The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1899-10-12
Not to mother? %

Not TO mother!
Not to mother I am going to give
her to understand that our plans have
been changed, that we are going TO
I take things more moderately than was
at first thought of-iust to ease her
dear heart of most of the burden; buC
| O Nett, Nett, l have such a WONDERFUL
| scheme in my head. it's not to be WllS-
pered into the ears of silence-only To-
father and Aunt Margaret, and anyone
we have to let i'm to help along. Now,
/ Observation-Disclosures mother offers me
any money to pay those school enter
| tainment bills, L take it without a
word
But I thought began Janet.
Never mind what you thought. Just
listen and keep num-
So Emily told her plan, and from that
time the two carried on gentle con-
spiracy against mother When she IN
cidentaIly spoke of herself needing
nothing in the way of new clothing that
summer. she having decided that it was
best to defer her journey, it was quiet
" acquieSced in. and made reason for
putting her present wardrobe IN the
best possible order, and to this the girls
settled with energy as soon as the
school year came to a close. And as The
hot days wore on there came a time
when a trunk was brought from the
attic down to mothers room. AS Emily
bent over it, giving orders to JANET.
who was opening and shutting
mothers drawers and closet, mother
put her hand on her shoulders and gave
her a little shake.
sit down. she said, half laughing,
half soberly, sit down, Janet, and eX-
plain to me. both of YOU all that has
been going on just a little beyond my
knowledge. haven't seen very much,
but something has been in the air.
The girls exchanged glances.
Mother, dear, what do YOU meanE
What has been in the air?'
Things which have puzzled me.
You are keeping something from me,
dears. 1 haven't quite understood. and
il has hurt me just a. little. 1 must con-
TESS Emily is all eagerness about get
ting money, for bills. she says but
have always before known what bills
You have had mail matter of which
knew nothing. You spend hours and
hours in your rooms doing Things
don't know of.
"Oh. mother, mother" Janet
laughed. but the tears were IN tlml Nv
eyes. Nett, go and bring the lace ties
and the ruffles and fixings that we have
spent such hours and hours about 1t
is time, anyway, that they were going
into the till Of that trunk.
Janet brought a pile of dainty dress
accessories made over with infinite
painstaking from things belonging to
the three.
And you might as we'll bring that
box that came this morning That's
another thing we've hidden from you,
mother. And here are the letters-one
YOUR ticket. mother, for you are to be-
gin your Journey the day after tOmOr-
row No, you needn't protest. We
have watched all the corners. and we
know there isn't a single thing for
which you would wish any delay.
We've got your black silk fixed with a
new lilac front. You are to take my
new skirt-handy that we are both OF a
size. Your new bonnet will come home
tonight and here is your suit-What a
time | did have that day taking your
measurement-yOu making such a fuss
as drove me into all sorts of subter-
fuges to get out of telling you what L
was about Isn't it a beauty mother
dear, and just the color you Ake-thae
cool-Iooking dark gray.
Mother sat down with a face so tull
of amazement that Emily now cried In
good earnest.
"Oh. mother, darling-it isn't q biz
complimentary to us that you take it
as such a wonder when we try to do
things for you. 1t just shows what
selfish. undutiful creatures we have
been. You have always spent every
thing on US and done everything for US
and we have let you. But we are feel
ing a little differently of late, and have
made up our minds that it is full time
that mother should have chance.