Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-02-16
HOW THE BOYS BROKE IT TO
MOTHER.

Dos they WE
How tgo-c >capcgraccs had worried
and t"rnscat"d their 'oor mother from
t." day Of their birth up to tlic date ot
- event herein RECORDED.
Srom twenty v-~evca -yca:-"'d Tom
loN,r +" s:N -ycar-"lt i,;.rrv. ca:I
and every one had II ni- own cha! ac-
I riStic WV worried ;ud rui ut"4 III
poor Hu.sau TIL She Wa fam 10 O, c!ar"
that 'p,s d.'!H't half pay To- the trouble
Ii took IL raise them
The condition # tn" weather W thout
WAS ~lU-h. 4 .d ncltiu-- lur "u"'lI-
I ON within wa~ very mi':tr, u Mrs
Ecrr~.or,t threaten 4 "a melt into tc;t:-
at any GiI.rl:"..' 'i,..I. the c..i'~', II I
helper and standby tfur her isIi~!asd
hal lie when i!-rry wis = baby OF
twuN. va, con ip marry ti, it WIS
o awful :. h." trl!.- Tom Wa~ a mon
STR o. lugr;.'.I"i. To rep. h..r twcut ~
SEVEN y. RS uf tr.l and trouble in this
1uauls,.r, mnal;,i ;Ii- r"ud ia.,y, utterly
forgetting that rom tine tim, Ii" WAS
sixI '.u wears Il / she had depend Il on
AMI deferred 49, Linn. rr:ii!s l:aNing i'm
head If the fam - ti 81 t!,r boys
called him .-bii Tom, - Gignii;cd and
st--sdy WAS he
Toms aiHcr, .I"ln Ser. sf"r,l OF tie
Wholesale IA: II i."rt.~ ord l'rn~-. was
MN 81 t4t'' l''-l'HI III -tlt =! T'tEt'
lm~iue~S talent When he d5rd there
were 40 r..yrr-,.- 20 Ia, In,.. 10 ~trT.-c IL.
for tht bows. [n-l.iur hUt ~ ..uuUr;i-
lie memo. : and honest mo ,oy.
Tom continued his c,l,c-c" course I'M
I ! twenty. when from choice Hc lett to-
learn th,- U-inc-r with his | uclr Tom.
Two years i:s c- Archi,. followed hi, cN-
:irns,lr. and u wh;t.-hair"d n lie Tom Wa
" mt - sI. proudly th.t tie nii FIRM
would met - i,S nam, when he passed
over to the lent m;: ority.
But MnIE.r Hereford could not bc
thankf4iltur her many mccc.cS "a the
Inv- lauEi.iu.ll called I!i"mI>c ycsD this
afternoon - sin. stood - iHr down the
street. now an then Il Tear >iow'y roll
in" down II. = ch.".S. She "ruanc,l a
the subject uf her 'hpu.c. l. "a e into
View followed b. the other fut:r. She
was j ound 20 confess that Tom was
worthy of any V"inau,s love, and she
almost wished th..t She didn't have 50
3uurIi r,.:s II tu b.. proud of him. a4d
-ari }crhapS tLi~ other woman Urudn'
hive had him. And she >c.ii-ll:- SAID
t. herself ~hr wished hc had been re-
fused IIr had 4 Wy thought h@n,i
some. i s,.l'unat,. tra~in~ Jimmie had
been her IN: "riJe, but n"w she surely
knew it was ! nra. md by the t N" the
G"yS had entered Ii" WAS the mot :,D-
igct picture Of w"'-
.Now. mother" said Harry. whats
die use OF crying? Toms only @oiug
Sven :. .utre~ away. ana YOU ought tn
hr clad y..u are going To have such Il
nee, daughter"
YES. mamma. put in Jim. ..you
know you are thankful, ynur ne :; ! 20
'u.. t. b a ~.rl. Ha,en't YOU en- " h
is-sI n l.
poo" mamma, you will ouy have ."jGr
sons left.
Jim. y"u dude. shut up Yelled
II nix. If il were only YOU. In"
family might hcat UP under the inilic-
t-on."
The l,oyS were, fond of calling jim
ME '.tn,. ,Iudr,' brcaIIss. of his hand
some proportions and elegant ~ct-rp
centrally. bat it WIS Il mi~no.uer.
Always jolly. always in trouble at
school and. rV 1" th" TIN" h. was oi"h-
teen. always III love with half 4 dozen
Girls n Il time Nh. but I'm could tel
:, tale ~,uc" thai time. but he could
}. rp Il II. ret. too
ina, wa- tHc tr1Ic~t heart 81 all. not
w;th~tau,ii q he WIS Srich a >carc rae.
and his good raturcd teas II" wrnt 80
f. toward Chrccin-. Ms i.cTrS ord that
:, e. ta rrird 4 smii NO face for din II L.
Archre was q Halle of. Larry ~:id.
and asked him If lc waS going to marry
Il wifc. too To which Arhic GROSSLY
responded thai he did Tot propose To
marry = husband
..ltamua" said tn" irrrprc s-hlr,
"lun't N.u wan, 4 brace of daughters:
loui looked rc rov.u|ly at iIsIrry, an.
Jimmie blu he'd liAc Il g-rl. "I,t u. pure
sympathy iuE iom. no dofbt-
:
mans ON that each c,cnjnr before lcav-
ir~ thcr" should lie an informal l'tic
cha, n III, pariur. To-n.-E, most I'M
:,ccouutah!V the three. cld"~, were miss
in.r. Tom WAS Il Stugb I to think that
mother should take it IS" i""li~hly hard
and went of II Ihv >aDciUm tr tHinll 1t
over. He went 80 r!u' ely that no one
mis- c,i him Int Archie. who Just as
quietly followed him.
There was the closest sympathy be
tween these brothers, and poor Tom,
feel NC Ea'f guilty for worr, ing mother
so. was iuSl ready for Archies cousoi-
i'm words.
-.You see. Arch, >ha * all that can be
desired in every way, and | love her
W tn my whole Soul. | am no boy o.
might get over il. OF course. You don't
understand it. Arch:' but. TO Toms
utter amazemcnt. naughty. rcttccnt
Archie !c-c~focd dropped his head III
Is hands and fairly -roaucd.
..Oh, We, i do. Tom l understand
Won pcrlc .tlv. ! am even initiated one
Legrcr further. for ! love Il girl and she
doesn't love me
What more IN ght have followed no
one can tell. for the door OF the sane
tum opened Ia admit jim, who drew
la k - he 81 Il: 'Ch. | say, You fel-
lows. didn't know you were here.
Jim always said he WAS All odd one
in the family. No chum but mott:er.
he used to say when little. rs Tom and
Archie naturally went together. and the
two yOun-c>t paired oil.
Something in Jim's distressed face
made the bows urge him to come in (
on the sofa and begged that they would
continue the FLOW OF conversation
which his untimely presence had inter
rupted. adding that Archie looked as
though he was in love too.
And so | am bitterly said Archie
..Oh Lordr' shouted Jim. I'm there
roo," and franiIrally graspc9 both OF
his brothers in his arms.
Jim" Insisted Tom. mo nonsense I.
for once. Do let go.
..Nonsense. l am in dead earnest. |
Have been for three years, and Lord
knows how l am going to break it
gently - mother and the sweat
s1reared from i'm $ face ''Boys, let
90 in .; body and storm the castle"
''1hs girls breaking with me has |.