Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-07-07
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JACK AND fOI.

hex; Mrs. liUdsJns little baby was
tCrn all lie ncirhbors we've very sorry
tor her--left in that cold and cruel way,
with y chill! to bring up,
But Mas. Hudson. = inc !ouhinc
Young woman of siX-aE,ltwrntv. was.
Ike the ;ost Of them, able to take care
ui her-ril. she had relative or two
in Il distant state, ard sl.. was Enuwu
us reliable and honest. The letters
she wrot" brought her certain loans.
with which She started small shou
1nr millinery and trimmings.
She iia! good taste in the opinion of
the ntigh5oriood, and when she sold
the r;bi'en and flowers for Il bonnet she
trimmed il fornotl,inw. When she sold
a dress she gave i'll Il pattern to make
ii bv. These thin9s cost her nothing
but time and sac WAS Industrious. They
drew custom.
In TIM. the store WAS enlarged, al
the loans were paid, little Tom WAS
hept at school is we'll dressed a3 any
child there, and Mrs. Hudson went to
church of :. Sunday in Il black silk dress
that rusiied with richness. No one
enyicd her good fortune. especially rs
it did no make her proud.
She h"i 4 temper, but she had too
much policy to offend customers.
Yes, sac hat n temper. That was
what sen' Jack away; She had boxed
his ears. lie had 4 habit of chewing
tobacco, and had spit upon her clean
secured hearth, and there had been a
quarrel, aud tine blow fell.
al ppra,. iif.oJ o,,, b,nJ ,o,o;,c. x.1..
Sally" said Jack. "But this I'll say,
III bear no more. You'll never see
me again"
He had walked out of the house and
had shipped on vessel bound for
China.
Sally bad believed he only meant 10
frighten Eer and would come back. Six
months :;terward their baby came into
the world, but Jack had never been
heard OF since
She cried over it still in secret, for
she had been very much in love with
Jack. and had thought him very fond
Of her. And she was proud of Tom.
and fonder Of him for looking like his
father. She scolded him when he
needed scolding, but his home was hap
py for all that. Only when he grew 10
be old encugh to leave school did any
serious conflict of opinion take place
between the boy and his mother. 1t
was Saturday night after the shut
ters were put up. that it began.
"lhe business is SD hig now, Tom"
said MR.. Hudson. that it will take us
both. I'll leach YOU all about i. at
once, ana when yOu are twenty-one I'll
take you regularly into partnership. II
will be yoars after me. and I've no
doubt. said the mother, with fore
cast OF maternal jealousy in her eye,
that some day Your wife will be behind
the cash desk, there.
Tom, who was dhiiully casting uu
his mothers weekly accounts for her.
laid down his pen and looked at her.
ITS 70 use talking that way. moth
CT" he said. The shop will he yours,
and not mine. 10 the end. | won,
keep it, | don't mean 10 stand behind
u counter don't call that man :
work"
My goodness. Tom. what notions
have You rot into YOUR head?" cried
Mrs. Hudson. MANS work, indeed
Why, there's more men than women il
stores; and you can be cashier and
buyer, and take stock, and all that.
Lizzie. the girl. helps me now; and !
could get regular salesman or sales
woman"
Mother" said Tom. 81 won't &c
into business of this sort, at all. / shall
90 to sea, and get to be Captain in
time. hope. What I'd like is the ma
w, if had chance; but anyhow, the
sea-"
You couldn't be ANYTHING but 8
common sailor, Tom," said the pool
woman. Think OF your education "
"Such rs it is. do" said Tom; ..and
very thankful am for it, but a sailor S
life is the life for me. No shop is:
know it,
Its store; it's a good business.
I've made it what it is" cried Mrs.
Hudson. land you despise it's
II don't. You're the smartesi
woman know. mother" said Tom
''but won't keep shop-or store.
went sell bonnets. It's absurd to think
Of it,"
half OF it is dry goods sobbed
Mrs. hudson.
But the trouble had begun. 1t went
with her to church on Sunday after
keeping her wide awake all night
Arguments began. The mother at last
no longer implored; she asserted he,
authority. Tom was hot of age, and
al last iori was not rs respectful as ht
should have been. and there was q
regular quarrel, and Mrs Hudson box.
Ell her sons ears.
lhe next morning she went down to
ner iitt!e dining-room very early. The
krat oawn Was in the sky. but shut.
lei ir ), hau been left open; very careless.
~, ~ She said to herself. and by the
nm. tnat feil through it she saw a let.
ter lying on the table. "