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Show HI f er Daughter and His Son A Great Marrimd Lifm Story by 1 DAH McGLONE GIBSON j i BEGINNING AGAIN. , stood before Hie open grave of my mother and listened to the let words 9f the Oltrsry Utn. All the night before I had at bi side her and made cov- en.tnt with her. I fold her my plana and it Boomed almost a though a faint smile came to her dear lips irhen, placn g r.iy hand over hers, I i .d solemnly: 'Mother, you -allowed life to pick .. uu up and throw you Into the dls-ard. dls-ard. You allowed it to make sorrow but of your great love, but I am going go-ing to take life In my hands and wring from It every' bit of Joy, happiness and success that I, contalna Somewhere, mother dear. I have read that one mud bo mftOtr of one's life, or be mastered l life And so tonight I want to promise you that even your golnr,- away Will not discourage me HI and although 1 grieve because I know RHV- ' that nt Mill momer.t everything that I have in this world i" make me hap-8J hap-8J pj' has been taken, yet 1 shall not al- lOW even that to muno me a coward. Mother, de.ir. 1 am going to work out '1'5iJh my own salvation and nothing In the world shall keep me from making my frilHJ life successful arid happy. I shall al- 'Tm way have your sad existence before me; always have the feeling that life played vou a. scurvy trick and, because of it, i am going to make K pay me with happiness a thousand fold." ' At that time, of course, 1 did not think how Strang.- ft was that I. a girl f Beventeen( should be making these mad. almost vainglorious boasts, tbut I think It was the hurt of Mrs. Cameron's Insinuation ns much ai mother's sad life that made me feel tint F Was playing almost u lone hand; against ull the world. J AVhin I turned away from my! mother's Rrrave, I hut the door and locked It upon everything that 1 had been, .Since then I have been called hardhearted hard-hearted many times, for 1 have never. of my own accord, mentioned m mother to a soul and 1 hnve never, If I could avoid It. referred to my life as I lived it up to that time I became be-came a woman the moment my mother told me the story of my birth n,l I felt today that I had entered .mother portal, where, to keep from going mad, 1 must become master of myself. Both Kenneth and his dad accompanied accom-panied me home and then, because dear Mr. Halsey wanted to keep me from grieving, he Introduced the sub-J sub-J t of my future Ann, my child have you made, any i plana T" "Yes. Mr Halsey, I replied. I decider) de-cider) last night that j would take up stenography Perhaps you do not know, Mr. Halsey that I have quite i k'ood deal of executive ability ami I think I can be o,ulte successful In business " That sounds good Ann.-' said Mr Halsey and then he added abruptly, "You probably know more of your mother's affairs than I do.'' "No, I hardly think so. For the last few months I have been out of touch , w it h them " Mr Halsey put his hnnd In his pocket and brought out a memorandum. memoran-dum. Htc is a statement regarding some of your mother's affairs I hope you will not think I am officious, mj dear "Not at all." f hastened to Interpolate Interpo-late "No one cOuld have been kinder, than you and Kenneth And at the: thought that the6e two were almost my only friends, tears spranR to my eyes. Kenneth came quickl and put his arms about me. "Buck. up. buck up, old girl Dad j and I will always st.-uirl by you." As he said this Kenneth put his arms about me. Just then the door opened and In walked Mrs Cameron. Tomorrow Mrs. i'nmomii Intrudes." I |