The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-08-04

his mother and ore of The sisters 81
visit 10 she city. He paid cor >
course In the business college for
hia brother. When his sister Bella
vent 10 Normal school be told la
! mother 10 get What xhe needed. 80
that she would BE respectfully dress
ed when she went among Strangers
who knew nothing OF the village nor
Of the tailor. bis wife and family.
But william kept the best Of every
thing for his mother. He would
rather get her . new bonnet than
. buy anything for himself One Of
the things he did was 10 have the
| little frame house turned into =
rough-cast house IL looked weil.
when william and the tailor and the
taIlor's wife stood outside the house
one evening when William had come
down TO visit them they looked with
pride At the little house But they
were very sensible people. and al
though IL gave them pleasure their
heads were not In the least turned
by having a rough-cast house
William was now manager OF 4
branch bank In town which vas on
the same line OF railway as the viii
lage He had to go down to the
nearest large city on business. and
he telegraphed TO his mother 10 meet
him there. He met her at the sta
ton, and they spent the day togeth-
er. 1t was near lunch time when his
mothers train arrived In the city,
and he took her to one OF these pa
latial hotels OF modern cities where
the community, either travelling or
living at home, congregate in large
numbers, attracted by the comfort
and splendor of the celebrated hos
telry. Williams mother was i'm
pressed, but she was not Of the tenn
permanent to show it. William had
taken her there. and she would bear
herself with dignity BETTING the oc-
casion.
After lunch they went to one of
the great stores in the city. 1t was
not the store where the most people
went. No, it was the store where
people went who did not like being
crowded. What they sold in the
store was perhaps expensive, but
very good. 1t was here that William
took his mother. What time they
had! When they were through she
had a new hat, new dress, a para
sol, and a coat. all of which William
had helped her to choose. What de-
light and anxiety they had in choos-
ing! How exciting it was. How
sweet she looked in the new hat! How
smart her dress was! Dear me. you
never saw any woman enjoy shop
ping more than Williams mother
did, and no woman ever loked better
in new clothes. 1t took quite time
to do all this choosing. But I have
aever told you yet that William was
married. 1t did not occur to me
someway that you would not know
without being told that William was
married. Of course he was. Man
ayers of branch banks can we'll af-
ford to be married. Having wife,
however, had only taught William
that other women as we'll as wives
can enjoy new clothes, mothers for
instance.
They had had a beautiful time to-
gether, and as William was going
home that night they took the same
train. To reach the town where the
bank was you changed from one
train to another at junction little
way past the village. So William
did not get out at the village. But
before they travelled that far he put
some paper moneyEinto his mothers
hand and said, as If it were nothing
at all, Get father something that he
needs. He needs a new hat, per-
haps." But the look of love that
passed between them said more than
the words. Oh, the Joy of having a
father and mother, and being able
to give them some little thing they
need! Oh, the joy of having a son
who cares what you have and thinks
of you tenderly every day!
The tailor's wife came home She
was very happy. There was the little
rough-cast house. There was the
tailor. What day she had had
with William! Her heart was we'll
content. After all. does the world
hold a happier kind of story than
this story of one family who lived
as they did and loved one another?
Guardian.