| Show n Q I ILI LI AI r PR TO nm Ha r ov dOY 0 JOIL Ij I WE tLDE PRESCOTT My lly Dear ton Ion aon- aon I h hue hO ha O t been back from Dr Kno Knox whelo you probably know Inow I vv ent tv shilo Priscilla Bradford Br was t tear 1 Ing ar I lug Ing up my house preparatory to moving out Although Althou li that 1 was sa two ago o I am feeling ph Vh Hr much bettor better I om em still rather mixed up in my mind It Is hard to change ones one's mind John when one gets to be liS as old as I am Although at it first I was sure ure ure I Iwas was wal not going to like the oung woman whom you had hed asked d to live IIvo with m me I am sin lad riad that tho the doctor decided sir she should oom om for I have hav hav been ben pleasantly ploll disappointed pointed She Sho Ii Is most considerate of my and I ha hase c comoto come cometo omo omoto to think I have many and care care- careful careful ful Indeed o of mi m ph SIC ii I all ail ailments all all- ments i I John since I have hav been beon home I II Iha I ha 0 had much time limo to think Per Per- Perhaps PerI Perhaps Per Perhaps I haps because officious friends e I told m me of tile the scandalous anda gossip g f that llla Bradford Brad lisa hs h a circulated circulated In the village I have havo conic come cometo ita to the th conclusion that after aCter nil all tho confidence I reposed In her hor Prim Prim- Pris cilia cUla Bradford is 1 I not the woman women I thought her to be he You o 0 It I seemed emo to me that a girl wit nit uch inc stry must be beI I truthful and J kindly She cues IS as not this and I know now that she he en encouraged en- en I me ms In my unreasonable i dislike of at John i must confess PrIscilla I Bradford Is I a 0 KOI 1 IP old maul mahl mauland and I T It strange now no not It U ut at I I could ha c lia ed bAlle In hoi hei so fully trust trust- trustfully fully Irom something the oung woman who Is I nur nursing me said theother the theother other day I am afraid I ht base e l 11 Used crr too long with 1 Ith my m dead past I have o adhered too closel cloel to the standards of other da s without the tho understanding now that l e o hase other dai daa re e ie must roust not only have other manners ml manner but other I methodi in which to exploit other i Idea yes ideas vE vei and perhaps 9 other prInciples principle I At tho thc suggestion ot of o Miss MIsi And And- Anderson AndOrson And erson I Orson erson I am nm a adding 1011 ou Oh to lot let Les Ies Leslie as lie and the th bab come conic do donand down nand nandI and I make me a ii little Miss And And And- And erson arson erson has made me m see that adopt- adopt I Ierson adoptIng Ing a baby p is 18 I- I Ik a 0 most k beautiful k f thing thing- She Sho Sh h has haA mad made madr me m feel fel not notI anI only that I was very vry narrow narro and I prejudiced but uncharitable to say what I did about this child She sass sais sa s that without seeing Les Leslie Lea Les- LesI Leshe Lealie I lie he sho Rho feels she sho Is a n lovely lovel worn wom woman om- om oman an and although I did not toll tn her of all the tho things Priscilla ford Brud ford tord said Bald about her she rhe ie seems ms m to have havo gained Rained an Idea Ida that through jealousy jealous If she nhe did not tell outright untruth untruths colore 1 mary eory ary statement which she he made about aboul law haw I madeI John I ne er thought your mother would hate hae ha hato e to acknowledge to her h r eon on that perhaps s she h had hadI been mistaken nut But I am om going olne to toito todo I ito 10 sa now and nd son sin beca Pam and ill III 1111 and 1 ou will overlook all tho thc things thing's I have havo said bald about Leslie and persuade her to come ome to me m and nd l r the th baby Lovingly Iy YOUR MOTHER Copyright 1524 l 1 24 NEA NIIA Nl A ServIce I mc I to Onion Ilie indivIduality lot of unman |
