New-York tribune., 1905-01-30

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NY first pnregenerate instinct was to seize and
Best goSr,s during q ot;aa Thd9 TesteS my
I'VE shall have to see about that 8ee Mother
'i the s R0fds iad had sft S 6
gpettted them. realizing too late in flash of per-
rather ridiculous ways BY But VI" having asid ni1s ths
back in to took a9GS Gp my tRtn hf AND With
as, as ,degage an air as knew how to assume. and
vs4 She showed no symptoms Of being Disconnected.
facing e hey s0T yerY st0dy a the little figure stood
termination that amounted to obstinacy written In
Mother win hear those verses directly Bee Is a
good girl" said persuasvely; but not the slight
might as well have been speaking to a craven
The minutes flew by; whether they were irksome
or not TO the child they certainly were to mel /
even weeks. she and I might be doomed to spend
fUgetneb s0fiN fba the drawing room for recognized
she she ooeyed me- stay must. if my authority was
The morning dragged slowly. slowly by My
astonlshed parlor maid found US in statu quo at
prise when ordered her to 6rng tray with with our
tons G %Tg eP now yasd my ys3
resuming my knitting. and intervals begged the
good girl and do what mother Wished - O' Z
:, But the sullen cloud on the chid's face never
defiant def expression and. though she did lose
& her temper or show any signs Of mpatience. she
l tried tenderness, tried severity tried every
all to effect The hours Of the sunny afternoon
WaTed and wansd. tea came and went; the hunor
to get upon my nerves when Just as twilight was
failns tte vo0e %y daughter said quietly in her clear
u will, viii say my verses now. because to
raa That's mGthers own good little girl, an;
into my arms to kiss her BUT she paed 5hs SeTse
away from me. and. in spite of the growing dark
eyes. she said slowly:
I'm not saying them because you made me, only
because choose 10 say them my self. That's
badly wanted to cry. and think my lips ouiv-
tion Without any further preamble she began to
ished them. said shortly: 49,
New l can 60 70 the nursery. can't IY'
kissed her tenderly; tried to soften the hard
nesS of that tn small obstinate mat face but she did
10 her when loosed my hold OF her and allowed
her 70 escape ape 10 the nursery And then confess
ly refusing to be comforted even by Dicks
"ItTl turn out ali right" he said chow often in
our married life had the dear old thing said that
,b8s Bq hsrt P % bnR time went and
husband prophesed did not to work in the
case OF our third daughter
dgnantiy. when the girls were little more than
children; "she doesn't care bit about anything
The wrathful speech so true. and I agonized
ScSoorom days Il Was always ths same m Rtory Gsr
Bee would rido roughshod over every obstacle to
gain what she had set her heart on. She
never minded whether she upset annoyed or hurt
the other children so long she contrlved to get
her own way; and an appeal to her feelings
than useless She simply did not care
whether she hurt and vexed her father and me.
Now and then Dick and wondered whether she
really was without heart or whether some day
another hand would set vibrating the chords which
had failed to touch into life.
When she passed out OF babyhood sent her
to the neghboring high school, where, far
lessons were concerned she made ssFonishIng prog
fault could be found with her brain. Even Betty's
solid requirements faded into insignihcance
beside her younger sisters real brilliance; and
for my fraIl little homo taught daughter. Bee
treated her limited achievements with a patron
izing seorn that any one less sweet tempered than
Edith would have found uncomfortable AT school,
at home Ree's mperious will overrode opposition
in way little short of marvellous. and the head
mistress told that when she could obtain
what she wanted by sheer force OF determination.
she would work round toward the attainment pa
ttenty and ndefatigably and unremittingly
large number OF her fellow students adored
her and suhmissively followed the slightest uplift-