Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-27

it my own way. Yet girf is going to
come i'm and shove me back-me. VINO
loves John more than she ever could.
Don't always come home early from
sewing society so as to have Johns
supper on time? Don't ! make MS
shirts. when almost every man buys
them ready made? Wouldn't l do his
washing if he would let me: On. she
can't love him as / do? Probably she
won't even let him smoke In peace
Oh. she can't come-she just can't.
For an hour she poured out the re-
beilion in her soul TO the leaping, SYM
pathetic fire. then sanl. back exhaust
ed. How selfish | ami! she cried
aloud. III have 10 bear 1T. johns
man now" AS she grew more cain
she looked with disgust at her out
burst. II act like baby. i guess I'm
made Of better stuff than that, and
his is the last foolishness y0u'H hear
rom me. If nv sons going TO be
married. why, he's going to be mar
ried-thats ALL"
But she forgot to he On her guard
the next morning when John enthhsl-
astically remarked that she should
have heard Kitty sing "Dearie the
night before. "Dearie" TOOL
ish name for song: And with that
one contemptuoust Thought all the bit
terness of the thing came back TO her
do you always have to talk about
her-even at the breakfast table?
Johns lips came together in
straight line II thought he began.
then stopped abruptly. Ten minutes
later he left the house in silence.
Mary would have given all she pos
sessed TO recall those words. A sort
of hopelessness came over her. II she
could control herself no better than
that now what would she do later?
If she only could be sure that the
girl would be sensible. From johns
description it didn't seem as If she
could possibly be. He has lost his
head over some little hrt." she told
herself. land | can't stop him. l won
der if he will forgive me. I'm
afraid not
At supper that night her doubts were
confirmed. John talked steadily about
the weather. the shop. the garden
everything but Kitty. She longed to
break in herself with the subject. .
Two days passed. Then she could
stand it no longer.
John I'm sorry
He motioned her to silence. "YOu
have let me know very plainly that
you don't want me to talk about her.
| and | won't"
Nor did he. A week passed by then
You came near losing your supper
! tonight" announced Mary one evening.
"Why. how is that?"
81 was downtown. waiting to take
| the 4:30 car. when, all at once, i drop
| ped one of my parcels and everything
/, in it rolled into the street The car was
in sight. and you know there isn't an
other until $50. knew / couldn't get
all the thread and buttons picked up in
| time aud | was thinking. oh, dear.
John won't have any supper until
O'clock when. all Of sudden, some
one said. Let me help you 1t was
some young girl. and. declare. !
never saw any one pick up things so
fast in my life. | knew just enough
to open by bag while she showed them
in. Then the car stopped. and she
helped me on-not as she would some
old lady, but just as if | was one OF
her girl friends. ] never expect to
see any one SO handy and sweet as
that again ] didn't notice what she
looked lke-I was that fiurried-but
did see that she had on an odd, for
eign looking ring"
"What sort of ring?'
SILVER 1t had two bands joined to
gether by little crosspieces. and there
was big green stone. Wasn't il
funny that | should notice all those
little things. and-my, what's the mat
ter?"
Nothing. mother, only-that wa:
Kitty