New-York tribune., 1903-02-11

BY HARYOT HOLT DEY.

No have not seen her she continued Ip "a n! nsa1 an
bsr 20 @ my y qIe9h ao a %! Ile He has tod her
that the doctors give her only one cnance 70 H'e,
and that chance depends upon herself alone. II
she will lie still and rest and even think about
anything, she may pull out; but II she ngnts her
condition she won't live two months, IT'S @ nSE
heart and complete nervous prostration con con,
GUIDED my Wlfe IN an L-told-y
thought he took il rather cooIly- Aunt Caroline
one has noticed it. for she understands well how
to fix herself up. l never saw any woman VINO
She can wear false hair so tnat no one discovers
cheeks SO that even her own husband doesn't
suspect it"
I've known Aunt Caroline great many years,
! replied. with some asperity. and never Ane"
her TO do such thing in nv life
Then you don't know rouge when you see II,
said Margaret quietly, and with that clear toned
decision that IS 50 feminine and so convincing ana
mat makes a man feel what duIarQ ne -.
only an artist uses rouge so that Il IS unde-
artist as we'll as-Other things
What did Uncle Jacob say?" I asked. in order 10
he said that he had talked with Caroline. and
that she had asked TO be left alone: she had so
many things to think ABOUT You know she is
nearly twenty years younger than he is He said:
You know Caroline is strenuous woman She is
like Atlas She thinks the world would hold
10 its orbit if she did not support a large section
of it I have often told her that It would go on
just the same If We both dropped out She always
:ooks at me as though she could unqers{and nov %
II could get along without me out she DOUBTS Us
going just the same without her. And yet
fectly. any one can see that Uncle Jacob is the
steady spoke in the wheel guess II ne dldn
ecqtive ability would 6axs tq 60 out Of 6gsaess
You don't IKE i aunt MT Ca59ns b94 She yemJgTfq 50
to see the credit bestowed where it is due But
am so sorry sEe is ILL., and don't mean criticise
her. She is too hard herself. and she doesn't
Everything she does is a feat
Terrible things have happened since you went
Few Ii,S d tiLi Didn't YOU hear anything about
IL downtown? / called YOU over the phone. out
took fire. and We thought the whole place would 90
surely One Of the nremen carried @ aunt @ CdTqnne rb
the SHOCK Soni1 xiii her: but she was as cool and
s e sr sris S Sol Nav W. morning The IRE only burned
out the paTIor and when il over and every
back You would have tn ought from her manner
that IRE everyday affair. and that she
not at home and-well it's Just terrible
brighter than She had been for long time. but
she looked delicate and old. mere shadow OF her
The fire woke me up. Richard she said to me
with much Of her oldtime enc. energy. hay have been
have a great deal To do: must now get about X
Aunt Caroline" ! said: at least not until you
She paid no attention TO remark. and after
short hiatus she continued as II she had not heard
me- :.you know. Richard have always wanted an
Empire parlor; and now can have u
what in the world do you want with an Empire
OF course grant you that may never use it
1 should like know that IL Is all right FOR the
the last function that viii occur IN my honor
Il wouldn't talk In that way. my dear =
Well. no. Richard you are right. Will not
talk but act. / going 10 have an Empire parior
! have il all planned. Heretofore have not had
il because OF the expense. but now the insurance
money will supply that shall have II al plsnned
before Tomorrow morning. I wish you would e&-
plain IL 10 your uncle when he comes home Tor ne
viii object Tell him have made up my mind
He will understand that , 4. Il.
T-rris Jacob dId appear understand IL be
smoke ~ the carpenters and the noise that wouioi
5ssfIIrb her but II was no ne said. 20 object II
- ~~Ios b.a rr.a. an her mind For the nrSt time
II seemed 10 me that Aunt caroline was not rsnt
in her head and I asked him about II 2.
your aunt is a strenuous woman NY p'9- ~
would DO no good 20 oppose asr
CTo contfnuedJ