, Mary, meditatively, "but sho loves Tom best because ho's oldest." Mrs. Brennnn protested that she 1 . cared for all alike, then appealed to ;;". her second son. v,:' "Dick, you grow up with Tom, nnd ' ' can Judge better than Mary. Did I ever treat him bettor than you?" "Only in ono way, mother," said ' the big fellow, a twinkle in his oyo. ; "On cold nights you used to como in and pull tho covers off mo onto Tom." , Youth's Companion. 1 |
