The Washington times., 1906-07-29
Mrs. SterIing'S Ways.
No. XIII.

Wv memory Of it for a whoiC
week."
We had been rallyinR the dear
Voman-not unkindly. you may be sure
upon her philippe against "Hnical"
caters, reported n our last chapter
Al first, she Joined merrily in the laugh
Then she grew suddenly grave. There
vas real regret in tone and visage
Il do repent me in dust and ashes"
she continued. For many, many years
/ have. every morning. added TO my
prayer for daily bread and all that the
phrase implies, a verse learned in an
undisciplined and somewhat stormy
youth;
'sweeten my bitter-thoughted hear,
With charity like Thine"
Dear Mrs. Sterling cried Mrs
Martin and Mrs. Gray I'm one and the
same breath and accent-'as II any
body could ever associate bitterness
with you"
Her faint smile was grateful.
You are good 10 say il, But Il Is
nevertheless, sadly true that I am bv
nature, and. I fear me, sometimes bv
practice, intolerant Of those whose ne
cullarities jar upon my notions OF right
and propriety. I attribute my impa-
ucncc with gasJronomrc whims to q
long drawn-out experience with the
same, that helped 10 make stormy the
early years Of which I spoke Just now
II was wholesome for me, or II VouId
not have been dealt out 10 me. know
this now. Then 7 rebeIled. for q while.
with all my might"
Now. she is going % tell us all about
- said Mrs. Martin. coaxinzIv conf
dent Il had presentiment that some
thius particularly nice was in store for
me when I came here this afternoon"
Size has pretty way of hugging her
SELF when pleased that goes a long WAY
toward getting for her what she desires
sew OF her friends have the heart 10
thwart her, We settled ourselves down
IN pleased expectation as the hostess
smiled 'ndulsently upon her favOTlte.
Professional Invalids.
NY mother went abroad with nv
father who was in feeble health. when
l was twenty-One years old. Like the
wise parent she was. she had trained
me carefully in practical housawiferv
since 1 was ten. 1 could bake, boil and
brcu es well as any cook she had ever
had, and was reputed TO have unusual
skill In fancy cookery So. when il WAS
arranged that nv fathers mother and
sister from Massachusetts should elosa
their house for the hall year of my DAr-
ents' absence and be nv chaperouir az
there be such q wordD guests for that
time, ! had not a misglylng as tn nv
ability 70 make them comfortable.
had visited the old homestead I'm
the country town whore four generations
OF the family had been BORN and brought
Up and enjoyed nv visits. NV mother
limited 10 me that I might find the two
elderly ladies somewhat set in some of
their ways. They had lived together.
with no other inmate of the rambling
old mansion except two old servants as
set as themselves, for thirty years.
ard It might not be possible for them
10 conform 10 the habits OF Il more
modern household.
o. I shall not ask, or expect them 70
do IL" I said. In the airy courage OF
youth ard ignorance. Ny main object
IN life for the next half year viii be
to- give them a thoroughly good time"
the time Of their lives, in fact, poor old
-.ars. I done suppose they have had
.dav in dozen years. I'll give them
a hoy will never forget"
Ally first shock was the discovery
that I had pair Of professional in
valids on nv hands. Ny grandmother
TO al appearance "A fine specimen OF
robust sixty-eight nervous dys-
DeDsia. Ny aunt. aged forty-three. hll.