The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-03-13


lterfere with mothers diet however
unwholesome 1t may be. I"
"Ah? But that is not rightr re-
| piled the little bride, with . sweet
hugh shall love her too dearly
to allow her TO commit suicide BY
inches.
lit Is right That and her sweet
laugh were her only weapons The
Trenches might fume. or rage, OF
laugh with savage insolence at her
proposed reforms; but there she stood
f, calm. siMm0valble, an in6exibIe .pug,
very Atom H. ~ ker so2i
little body, and giving meaning to her
pale blue eyes and gentle laugh.
In a year she had proved her power
Deyiled lobster. with all other highly
seasoned and expensive dishes, had
vanished from the, Trench table. and
had been replaced by cool and cheap
masses compounded by Anna's own
deft fingers.
ut was not right that so much Of
their mod crate income should go to
pamper their stomnchs.- at was
right that when Bob was the CHIEF
bread-winncr Of the household Bob's
vile should buy the bread.u She
never put this last maxim into words,
but into gentle. memorable, incessant
practice.
Grandma In secret cried bitter tears
n for har hnf f<x,-1 y,
novel. for the gossiping visits of the
ncighbors. for the impromptu games
and dances Of the young people, in all
Of which the yiyacious old woman de-
lighted. Anna, with her pleasant
laugh, had decided dances and games
Ito be- as ifreligfous as cards. The
Deighbors soon found that their run
nings inland out were regarded by
| Mrs. Robert as sad waste OF time,
and ceased to come. Anna, who liked
to hear her own voice, inaugurated a
series OF evening readings on science
and history, to which the family
listened with covert yawns and re-
befious spirits.
Kate. though the twelve months had
measurable cowed her. ventured on a
vigorous protest
Mother" she told Anna, always
made our home pleasant when wewere
young in order to keep us in it. This
was gay, hospitable house; every
Trench loved it. She tried to do the
same for Nelly's children when she
brought them back to us fatherless.
But it is no longer gay nor hospitable,
and the children nre Learning to hate
their home.
Il understand you. Catherine" said
Anna smiling; "but dances, and other
silly wastings OF time. | regard as
wicked"
"But we do not so regard them.
Surely Nelly herself must Judge for
her children"
There can be but one right and one
wrong, said the smiling little woman.
Il am right. !"
1t was Anna who criticised poor
Josey's oil paintings. Josey was a
cripple, and her one amusement was
% paint impossible afteys.-,hittis and
beaches But Anna showed her how
false was her coloring, and out OF all
rules her drawing. .'Artists would
only laugh at your pictures, dear
Josephine she said. "Why@waste
your immortal time in pursuit. for
which you have absolutely no talentP"
How could you be 50 cruelp" Kate
cried, with angry tears. when Josey
went out of the room. She suffers
constantly. She can never look for
ward =thelife= OF other women. IF
her poor little sketches give her hap
piness. why should you rob her of
it?n
-t'1t is not right to even tacitly aid
in deception, said Anna Besides,
wish, Josephine TO embroider an altar
carpet. Why should she not give her
time and labor to religion?"
-Jose9 that night, pale and red-eyea.
burned att-her sketches. -------------
why did you not tell me they were
worthless daubs?f she said to Kate,
bitterly. AS for altar carpets and
chenille work. that is not religion. l
will have nothing to do with them
But in a week she was at work upon
the carpet.
"Bob's wife shall never interfere
with my life,' Kate boosted, holly.
Yet it was Anna who called Bob's
attention to the fact that young Whit
ing had been hangin around the girl
for months.
''Iis salary is mere nothing and
his health is not good" she urged.
"Kathy has something OF her. own.
and if she loves Billy she may wish TO
nurse him back to health" said good
natured Bob.
ut is not right that her life should
be sacrificed to an invalid. y
Really, Anna, can not. Interfere.
Kate is old enough to Judge for herself
as to the right COURSE
.'Dear Robert. there can be but one
right.course! | have told you what it
is"
\ In consequence OF this and mary
other talks Bob treated young Whiting
with such GOODNESS that he left the
house one evening deeply offended.
Soon afterward be emigrated to Cali
fornia, there to grow healthy and rich
and in time to marry a girl who re-
sembled Catherine Trench.
f Kate is still unmarried.
Grandma Trench died in the second
year OF Annals reign. ..She was I'M
accountably weak" the physician
said. land unable to resist acute dis
ease" He told his wife that he .sus-
pected Mrs. Roberts dietary was not
Of a nourishing kind; and the old lady
belonged to a large bodied, hungry
race who required rich food and plenty
The poor old woman .crept into her
grave with a dull sense of starvation