Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-03-14

the other car to smoke The vivid
figures In Life ard Truth We're qg,te
old friends TO Bobby The dining room
az the farm was paperei with them
He looked at them MI, ANA chen curltd
up On the velvet seat and went 10
sleep.
The journey was soon over When
they stepped Off the car IN Washing.
ton deep tluSheS rose IN Bobby's
checks, and he trod fast upon Marvers
heels. 1t was raining, and q cab car
ried them away. The dome of the
capitol was very white against the
equiet sky. and the green wilderness
about 1t sharpened the picture to Bob
hy's enchanted eyes
Marvel was thinking toe deeply to
speak. He took out Mrs Cherringuon's
letter.
III, In case anything should happen
to you,' he read. little Bobby FLAX
is to be an Inheritance to me, let me
offer a few suggt stionS, Do not lit
him out slscw 70 take him to Washing
TON, llet him travel there in the mod.
est clothes which came from his
mothers fingers Make him feel his
career Is Within his grasp Take him
10 modest apartment 10 live. Wait
until he is very much older 10 give
him gllnpSeS into the sumpuous hfe
Of the club Train his hands to toll.
and Talk 10 him at night shout God
AND his mothers love. 1t would be
much easier 10 9ndulge so sweet n
boy, but YOU have his body and soul
in Your keeping"
And Marvel hcid obeycd her orders
The cab stopped ait white frame
house near the capitol The pillars
along the porch were wrapped in WV
Swiss curtains tinttered in the win
dows, and a pot of prhmroses stood on
the steps. Bobby's home was TO be
as simple as Mrs. Cherrington could
wish.
Bobby" said Marvel, after break
fast, Il want 10 tell YOU why brought
you TO Washington in suit OF your
mothers homespun instead OF order
ing clothes for you from my tailor
There are handsomer clothes IN the
world than those Of your mothers
weaving, but There are none so good
for you to wear. Your mother Is very
young and frail, Bobby--very young
and frail indeed, and very pretty She
will be a beauty in the gowns you can
buy for her here Your fathers health
is broken; hts spirit is broken, too
You must take his burdens upon your
back. You win have $40 month.
and | win help You.
"The boys smoke cigarettes about
the Capftol You Will wish to smoke
them, too. You must think always
that the money You would put into a
package Of cigarettes would buy q
bunch OF ribbons TO nestle al your
mothers throat; and when you walk
Those marble floors. do not forget that
ono day she Is coming up to sit In her
calico dress among those gorgeous
women in the gallery. and to claim
you as her own, And there II an
other the beautiful woman who mas
promised no take care OF you II
should die or 20 away. She told me
Do say these things 10 yoTl She knows
your mother. She nlse,l 10 give her fb-
boris and candy when you were n
baIby."
Bobby had dropped his ewes, HIS
black Pushes were wet. Marvel affect
ed not TO See this as he turned up his
trousers. and took HIS umbrella
Eve Will walk over to tile Capitol
now" he said cit ds u quarter to
9. and You We're 30 report for duty
MT 8 O'Clock"
Bobby did report. He laid his brown
hand on The Rfble. and reyerently took
the oath, and Marvel watched him
make HIS fluttering signature
He was soon MS deft as amy other
page. He flashed through the narrow
ahslea carrying looks and Letters. He
listened to the speeches, treasuring
the humorous parts Marvel came In
70 lunch with him sometimes.
MY arother has 80 many little chill
dren." Bobby said w.stfully one even
ing, .'and ait might she IL so tired. |
can inst feel how ulrrl she is: and
she looks 50 pretty in her nightcap
by the log fire. Did you ever see her
in her ndghtcap, MIR Marvely
no" said Marvel. with sparks in
his dark eyes.
II cam buy her lot Of pretty night
caps, and when she comes to visit me-
Bobby rose and walked the floor
when she comes 10 visit ne, | win
have the nightcar,s and a pair 81 soft
slippers on the foot Of her bed. /
used TO take off her Shoes and stock
ings. and her feet are as pink as
roses. You'd never think she'd been
M and down the hill to the spring
three Times a day ever since was
born. Shes only IS and she's never
been IN train or ON boat"
The summer deepened and the sos
sion lasted. Bobby gave up the hope
of going home to bring his mother
back for a visit. She wrote him that
she had a very bad cold. and alarm
filled his littlo soul II Was silent
alarm. The issues I'll Bobby's young
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