The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-01-04
4 MOTHERS VANITY.

There 80 thought 50 ever since he
married y T, twenty years or more nso,
but vc never sud 20 till nov. Now
Harry wife j. different ! ut there
There's no need Of my troubling YOU
with al Ia 5. l Il tell YOU the story and
then YOU eau see yourself But what
under the sun olomon iinf Hather ever
saw in Jennie jenkins, I've failed 10 find
outl But there ] 20 again. But she is
a fcol, it's past denying, and If ht,in
said i alter what's happened l thinS |
should have burst. But feel better now
an guess l can tel the story pretty
straight.
AUout a month ago, got letter from
Jane. Solomon 5 wife, telling me that
Penelope (thSt's my nam, sake WAS go
ing to be MARIE ], aud would l come up
and stay til 'em and help 'em get
ready for the welding. Now / DO I
love Jane, but do love little Penelope,
and as there was nice little note from
the blrssed chi Il, as king dear Aunt
Pen," if she wouldn't come, and as sine
asked it very prettily, ! deteTi ined to
20 and help the dear child have pleas
ant send oil.
Well, after lie of fifty miles in the
cars and two / Solo,non's carriage for
the train ] Ok was an express and /
didn't stop their village, 1 10 md my
self at th OA homestead. hadn't been
there in tea years, but I was prepared
Tor all the c. anges by the letters little
Penelope used 10 write to me every two
weeks, but what / wasn't prepared for,
- the change in peuclOpe since IA A
aIl = sit from her % my own mouse <
months before. She looked about cs
o t'c l0e a prospective bUle as anything
I ever saw, and vet ! knew the man she
VS. 20 marry sas veil worthy OF nv
Penelope, AMI that Is saying a great deal.
! we struck 50 with that girls appear
.-.- / Rss dumb.
Yale and thin nnl hollow eyed, with
great dep circles under her ewes. she
Hst looked tirei 10 death. THAT eiri :
20 NJ TO he sick, Il said 20 myself, Il
: -llss I've come ~ her fun III instead OF
D. welding"
". or the nils sake. Jane. what ever
g..i ltnelc 80 ! exclaimed, IS sool as
/ rr1 her alone.
w yg'
-why1 Don't You sc how she
~J, I Sc, she '-oSs Kind OF pale. but
then she's IN ior Won NOW, IN gir.s al
uIys get pale O. o, 1nls C laughed her
e ~ lauEn, that Z hate so. yes under
some circumstances 4 fairly hate thst
laugh o. hers. AMI this Was one OF So
CIrum2tan cs % showed 50 plun how
hiIaI she WAS. % drints anything
more. ] saw . was I any use. But |
made up NV wini that q, Gnd out what
was the after with Pencil pc and mend
it-if an 'OiI maid aunt, vino isn't sup
p1s a 70 know tuy U,iug g out aAairs oi
tie he rt. ecu i,e Otanv use.
Wei, Fcneiopc. saii /, the next day,
alter we h.i br akiaSt, now / IN all
Tea ", fIIU'f.in. scissors, ne dlc AMI every
thing to b, p in ma ing those w-dd ng
clothes y on see knew ane was full
of all sorts OF uansvusiCal van ~, and |
ielt sure o We linz finery IN pippery
tn re would be enough an 10 spare.
"Oh, shes al DONE" sal Jane, she's
been done two months AMI more. She
hurried Up so IS 10 have plenty of time
20 make her " !. NoG ought 70 s. her
things I'tll, show your aunt Penelope
your thiu-, she sIil, PRIDE in every
tone o. her o. .. she's ct SIX white
wrapp r.. telling them on J. y
fingers, zone On white skirts, etc. II
sl n tell You all she bad, you Il 2 ~
ire OF H,g H.ug IS / dIi+ tn lin trI-
uwphaniiy Ind Penelope her wydd NJ
clothes ,o>t 4 hundred .'oI.ars more tin n
Colonel Tho rDsOu dsught RS Cll, ant
he thr richi~t man IN the town. And
she was "a armed with n plain vlil, too.
Just wait tail you see Penrlopes l" She
turned 70 20 To tie kitchen, while Pen
led the way up stairs, very wLarily, i
thought
However, we won't through the GER
emony o. cN1 ming the things, anl
praised y the pretty rop, 5 a ont me.
81 krow ust what you think, Aunt
Pen, anil | don blame YOU"
"W hat 10 think. little Pen -
"lou think there is a great deal too
mu h.
" es. I do"
$50 do /. didn't want al these
tn ngs, AMI IL was dreadful to sit here
- trh. - tch, stitching all these lnng. hot
days, iusi Tor the ke OF saying had thu
most thlugs. But mother gave them all
TO M, au'i seemc,l TO have the matter so
much at heart 1t seemel ungratelul in
me % make any objection. And she
S eVc 20 set on il she said she only
IA d pn dan M T. and tn re would on'y
he one Wedding iu the familv, AMI s. IN Il
to ia,r n "a much TO h art that I couldn't
resist. on snow " hat mother is"
ayes. ! know what your mother is :"
I answered, grimly; while | sail to nv
sell shes iool, that's what your
mother J."
"Wcli now, T. n, dear, you have a
month 10 rest, Wen have some long
talks and lons w'lks, and Just get ready
quietly Tor the finale.
-, Indeed. l haven't time for any
"Whv not What is d ere let TO co
thou IL every thin was done ?'
30 every tlfuy / tut MY vail.
"WeN, chill, VITO ever heard OF it's
taking month 10 make a wedding
vail p
well I've leen at mine every spare
minute Tor two months, AMI it isn't near
ly finished Yet. / m almost afraid that
another o. oItl won't finish it unless l
work NJ - 49,
sidvs James COMES In the eveuin s, and
4 IN not Zoing 90 put him asi G for al tho
hnery IN the world"
"let me see Ihis v1iI," said. solemnIv
so We went INFO TIA. next room and there
IN ir me WIS the lovely flmy lace
Thing on which this dear girl had been
tSpendins ler tine, nay, her life, for the
past two months.
is this some more OF your mothers
wo k -
80 she answered, innocentIv. at is
every stitch NINE, bu mother insisted on
L. hr said kR " ow 10 make surh
lovely lac tli : and that now WAS the
time, an she seemed 50 set II the I c.
veil as a p1rt OF tine show, that have
done 1t. II is lov iy-isn il :"
The child had not understood my
question tut suc had ansW, rel me. 4
III nothing alou J, but groined in
Nitis- Ai'it Wis Ill Wailt''l 10 Know.
! ni.t e mp my nam ! Won tin't sly one
wortl Ia n. The whole thing seemed too
pr postrTous Tor words But / Likewise
ma le up my ind IN the. hrst chance
cot Id take "a oi mails privilege OF
telling Solomon th or two, ana I'd
IkrwIs@ say wOrd IN season TO nv
Irospe-tive nephew. III hav. th. thing
y ~, 10 had 20 20 o. th-. city AMI Iuy
ntinrsake a lace val y crafty her
I'ovcver, Penelope took matters IN her
0',u N n IS ri iu el the Lus,n s. up
br { flut dead awav. The doctor was
sent Tor and the case proved typhoid
fev r. As soon "a James loun out at
il was h. ins sted on being married ut
o lre and sharing in our work
.ru- " 5 50 worSe uD, Tor she really
loves Pen ,lope tbut / I link shs loves
i-n--r,. M .lisr,, - ,nnre L that she con-