The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-03-27

! of time with that girl
lie doesn't neglect his business,
/ the man leoo.ted.
And day by day the mother knew
/ that her son Wa, drifting away iIo2t
/ her, and kept silence. lhia new m>E
was no longer he boy she had pt;tet
and praised. He was growing more
and more like his father, and IL gave
her. a sharp lang OF Jealousy 10 So
| how fond they were Of each other.
Then one night The father spoke
The two We're alone at the dinner Ia
Bile, the son having been detained AZ
the office
Il want you 10 know. julia he
said. that Albert is making good.
I'm greatly pleased with him. He Is
taking hold in the right way and with
a firm grip. We've been threatened
with a general strike and things came
to climax Wednesday noon. | was
out of town, you know, but the boy
went into the factory and made the
men little speech and talked them
out of it. Tom Mason, our superin-
tendent couldn't praise him enough"
Il can't think of his doing such
thing" said the mother You have
stolen my boy away from me, Rob
ert"
He couldn't be a boy always"
laughed the boys father. He's as
big as his dad now. and | begin to
think he's going to be the better man
of the two
The mother hesitated.
DO you think he expects to marry
that-that girl?" she TREMENDOUSLY
asked
Yes" the father composedly re-
piled 81 think he does
Robert"
He told me he had asked her. She
hasn't given him an answer yet. She
is a little old fashioned for such
boisterous hoyden. She wants the ap-
prevail of his parents
How can she expect my APPROVAL"
the mother smiled
The father smiled
We'll, the happiness of your son
might have some influence with YOU"
he mildly observed. But you've never
met the girl?"
No" she quickly answered How
could | meet herr"
The man suddenly arose.
That's easily arranged" he said, !
I'll call her over?'
And before she could stop him he
was at the telephone
In moment or two he reappeared. !
She'll be over in few minutes he |
announced, and they waited for her /
in the library.
The girl hesitating in the doorway
made pretty picture Albert's ia
Their thought so as he took her hand
and stopped and lightly kissed her
cheek.
I'm very glad to see you in this
home, Ellen. dear" he gravely said and
drew her into the room. "Albert's
mother he added. this is Albert's
friend Tell her she is welcome"
The mother arose and looked into
the girls tender eyes, And then the
unkind thoughts, the doubt, the dis
trust. seemed to melt in her heart.
This was the girl her son loved
She gave litt.e sob and put out her
arms.
you see I've known Ellen for
some time" the man presently ex-
planned she is the daughter of that
friend of my schooldays, Tom Brown,
You know he sent for me to come to
California when they told him his
days We're numbered He wanted me
to straighten out his affairs. There |
met Ellen. Just before her father died
we were recalling old times and he
said in his whimsical way that he
hoped his girl could marry my boy.
That made me wish that Ellen and
Albert could meet. | knew her, friend
ship would be fine thing for Albert
| told Ellen So | made her promise
to come here. but she would only con-
sent to come in her own way-and a
very good way it proved for Albert
for all of US
He looked at his wife tenderly. at
was the only plotting l have ever
done, my dear" he said, and | know
you'll forgive me-"
And just then Albert appeared in
the doorway.
Come in, boy his father cried
ELLEN here has been doing her best
to soften our hearts toward you
The boy hesitated Then he came
forward quickly and put his arm
around his mother and kissed her.
Something in That.
A young man of Boston, who haq