The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-29
WAYS OF WOMAN KIND;
 EPISODES IN THEIR LIVES

wedding should have lost his bride and been led to murder the conductor? And what. more urgently and ever, did the bride-to-be say when she heard the im- probable story of his delay?
 There was sickness in the family and the Good-Natured Girl undertook to amuse and care for two small children at her own home all day-and all night. too. if they would consent to remain. Glittering promises made the children ready to consent until bedtime. Then they simultaneously and loudly clam ored to go home
 The Good-Natured Girl was entertain ing dear friend and she didn't know how to, take those cnildren home with out pressing him Into the service. Know Ing the children as she did she hated to endanger a lifelong friendship by ex- posing 1t to this test. So she tried brib- cry and corruption and passed most of the evening in rushing up and down stairs to make more promises and to ex- act other promises of silence and peace for the night. And, just when she sup posed the battle over and just when mat ters downstairs were becoming exceed ingiy interesting there was loud and combined howl from the upper regions.
 The Good-Natured Girl belied her name and nature for once in her life "Nol" she snapped angrily. you can't go home tonight, for I won't take you on any ac- count, no matter how loudly you cryi So lie down and go to sleep like good 1t.4I1 .l go home. But-goodness mer'-as fresh storm of weeping and waillng threatened the roof or the descent of the patrol wagon. What shall do to keep them quiet? ChidrenF' raising her own voice above the tumult, "stop crying for moment and listen to me I'll do any thing on earth for you, promise anything you want. if you'll only be quiet ana keep stilir'
 Dead silence on the instant. The Good-Natured Girl, wiping her streaming face, took long breath and approached them
 .'Now. then" she said encouragingly. Speak softly. but speak up quickly, for I want to go downstairs again. What is 1t you want?"
 And with simultaneous impishness and energy came the loudly spoken resnonse:
 ''We want to go homel''
 He certainly has a habit of forgetting things but he maintains this furnished no adequate reason for his favorite sis ters treatment. The sister has been i'll and confined to the house all summer The brother has perisistently, although unintentionally, forgotten to bring her almost everything that she has requested. The other day she sent for him before breakfast, bound him to silence and acted as if about to share with him some secret. Then she suddenly declared that sSle found she simply couldn't tell him. Perhaps Marian could.
 Marian is the girl to whom the broth CT has just become engaged. Torn with conflicting feelings, he arrived at her house before she had finished breakfast. Marian. in the plot, acted strangely also, but gave him a sealed package to open alone-at the office
 And in the sealed package, carried downtown close to a troubled and ex- cited heart, was sealed envelope, and in the sealed envelope note that read as follows:
 Dear Brother-Please bring me the new book you promised me last May this evening. Also as many of the ar- ticles on the accompanying list-gradual- ly compiled since the first week of my illness-as you can carry home"
 The sister had singed it, Marian had witnessed it and the young man, at first furiously indignant laughed presently and put in the whole day fulflling-at last-his sisters various requests.