Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-03-18
The Two Diplomas.

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! Beaumont is ftted aud prepared 10 re
eeiye a position rs teacher ia the pri-
mary grades OF amy school 10 which SHE
may be called on, 0o put away your
work for a minute and ouk az what /
have studied so hard 10 get.
Yes little daughter. see, aud am
very happy and very proud of yeu-hut
these last dozen Sto, Is must be finished
and delivered tonight ! must hurry.
All, but il Won't hc long now before
sou can drop this constant sewing. As
| soon as ! get my position as teacher you
Will no longer need to slave nj this I'm
grateful WORK"
| Yes. can no longer see as | used to-
| and my fingers are growing stiff. But
/ Mary, you must not call my work I'M
/ grateful"
WHY. what interest can You possibly
| take iu IL" asked the Young girl, uu-
/ consciously dislaiutul in her surprise.
"A person. soon begins 10 love the
work that She does day after day, re-
| piled her mother with patient smile.
/ My pretty stocks and collars bring hOch
50 many memories.
First, when | was still tiniid b.
| ginner in the store your father used ia
court me on my way 60 aud from the
store with my work, All, those were
| happy days, Then came our house
| keeping. with its joys aud SORROWS, for
| soon after you came to make Ms still
happier than before my dear, good huS-
| band died.
What would have become of lis then,
If 1t had not been for my needle 1t
flew swiftly through the cloth in spite of
the tears that blinded me II has edu-
Gated you. Mary, dear. | wish YOU could
have seen what dear little girl YOU
| WERE"
Mother" interrupted Mary, interested
f..
diploma framed You'll hang It in II
good place, won't yuuE'
Certainly, dear \ diploma is thing
to be very proud Of. shall have one,
too, before long"
i What"
oh not II teachers diplomat do
not mean that. Mine will he simply my
certificate of thirty years work in the
store"
"Oh yes, carelessly II have heard
1 ~ that. | think it is really a stupid thing
to do. The owners give them ia their old
workers rs a kind of receipt for the work
they have done. Bnt what could it pos
sibly mean To yoU?"
III would he a great moral satisrac.
ton.
self
ASHAMED: Oh Mary. why"
'lt would not stand for amy utclec-
tual superiority II would be merely Il
sign OF good conduct. Anyway, mother,
hope rou'I have the good sense not To
Mrs Bcaumonts hands trcmblc,l ms
she bent over the work u her lap She
! understood now that her daughter was
ashamed Of her. MalY's words came
back 10 her, the young girls iuyariabl,
/ reply 80 the questions of her sch0ohuatps.
My mother Oh, She doesn't do amy
&. 1
/. 10 her mother There is no use in telling
/ the whole world nf our private affairs.
What is the matter. mammaf' asked
Mary. astuulShed az her sudden silence
/ is an,
Have YOU not some friend or relative
who can come and stay with Won" asked
/ the doctor ms he wrote out several pre-
| scriptiou>
NO, sir, bur / am able to take care
/ Of my mother myself.
''Nou ar" very young Miss Mary. ia
! be alone at such "a time.
! 'Oh. sir. y"rl you d1 not mean that
/ -that mother is worse
Her condition r. very grave replied
/ the doctor, Nijh Kind smile. Serious
/ hut not desperate People recover from
/ worse Things fhau congestion Of the
/ lungs
"Oht doctor when I fuk that il his
| been for Wc tlIai She has made herself
! i'll; ! begged her To- rest. but she would
/ work late. late into the night, that my
| CLOTHES might be in perfect order before
went away - take my position a.
school teacher the position thaf ! hoped
would make her life So much easier
For she is tired out is She not =
1T Is certain that yuur mother has
reached rhe end Of her strength that
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