Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-07-05

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home until after school Monday night.
That suited Mrs. Comstock, and she
at once answered the letter saying so.
I; The next day Mrs Comstock was
pale pink and the following delicate
porcelain white. That day she went
to a hairdresser and had the. great
rope of snowy hair which covered her
scalp wished and dressed.
Then she went home, rested and
worked by turns until Monday. When
school cloaed on that evening and FL
nora, so tired she almost trembled,
came down the long walk after late
session Of teachers meeting mes
senger boy stopped her.
There's lady wants to see you
the place" he said.
Elnora groaned. She could not I'M
agine who wanted her, but there was
nothing to do but 60 and find out.
This is the place." said the boy, and
went his way, whistling. Elnora was
three blocks from the high school
building on the same street. She was
before q quaint old house. fresh with
paint and covered with vines. 80 p"
Inside she could see bare polished
floors, walls freshly papered In low
toned. harmonious colors, straw rugs
and madras curtains: 1tsseemed to be
restful, homeNke place to which she
had come, and a second later down an
open stairway came q tall. dark eyed
woman with cheeks family pink and a
crown of fluffy snow white hair.
Elnora stepped inside the door.
"Mother" she cried. You my mother!
don't believe it! You are perfectly
beautiful, and this house is little
paradise, but how will we ever pay for
It? We can't afford ity' go,
"Humph!- Have you forgotten tele-
graphed you I'd found some money l
didn't know about? AL I've done is
paid for and plenty more to settle for
all propose to do"
Mrs. Comstock glanced around with
supreme satisfaction.
II may get homesick as pup before
spring." she said. "but If do l can go
back. If don't I'll sell some timber
and put few oil wells where they
don't show much. l can have land
enough cleared for few fields and
put tenant on our farm, and we will
buy this and settle here. It's for sale"
Mrs. Comstock invited Elnora's
friends to visit her and proved herself
a bright and interesting hostess. She
digested a subject before she spoke,
aud when she advanced view her
point Was sure to be original and terse-
,ly expressed. Before three months peO-
pie waited to hear what she-had to say.
Elnora never mentioned Philip Am
mon, neither did Mrs. Comstock. Early
in December came note and a big box
from him. 1t contained several books
on nature subjects which would be a
great help in school work and num-
Der of conveniences Elnora could not
afford. Soon after Elnora wrote Am
mon:~ ~
Dear F'riend-I am writing to thank you
for the books and the box Of conveniences
sent me for my work. 1 can use every
thing with fine results. Hope am giving
good satisfaction in my position. You
will be interested to learn that when the
summers work was classified and pinned
i
a yellow Emperor. have tried every
where know. So has the Bird Woman.
We cannot find pair for sale. Fate 10
against me. at least this season. I shall
have to wait until next year and try
again. u
Thank you very much for helping mo
with my collection and for the books and
things Sincerely yours,
ELNoRA CoMSTOCK.
Ammon was disappointed over that
note and instead Of keeping it he tore
It into bits and dropped them into the
wastebasket.
Throughout the winter Elnora and
her mother enjoyed the city thorough
~ aud the change Of life It afforded,
but signs Of spring did wonderful
things to the hearts of the country
bred women. They decided to keep the
city house during the summer but to
go back to the farm to live just as soon
as school closed.
(To Be Continued.)~