The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-11-06

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from the table and began to wheel
Aunt Clara into the sitting room.
You're surely not going?" Aunt
Ruth exclaimed.
"Yes, | promised Id come"
''You ought not to go, Annie" Aunt
Ruth protested, almost In tears. ITS
TOO much, with all the other work you
have to do. You can't sand It,"
Ordinarily this cUnveis saticn would
have received but scant atteltion from
Doris. Now 1t alarmed her and she
strained her ears to hear what her
mother would say, for they had passed
into the sitting room.
Il begin to think | can stand almost
anything" The tone was little bit
ter, which was very unusual.
'Are you still breaking your heart
over not being able to send Doris to
college?" Aunt Ruth asked in low
tone, and little reprovingly.
Doris could just catch her mothers
low spoken answer, How can help
1t, when she wants so much to go?"
In few minutes Doris followed the
others into the sitting room. Dot was
climbing into mothers lap, and teas
ing for story in the whining tone
she had used all the afternon.
Leave mamma alone, Dot" Doris
exclaimed, almost roughly. Then with
sudden inspiration, Come up stairs
and let me put you to bed, and I'll tell
you two stories
When she came down half an hour
later her mother was just wheeling
Aunt Clara to her room TO put her to
bed. MAY | go, too?" Doris asked
impulsively. Il want to learn how to
do it."
Certainly you may" Aunt Clara an
swered. "Pd be so glad If you could
take me off your mothers hand oace
in a while and give her little re-
Spite"
"Im afraid the lifting will be too
hard for you,' her mother said, anxi-
ously.
Doris laughed She was nearly six
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pounds heavier, and prided herself on
being athletic, "Tell me just how"
she said, "and hands off"
"You did 1t as well as any one need
to- was Aunt Clara's verdict when
she was fixed for the night
"You are very thoughtful tonight,
dear" her mother said, as they left
the room together. Now, I'll mix up
a batch of bread and get the kindlings
ready and hide the kerosele can so
Norah won't see it to light the fire,
and lock the cellar door, and-oh, l
must change the buttons on Dots new
Shoes"
"Show me how, mamma, and let me
do it ALL" urged Doris, and again her
mothers gaze rested on her wonder
ingly.
Mr.. Wilkes came for Mrs. Eastman
just as Doris was sewing on the last
button.
what has come over Doris?" her
mother and her two aunts asked ach
other as the days went on. "She hardly
allows me to lift my hands to do any
thing when l am at kome," her moth
er said, with tears in her eyes. she
helps me so much, too," said Aunt
Ruth. "She really seems to want to
learn to do things" "And she gets
along so nicely with Dot and is SO
cheerful" said Aunt Clara. "The house
seems different place"
Perhaps they all doubted If this
heavenly state of things would last. If
so, they were pleasantly disappointed,
for Doris helpfulness and cheerful
ness increased rather than diminished.
Indeed, when Norah quite suddenly de-
parted, Doris insisted that with a wom-
an to come in and work a few hours
twice week she could do the house
work herself.
"You have no idea how much extra
work Norahs being here made" she
said. "Take that extra work out and
she didn't do SO very much. Then
think how nice it will be to be by
ourselves!"
After some resistance from her
mother she was allowed to try it, and
the experiment was great success.
When questioned by her mother as
to her feelings in regard to the college
education, Doris answered bravely that
she didn't regret 1t a mite, and that
probably her eyes wouldn't have held
out any way.
Although Mrs. Eastman worked very
hard in the millinery rooms, when the
busy season closed she was looking
better and feeling less tired than when
1t began, "All of which is owing to my
good Doris" she said, with an affec-
tionate glance at her elder daughter.
"And now, said Doris, "you are go
ing to have real little rest, for I'm
not going to let you do any more at
home than you have been doing"
Not long after this Mrs. Eastman
was urged to accept a position as a
nurse and companion to an old friend,
a Mrs. Delavan, who was rich and
widow.
"Of course Won will go" Aunt Ruth