The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-05-01

the stage, and after awhile they let me
go. Well, you can guess, after the va
I'd talked and all, l didn't want TO le1 On
Ut home THAT ! wasn't any good. So for
the longest while / never wrote back at
all, only just letters saying was getting
on all right, and things like that, and !
worked hard-I honestly did. 1t wasn't
any use. l only got the mcanest little bits
OF parts-Nou know the kind-it seems L
knew just about enough to walk OH the
Stage and back, and that was about all.
And mother thought an awful lot Of me.
and she made SO sure l was getting on
and all. and she kept writing up-lonS
letters, asking me ali about everything,
and she'd given up a lot TO let me go. and
l mated to ~disappoin; her. And one day
l just cut out a notice about you'll don't
Know whatever made me think of it. !
sent ii back without saying a word. And
moiaer, she wrote ME The longest letter
back, she was so pleased. She thought no
END OF H. And that was how it began.
and then | sent her Others every once i'll
a While. All the time l kept thinking
how, AS soon as l began to get on at all.
| co0lG stop it.
Wei, l never so, the chance. And
mother Got to count SO on having the no
tces' and she thought SO much of them,
and ! aaieG 10 tell her. She was taken
bad last March. and. of course. came
right back, Los of times since Won
dered wae;her I'd tel hey. But she's 90
proud, .Es mc"nt lots more TO her than
ever II woliid have done 10 me, even, ana
u | told lle! now it'd just about kill her.
on lb.!Ik N deceittul, and no better
:aaa - ;h!o.. ts.t l don't care, I've lain.
awake ana reasoned u an out, and l can't
do 81"
There was e silence. Mss Conyers
locked do~n ~ the girl beside her in The
cotton blouse. SO oddly different from the
other GIL she had noticed only 10 dislike,
I All re!ea-SalS 'Ile 1iecn,.1ec 1.-Two ~,
ness, seemed less in active evidence. Tn
DERIVING rns shallow exterior she could
read something ot The steady logged New
England character, that would make it's
own senets aT9 cling to them uuswerv-
ing]y.
What ,nede you use my name" she
~culioQsly ASKED.
II don't know. II just happened that
way. AID taey'd never heard of YOU here,
and ! didn't suppose they ever would
a sT-m CLINT OF humor cane into the
girls face. ~ guess with all the success
you've had, II won't ever hurt YOU to have
spared a lizzie, without knowing IL. You
aren'i likely TO miss it any"
]hey had come 10 a Pause when a cart
path crossed TIE road. The actress drew
S.T! watched he? FAKE a card out and write
on II IL pencil.
she held il out.
y am staying at the hotel she said
u am only here for G few days, and I'm
not likely 10 ever come again. If you take
my advice yonll stay off the stage alto
getheI. There are LOIS of better things
you ca:s dc than that. But if YOU ever do
go hack to the city, send this card in,
either 81 TIE theater or wherever am
staying. end l VIII see wha, / can 90 to
help You"
The girls face flushed.
You're real gooc.' she said simply. II
shan't ever forget il, but l guess i won't
trouble YOU any"
We'll, remember ! shall always be glad
10 help YOU Miss Corners said. smiling
at her. She held out her hand, slim and
eXpensirely ringed. "%Goodby.'
They shook hands. The girl watched her
gather up her skirts and pass on to the
turn OF the road. The sunlight touched a
jewelled PIN in her hat. setting it afame.
Then she turned and walked back SLOWLY
to The quiet sitting room and the homely
waiting woman in the big rocking chair.