The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-24

about me?'
Yes. About the situation here at
home 1t is not exactly what | wish it to
be, and l intend to try an experiment"
DO you mean what happened yeSter-
day between mother and me?"
4 mean the whole situation. What
/ happened yesterday was merely an indi-
| cation of the tendency-I don't know just
/ how to put ii, but it isn't satisfactory"
i was at fault, father, as l said last
night | was worried and anXious-that is
/ no excuse, of course-and then l said
things l shouldn't have said. | was sorry
/ at once, but | am more sorry now when
| happen again. l shall be very careful
/ in the future, and | am sure if you
| think no more about it l shall do better.
My dear Edna, am not blaming you
at fault-that is. not entirely. l am not
, cenSuring any one; we are as God made
us, and there are differences of tempera-
ment which sometimes cause friction
You are not having a fair chance Just
now. | care very little about your
mothers friends. and ] have few friends
myself; thus you have no companions of
your own age whom you can have here,
and whose visits you can return. as is
right and proper. You are thrown too
much on your mother and me for your
friendship. and | am not sure that either
of us is suitable You are at an impress
sionable time of life. and l want TO do
my best for you; so ] think | shall send
you to school where you will meet nice
enjoy. Then you nave decided talent
for music. which will be developed. and
there are many reasons for sucn Il
do you mean that i shall have TO
leave home?" asked Edna with tremor
in her voice.
Il think that will be best. In a year or
two you will look upon life with perhaps
more philosophy.
"A year or twor' cried. Edna as if she
spoke of eternity.
fo41, 1a1s
THE time will pass very quickly he
said. In a year or two. when you come
home, both your mother and you will
be glad to meet each other. We some
times grow to think kindly of the alb
sent"
The girl buried her face in her hands
Tut. tut. Edna. my own little girl;
cried her father, placing his chair beside
hers and taking her almost in mis- arms
lone would think You were being sent
off to Africa. I imagined you would he
1T isn't shat" she sobbed. ~ shows
how dreadfully wicked you must think
me when you are compelled to send me
Nonsense Ednal 1t shows nothing of
the kind | cant send your ste0-moIher
to boarding school. can l? Wei, then.
/ don't think you wicked at all nave
not the slightest doubt but you Sali Just
what you were provoked to sayiny- There
now; see what a hope'ess admission that
is to make TO A lrDellious daughter NO,
AS l said before | am blaming nobody.
We are driven by circumstances, that's
ALL"
And am 1 never to see you except
when l come home?'
My darling girl. that is the delightful
part of it. You will see me, and l will
see you. practically more often than we
do now. What do YOU think of that?
shall select some excellent school,
situated in a bracing spot near the sea.
! believe it will be CHEAPER for me to
take d season ticket on the railway there,
shall go so often. We will take long
walks on The downs entirely alone. and
talk of everything. We will have delight
full little dinners at the wayside inns we
discover. and now and then grand
luncheon at some very expensive place
with window that looks over the chan
mel. Edna. ii will be the rejuvenating of
your old father. He rarely gets Il snlt |
of ozone as things are now, but then
Edna, with a cry of joy. flung her arms
Oh oh father" she cried. that is too
good 70 be true, When en- ! so?'
This very week, | hope. You see now
how everything depends on the point
of view