The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-08-17

| HIS LOT Rose.
and she shall have them; the very
next morning, too
"Oh, no-that will not do. She de-
mands them the same day"
"What!"
| ooh, l thought you didn't under
stand chuckied Tom when you
make one, you have to make both.
Mother always did-she had to; twas
the only way she could suit both the
! twins, and l don't believe you'll find
any other way out of it. AS for us
we don't mind; we eat them ALI
"Oh!" said Cousin Helen, family.
"And another thing" resumed Tom,
| I'VE might as we'll settle the drink
question right away-of course you'll
| want to know. Father is the only one
| who drinks cereal coffee We Carrie
| and y like the real thing, every time;
and the twins have cocoa-weak, OF
| course, so there's not much to it,
This was but the beginning. Bread,
rolls, pastry, meat, egetables-each
had its own particular story, backed
always by that eversilencing mother
did," until Miss Mortimer was almost
in despair
Mother did''-"mother did''-"mo-
| Their did," Miss Mortimer would muir
muir YEARLY to herself each day, until
she came to think of the tired little
| woman upstairs as Mother Did" in
| stead of Aunt Maria mo wonder
Mother Did fell ill.," she thought bit
terly. Who wouldn't!''
The weeks passed, as weeks will
even the dreariest of them-and the
day came for Cousin Helen to go
home, Mrs. Dudley being now quite
her old self. Loud were the regrets
at her departure, and overwhelming
were the thanks and blessings show
cred in loving profusion; but it was
two Wekes later, when Tom, Carrie
and the twins each sent her a birth
day present, that an idea came to Miss
Mortimer. She determined at once to
carry it out, even though the process
| might cause her some heartache.
Thus it came about that Tom, Car
RE, Rob and Rose each received a let
ter together with the gift each had
sent) almost by return mail.
Toms ran:
MY Dear Cousin: Thank you very
| much for the novel you sent me, but I
am going to ask you! to change it for
and mother and all my friends give me
travels whenever they want to please
| me. might as we'll have something 1
want as something different, I suppose,
q inc to oh
Every lovingly.
YOUR COUSIN HELEN"
Carrie read this:
my Dear Carrie: Thank you for the
you sent me for my birthday; but I
think it so funny you never noticed that
I don't care for pink. Mother found it
baby On. I can wear it,. but I don't
care for it. Don't feel badly, however,
| my dear Carrie: all you've got to do is
just take these back and make me some
blue ones, and l know You won't mind
doing that Lovingly.
COUSIN HELEN"
Rob and Rose received their pres
ents back with letters written in the
same vein. ,s~
After a dazed five minutes of letter.
reading, the four children hurried to
the attic-always their refuge for
conference. There they read the four
letters aloud, one after another. A
dumbfounded silence followed the last
| word. Rose was the first to break it.
Il think she's mean old thing-so
there!" Rose was almost crying.
Hush, dear, hush!", choked Carrie.
"She isn't mean; she's good and kind
we know she is. She-she means
something by it; she must. Let's read
them again!"
Bit by bit they went over the let
tiers. 1t was at the third mention of
mother" that Tom raised his head
with jerk. He looked sheepishly
into Carries face.
II guess know" he said with a
shamefaced laugh.
1t must have been a month later
that Miss Mortimer received a letter
from Mrs. Dudley. One paragraph
sent quick wave of color to the
readers face; and this was the para.
graph:
II am feeling better than for a long
time. SomeWay, the work doesn't seem
nearly so hard as it used to. Perhaps it
| is because | am stronger, or PERHAPS it
| is because the children are not nearly so
| to be. I am so glad, for it worried me
sometimes--they were so very fussy.
wondered how they would get along out
! in the, world where mother couldn't fix
everything to their mind. Perhaps you
noticed it when you were here At anv
| rate they are lots better now. Perhaps
| they have outgrown it. I hope so, I'm
! Sure.'
| Benny on Nature.
Nature is great thing. There are
several kinds of nature. There is hui
man nature and other kinds. # Won