Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-03-26

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fer the whole race Of doctors
But next day poor old Mary died. and tn,
, stricken husband shut himself up to be aIon.
with his grief. Even at the funeral h.
would not exchange a word with the many
kindly mourners who gathered round th,
grave.
The following morning. however, he ssni
for his son ami daughter-in-law, an. made
arrangements to live with them and their
little boy.
-Gwendoline,' be said mora gently than
usual, you did your best for her. You're
worth more than l thought We'd better
all live together"
-Of course, father" said his son heartily;
well make you comfortable, AMI Gwen'u
try to take nJther's place.
keep sensible tongue in your head boy, u
said Reai Ell, with slow scorn. Your wife's
We meaning gal, maybe, but as ignoran,
Is baby. Mothers place, indeed! Nv
NJ ; placer
he leant his heavy head on his hands, and
woGid not speak again
As Luke Sparrow walked away with his
wife, he asked her seriously whether she was
ready to bear with the old mans difficult
temper.
Nobody couldn't help putin mp with an
old man ike that" replied Gwen, whose
grammar was hardly 50 genteel as her name.
Never you fear, Luke; we'll git along all
right"
| But herein Gwen was too sanguine From
the time she and Reuben became the in.
mates Of same little house her every action
was harshly criticised, il not severely
banned; her management of the house I'M
favorahly compared at every turn with
| that Of Ter mother-in-law; her Ignorance
n:ade tte source o: daily complaint; her &C.
cas.Onai'v Eighty manner the theme of
nsver-el.dilg lectures.
Nothing but admirable patience and good
humor and real humility that accepted his
| judgment as better than Ter own, could have
enabled the girl to peIsevere as she did in
her determination to pleass the old man. In
Difference to his wishes she simplifed her
style Of dress, pot her thick hair tidily of
her face, and discaried all jewelry save her
welding ring and little brooch given her
ly old Mary. Sarcastic and unkini as was
| Reuben ) tone in speaking to her, she IN
doubteily profited by his fault-fnding, and
after q time she discovered that Luke was
right in saying his fathers bark was worse
than his bite. More than once, when some
small domestic difficulty perplexei her,
Reuben's watchful Old eyes perceived it. AMI
she found herself at the same time snarled
at as fool and helped out o: her quandary.
Again, the old schoolrIaster took
very kindly TO his grandson, AMI
Gwen, who was kecniy conscious Of hei
own want Of education, was ready to put
up with much churlisancss to herself for the
sake o. the boy taught by Reuben, whose
learning inspired her with profound respect
a a -. l.
where Horace, Virgil, Cicero, Thomas q
klmp-s, Shakespeare, one or two works %
education, and Il little old-fashioned volume
OF Bacon's Essays and Locke's Conduct OF
the UNDERSTANDING Ieant side by side ir
friendly toleranc, OF one another's contests.
she would scan their titles aud Rad page
here and there, wishing she had had more
schooling, and that Peter might grow uI
book wise
One day Reuben caught her at it.
Put the book bacE!' he explained per.
emptorily. "All the years we lived together
the old woman never so much as opened
book o mine, and here are you. a gal that
can hardly spell her own outlandish name,
pokins into them, spelling 'em, and
wasting your timer
Il wasn't hurtin' EN-, father said Gwen
earnestly; but unluckily she had laid hi:
favorite Shakespeare open, face down
ward on the table, AMI the old man brok.
out afresh.
What's the use Of trying to make any
thing Of you, Surely, any fool I'D know j,
hurts a book to lay it so. Get alongi II
put the shelf right myself; never you touci
1T again
Very we'll. father" said Gwen quietly
but | was only thinkin o Peter, and won
dcrin' if p'r'aps some day you'd teach III
whats in the books"
Well, well!' said Reuben, somewhat
Modified mos good little chap, and SHARP
enough too. lie puts me in mind of Luke
when he was little 'un, but he'll hardly
come up to his father. Luke's got a first
class head if only he'd stick to steady work |
and not take up with inventions thatl |
never come TO any good. He's fine lad
he ought TO have married a woman o |
freezing
Poor Gwen win ced. for of all the shafts il !
Rcuben'S culver OF abuse, this was the ont |
that wOun lei her most cruelty The sting |
OF the words lay in their partial TRUTH foi |
size knew that her kind, clever young /
husband might have made better |
match. And Yet she loved him :,
dearly, and strcve 80 hard L
he worthy of him, 1t vexed her too. to |
h. ar Reubsu speak slightingly OF Luke
inventions. Tor as matter of fact, the |
young engineer ha | sold the patents of va. |
rious small labo--saving contrivances foi |
considerable sums Olly in one case had he /
failed, and it w7s hard that Reuben should |
seem % remember that so much better than
the successes Gwen delighted in her hus-
bands work, and rather than let him be dis
turled by domestic worries, played out all
her woman'S tact in the endeavur 10 make
II appear 10 him that the fault-fnding to
which Rsuben sometimes subjected her,
even in his sons presence, was merely the
lroth on a calm sea Of good understanding.
She little iinaGinsl, however, that this
view Of the matter was Reuben's own, till |
one day to her astonishnent, a neighbor re
markell:
uf ycu, Mrs. Sparrow, doesn't he.
He drops in now and again, anil tells Us
what cool manager you are, and how
co .I.sr;aul, you make him. lie says you
urc wonderful t&ou, !.t.ul FOR such young
Woman
Gwea could hardly answer for surprise,
Gut the discovery that RsISen praised her
behind her back encourage her greatly, and
only IN her management pf the house, but in
speech, style and manner.
You are becoming quite lady. Gwen
laid Lake one evening; wh"reat shs flushed
with rlasure. ami Reuben gave n grunt Of
dubious significance, which Gwen chose t.
interpret a an expires N of assent
Some day father, I'll speak quite correct
quite correctly. / mean
Il hope So sail Lake, 50 eagerly that
Gwen locke! quickly up at him, AMI per
ceived the strange excitement in his eyes.
i hope -, n repeated, drawing a deep
breath, ~ior ae.ieve l am going to make
my fortune. aud that would be lift-up in
TIE world for IL all
expression.
You ought to be shrewier than to beiie,.
in for rune king. boy. Nothing bui
steady. Straightforward work pays nova
days"
And isn't il straightforward work TO Iil1i
away at tie eieIncuts II invention tor year"
(, al Luke, warmly; to get To know every
discovered sppii,al OF scieacc TO ME
ci.anics. 20 SIS u lie familiar with ones tools.
i were, ani then TO effect original COM
b untionsl | don't want 20 boast but NV
small Inventions haven't failed, and | am
justified in believing NV big ones won't
have invented an electric tram-car which is
bouni 70 suTe:>ede all o;hers"
All. well. my lad, IL the ratent fetchss
you the noicy II has cot you, III consrat
ulate you.
LIKE was accustomed 10 his fathers in