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Show OBSTACLES H By MILDRED WHITE. . lilt, Wtittrn Nemptptr Union) I.lr.zte Mood frying the crullew n golden brown, while . Mrs. Reynolds sat In her fnorlte corner of the neat white kitchen. Though Lizzie had prmen herself capable In every line of housekeeping, Mrs. Reynolds could noi quite resign her hnblt of dlroej-lug. dlroej-lug. Everything In the home which she had long made for her Idolized and really worthy son had come under un-der her MiiiervUlon, and It was dlf-flcitll dlf-flcitll now to brook other rule, cumi of comiietence. And .surely, 1 .Iwd e was a Jewel. After various ::nd Innumerable uuihU had mnile lltful and unsatisfactory unsatisfac-tory stays In the pretty Hat. Lizzie nrrlved, and served with a skill seeming seem-ing loo good to be true; and Lizzie remained. re-mained. Mr-. Reynolds found it was quite possiliie to make both friend and com-tbliiu' com-tbliiu' of Lizzie without fear of Inter disappointment. And I he elder woman wom-an accepted this eoiupnnlonslilp Joyfully, Joy-fully, realizing In the comfort received re-ceived how very lonely she had here- I ri Pi ih It Ail k for .lohii Reynold's mother was imt one In her exaitlons to win either coiifldcnti or filenilflhlp. So new. snylng to nud fro In the rocker whkh Itl7.le bad brought from the Ihlng room, she relieved her mind concerning a certain Hetty StandMi, who had been presumptuous enough, ami succcsstul enough, to win her John's affection. "It Isn't," she lohl LI..le. is If he were a limn to be taken with every pielly fnce. .lohn never did 111' annual ami niiil.e low, like other boys, lie stayed at home und studied, and thill's why lie has gotten along sn well, with bis engineering. Rut now. Ju-t with Hint big promotion nbeml and nil. for titni to be taken with an Idle frivolmis creature, who knows how to do nothing but spend her fnllicr's money ! What sort of helpmeet would she be U a young mini wince life for some time to come, must be siient In ouTfomliig obstacles? For John will lme to travel far and put up wltb much hurdshlp. Will this musical, ten party' girl, be willing to go with hint d,i the wllJ- h you think when his duly calls?" Mrs. Reynolds In her eloquence bad j forgotten Lirzte's proence. The girl j admired a templing cruller on the end I of a fork. "Majhe," she replied, "this Miss Slauillsh loves your boy n lot; love can miike people like to do ?tl sorts of hard, unusual things. And maybe she's not so light, after all. Mrs. Reynolds. Rey-nolds. Do you know her?" The mother's lips tlghleiieil. "I absolutely refused lo meet her," she replied, "when John made the sag-fnuiiiMi. sag-fnuiiiMi. I if rmir.se. he Is under a lover's glamour ut present, and cannot can-not be' reasoned with. Rut I have heard enough about Steve Slaudlsh's daughter to know Hint she Inherits nil hi" father's love of show und luxury; and ns her mother died when she was bom. she's hud no bringing up outside of fancy boarding schools. You can hardly pick up a paper without reading read-ing some description of her gown at this 'affair' or her plaing at that. And nil' the inoney John will huve to give "lfer will be what he earns throngh hard endeavor. Seems" The mother's voice trailed off sadly. "John's -life has. .Just -bee.it- spent overcoming obstacles, ' bc ones nil along the wny. 'He twas'lusra Ind when his father dtedVund be has been,, .gbllged to'-flght Nhla-wiy,.to Wfl elre'" f Tears filled the 'faded eyesH jzzle fjriskly put her kettle nslde, the las .frngrmil cruller was done. Then she came, .snrtrW' find MrKhh-JiIng the. 'ruffles bver.'ftrr jii,. straight tthe-old tthe-old lniy'Bldj.v ' "Now, .iloar'-'-Vhe sal'd;,"di)!t "yttu fret. Jidiii'ls'BofiWftr llml 'Ju-t the right woman, the one woman Ic him, hevause no one could be wholly selfish, self-ish, I think, und love your John nl -Hie same' 'time. Tlfero Is fiomelhlmi ' -Vo big' iftfi flnea'nH "hoo .ubognj -lilm . that, well,-It Jus"t lihs'to bring oiit'no-. oiit'no-. '.htenpKi lii anotfier. . -You see. 1 knov ' for I. love your John' "'The-mothcr caught her brrallf shni-p ly ; unbelieving, she looked up Into the glowing face above lier. Old Mrs. Reynolds stared, then, excitedly ex-citedly she gniscd the girl's bunds. "Lizzie," she cried, "I really wish that my boy dld'loe jou." "You really mean, O John's mother," Lizzie asked, "thai you would welcome wel-come mo ns John's wife If It should happen that he loved me?" The elder woman's voire was earn list. "I would. Lizzie," she said. Then Lizzie, with u tremulous little lit-tle lough, slipped to her knees and "burled her fine on the mother's slioul- uei. Then welcome me," she said. I "Joi your Ifojui and I. we love each .othi'r- I am Rttiy filaudlsh. deiir; j 'Cluiiheih Stnndish. if you please.. And . I have deculveil you Ip order to -w In Just thai welcome. Thie won.no other oth-er way after Jron positively rofunH) to n'ei't inf."' 'ii .(,! . '-The pVrI-rnlred..herfAeo. Jo Mulle , nun the other with Its dawning light' ut.lin..!iM.tf.. ''" ' '19. Hoii see," lenmrked Lizzie lleity demurely, "1 inn oercomo some obstacles ob-stacles in.xself." |