The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-01-21
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Al the End Of the Day
By ERNEST JULIAN
copyright, 1908, by Associated Literary Press
By ERNEST JULIAN

ari;T, anu "l'h''
Eap' lime sun. Before the open
= RANGES stood at a long board
: Under her deft hands damp
a.idorv lace and frills bloomed
~ snowy crispness. She was iron
y a,oss for Fanny, who must have
se,r TO a party that night. Upon
,otbes rack hung two much
ss,ed netticoats which were to go
Frances had to admit that it
" : great deal of hard work, as
" . Manning and sacrifice, to keep
$ 5ougbter well dressed and in the
81 when her means wore so lin
& CANOES wore a little percale dress
s,set and white. She looked little
- fban a girl herself, with her curl
-. hair and moist, flushed face. Yet
= vas IS and she felt So sometimes,
a this happened to be one of the
ines :.
N day Yesterday she had sewed,
,4sont ceasing, for Fanny; and to-
!, ,hp was ironing. She had always
,.,.a 10 iron. 1t seemed kind of I'M
served penanee that she must al
Az he doing the things she did not
be to do.
no had not wanted to marry Tom
r,s.e but her father had made her,
ss,use he thought Tom Keene would
!. ,ble TO make a great deal of money.
d. vas young and she thought her
j bhsr knew best, so she gave up Maui
he Hall, whom she loved, and took
ID fathers choice.
Her marriage had turned out badly.
fan had got into bad ways, had taken
badnk and had finally been killed be-
ause be didn't know enough to drive
,iorse properly,
Wien that happened, Frances took
III little daughter Fanny and went
VAome to her father Three years later
4hg father died, leaving her the little
house they lived in and just enough
money to support it. AS Fanny grew
ho girIhood, Frances turned over
rOfe Of their slender means to her
asqghter Girls needed so much and
q nnted so much more than they
i#ded. Fanny was pretty and popu-
b. she was always being asked about
I'd always going. She had the nor
y bal girls fOndness for fun and activ-
I! Frances sewed and planned and
yHomized in order to supply her
aghter with pretty clothes. AS for
gseli, what did it matter what she
Hue? No one noticed her. She tried
find her happiness in Fanny's. Yet
Nnetines when she was tired and,
itseQnently, a trife morbid, it came
pher that Fanny had good deal of
Ions selfshness in her makeup.
The iron having cooled over that last
aashe carried it back to the range
y replace 1t with hot one. While
lH back was turned came a sudden
ssa OF voices and young laughter
elnys voice and Fanny's laughter
assfmingled with deep masculine
aes Frances turned, just as her
lugnteF, radiant in her pink bingham
mock and wide hat, ran up the steps.
We nearly pounded the front door
s0sn mamma" she complained gay
q and you never heard. You must
getting deaf. I'm going over to the
ualstons to play a game of tennis
" Ufa wants me to stay to lunch.
y aOntlook for me back till you see
be-
zee smiled into her mothers tired
a@ Frances color, due mainly to
y aeat, had faded, and beside Fan.
SPARKLING girlishness she looked
y aug Worn. She felt her mad
ssY and her eyes went piteously
s4 aef daughter to her daughters
Agallon-7a young man with keen
- ard a brown skin. 1t was her
esef, Maurice Hall, lately returned
~ long soJourn in the mining
gsaag where it was said he had
some money,
gave her grave greeting, to
~ Spe responded coldly. 1t came
se = sllat there was something laugh.
sleohgruous in the fact that
Y should be her daughters adj
Yet ne was not an unsuitable
ne mad not changed as she had.
A's hung on to his youth, some
Z, = saile she looked faded and tired
w fanny was hurrying him off
.laaces resolutely turned her at
y % her ironing. But as he went
e walk she saw him stoop and
pansy from her little pansy bed.
~stse ne did not remember. but
.0llg ago, he had picked a pansy
lat same bed and twisted it in
~ he had cared very much for
sa' sne thought. He had ceased
now; but the woman had not.
strength seemed suddenly
y deserted her and she had to
s l before she could finish her
When at last the elaborate
embroider. and lace was
sp0l the rack beside the petit.
~, was lunch time, but she was
aleG and hot ~ 90