The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-07-25

| bright, motherly face showed H.
self inside the door, Followed hy an
ample figure Eleanor Chase rose
from her rocking-ehaIr. the worried.
almost tretful look. which OF late
mad become her habitaal expression
and married an otherwise pretty face
dispelled for the moment by a smile
| of welcome.
Come right in. Mrs. Lincoln she
said cordially. 4 am glad you came
| over
Inc elderly woman seated herself.
Excuse my fancy-work.- she
smiled, drawing we'll worn stool king
from a bag OF ample dimensions. Il
could not have come unless i had
| brought it,
Her hostess sighed.
Mrs. Lincoln was holding her head
on one side contemplating hole. with
look of comical despair.
Eleanor Chase glanced at her.
You take everything so cheerful"
she said somewhat wistfully. Little
things don't seem to wear upon You
and make you nervous, as they do me.
think you must have been intended
Tor motherhood. | sometimes doub.
whether ! am
My dear" Mrs. Lincoln laid down
her stocking and looked iixedly at her
COMPLIMENTARY woman was in
tetnded for motherhood; make no mis-.
take about that People may ad.
vance all the new-fangled theories
they like about higher vocations.
Ihere is no higher vocation than that
Tor which the Lord himself formed
u.s.
The two women sewed for some
time In silence. They had been near
neighbors for ten years. ever since
Mrs Chase as pretty bride had
come to live in Pineville, and had
reached that stage of pleasant init
macy where speech is not always nec-
essary.
Il had a letter from my sister, Mrs.
Van Dusen, this morning" Mrs. Chase
remarked after awhile-she was fond
OF Vuoting her sister Mrs. Van Du-
sen, who had married wealthy bank.
err many years her senior and was
now widow. moving in the most
exclusive circles of conservative
New England city-"she wants me to
go and spend week with her. but
OF course that is out OF the cues.
ton"
FWhy?' Mrs. Lincoln asked.
"Oh. ! couldn't take the children.
rad what would they do without their
Mummy Dee as Eseline calls me."
Eveline was four, and the baby OF
the family
Now. look here. Mrs. Chase" the
neighbor laid down her work and
spoF" emphatically-"a vacation is
Just exactly what you need You are
tired. and matters seem all awry to
you. A week with your sister win be
an entire change and you will look
at things with widely different eyes
when you return. Mr.. Chase can get
his meals down town. and | will take
Eveline right over to my house, see
that Elsie and Alan have enough to
eat and keep an eye on them out of
school hours. can run over here
at bedtime. too. and see that they are
all right
you to do all that" Mrs Chase had
dropped her sewing also A faint
pink flush came into her cheeks and
her eyes shone.
Don't you worry" the neighbor
said comfortably. "a child or two
more or. less never yet faxed me-"
Twenty-four hours later Evelines |
Mummy Dee stood arrayed in
smart travelling suit, hastily pur-
chased for the occasion. her prettiest |
clothes packed and already on their |
way TO the railway station
Once ON the train her mind reach. |
ed out toward the alluring prospect
ahead. A week. whole week of /
freedom from petty household cares.
with no concern about meals except 1
To sit down to an exauisiteiy appoint,
cd table ani the privilege of mingiing |
with her sisters cultured friends.
Mrs. Van Dusen met her at the !
depot. She was a tall. distinguished /
looking woman. whose whole appear. /
auce spoke of good taste and the pow
or to indulge II. Eleanor leaned back
against the luxurious cushions of
the carriage, sense of pleasr rable
excitement growing upon her, as they |
were driving home. |
The round table was exquisite with
its rare china, cut glass and damask.
here was no small. irresponsible
hand here to reach out with aimiess
grasp and upset the cream. Mrs
Van Dusen had no children. A soft. I
booted maid waited upon them. antici-
pating every want
Afterwards they retired 10 the own
particular sanctum Of the hostess.
bot once ensconced there Eleanor did
not find that the bali OF conversation
rolled as easily as she had expected
The sisters paths Ia life had run iu
such different directions. they had de-
veloped along such widely different
lines in the last few years. that the
only common ground upon VII ch Il
seemed possible for them to meet was
the time when they we're girls to-
gsther, This subject they dweIt upon.
living old scenes over and over again.
and ELEANOR retired feeling thar she
had had . delightful evening. There
Was no hint by which she could have
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