The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1910-01-13

IoTtuueH III 'ue StcdHSuIp COmpNny re
manned undilninished. Her mother
Mrs. Harris. had come to look upol,
him with great respect and to be rath
er proud OF her sOu-in-law, who had
belted her dire representations and
upset all her firmly rooted ideas and
convictions BY rising in the world
! Az to Brooks himself. the exuberance
Of his optimism had worn Off consid
erably. He did not share to any ex
tent In the light heartedness of his
wife. who diffused happiness and rip
pied It In joyous music on the piano
and In songs that had sInoothed out
the creuses of care on her fathers
brow when she sang to him in the
days of her girlhood. He had BECOME
at Unexpected times into absentmind.
edness. Moreover. Of late. symptoms
Of his former i'll humor and nervous
irritability had reappeared.
Goodness. Emma. one would hu rllly
I know your exclaimed Beth to her one
evening after dinner. to which Mrs
Brooks had invited her mother and
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table you were positively radiant"
She had followed Emma into her
bedroom and was gazing in admira.
ton at her sparkling eyes aud her
cheeks rosy with health.
Il am happy" admitted Emma. put
ting her arm around her affection
ately.
M l. 49, l.
ginning to know who and what you
are?"
Highly amused at the girls patroniz-
ing manner and not at all inclined to
take her seriously. Emma looked at
her with assumed gravity.
"How's that, little sister?" she in
quired.
"Please don't call me little sister, "
objected Beth. You're always max
ing fun of me-"
MY dear Beth. it is you who are
always making fun of yourself" EN-
ma told her
Indeed I'm not!'
why not laugh and play and just
be girl-u real 'tomboyY After all
tuAl Liz lullls. 1Ou are Ouly els III
cen. while l have reached years OF
discretion. I'm twentyti five. you know
and awfully staid and wise in conse-
Quence."
"You weren't Il tomboy"
"Oh. yes, | was until l fell in love
You were wee bit OF q little maid
then, and after | fell in love | became
a silly little goose like all girls in love,
and them
You married Joe"
YES" said Emma seriously. land
that's why | want you to have such q
good time now. while you can. O1
course hope you'll not have the hard
pull that Joe and have hnd--i mean
when you are married-but one never
can tell"
'Never mind the past now. Emma
Think how happy you are"
Il know. 1t Is good to be living
once again. but the best OF 1t all is that
Joe has succeeded. Even mother nd
mits 1t. Think of it, -,..
'She even likes him. confided Beth
my dear. you know that mother
likes most any one who has healthy In
dications of q bank account" ,
Emma" chided the girl. ''you ough
to be ashamed!'
I'm not" laughed her sister. I'm
too c0ntented. ! don't think that
shall ever forget the night. nearl,
seven weeks ago. when Joe came
home witt; the good news. his salury
more than tripled and six months bach
pay"
Joe never thought Captain William.
would do it for him"
mo, nor l. And the way It wa.
done. You know the captain and Jim
sy had been gone three days before
Joe knew the good news
when are they coming back? MOI
for month anyway"
".Ioe says he doesn't know"
Isn't 1t funny that with all his lucl
he doesn't seem cOntented"
Emma became grave.
Hes worried. poor dear. and | can
make 1t out" she said. perhaps he.
SO anxious to succeed in his new posi-
ton"
In the parlor Mrs. Harris sat fan
nlnS nerSelI. TOT II was very warm
day. She was dressed in n gown OF
summer finery that would have been
more suitable to her had she been
say. fifteen years younger. and she
was engaged In her usual pleasant oc
cupatiou Of criticising-or ''knocking.'
as Joe called 1t. .-'.5
Brooks was in dinner coat and hore
other external evidences Of his pros
perity. which. however. was bein.
purchased at considerable physical
cost. for he had become thinner ant
was pale and haggard The worry hi:
new position occasioned him wa.
plain to be seen. and he was In an ex
ecrably surly mood and as nervous a:
the prOverbial cat
"As was saying to Joe" observed