American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-07-23
tsMOTHER's VACATION

knitting her whito brows thoughtfully,
1.-TWO weeks from Monday l start for
Hampton with the .Rileys, and Julia
goes TO the Mountains with Aunt Rey-
nolds. We shall visit until the first Of
August, and then our own guests begin
to fill up this house, every nook and
Granny. So gay as it always is?'
r :. For you-how about mother?"
.'Oh she never goes anywhere. Money
would not tempt her to leave papa and
the boys with only servants; besides,
when Julia and leave home we con-
trive to turn the house upside-down,
and she arranges it at leisure. Mrs.
Miller, You never did see a family so
capable of supplying work! Fortunately
mamma enjoys care"
Mrs. Miller, the newly-arrived friend,
looks inquiringly at her pretty compan-
suggestive.
Clear blue eyes smiled into hers, a
pair of beautiful little hands twisting
She rose-vines to and fro were nearly
as softas the petals they scattered. Ne
toiling and spinning did they know as
yet.
You have graduated at school, and
Julia finishes next year, you tell me.
CAN'T be?" remarked Mrs. Miller, mus
ingly. at seems but day since your
mother and 1 were class and room
mates. After leaving Ipswich we saw
very little of one another, for was the
elder daughter at home, and SO much
depends on the oldest girl"
Indeed" laughed Miss Maria, CO.
quettishly, II am likely to prove a ter
rible disappointment If mamma expects
me to set q fine example or to act as
her -aide-de-camp. The Younger chill
r-dren declare that am cross il [ try to
MANAGE them: INV sewing has to be-
rinned ont and done over bv somebodv
eIse and + nosit;velv hate tn enter the
titcbanf what ia ~ hacome Of srch q
b,Itterfiv o.,
..J nnst think before dec;de - said
the lady. with an accent of reoret.
Only the NIGHT preyious in renly tn the
same naive Confession q vonng adm;rer
had wh;snered Nest au,o1r roses
Mics A;nsworth 10 ~ r. ano,i,h - y.
charminop,, Init Mrs Miller's fone i'm.
plied no sucb nIeas;ng faith
aWould yor,r nofher ston To tho
dco, . ,ao,nen.p 18th :" pst ho rno
question IF abe is not verv bnsvn M "
.PIl see 7 think she ia az the ma
chine en;sb;,g so,,,e r,,ff,es for .f,,i;.,s
,,;o,,ic EFT w. sra 70 hsva -
n
vii st.v h.h;nd r. sava, -,,f,,a. .r sS mot
.eomnlete. No more and no IessI, Ma.
r;a snrsno GOOD natured,v awav as she
srcte
Years of separat;on. bridped over nv
occasional letters only had nrenared
the friends of other days for matnaI snr-
,,rS,as ME- NG;II,r o-d NJ .A;rs,uor,h
skad narted al oir;;sh h,;das.each With
Jac;d 81 81 :, e.. ~, ,'.i,
mon One sber;n@ the life os an . "n
officer stationed o;sen at the front;er
had sacrificed her domestic tastes. 10
the alternate haste and aimless leisure
which excludes the idea of home. Her
children had been trained with great
dif4icnItc IN at least semblance ~ tho
ida,I sIe tert before tbem Mrs. Mil
ler ,v.s ono n thosa rara won,on u,h,,
,,ra.ar.e !. .ho,,aht1,,I ,,,rroso an,;d ID
verse snrronnd;nos Her Teen sense of
iustice made her aware of what riohtIv
belonged to herself as well "a 10 others
and though an unselfish. she was not a
self-immolating, person. Often during
the eventfuI wears, Mrs. Miller had tried
to shadow forth the image of her school