The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-12-13
Kitty, with a huge lump in her throat

Kitty, with huge lump in her throat
"His own mother!'
| my dear said the poor little old
iady, when man is going to be mar
ried he doesn't stop to think much about
MS mother. | suppose its all natural
enough, but must say that it is dis
appointment to me. My sons wife will
love him dearly, don't doubt, but she
never can love him better than have
done!'
And then the old lady put her pocket
handkerchief back into her reticule and
got into the car to ride up to the depot.
Kitty Give looked unusually pretty
that evening when her lover came to
see her. She was always fair to look
upon, but tonight there was deeper
carnation than usual on her cheeks, a
more liquid sparkle in her eyes.
George Sibley was tall and dark, with
rather pleasant face, and very white
teeth--iust the sort Of a man whom girls
look kindly at, and the world in generaI
pronounces "a fine young fellow" He
had always, heretofore, been Kitty's
ideal hero, but somehow, since yester-
day, he had had tumble from his
pedestal.
81 have something u eell you, Kitty"
said Mr. Sibley, as he seated himself
close to her workable.
'Well?" said Kitty. And it struck
Sibley that the word was uttered in
colder accent than usual.
81 have saved you from the doom of
mother-in-law," said he, smiling. "My
mother has been down from the country
to see me. She wants to make her home
with us. But l thought of you, my dar-
ling, and sent her back"
"You thought of me, did you?" said
Kitty Give, flushing up scarlet to the
roots of her hair. ''You thought it
would please me to take sons heart
away from his mother--to send lonely
woman back homeless to the place she
came from. You supposed was selfish
enough to think of myself, and myself
only in tho world. What very high
estimation you must hold me in!'
But, Kitty"
ooh, yes," said the little blonde, ex-
citedly, II know there is popular
prejudice against mothers-in-law, but it
doesn't follow that am fool enough to
trudge blindly in all those ridiculous
grooves l never had real mother.
and want one"
"If had known, Kitty"
"You never consulted me at alb" said
the girl. And this settles the ques-
tion. A man who is heartless and un-
grateful son can never make good hus-
band"
"Kitty, my own darling!'
But Kitty turned away from him.
"Only tell me, sweetheart, what to
do" he pleaded, in mingled contri.ion
and bewilderment.
"Does not your own filial instinct tell
you?" she returned with spirit.
But dear one, want to please you.
That is my first object in life" be urged,
'Does not the BDIe say: And he shall
leave his father and his mother, and
cleaye unto his wife?'
"Oh, but the Bible never said: He
shall turn his old mother out of doors,
to suit the selfish whims of a younge'
woman" returned Kitty.
"Then you wish me to"
81 wish you to 60 and bring your
mother Immediately back" said Kitty.
''Tell her that her sons betrothed wife
| is neither a stick nor a stone, but a
human woman, with loving heart in
her bosom!'
So Mr.. Sibley went away, somewhat
chagrined and a good deal conscience
stricken.
81 haze behaved like BRUTE" he said
to himself; ''and Kitty is an angel. I'll
write to my mother tonight. No, l
won't-Ill 60 myself and bring her
home"
Great was little Mrs. sibley's aston
ishment at seeing George walk into the
old Vining farmhouse the next day;
greater still was her delight when he
announced that he had come to take her
back to tho city. And she actually cried
tears of joy when she heard of Kitty
Gives words.
"God bless the sweet little darling"
said she. 81 know shall love her."
But when she first saw Kitty Give she
uttered an exclamation of delight and
surprise.
"Oh, my darling, my darling!" cried
she; 'is it you? Thank Heaven for that!
For ever since I saw you, and felt your
hand, so tender and gentle, in mine, on
the street-car that day, I've been hoping
and praying that my sons wife might be
like you So you are to be my daughter
in-law, after all!'
"And you," said Kitty, laughing
through her tears, "are to be my mother
in-law!'
And George Sibley frankly acknowl,
edged that Kitty was wiser than he was.
Perry Randolph, in N. Y. Ledger.
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