The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1898-09-09

withal her education had cost a great
effort and the burden of it had fallen on
her mother, who bore it cheerfully and
felt more than repaid when her daughter
led her class and came home with her
bachelor degree. When Miss Hamlin
got her position on the staff of the Ban
ner she did not forget her mother. She
wanted her to come and live with her in
town. But Mrs Hamlin said she would
not be contented there and preferred to
keep to her farm. Every summer Madge
went home to spend her vacation in the
old village among the friends Of her
girlhood. She still had friendly inter
est in them all and none Of them ever
found her 'stuck up or grudged her her
success. They all liked her and their
provincial ways and speech did not jar on
her then.
IF mother had spent on herself all that
she spent on me-" said the girl, "she
wouldn't be so queer and old-looking now
and | wouldn't be what | am now.
ought to be proud of her-and I am. She
Ia the best and dearest mother ever a
girl had. | wonder il those people down
there would do one-third as much for me
as my mother has done?"
She went down to the parlor contritely
At the door she paused unseen, looking
at the shabby, dusty little body sitting
forlornly at the further end, and so oddly
out Of place in the fashionable apartment
| Then she saw her mothers wofully
tired and wan, with thin wisps Of gra,
hair struggling over it. She ran forward
Mother, dear!"
sob, Marg'ret Ann" The old woman
rose eagerly Her face frightened at tn
girls warm greeting. $50 you're glat
to see me, Marg'ret Ann"
"Oh, yes, mother! I'm so sorry wa
out. Why didn't you let NE know yo'
were coming?
II didn't know myself till this morn
ing. I'd been kinder hankering to SCI
you ever so long. I hain't been awful
well lately and I missed you awful.
Just felt as il I must come up and se
you"
THAT was right. How tired you are
and dusty! Why didn't you AJAX Mrs d
Haven to take you right to my room ant
rest yourself?"
The old woman hesitated. 'Well
Marg'ret Ami didn't know-somewa.
i kinder felt lost here. didn't expec
| oF xAto sr9$F
the boarding houses I've seen. And tn
folks all seemed so tony and everything
so dretful high -clasg-it just come owe
me that you mightn'C want queer, awk
ward, countrified old woman like me t.
come here among all your fine friends
So thought I'd lust wait here and se
what you said and If you thought I'd bet
ter L 60 right away somewhere else AMI
not disgrace YOU"
ooh, mother" said the daughter will
pang of self-reproaeh. "No, indeed
I'm not ashamed OF you-don't owe ev
erything to your
II didn't think you'd be. But I didn'
want to do anything that'd injure you
So [ laid low. did let it slip out to tina
Mis- De-something, fore I thought, tina
was your mother, but L buttoned up al
ter that, Marg'ret Ann"
Miss Hamlln WINGED in spite of herseli
Ever since she first left home she ha'
been called Madge. But her mothe
chung to the old name and the girl ha
never objected. It did not matter q
home-but herel
"You must come to my room, now
mother! !" she said gently. you'll hav
time TO battle your face before dinner an
I'll brush your hair. You must be YER
tired"
i With a sigh of relief Mrs Hamlin san
into rocker in her daughters room, an
looked about her with keen, apprecia
tive eye.
4 "This is an elegant room OF yours
Marg'ret Ann-not much like that littl
old one OF yours out home, way up unde
the caves, Ia it?n
INC, mother. And yet, do you know
/ love that little old brown room gu
II homE AS1K NCahSA Ghean NaAs p1Sbb1SE UIs
And gometimes-veryo ften-I just lon
TO fee back there and be ayour Hown iii
tie girl again, TO have you sing me :
sleep and hear the popIars ruatling out
side.n
4 Mrs Hamlin patted the white, SHAPED,
hand lying on her shoulders anaetionate
1 ly.
tits just the same as when you lef5 II
Marg'ret Ann. I'd never have thin
changed. All your little pictures an,
traps are there and your chair also