Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-04-01
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Her Sons Wife.

she could be SO cruel.
The speaker was an elderly woman
in widows weads, and the picture sht
was gazing at showed a girlsh face
fair and delicate. with dimpling cheek:
and pair of soft blue eyes.
Tom Raymond was his mothers
4 iaol-at least, as much of an idol Il.
was consistent with her devout al
herence to the Decalegue: but hel
love for him had that unselfish qualit,
that always characterizes true mother.
/ love. and when he brought home his
/ young wife, she took the girl to her
heart at once, thanking Tom with
genuine pleasure for giving her SO
sweet daughter. And for time
everything went smoothly. the young
couple making it point to 90 to
Mother at least once u week, To take
tea and spend the evening. just how
the alienation began 1t would be diff
cult 10 tell. To Tom and his mother
II Was ALWAYS mystery. neither oi
them being conscious Of harborlng
any unklndly feeling. Perhaps an
uHiimely suggestion IN regard tn the
AvsienIC treatment of the baby bad
something To do with ii for lita Was
i warm advocate Of Mrs. Wluslow $
Soothing syrup" Of which uostrum,
Mrs. RAYMOND. Senior. had u " hole
some adherence; and perhaps 1t Was
partly due 10 Tom's frequent allu-
slons to hIs mothers skill ~ prepar-
ing his fasorit. dlshes-younC hus-
bands are prone To aiillct the souls OF
inexperienced wives by their OUT
spoken allegiance 10 the traditions of
the mothers i'll culinary affairs; but,
hateyer may have been the entering
wedge. the breach had gradually
wldened. until all intercourse With
the old home and the new WAS prac-
tlcaliy ST the end.
Even after matters had reached this
unhappy pass Tom continued 10 make
his mothers name ousehold word ;
but one evening. when. with little
Phil on hi. knee, he began talking ol
"Grandma,' Lita angrIly interrupted
him.
Il wonder that YOU ever conscute,l
10 leave that mother Of yoars' One
would think there was not another
such OF tte earth" she cried, a red
spot burning on either cheek.
Tom looked at her fnr al instant.
his fine gray eyes widening TO their
utmost limit.
There are not many like her" he
said, quietly; but after that be never
praised his mother in Iita's hearag.
One lay AgnL. .Trse.s'-le- . sstaslI1
whom Ina haT h0r ss'Fu fvr -, ),
walked in, with her saicheI and un,
brglla, aud announced her Intention d
making "a week visit.
Mat sweet looking old adv "
she exclaimed. the next morning.
holding up aphotoEraph tha, she had
found buried under - heterogeneous
collection OF discarded bra. Il br.c,
from which li,a had told her 10 help
herself 10 whatever she l4ncied.
W ho Is she dear:
That %. that's Toms mother
said lA,a. indit'.rently.
"lour husband mother Why
child. YOU must take me to see her. !
know | shall like her
We are not on visiting Terms, an
.wcred I.ita. eoldly. ..F
Not on visiting terms :" repeated
Aunt True. anIlousiv. My dear
,hid. | hope 1t is not yoar fault
Il AIN sure don't know whose fault
1T is sand IAA. pyu.shIy. Aunt
rruc. ! mustn't forget 10 sho" you
nv musical album. II is r.al
onriositv. Int Aunt True was not
TO be turned from the subject IN hand.
Whoever Is Ia blame, 1t Is ali wrong.
DEAR, she saId. earnestly "A wife
Who sets herself against her husband :
friends los;s What she can never rs-
gain in her husbands regards.
Especially ought lis mother TO he
sacred 10 her R-menber he can
never have another ~ ier and for hIs
sake, no matter what the trouble has
been, YOU ought to be friendly with
her. beg OF you, dear child, not to
let it 90 on SO another day
But the good words fell on stony
ground; aud when, on one day. Tom
ventured 10 hmt that he would like 10
ask his mother TO take Thanksgiving
dinuer with them, Lita promptly an
swered that she had already invited as
many guests as the table would accom-
modate. Fl
The same morning. willis they sat at
the breakfast, note Was received from
Mrs. Raymond, begging Tom to bring
his wife and boy to spend the day with
her.
You will go, won't you dcary:"
said l.om, eagerly. .s ...s.e
No, | will not answered Lita.
You can 90, if YOU like; but as told
you before, | have invited company
to dinner, and it would be somewhat
awkward to have YOU absent"
Tom, pushing back his scarcely
tasted breakfast, rose from the table
in grim silence and marched off, with
out even giving her his usual good
bye kiss. .........-
"Poor Motherr' he said to himself,
and, though lie had intended to write
at once, he put it off until the last
thing before leaving the office, hoping
for some message from Lita that might
change the tenor of the answer; but
none came, and when at last he took
up the pen he was strong y tempted
to say that he and little Phil would
come, but in doing that he would
necessarily make Lta seem at fault.
So. using as An excuse the fact that
his wife had made other arrangements
before her invitation was received, he
expressed his hearty regret and pro,
missed to drop in to see her as soon as
practicable.