Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-10-09

Then am to call you mother !"
"What else should you call me
Oh, | am so glad Bob married you,
after all, instead Of"
But the vivacious stranger inter-
rupted her here rather hurriedly.
"Allow me to introduce my friend,
Miss Leonora Wyliew
And Mrs. Lathrop found herself
looking into the depths Of a pair of
wisttul hazel eyes that seemed to
say: "Please be kind to me"
She's dark and little and elf
like" said Mrs. Lathrop to herself,
"but she's nice looking enough, too,
and has a very winning way with
her"
For now that Mrs. Lathrop felt
her son Bob to be safe from the tolls
of the siren, she was disposed to view
Leonora Wylie with very different
eyes.
+" Well, my dear" said the old
gentleman when their guests bad
gone to the room at last, how do
You like our company 7"
4" Kitty is charming" said Mrs
Lathrop. "Do you notice how pref
tily she bushes and laughs every
time we wish her anything about
Bob! Oh, Pm so glad it has hap
pened just sol"
"And the other one ~
ooh, she seems very nice, too, in
her way-a quiet, modest little
thingw
+" You'd never suspect her to be n
book writer!"
No, meyer. To think of her
knowing that nice receipt for East
India pickles. | mean to try it to-
morrow. And she told me a way to
take the mildewed spots out of that
best tablecloth that / never heard of,
though I've kept house seven-and-
twenty years!'
A week went by, and the baron.
etor of Mrs. Lathrop's mind was
varying perceptibly. Her husband
quietly watched her, but made nc
allusion to their guests, until one
evening Mrs. Lathrop broke out +:
"a silly, empty-headed child-
that's what she is, after all, with nc
more brains than my kitchen sieven
Whos Leonora Wylie ?"
"No, Kitty Brucew
sob, you mean Bob's wife 7"
+" Yes, mean Bob's wife. How
ever could have been so deceived il
| her before"
J Perhaps be was deceived just il
the same manner. But how has she
contrived to change you favorable
opinion of her!'
"Why, she lies in bed until tel
O'Clock in the morning, while Leo
nora is down helping me about thu
dairy work-she comes down stair.
to second breakfast with frowsy
hair, and slippers down at heel, ant
unmended rents in her dress tt
read novels and do horrid useles,
worsted work she don't know ;
thing about house keeping and sh'
don't care to learn, and, oh George
this is the worst of all, she goes GU
riding every afternoon with youn:
Darlington. just as if she wasn'
a married woman at all, while Leo
nora stays at home with me. iii
wasn't for the comfort Leonora Wy
lie is to me, l do believe | SHOULD
break my heart y
And she wiped away stray tea
or two with the corner OF her apron
/" Ho, ho!" said Mr.. Lathror.
seems to me that the tables are turn
ed. But never mind. Kitty is young
perhaps she will improve"
"Never 7" nodded the mother.in
law, emphatieally. "a selfish, reck
less, slovenly, lazy
"Stop, stop, my DEAR" said Mr.
Lathrop. deprecatingly; "no NOR
adjectives just at present. Perhaps
it would have been better, then, i
Bob had married Lenora Wylie aftel
ALL"
"Better! Oh, George. if Leonor;
could only have been my daughter
But, then, | suppose. it is wicked t
go against the LoId's will ~ sh'
added.
"You've made up your mind t.
that, have YOU 7" said her husband
with certain grim humor "Wby
it isn't but little while since vol
were all for taking the Lords bust
ness into your hands. You had you
wish, and now yon aren't satisfied
with it."
"But ! didn't know how swee