Middletown transcript., 1906-11-17

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Martha Jane to jump up from
her seat at the breakfast table
and run around to her quickly.
What's the matter, Mother Z
she cried anxiously. Are you
illq
Granny disliked TO be ailing,
or to have anybody think she
was i'll. She sal up straight
again perfectly straight-and
looked at Martha Jane severely.
I'm never i'll, Martha Jane, she
said stif1y.
Well, what's the matter, then !?
said her daughter, still more
anxiously.
When Mother gives way even
for a minute, she told her hus-
band afterward, there's sure to
be something dreadfully out OF
kilterl.
Her mother stared straight
ahead and did not answer for a
full minute. Then she said. in
a voice which she vainly tried to
make firm i:
The water has broken through
into the Santa Rosifa mines.
Oh, my sakes! cried Martha
Jane, picking up the paper with
trembling hands.
For years Granny's small saw
ings had been invested in the
Santa Rosita coal mine, and
though her investment did not
bring her in a fortune, there was
enough to clothe her, pay her
board, and give her q little spend
ing moneys And now it was all
gone, swept away by that awful
wave that had carried death and
destruction into the mine, and
Granny could be independent no
more. Martha Jane looked the
paper all through TO see if the
report had not been contradicted;
but no, there it was in black and
white.
For day or two Granny was
a little more quiet aid thought.
full, though she appeared as cheer.
full as ever. Her beautiful old
face had lost its faint color, but
it was just as sweet, and the pale.
ness only set Off its wonderful
clearness and delicacy
Eleanor Rossmore openly com,
mented on it when she ran in tc
ask Matte Folsom, Martha James
oldest daughter, to walk down tc
the Browning Club with her thai
evening.
Mrs. Benton, she said, I wish
yon would tell me what you dc
to keep such a wonderful com
plexion At your age. 1t mus
run in your family, for Mrs. Fol
som and Matte, too, have the
same beautiful skin, and suct
wonderful coloring. No. I'm moi
fattering a bit, Matte. We girls
have always admired your com
plexion and I've been trying tt
get up courage to ask you wha'
cosmetics you use.
Matte laughed outright.
Cosmetics she cried. Why.
never used such thing in my
life. Granny always says, cleal
water and fresh air are the only
cosmetics a girl needs.
But, surely. Mrs. Benton, said
Eleanor, increduleusly, you mus
use something to keep such 3
wonderful complexion at yonl
age.
Granny opened her mouth tx
speak and Eleanoradded quickly
Don't think I want to coax any
secrets away from you, Mgs
Benson. But just look at my
skin-coarse and rough as nut
meg crater, and the more cos
metics / use the worse it gets
Why, mamma was speaking about
it the other day.. and she sale
she'd give a hundred dollars K
find out what made you three
women have such beautiful com
pleAiOns.
Granny tried twoor three time:
to speak. At last she said tim
idly:
Miss Rossmore, do you think
your mother would be willing te
let you come to me every day fol
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luncheon and-and pay-a-lit
tie for my treatment.
Oh, I know she would, Mrs
Benson, cried Eleanor positively
Ill tell her about it this very
day. Good d-bye, Matte; dom
forget the Browning Glass. Z 81
sharp.
The next morning Granny re
ceived a note from Mrs. Ross
more, and that afternoon from
six other ladies of her acquaint-