Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1884-11-29

. DELIGHTFUL HogrLY WITH A BROAD AP-
PLICATIoS.

Come here, Sis, and sit down be
side me, and let me give you little
talking to. That is right. Sit clear
at the other end Of the sofa It
makes more room for my govt and
corns, besides being q good habit
for yonng lady to be addicted to-
Always pander to this habit, and
you will in time find yourself walk
ing through green meadows and be-
sides the still waters Of respect.
You may be walking alore, to be
sure, but will have fewer lawn dress
IS to do up oil Monday morning.
| wish to speak to you Of your mo
Their 1t may be you have noticed
a careworn look upon her face lately.
Of course, it has not been brought
there by any act of yours, still it is
your duty to chase it away don't
mean for you to run at and shake
your skirts and tell it TO "shoo," as
YOU would a hen, nor do / expect
Won 10 get on the other side Of the
fence and throw old oysters cans and
pieces Of barrel slaves at it, as you
did at the COW yesterday. But /
want you to get mp tomorrow morn
ing apl get breakfast, and when your
mother come down and begins to
Express her surprise, go right up to
lar and kiss her on the mouth You
don't imagine how it will brighten
MP her dear face. Besides, Won owe
her kiss or Two Away back when
Won were little girl she had kissed
Won when no one else was tempted
by Your fever tainted breath and
swollen face. You were not as at
tractive then as you are now. And
along through these years Of childish
sunshine and shadows she was always
ready to cure, by the magic of a
mothers kiss, the little dirty, chubby
hands whenever they were injured
in those first skirmishes with the
rough old world And then the mid
night kisses with which she has
routed so many bad dreams, as she
leaned above your restless pillow,
have all been on interest these long
years. Of course, she is not so pref
tv and kissable as you are, but if you
lad done your share of the work
during the last ten years the contrast
would not be so marked, Her face
has more wrinkles than yours, far
more, and yet if you were sick that
face would appear to be more beau
tifnl than an angles as it lowered
over you, watching every opportu-
nifty 70 minister to your comfort and
every one of these wrinkles would
seem to be bright wavelets of sun
shine chasing each other over the
dear old face She will leave you
one of these days Those burdens
if not lifted from her shoulders will
break her down. Those rough,
hard hands that have done so many
unnecessary things for you will
be crossed upon her lifeless breast.
Those neglected lips that gave you
your first baby kiss will be forever
closed, and those sad, tired eyes
will have opened in eternity, and
then you will appreciate your moth
er. but it will be to late. There
there don't cry; she has not left You
vet. She is down in the kitchen
stringipg beans for dinner, and il
you feel so badly you might go dow
and finish them, and let her change
her dress and rest an hour before
dinner And after dinner you might
do mp the dishes while she takes a
little nap. Then you might take
down her hair and do it up for her
You need not wind it DER your finger
and fuss to make little spit curls, as
she use to do with yours, but give
it a good brushing and wind it up
gently and tenderly, as i you en-
joyed doing it for her The young
man down in the parlor can wait
until you have performed these
duties.