The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-20
BY Ella Higginson.

Il stopped at orvine's mothers as came along,
How Emarne turned in startled way erom
4 say stopped at orvilles mothers as came
along along
she well2, asked Mrs Endey.
NO. she amt. Shakn' like she had the ST. Vitus
dance. She's failed horribly lately. shed ben crying
Her eyes was all swclled up"
There quite silence. Then Mrs. Endey said;
What's she ben cryin' about?'
why. when L asked her she jest LATED kind Of
pitiful. an said Oh. only my tOmfOOlshnesS. o.
She said she always got thinkin about other
Christmases. But cheered her up. told her what
good time 1 always had at my sons an how sdonie
jest couldn't do enough for me An told her to
think what nice time she'd have t Emarine's to-
Mrs. Endey smiled. what she say to that?"
she didn't much. j could see she was thank
fuL though she had a sons 10 go to- She said she
piued ali poor wretches that had to set out their
spunk left. She's all broke down But cheered her
pictchered her dinner over here at Emarines cant
seem to forget it. Goodness, / must go. I'm on my
way to sdonies, an she'll be comm after me if I
when Mrs Eliot had gone Iimping down the path
Mrs. Endey said You got your front room red up
No: amt had time to red up ANYTHING.
We'll I'll do it. Where's your buster at?"
Behind the orgn. You can get out the wax cross
am I had hide up evrythng. I never see Children
like hern She lets 'em handle things SOL
Mrs Endey went into the front ROOM and began
to dust the organ. She was something Of a dipo-
mat and she wished to be alone for a few minutes.
You manage Emarine by contrairies, she re-
nected. 1t did not occur TO her that this was fam
lily trait. I'm orful sorry ever eggeo heT on 70
turuin Orvie's mother out O. doors, but who'd a
thought it nd break her down so? She amt told a
soul either reckoned shed TAX sonethln otIul
about but she amt told a soul She's KEEP a sth
upper lip. an told folks she alays expected to live
I'D I believe the Lord hisself must "a sent Granma
I-iiOt .9Ie 70 -, - 5 ,s 49, - 5;D, - 81
so an ask Mis- Farmer over mere 70 cinher II sIls
want afraid I'd left at her fer knuclin' down I'll
have to aggravate her.
Il wonder what Gran'ma Eliot 'ud say if she knew
you'd turned Orvle's mother out, Emarine?
There was no reply. Emarine was at the table max
ing tarts Her back to her mother.
i didn't mean what I said about bein' sorry
egged you on, Emarine. I'm glad you turned her out
Shed to be turned out"
Emarine dropped quivering ruby Of jelly into a
golden ring pastry and laid it carefully plate
"Granma Eliot go talkn' about her daughter
in-law Sdonie all she wants, Emarine. You keen a
Il can tend to my own affairs" said Emarine
wen. don't fare up so. Here comes Orvne. Land,
but he does look peaHid!'
After supper. when her mother had gone home for
the night Emarine put on her hat and shawl Her
husband sitting by the fireplace looking thought
I'm goin' out she said briefly. You keep the
why, Emarine, it's dark! Don't you want sh'u'd
NO: you keep the fire up
He looked at her anxiously. but he knew from the
she set her heels down that remonstrance would
Don't stay long" he said in a tone of habituaI
tenderness.
hurt she had given him when she parted him from
his mother 1t hurt that had sunk deeper than
even he realized. 1t lay heavy his heart day and
night. the blue of the sky and the green
of the grass and the gold out of the sunlight Tt
took the eXaltatOn and the rapture out of his tender
moments of love. He never reproached her; he
never really blamed her; certainly he never pitied
himself. But he carried a heavy heart around with
him and his few smiles were jOyless things.
the trouble he blamed only himself he had
promised Emarine solenly before he married her that
if there were any "knuckling down to be done. his
mother should be the to do it. He had made
broken it than he could have changed the color of