Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-24

and win crush this strike as l would an
Sartwel nervouslg clinched his right hand
| as II the egg sheHowere in It.
II am sorryifoD the men, father"
SO am |, my dbar, If they stand out. bu.
1t will be their ibwn fault. Experience 10
said to teach n special class Of individuals,
and they are preparing for themselves bit.
ter dose of IA" IN
win YOU mot take him back, even If they
Him? Whom? oh! Marsten. If they do
not come back an body, will never allow
another union, man to set foot in the works
again. But never mind the men; I wans
to talk about yourself"
About me?"
Eyes. About the situation here at home
1t is not exactly what | wish 1t to be, and
intend to try an experiment"
DO you mean what happened yesterday
! between mother and II"
Il mean the whole situation. What hap
pened yesterday was merely an indication of
the tend6ncy-I don't know just how to put
1t, but 1t isn't satisfactory"
II was at fault, father as l said last
night; was worried and anxious-that Is no
excuse, of course-and then | said things |
shouldn't have said / was sorry at once.
but am more sorry now when see have
troubled you. 1t won't happen again. l
shall be very careful in the future, and !
am sure If you think no more about 1t l
shall do better"
my dear Edna | am not blaming you in
the least nor do think you were at fault
that Is, not entirely. l am not censuring any
one; we are as God made US, and there arr
differences of temperament 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
YNrH Won oh NrN,tE
mother and me for your friendship and
am not sure that either of us is suitable. You
arc at an impressiCnable time OF life and
want to do my best for you; so | think
shall send you to some school where you wilt
meet nice girls and form some friendships
that you will enjoy. Then you have de.
cded talent for music, which will be de-
veloped, and-there are many reasons for
such a STEP
"Do you mean that shall have to leave
home?' asked Edna with a tremor in her
voice.
81 think that will be best. In a year or
two you will look upon life with perhaps
more philosophy"
"a year or two!" cried Edna, as if she
spoke of eternity.
Her father smiled.
"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 sometimes |
grow to think kindly OF the absent
The girl buried her face in her hands.
"Tut, tut, Edna, my own little girlr'
cried her father, placing his chair beside
hers and taking her almost In his arms.
"One would think you were going to be sent
off to Africa i imagined you would be
glad"
at isn't that. she sobbed at shows
how dreadfully wicked you must think nue.
when you are compelled to send me away."
Nonsense. Edna! 1t shows nothing of
the kind. | can't send your Stepnothcr 20
boarding school, can {? Well then! l don't
think you wicked at all. l have not the
slightest doubt but you said Just what you
were provoked to saying. There now; see
what a hopeless admission that is TO make
to a rebelious daughter. No, no. l am
not blaming you in the least AS said be
fore. l am blaming nobody. We are driven
by circumstances, that's all
"And am l never to see you except when
| come homer j
"My darling girl. that is the delightful
part of It. You will see me, and | will see
you, practically more often than we do now
What do you think of that? | shall select
some excellent school. situated in bracing
spot near the sea. I believe it will be
cheaper for me to take a season ticket on
the railway there, shall go so often. We
will take long walks the downs entirely
alone and talk of everything. We will have
little dinners at the wayside inns
we discover, and now and, then a grand
luncheon at some very expensive place with
a window that looks over the channel. Edna
1t will be the rejuyenating of your old father.
He rarely gets n sniff Of ozone as things
are now, but then"
Edna. with a cry of joy, flung her arms
around his neck, ,,
ooh father" she cried, "that Is too good
to be true! When can l go?"
"Ths very week. / hope. You see now
how everything depends on the point oil
view"