Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-05-07

sometimes; but that is beastly of me;
and I'll SOON get over it,
There's nothing to get over, Jim
my; but | ought to like him, too"
81 want You 10 ike him just as
much as other mothers like their
babies"
oh" Omi clasped her hands.
But other mothers can't love their
baby so much as I love mine-yours!
l may love him, mayn't l, Jimmy?"
''Of course you may"
"And you will, won't you?"
81 dare say ! shall get to like the
little sleepy bundle, when he's big
ger"
You like him now, Jimmy she in
sisted.
Yes. I suppose l do. Wen, do,
then"
80 you cant be jealous of rue lik.
ing him
I'm not jealous, Omi II don't
know how to explain what l mean ex-
actly."
Omi leaned her head against my
shoulder and didn't say anything.
Its two troubles in one," l con-
fessed. The first is that you won't
be able to do all the things we used
to do together, on account Of"
The little soft, sleepy bundle" she
said gently.
The little soft, sleepy bundle. And
so we shan't be quite such chums as
we used to be-"
I'VE sha'n't be able to do things to-
gether quite so often; bat we shall be
just as great chums, Jimmy. Think
how delighted we shall be when the
the sleepy bundle goes to sleep; and
we can run off together and be-just
the same as we've always BEEN
"Ah!" | said. I'VE sha'nt be just
the same, Omi. That is the second
trouble; the real one. We were just
two together; and you couldn't say
what one was apart from the other.
Now you'll live part of your life with
| him instead of with me, and so you'll
alter; and | shall alter, because you
have altered. l don't mean that we
shall drift apart, Or anything of that
| sort You'll be a good chum still; and
so shall |. We shall be just as fond
of each other, | hope, then; but we
| shan't be quite the same people.
Anyhow, we sha'n't have quite the
same jolly times. There was nothing
| wanted altered Omi."
Omi drew deep breath.
Il see what you mean, Jimmy" she
agreed. Il shall have to look after the
baby; and so | sha'n't be able to do
things with you sometimes. So you'll
drop into the club, and Don't pro-
test, Jimmy. I'd rather you'd fill up
the time pleasantly. And | shall take
very good care that you like me bet.
ter than the club. We shall still be
you?"
Yes, little wife"
Very great friends; but we sha'nt
be a pair by ourselves; and we shall
live little pieces of life that are diff
ferent. And so we shall come to look
at things little differently. Is that
it?"
That's it, Omi."
But don't we do that now, Jimmy
You have your Office; and a little
golf and once / let you go yachting
for two whole days-but | never Will
again! l couldn't rest minute"
Little goose!"
"Yes. And | have the house; and
shopping; and afternoon calls. Why
should | alter because | have another
amusement? He's very little one,
Jimmy"
Yes" | agreed. Hes a very little
one; but the other things didn {
reckon, and he does
Yes. He does; but There are
some friends who reckon, Jimmy.
There was time when | felt about
them as you feel about baby I'm
much more jealous than you really,
and-I expect you know why I didn't
like the clan at first, though you've
never told me-
Yes" / agreed. 81 know"
And now I'm so fond of Elsie; and
sent you to take her home the other
night, and never worried for a second; :;
and | wouldn't give the dear old clan
UP for anything. We don't love each
other less because we love QUE friends
more, do we?"
NO dear; but we have zee same
friends"
Omi pulled one arm out of the rug,
and put it around me.
Jimmy" she said I'VE have the
same baby!"
A man may be clever and wise
though | am neither-but woman is
far cleverer and wiser | shall always
feel that, when Omi said that, she
made a difference in both our lives:
but | didn't see it all at once