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Show Her Daughter and His Son A Great Married Lif Story by I IDAH McGLONE GIBSON j I MAMIE RILEY'S VIEWS. I mux have walked mile il.r.t nigltl for I felt the four w:iilic of t'e rm m would close m. ui) Ntlfle lit. It was only after long hour ot irn.gle U I became myself and returned to '.he Riley apartment. Fortunately, the family w In bed and airain I blessed Mamie lliley's !nn:-Itlnn !nn:-Itlnn ami thanked II -avrn ti at It Old not take a perxon of gr-nt cloture 10 tes-ea tes-ea the rare gifi of mderstandlng. flnco then, many ilm, t I have fflCVght of Heaven as a place where everyone tindemuinds. for I ba.c fOUMd fhst " the sorrow and all the :dn In ihe wor'il are just made up of mlsundersl indlng Ken i.a mlsuuderatood not only i",r.-i.-anil inc. l"jt himself, in the sllenci of the Riley home i uddgniy realised that, excepting m; loved mother. Mamie was really f 1 1 nly understanding p- a I hud , u- knctv.i, :nd that s tb n to-id between iv She knew that I would want Ln b ! . una when I got home: that 1 wuutil not ini to feel that an ont had heen curious al-out my affairs. It wn wonderful; tl.i-sense tl.i-sense of relief thur her cenMderi! I n gave in r. nmi wOmanllk because .-!) had Wt mo to myself, :md I knew ahi did it bceauae of het understanding. I i ailed softly at her door. Slie came out so quickly that I knew -he had not heen sleeping. "I know all, Acushla." -he said. "Jimmy "Jim-my Callahan called on me this evening I and told me. "What 'did he sSy about me?" i asked iiu.ki fln put her hand over mint "lie doesn't know, dear, he doesn't know. Hut I do. Trust a woman ever) time, and 1 a in sorrier for the man you love than I am for ou." "And It is only because of your un-4 derstanaliur. Mamie, thai I lov "Don't you despair. Ann. Jim Calla-I han tells me that he knows ou're going! to make a splendid business woman ard It's myself that knows there isn't much difference between men and women in this game called 'lore.' Just row you I think your heart is soared and shriveled. I hut It Isn't, dearie. It Isn't It's merelj ; got h hard bump 18t glvs It half I chance. Ion't you think for one moment Chat the man who said: "Love Is the whole thins; In a woman a life.' knew , n -hire about it He Was kidding himself. him-self. It Isn't any more a v. ..man's whole life than n man's, anil pretty soon you will find whi n you t Into I. ard work thai while you mni still be in love, it mlRht ! with soim. other in-tn. " "ih. don't, Mamie l can't bear It now." "Yea, I Know. dear, your greatei I comfort right now la to make yourself 1 miserable We all db It It's a woman s a'i- Qui i iH you that whan you geti 1 down to Lrasi tu- r. when yon can make I up your mlntf that you will go through! I the WOTld Midlng out froth under S8j manv hard knocks as possible, yon have learned one of the greatest little rule :i bappy life " "Have you learned It. .Mamie?" i ''ii i. i ve learned i and unlearned II a dozen times. I'm in love every new, moon, or think i am." "But vou have never heen as unhappy as I am now Why. think of tt. Mantle Ken ar.d I have grown uti together 1'vej never thought of nnvone hut Ken." "That's just the trdhble, dearie Ken j has always ihoucht of you OS a sister, and you didn't know how to change his! p In of view. M takes little vamplnp; these davs. and leae it to the CKrneron j,-rl to put that over." L had to smile at this, and from the I relief on Mamie's face i. found this was. what ah had been working for. There '.on are, Ann. Your llpfl turn , up .iRP'n. Nov. veu so to bed and haVO a Rood long "lP. v r'" :,M "''' '" the Ualseys in the mornbur. Tomorrow Manle'3 Advice. |