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Show I MARRIED LIFE ON $80 A MONTH H , HW BM- W-M M H Mrs. Eva Leonard's Story of Married Life on $80 a Month H English Blouses of Silk When Ironing Silks To Keep H Sweaters From Sagging Recipes for Royal H and Almond Icings. H "You look as pleased as Punch," H said Molly Sutner, walking in to the H open kitchen door. Olive was stand- B ing at the table kneading bread. H "Well I may. Do you know who Is ' coming to eat this bread?" B "Somebody very welcome I should H judge -from your face," answered Mol- H , "Nobody less than my dear daddy H and mother." Olive moulded the B dough into a ball and placed it In the H mixing bowl. "Daddy has never been H here to see me and I was married a H year last September. Mother has vis- H ited me a couple o times, but it is H so hard for daddy to get away. He Hj cannot stay long this time, but I told H him ho had to come for a little visit" H "How fine it must be to have rela- H tives to visit one. I am utterly un- H, provided with them." Molly looked H rather wistful. H "Of course I am glad to sec moth H. er, but daddy, besides being my fath- m er, was my most intimate friend and m confidant, "and I have not seen him m since I was home last summer. You H can imagine how much we will have H to say to each other," laughed Olive. H "I hope the babj will be a boy so I H can name him after daddy." H' "Whichever it is you will be happv 1 when you have a real live baby In 1 your arms." Molly turned to look Hf after Jack, who was placing in the 1 warm spring sunshine. HI "I suppose your mother will stay H some time," remarked Molly S "Oh, I suppose so. Mother is such Hj) a worrier she decided it would be best 1 -for her to be here, where she could H see just how I am. When she gets Hi a look at me and sees how well I am Hf she'll know that there is nothing to Hij worry about. Later the doctor's sister Hj Js coming to look after the house. She H$ brought him up, so she is more like a HI mother to him than a sister. His Hl mother died when he was very young." B "I shall be so glad to meet these B good people that have meant so much H In my best friend's life." H "Here 1 sit as If I had not a thing H to do I came over to borrow a cup H of sugar. My dinner will not be ready H for my boarder if I do not hurry home H "Thank you so much," she contlnu- H ed, as Olive handed her the full cup, H "I forgot to order sugar yesterday. H John will bring some home with him. H Good-bye." Molly hurried out of the H door, calling to Jack to follow. H When the train came in she watch H ed and saw the doctor's auto drive up H the hill with two persons on the rear H seat and was happy in Olive's happi- H ness all the rest of the afternoon. H That night Olive had her father be- H side her at the supper table and could H scarcely attend to the tea, she was H so excited. Mrs. Dunn remarked that H it seemed like old times to have them Hj so absorbed in each other that they H were almost oblivious of everybody H else. The doctor suggested that they H start an admiration society of their H own in self-defense, and his mother- H in-law seemed slightly mollified at the H proposal. H; "My, what a jolly house full we will have this spring." Olive was bubbling over with pleased excitement. "There Is Sister Elizabeth, who is to take charge of the baby after the nurse goes, until I am strong enough to care for it, and kind mother here is to be chief manager of the concern," Ollvo added as she saw that lady assume a look of offended dignity. "When do you look for this sister?" asked Mrs. Dunn. "Susie lives In the little house around the corner, you know. She moved there after the doctor was married. mar-ried. Elizabeth comes to her houso next week, so you can meet her and get acquainted." "Elizabeth is all the mother I remember," re-member," said the doctor, rising ana leading the way Into the living room. (To be continued.) |