The Red Cloud chief., 1889-05-17

Aptty1ne LOOK 10 bent
n vei-vorn cap was pulledto hlde
faoo twas ed 70 Seo
o. ono % young: checking his sobs.
He SAID: 'rhere's only moi"
MAC. r. N. Thomas. IN Good HousekeopfA0
A GLACIAL PERIOD
Which d Followed BY Q Decided
ana Satisfactory ThaW:
"Here ! am, mother Hound I'll
the doors open, 90 walked straight up
70 my old room. A fellow doesn't
stand On Ceremony when he hasn't
seen his maternal relative for . year.
8oee's your boy, mother"
Ralph Wakefield threw his valise In
. corner. and walked quickly toward
IN elderly woman who was standing
ju1t inside the door Of . pretty mid
do chamber"
"Ralph Wakefield! How you do
nee % surprise folks. Two dayssoon-
q than you promised Well WELT
Now your ps setll b cot up"
jut ihis, and . hearty handshske.
Nothing more. Doubtless, Mother
W13n0eld's heart would have thrilled
9th . new Joy had she fallen On tho
neck OF that handsome. manly Son,
md covered his face with k4es; but
then-she would have thought the oct
''rsther silly" On Ralph's part, had
su6h . salute been offered, he would
have returned Il with interest; but
there would have crossed his mind .
dim suspicion that mother was b.
ginning to fail"
xhey lived in Connecticut
"Pa'sf In the field. and Ruth q woods.
Ing somewhere You arc going 70
have the spare room and be madeco
pay Of Ruth has taken yo,ira"
''who. pray. Is RUTH"
"Ruth Wise. I wrote you about
1er."
go you did. mother. 80 you did.
But I thought the visit would be
ended before l came. An overworked
school.teachcr. the daughter of an old
gtrkfr1end Of yours; come here for
fest and change. wish she hadn'tl
Mother. I'm disappointed; I'm vexed.
feel frustrated. I've worked hard
over those old law-books in tho diuev
city for more than . yean without
aplay-day; and now that I'm fairly
inside the bar, and q f~ratrclass mart
nership awaiting me in September. I
wanted to have the stain let M On
mo entirely. 1wante1 ron and father
and tho old farm all to myself this
vacation"
"Shs'fl not b in your way, Ralph.
She almost Lives out o. door,"
fuomf"
Eeecoase she said the sr,aro room
7 - 100 nice TO dry ferns in, and to
sop moses and rocks and toad.stools
"A. Fungi, che calls them So I oave
her your old quarters. tbat are used
70 such things. Take q peep at her
books. She thinks ;sbe world and AN
Of fhem few books"
% Mother WAkehe ID, what have
Sou d0nel"
Ralph. whose innat, sense Of bro.
priety had restrained his eyes from
wandering about ihe , Dom no longer
his own. now allowe d them to rove
over the ftl0 Of tho volumes neatly
arranEed in the Small bookcase.
Something tetween a sigh and o
whistle was his first comment
Climatic Theorh g! Buckle. Mill
:Rersss 6etest6fqsw,, Deep Sea Ex.
plorstions.' 'Speraser on the Uncondi.
toned Dafwin's Expression in AMI
malA' Great Egypt what . list! Wise
b. name and wise BY nature, I Per.
csfvA Mothe'::. one thing il settled; I
shon't Ike heil"
':Nonsense. Ralph! You read all
these things; why shouldn't she?"
mo reascn. Of course. Only I don't
prefer masculine tastes in q woman"
''She's No masculine tastes, Ralph.
She's bright and capable, and full Of
fun. And she's a. handy to help in
the kitchen a. II she'd always lived on
D farm. And she likes to talk about
dress rs veil rs any girl"
Talk! Oh, you haven't heard her
talk yet. Science IS Der vocation, and
metaphysics her recreation. Philology.
ethnology and the cosmos for break.
fast; prehistoric man for dinner. and
the survival Of tho 1ittest for supper!
Mother. I wanted q good time. /
wanted to work with father. in the hay
uc'd. and TO eat my dinner without n
c@ut, II / felt like il. | wanted 20 CIT |
pic between meals sometimes. and to |
60 70 sleep afternoons on the lounge. :