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Show m . n - Her Daughter and His Son jrajj A Grtat Married Lifm Story by 1DAH McGLONE GIBSON IQFIACB 4 lt n 1 Di gOTXl The next day when I wnt to achool I ru nurprlfd to find oo rn desk a not saying "Don't pak to me. I'm mad At you. Oracle." 1 had forgotten that anything 1 might have natd would have- hurt firaee's prtde and ' turne.i around In my seat to look At her Inquiringly Before my eea met her, however ir,e looked Into a pair of the hlneat. BIOSI roguish, and I found out afterwards, af-terwards, the moat Irresponsible eyes I had ever en But the wide grin wi eo infectious thit I too. smiled and did not look rurther to learn what Oracle meant by her note Somehow, for the first time since I had known Oracle Cameron, I dldn t seem to care m helhcr she was mad at roe or not I think It was oecauae Grace was mo beautiful that I loved her All my life I have wlahed for beauty and when 'irac perpetrated many Utile child a ' p h nieunncsses upon me. 1 had always forgiven her because when I glanced Into hr k liluc eyas and looked at her appealing. hlldlsh mouth. m wrath died. Today I think she wax much nur-prlaed nur-prlaed that ! did not come to her with the usual childish apology. "I did not mean to make you mad. Oracle. Let's klsa and be friends again." She had sen me turn around and muat have ciught the glume between Hie new boy and melf, for then- was an audible angry nlff which caused mo to turn back again. nco more, i looked into the boy'a mlschlevoua fae and with great effort suppressed liugh for over one of those twinkling twink-ling eyes a lid dropped and Inlo the i jteek toward Grace tongue thrust. , Then and there started a kind ol 'in-deTstandtng 'in-deTstandtng btTieii Kenneth Halscy and me. It was an understanding nil h grew with our ears and which v.;i broken only when I withdrew my - !f from his friendship. because ai I grew older. I realized the difference In our positions In life. I sometime- wonder If that withdrawal with-drawal was no mistake on my part I rnlstaki foi h h I have had to pay with grief and leans. At the time. Of course. I WBS very mn.:h hurt a I his seeming neglect and in my foolish pride in hunting for a reason, hit upon the fact ll-.G Kenne-h Gain. was a young man or great wealth, while i waa working for mj living 1 know now that inla ie M fostered ' t ; ra i Cs moron. a.m Qrace .Hi' i grew older, w became be-came more end niore estranged. Her bringing up waj verj different from mine Mrs. Cameron's sole Idea in rcn education and character building build-ing waa that she should make a successful suc-cessful marriage And to Mrs Cam 'eron a aucceasful marriage, was one which would bring wealth. Grace waa to be sold on the block 'to the highest bidder The Idea o I marriage based on money was Instilled into Grace Cameron from earliest ma- 'turltv Her whole scheme of life was planned on the Idea of progressing from a home of competence to a home of luxur. Nothing was too great to be sacrificed for this end. Grace Cameron Cam-eron was taught that she must make onh frbnds who would help h.-r toward to-ward a wealth? marriage Her Kin-hood, Kin-hood, her oung womanhood must be ! steadfastly devoted to this om- en. J regardless of the dictates of her heart r nncieni e. t if what her duties or her life might be after marriage, she bad no coneep-t.on. coneep-t.on. No Ideas or Ideals con -ernlng i this were ever given her. From her mother she must have Imbibed the Idea of tbfl Old fairy tab v.hi . llwa'S lended. "And then tb gin married the Prince and lived bappll' syet after.' ( Mrs. Cameron .i very cirrfnl. too, that ;racc should understand that the giri muat marrv a prince" to I" "happy "hap-py ever afterward " And so the notn- er t-iught 'ht- daughter r-. M:;..rfl-cial M:;..rfl-cial grace, every secret of allure, every care :hit could be besipw upon her person o make her more desirable In the eyes of men. - But the mother, blinded by her ail consuming ambition, wholly neglected thi -.)ir!'mi i baracter charm withOui Whi h no woman can be truly beautiful Sh paid bo attention to ;i ice'a growing selfishness; to in r ut- tei r r ir.l of truth w lien It silted her: to her lack of knowledge --f the arts of homemaklng: to her dleint In - lion to work anything out 10 Us logical logi-cal conclusion t,, her rcfust.il to ac-copt ac-copt responsihiliis . And so the noul of Grace Cameron ajtrlvelled ad shrunk, while her physical beauty-grew beauty-grew more glorious with each passing ,uv si), waa lke wonderful flower flow-er thai Has been robbed of its perfume per-fume (f cptffse I did not know tllia at the time. I was too yojing, too in'N-perlOhced. in'N-perlOhced. h. .how I have ee.led Grace Cameron ner beauty, her gra her Joy of living. It Is only now that I find lhal e.ycn with nil the great sorrows sor-rows of i iv life. I would aot ex uutge places with Grate Camrron and to nierhi I alnn s ie. U.at n future la brighter than h rs i To be continued. ) |