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Show GOLDEN WEDDING ! l By ELIZABETH R. GREENE. t (XI ttll, by McUlun Ntwipipir SnJltH ) "Where are ycu golnp, molherr Nancy looked up from her pncklnsj lone enouch to note her mother's sun-houiieml sun-houiieml head disappearing through the doorway. Without animerliig. Mother Mllchell tilked out Into the September sun-hIiIiio sun-hIiIiio to Join her husband. Her dor.ed mind could nol comprehend bow It Imd nil come nbntil, but two facts she understood with torturhiK clear iiess i:iien was boIiir lo John's nnd 4io was roIiir to NnnPi's; the old linmo was tielns broken up. Hlien spoke presently: 'Tou'll be wnrm nn' comf 'table there t' Nancy's, molbcr thank Ood. I shan't hnto f vorry over Hint. An' Nnncy'll have th' 'piclnllsl for your eyes she promised me that" The woman stirred restlessly. "1 don't need no specialist 1" she as-M'rleil as-M'rleil stoutly "An', father, what'II von do when ou hnve them cramps In ill' nlKhl? John won't understand em" He smiled at her bravely. "Now, what do you think I'd be tak-In' tak-In' lliciu cramps along with me for?" he demanded humorously. "I'm lenv In' 'em t' home, wbero they h'long " It was an unlucky speech. She turned toward him with n stifled cry. "Where we h'long, tool" she sobbed, the floodgates of her pent-op sorrow Hung wide. "They've no right f separate sep-arate us; It's wicked. Oh, Bben, let's not an lot's not co!" "Thcro, there, mother," ho soothed. 'We c'n get along nil right, Khen," sho said eagerly, "Th' hens nln't gone )ot, nn they'io laying good. There'll -wood enough t' last unite n spell an "No, no, dear heart," he Interrupted Interrupt-ed huskily. "I could netcr forgive my-'self my-'self If I let you suffer needlessly. I oughter hnd enough en eij. t tldo us along now," ho reproached himself bit--t'crly, "hut somehow I nevpr had th knnelc ' keepln much.nheod ",, "It's because you've been so g,o,otl f' ever body," she Hashed, "that we ain't notliln' 'nowl ' "Whdn'Johu wanted t'-go.-tVcollcge you sold the Wood lot an' sent him. Stead o' letlln' him Work Ids .wn.yTr" '"TwoUld'be hflrd'on th'boy, Com-, fort."-responded the old man gently,. She went on ns If she-hnd not-henrdl' her toll-wom hflnds clasped tu her,lap.' "After John got Bottled in blu'nos n' It looked s If we might get n'llttle, help from him now an'" then, he got married; an' that was th' end o' that." "Ves; but "taint good for mun f live alone,'" quoted liben smilingly, trying to draw her from the sttuuge mood she was In. "Then Nancy took sick," sho continued con-tinued wearily, "on It took all our rulny day savin's t' pay for her operation" Trying to comfort her with hand nnd voice, he was too distressed to see that his daughter was speeding up the path toward the house, In back ot the oak. White nnd sobbing, Nancy reached tlm hou.se. She had gone to the Held to ask her mother If they hadn't better soil (ho clock with tho rest of the things tomorrow. Approaching the oak unseen, beneath which her parents snt, she hnrd tho conversation which saved her from many bitter regrets later. An eager, broken talk through the telephone with John set the plan tn motion; then Nancy, a chastened., nwakened Nancy, went about many mysterious crrunds lu the little- village. vil-lage. Upturning home Anally, her mother mot tier anxiously. "What time t'morrer you havln th' auction, Nancyt" "John won't bo here till tomorrow rilcht," answered her daughter lightly. "We'll settle everything Saturday." 'Saturday! Their golden wedding dnyt Tn silent anguish mother left the rdom. Nevethad the sunlight streamed so brightly Jnto tho old home as on. that Saturday morning, never hud Nancy HijiifT so Joyously, or John whistled so merrily. Tho gay sounds commingled with savory odors Honied up the Blair-I Blair-I way to tho room whero Father uud Mother Mitchell still lingered. Then suddenly fancy's voice called from the hull. "Ves, we're comln'. Nancy," answered an-swered her another, tremulously. Hand In hnnd the two old lovers went downstairs together, each ow-i ow-i Ing for the other's sake to be brave that day. Hut whut wns this? Father nnd Mother Mitchell stared hewlldcrliigly at tho table spread with snowy cloth, the bluo willow-ware nnd a steaming breakfast, whoso crowning glory wns a bowl of CO yellow roses. I "A happy goldeu weddlug day I" chorused John and Nancy, lending them to the table where two piles of Qf'ty shining dollars dazxllngly reflected reflect-ed the sunlight lu two bluo plates. "Children, what dock this mean?" faltered Mother Mitchell, "It means (bat t hero's a hundred ntore coming every month," said John, his hnnd on his father's shoulder. "Nan and I novo decided we don't Iutint tho old home broken up; It means too mighty much to us," he cleared his throat, "and If you'll stay, 'jtfu'll -flmV -therct's about everything i you'll ho needing for awhile" If they'd stay! The oft couple lookeh at each other dazedly. Nancy's 'tremulous volco broke the tension. , ,, xhorel i forgot those biscuit P |