The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-03-12

him. l wanted to tell YOU but she said YOU wouldn't
like 1t unless told you myself. So now I'm telling
You. And hope you won't mind very much. Tor
Francis aad will never care for anyone ,lsc."
oh, my dear chld' SAID Mrs. Madison. Mother
and daughter looked each other with the same ex-
prcssom OF dominant will This is OF course non
sense Tina She braced herself as ono does against
coming blow appalling that cannot stop to
fear the weight OF 1t; all ones energies be used
lend It off
III distrcsscs mc TO hear you talk like ibis YOU
don't mean it-yog don't know what it means, but
1t dist7csScS me. Tina
There, knew you'd say that" cried Tina in poig-
na9t Temonstrance. She dropped into her favoritc
aintgGe OF hunched-up shoulders her lips set IN scon
iul bitterness Everyone lectures INC and scolds me
--nobody wants TO do anything ] like except
fr2ncis .ycn Robert lectures me, though he's such
4 muit with Elinor! | know none OF you like Francis
know you all despsc him, but he's thousand times
nicer to me than anyone else Is, He likes nc to
oh. Tinar' said poor Mrs. Madison her heart pierc
c win twenty dnggcrs. of course. I'm not saving
ii yon still for him in couple OF years, then
perhaps. your father and may consider it. But
ycu can't know your own mind now. my darling
riouS thing"
Then ! don't want to wait until know about life
1t Ms IS horrid as you say it is e. said Tina holly Il
dom want TO wait until | change my mind I'll never
cnangc 1t nIadc Francis stay away on purpose
all last month TO sec what it would be kc-and I
hated lt-and so did he. Tinls voice had the ring Of
a Passionate conviction her blue eyes had sombrc
wait for years and years like Annette and Joseph
when II isn't necessary? Mother why can't Francis
aad be ra'ricd' My grandmother was married at
sixteen" "
And would you leave your father and me. Tina,
ana weye taken care OF you and loved you so much'
Mrs Maison.s voice shook she fastened her ewes
on her daughter with anguish Tina's mouth tool;
on the obstinate curve which the too obvious apDcal
TO her affections always brought there She didn't
even take the trouble TO answer as She tapped irri
atingly on the floor with her small foot Tho 81;
cnce conveyed even more forcbly than words that il
was recognized fact that people lcit their parents
when they married without disc-edi, attaching to them
If was pa5t Of toc pan Even through her wrctchcd
ness Mrs, Madison dreary acqucsccd in the received
view OF the matter but foT Tina-hcr ba6y-Ab. that
different thing. ~
For rna's own good this time she must not have
her way,
The mother went around I'll dag with stone p,
her heart that made her face white and drawn and
breathing difficult While Annette and Elinor tailed
cxcitcdy and nccssany with household ayocat;oua
hall done. and sought the dear little wayward sister
separately aiterward Annette with mute caresece
and large pieces Of bread and lam supplement- the
lac! OF 4 breakfast and EInor with intcIlieent
reasoning IS shc put thc chd's collar strairbt a,d
fastened her belt Tina lid never dressed her. lsrH
Tommy Burne Tina, when was seventeen. and -. m
for even looking at him now! When i CONES