The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-02-14

~ 'N''cSS- We bOt W EcJ OUT TO The
rvood lots bright and early this morn
$ng."
i Eyes, 1 know, father" The old
E8woman still stared around her. II
%an't think what makes the room look
10 queer. Oh, l know! Father, you've
|8orn those morning-glory vines away
= rom the window"
81 "Of course, have" said he. "Dried
ZIP old truck, keepin' out the light and
s8air. What use were thcy?"
Il But there were lots o. flowers and
ePuds on 'em yet, father. And in that
= heltercd spot the frost wouldn't hev
&ouched for Il week to come"
"Mornin' glories don't amount to
Aothin," snnrled Kisbcc. BESIDES
M goin' to hev load dumped there
3o-day. It's handy place for the wood
n ile"
e. "Fathcr!"
81 I'm -goin' = to-hev-a-load-
81 ood-dumped-bcre-to-day! Don't
8apeak loud cnough?"
but, father, you always said you
sfas going to build q kitchen out there"
Il never said nothin' of the sort!"
"a Il want Kitchen" pleaded the
floor old woman.
81 'Thats horse of another color"
&81eered the old man.
"And when we were first married
fzou promised me"
81 II dare say 1 promised good many
&polish things then. There's some
PROMISES better broken than kept"
ss8hilosophically observed Luke.
81 And this old rooms damp, and the
81 ais has settled, and the ceiling has
ll-nnd was calculatin' TO hev it
Eyed up and put my bed here when the
21,w kitchen was built. It always
& axes INC feel so dreadful cheap when
33ie sewing society meets here TO hcv
|4jir bed a-standin' in the parlor, no
S jatter how handsome tho patchwork
= Luke wiped his hands on the roller
A wei.
s well, you've stood it thirty years."
32 id he, IAN guess you can stand it a
& tie while longer"
81 Do YOU mean, father, that I amt to
Sf1ve the new kitchen, arter alp"
S& That's exactly what do mean"
%4a1rs. Kisbce said no more, but the
PSP1w, bitter tears of old age tricklcd
III wn her cheeks as she lighted the
ne, brought pail of drinking water
@om the spring and began to fry
s8c ham and eggs in little skillet.
33 Her son George came over that after
S 'on from Farley's Mills, where he
Mas foreman in great shirt factory.
'Mother!" said he, I've got some
ling to tell you. I'm engaged to
s airy Susy Stopford. Why, mother,
hats the matter? What are you cry
s&g about? l thought you'd be SO
f% eased.'
It's jest like all the rest o the ucl1r'
S# 5bcd poor old Mrs. Kisbee Fathers
Zen an tore down all my mornin'
"a Dry vines, an amt goin' to hev any
: w kitchen after all these years, and
my only son has got engaged TO
ne of the Shepherds, that wasn't never
"a ends with our folks"
81 But, MOTHER" laughingly pleaded
81 iorec, ''these are not the days of Mon
SSA que and Capulet feuds."
81 don't know what you're tallsin'
I'll out" said Mrs Kisbee, who was not
Sd itudent of the immortal Shakespeare,
4 nut always despised them Stopfords.
81 4 Susan, she's IL story writer, l am
81 id, as goes about with her fingers all
~ tly and don't help none at NIL with
homework"
"a But, mother, she hires q girl with
Sf money she earns She's the best
d sweetest girl in the world When
siy bring her to see you?"
81 i don't want to see her at ALL" saio
old woman, ENORMOUSLY. And she
81 pike down again, crying
George went away, much perturbed
s. spirit. He had never seen his mother
"a he artbrokcn before
II Il don't know what she'll saw"
*apught he, "when she hears that ia
PRS made up his mind to sell the old
3 ace. It's too bad of him But father
- yer treated mother half decent"
81 Susy Stopford was at the window
zen young Kisbee came back. She
out to meet him. her bright hair
owing in the winds, her red lips
~ art.
s. well, George" she cried
I don't know what to say to you,
<sy," he began; mother isn't herself
Midday But She"
:8 She doesn't like me, George
III ew that before. There was some
ss trouble between her mother and
andfather Stopford. She Tilted him,
IS he threw her over, never quite
81 lcrstood which But 1 fully intend
ssA make her like me-"
am afraid she won't give you the
nice, Susy."
Yell inc all about it, George" she
FL. George told her. II only wish 1
S S rich" said he. II would buy the
Nj &C myself, and I'd build that kitchen
8 poor old soul SO longs for and a
ch in front to train morning glory
cs on"