| Show REWARD OF MERIT by JULIA A PORTER fi U 1020 by mcclur bandl 1 l jine stood before the mirror impartial scrutinizing the lady reflected therein darn it 1 P thought jane julie the mirror vas a between benen two win ula dois and reached to the floor she ran up the letting letti tig in a flood good of stapled nearer and resumed lier tier scrutiny cru tiny 1 I 1 whispered jane june she took a han liani I 1 revolved plo loi 13 still keeping up uie the pitiless parn iti it I 1 1 r I 1 said tane jone vigorously the vie lady in the mirror wee was adt ddt alre though she he might hove have been so a dozen years before her clothes were mere shabby bends rough and reddened ber her hair wholly holly neutral til lit color as twisted into a firm knob on the beck back of her head liend after the fashion of women who have no timo dino to waste aste on personal adornment nt she posse possessed sed nothing that could be cl assli ted as complexion and her whole expression anil and attitude indicated unmitigated weariness it a my nay turn now eald said J anne one to her double 1 I mean to have the time of roy my llfra I 1 jane deserved I 1 it t thirteen years before mien llen she was ans eighteen came the news of the dl disaster aster which had wept swept anway both parents leaving leming her 0 to o care tor for jim and aud mill noll both too young to tp realize the full extent of the calamity but now tr fr two yeara years jim bad been james 1 L bedford M D and nell all was well ell niong along on her wed ed ding alln journey and of their united fortuni tuna jane still had IWO 1 left it rightfully belong to me so eald td jana jane to the mirror lady 1 I 1 have earned it habat she he hatred 8 ned jim a and n d kill nt 11 both night and day hadn haan t b bhe he seen to it that they could hold their own oan va with ith their youji companions t the she sacrificed a college course that tacy might lack nothing t she di dismissed missed the servants ind end fier herself elf cooked and scrubbed and mp med aed until both were ere u well ell settled in ili ila ila halat in t she given ghen peter back hie ills ring good old id he protested how he consel how he bovall kd his fate how he vowed he would wait until jane had done her tier full duty july as she siw s iw it and peter was still unmarried jve 1 tho the money rightfully belonged to her it m was as lit hiir r turn now that evening jane announced that g she he was going on a vacation a cation her tier one in 11 at ars she site juat wanted to go oft off by herself and doze ard adriam and dawdle da wille and be quite free tor for sev eral weeks yes she he prefer to go a alone and she preferred not to say buy when w h e i she s h e was a going g 0 1 n i jane ara e w went e ur t st straight t r alet h t t to 0 1 S ev evv york gly st oat out the h e roost m 0 s t eminent beauty specialist and took dally treat bents she bad her hair brushed and sunned she had tier fat all she had her hands man ared she practiced gymnastics she took dancin lot lesions she slept ions long hours she sto at od food I 1 she amused herself in maty ways at the end of six weeks she re turned home and again stood before the oe mirror mir r but a ery different lady re her gaze a lady peter surely would approve all trace of weariness bad had vanished the dowd dowds clothes had disappeared and it general air of well being had displaced her old careworn look I 1 rom the top of her well coifed head to the toed of her well fitting shoes ehe she rall ralli ted an imbres elon slon of joyous expectation As dr jim was not home from his office when she arrived pink fhe rhe elred and smiling she set out on a it walk good luck would haie baie 14 it she soon saw peter approaching he tie blared stared a moment and then holding out both hands eald gold jane lane you were in angly gly right when you refused to let me bind myself indefinitely by hy a kroml next beek eek I 1 am to marry sylvia fider the dearest loveliest little littie girl girt that evor breathed ni 1 after a short pause he added you do look stunning yourself jane grasped both hands cordially and iid said I 1 congratulate you most ein sin corely biere ere can be no mistake this time dr jim was veas at home when jane returned turned he ile also stared a moment and tl en exclaimed 6 IN by hy jane 4 you are positively pretty but I 1 never noticed it before Z he ile seemed somewhat III at ease but finally told bee hf that he had been thinking matters over during lier tier absence and had concluded that in hie his profession an office in a good location was an absolute necessity adding you tou must ive have about fifteen hundred dollars still left and if you coul coull 1 give me my share right now I 1 could step into a dandy location they were interrupted by the post man A letter from nell said doctor jim handeg it to his sister the theetter jetter began I 1 I 1 do hate to ask ned for money so soon after our wed ding there about five hundred dollars due me fron from father fathers a estate if I 1 could hae haie it right now I 1 should be tie eternally grateful darn it till thought jane |
