The daily Alaskan., 1911-11-08

sAna here Is my letter from mothef she ssys Der fance is thirty years old See: NIT Prendergast Is not an old man. On the contrary. be has the ae- dyisy of man of thlrty."
 sThat doesn't mean that he's thirty. It means he's spy ss a man of thir ty.n
 Upon my wOUdl How cupid of mel"
 50 ies your mOtssr my father is to marry"
 "Aad yOur father that my mother Is to marry
 sQuite a dlfrerence7
 sf should say SO. Its fortunate that we discovered the mistake n time
 "ln time fer whstg'
 ~why, you see. mother wrote me to welcome her fance Into the family, and ! might have been demonstrative with my stepfather that was to be"
 'I wish yOn bad been
 ~Thars very naughty Of you.'
 There wouldn't have been any harm 60 long as you thought ] was to be your stepfsther and you my step mother"
 How ndiculousl h one thing I'm dlsappoluted"
 ''Whses tbatT
 ~Why, mamma writes that her hance's going with us Co Italy in the autumn. wu hey
 "weIl won't hey
 But I think you would be much more"-
 "You think I would be more svsila- ble-ror what purposey'
 Neither mamma nor ! speak ltal- tan"
 ~Fathar does; 90 do t
 Then there's the baggage"
 Father won't attend 10 that; he hates details"
 "l knew mamma was saying all that for q purpose. Who Is 10 look after the baggage. I should Ike to knowY'
 How woald l doy1
 sYou're not going 10 marry mother"
 And you're not going to marry ia. ther.
 Don't yOu see-nothsr wrote that your father. spea King Italian and being very active. would take all that of our hands
 Father Is dfty-six, and be has bad knce. Re walks with a cane"
 Mother put the best foot forward in the matter. didn't sheT'
 s'You mean the best knee forward Or, rather. sbe forgot to mention the knee and the cane"
 "I suppose SO,
 They both smiled.
 "I don't see any way to keep father from making trouble in your family in this aTair except by offering to join the party and serve as courier"
 "T-hat wouldn't do it A party made up of two old persons and two young ones would be a failure. lf an elder ly man and woman usurp the place of young persons by getting married they should take care Of themselves, It would ee absurd for us to 60 on such a wedding trip"
 "Ot course st would"
 q think I'll leave mother Co be thken care of by her husband with bis bad knee and bis cane"
 And r father has been pretending that he Is able to look after baggage in a country w0ere every railroad ofi cial Is a bloodsucker and tbe porters are robbers he can get out of the scrape as best he can"
 The young man rose Co go. 'Goodby, mamma" he said smiling.
 'Gcodhy, papa"
 
 'My dear" wrote Mrs MRryweather few months after the date Of her frst, '1 think your treatment Of your mother very shabby. Your stepfather and | did not count ou your and his sons acton at an, We have given up our Italian trip, but trust you aud Archie win enjoy yours.
 'l dare say you are enjoying your selves in the galleries of Florence Quite change from the trip that was expected. You two young persons are enjoying The wedding Journey tbat we two older ones expected to take.
 To this letter Mrs. Mollie replied;
 Mother. dear, have your letter. | think you and my s,epfather are better oT at home You see these Italian houses not being heated, sre as cold as barns. With your rheumatism and Mir. rrpndergast's knee you would be miserable here. Archie joins me in mucS love for you both
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