The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-02-07

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Things aren't going to be any different
for you and mother than they are now,
only, of course He paused, .'J,FJ
The old man pieced out the sentence,
Only. Of COURSE there can't be two wom-
en- ruling one house. Sid, and you know it
as well as | do n srIo,4..F al tnt
'Exactly how Sidney's wife told the
old mother of the great change Sidney
never Knew. but when lie went back to
the house the gray look in his mothers
face told him more than her words ever
told
"And before they left that night the
pink miliner had already planned the
changes which were TO celebrate her com
ing and her ruling. ftEI@ .u1u.Hqlf
so Sidney and his wife. came, NIL the
man prophcsicd in a few brief Sentences
to his wife proving true. .''..pff %
"There was no great struggle on the
mothers part. She stepped aside from
governing and became as like servant
as could be.
San msoent hired girl came, and she
and Sidney'S wife started a little drama
of ineompetency, which should end us the
hotel keeping ended. -I
"Wastefulness cheap luNury, tawd,y
living. took the place Of tile old, frugal,
simple life i--t. y r.L.I5tf ~
"But the mother went about With that
unchanging sweetness of face and IA body
whitening about fretted soul She had
no bitterness. only miserable distress.
But every slight that was put upon
her. every change, every newf%nglci
idea, from the white sugar to the scented
soap and the yellow buggy, ranked in
the old mans heart. 4 +HIlt
"IIc had resentment both for herself
and himself, and he hated the pink MILL
ner for the humiliation that she heapcd
upon them both
"Sidney did not see one-ffth of it, and
what he did see lost it's force, because,
strangely enough, be loved the gaudy
wife who wore gloves on her bloodless
hands as She did the homework and
spent numberiess afternoons in trimming
her own bonnetS.
Her peeyishness} grew apace as the
newnesS of the experience wore off.
"t1ncle Jim seldom spoke to her. as he
seldom spoke to anybody, but she had
an inliing of the lsIncor i'll his heart, and
many Il time she put blame upon his
shoulders to her husband when some I'M
avoidable friction came.
"A venr. two wears. passed, which were
as cn.llpon the shoulders of the old peo-
nile. and then. in the dead of winter, an
important thing happened.
''Abotit the month of March Sidney
first child was eYpertetl. AT tho end of
January Sidney had to 30 away. expect
ing to return in less than a month. hut
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sacred trouble came before it's time
And ON that day there fell such 4
storm rs. had not been seen for many Il
year. The concession road was blocked
before day had we'll set in. NJ horse
could 90 ten yards in il. ~ hH.HA4
1.-The nearest doctor was seven miles
away. and for any man to face the jour
ney was to cpnniye with death.
"The old mother came to Uncle jim
and. as she looked out of a littlp ulfp1st
ed spot on the window at the binding
storm, told him that the pink millinef
would die. ..,.....s ..-....l.I-....t.
''There seemed no other cnd TO IT, ior
the chances wore a hundred to one
against the strongest man making lodr-
ney for the doctor and another hundred
to one against the doctor coming.
NO one knows whether lhcle Jam
could hear the clles from the torture
chamber. but, after standing Tor lnne
mumbllng to himself, he "rappeu hiilise!'
in heavy coat tied ihalller ABOUT us
face ana went ont.
III they missed nm, they must nave
thought him gone to the barn OF ID the
! drive shed, sharpening ms az ,y.,Y
/ but the day went on ana inc old
mother forgot all the wrongs That sh}
had suffered and yearned over the TRIVIAL
woman who was hurrylhg our ~ lhe grea'
space ...... 5........,.,..
Tier hours seemed numbered at noon
her mosehts measured, as 1t came to
| ward shutdown, but with the passing OF
the sun the storm stopped, and beautl-
full white peace fell on the world of snow
and suddenly out Of that peace came six
men, and the first that opened the door
was the doctor. -Ijj fr tr4Hull .
. two others Summertime him