The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-08-25
! MOTHERS REQUEST.


eWIl YOU take the trouble TO turn in
and 10 an errand for me with Mrs. But
f.
What to old Nancy's 81
Yes.
4ood gracious; that'u take me half a
nile cut Of my way ?"
aNo, no, Henry not more than hun
4r.8 Yards.
We'll. that's the bother What do
aa have errands or I'd ike to get
alt nice In my life without being sad
#laj with other peoples business"
Well, we'll, my son, if the trouble Is
s.a great | viii wait. You need not
bother.
On don't try on that. Ofeourse III
-a aut it's "a nuisance all the same.
NaaE's tine eTrand ~
would ike 10 have Mrs Butler
.uHe up here tomorrow afternoon and
Uep me through the evening il she
san
Eh What IS mp Expecting COM
rau1 What in the world are YOU coll
#ftHE so Tor Have / startled you ~
NJ no. Henry, | was thinking. 1t
vas a0thnEOf Importance.
But YOU didn't tell NE you expect
company, tomorrow"
Yes my son. 1 do I expect Ella
Mason viii be here, and she may have
euj with her
Iae a,e Of the son changed instantly.
IHe look Of sourness and crabbedness
ve place to an expression of pleasant
surprise, and with a prolonged whistle,
le turned away.
Alta short distance ne looked back
over his shoulder and called out:
DON'T fret, mother, 1 won't forget
Mrs Butler
Aud with that he was gone.
iie was handsome young fellow, wa.
Henry stevens, tall and strong, brown
haired and grev-eyed. with a face rud-
md healthlul and superior to the
average Of male faces III Its manly beau
There were defects, however.
The eyes were not prominent, and
hey were too near together, and there
almost of cruelty.
Vet he was a favorite III society,
where only his best side was seen.
His age was two and twenty.
Illus mother, Mrs. Mary Stevens. was
widow. creeping on toward three
score. a mild-faced, patient woman,
with Z heart as tender and true as hui
man leart ever was.
Tie cottage in which she lived was
Nerawn, left TO her by her husband,
and she had a few hundred pounds IN
the bank.
Henry was not her only son. He was
file v#ungest-her baby. she had called
linn until lie had forbidden it-and wa.
preparing for the bar.
Tie expected TO pass his final examina
t0n within month.
Ealaa, mother -
ALI rt was the voice of her eldest son,
ana b soon came IN sight.
He vas three wears older than Henry
ana b different fiber,
H= vas not quite so tall. but broader
us shoulder, heavier and stouter in ev-
ervR av.
Il hair was Of an auburn color-his
ratler called Il red and his ewes,
.a large, and clear as crystal, ike the
precious sapphire.
His face would not. at first sight be
called handsome; but il was a good face,
Aa and as one came to know IT, and to
SNOW the man, Ii became truly hand
some n it, way.
rs course he had none of the statu-
she, Apollo-like beauty that eharac-
.erled the face of his brother.
tIe had learned the carpenters trade,
and was now, ri the age of p, Just EN-
Eermz into business on his own account
Is builder.
lis there anything I can do for YOU
& he village the eldest son asked. as
e. anne near 10 where his mother
gtu#8 on the doorstep.
es Jack. if it would not be too
Hgeh trouble 10 bring home small
1nl.e for me.
lau lift it 2''
It's a small bandbox with a silk
dress u IL.
Trouble You dear mother Can
nvrhlnE DO for you be TO me ever
trouble When II ls. YOU can set me
HTu for brute or a crazy man. But
Raera am | 10 find il -
Al Ms. >tickney's. She viii have ii
q ready for you"
six dress when viii you wear it,
mother o"
Perhaps tomorrow.
Fin, what's 10 come off then Is il
mpauy, or are you going away -
Jack. I expect Ella Mason viii be
VIII Is on the morrow
HE Young man brought deep quick
re7rl and a heavy sigh, al Of which
we're .-early seen by Il pair of bright
s~ that looked ont from the cottage.
U-h the intTicacies of the latticed
Wen, We'll said honest Jack, after
pause, shell make the old house
Sem Ike corner OF heaven; and |
impose Harry viii spruce up a bit and
NJ on little good nature She can be
aslIug 20 me. but may God and all the
+".at angels bless her, nevertheless.
r.re nae Kiss, mother. You don't
snow row vel YOU look
Who could help looking well with
s1ea "a son, dear Jack 2''
BAH II / am in any way worthy, I
tan forget that it's TO the very best
mother IN the world that / owe 1t.
There Bve-bve r.
And he vas gone
AMI the mother went back into her
peasant sitting room, there 10 Join
ar-iaeed damSel. who had been an un-
seen spectator ana witness of the scenes
depicted
She had come from the railway sta
n apoU; an hour before. brought by
private conveyance with veil over
.r ace. and Mrs. Stevens alone. OF all
HE people about, knew Of her arrival.
lHtG John and Henry were expect
mig aer to come 10 them on a visit ere
A-. aUt no time had been set
A4 little did either dream that her
Eas had hehel0 and ears heard them
..ia that iav.
lila Mason Was the present visitor
>le was - years of age. Gcalthiui,
'As, iau-hteT-toNi1Z girl. honest and
e aud beautiful enough 10 turn the
a4as and warm the hearts of a MAORI
The young men Who became ac-
nted with her.
sic was an orphan, her mother hay
lied during her early childhood.
deer father remained with her-or. at
Isl alive to care for her-until she
cached her 18th wear.
Ar. Mason : business had called him
a.foaa great deal, and Sc he could
@ make q home for his child, he had
-.Een ler into the care Of Mrs. Stevens.
nom he had known for MANY wears.
ana IN whom he bad entire confidence.
ana We may remark here. when the
s.. p ar. Mason Was opened after his
a.q L VAS found that he had LETT his
laughter Ella hpsraz- m so 600
From the age Of % Ia Tie gga nr Il
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