The Marshall republican., 1912-10-18
TurRr11E
Two Ladies' Bereft.
cOrYppm 1911
bObB5- nfRRllL COMPANY
CHAPTER 4.

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personal In a voman's glove!-then
she sat down and W. stared at each
other. The props had been knocked
from under us. and we had landed
with q good, sound bump. surprised,
astonished. astounded. dumfoundedl
But not %despairing as yet. The blow
hadn't had time to bonumb us, conse-
q%uently we hadn't arrived ut the de-
spairing stage.
: 10 has gorgeous Eyes with long
lashes that sweep her cheeks when
she looks down. and she has a trick
Of doing that when she's thinking.
But she was not looking down now:
she was looking at me plainly per-
olexed-hunted. ia say II I were In
clined to be notwithstanding direct
ly at my nose, which I'm rather senst-
tive about, with n slight quicker be-
tween her gorgeous eyes. The blow
waa beginning 10 sink In. ! could tell
by the droop settling al each corner
Of her beautiful mouth.
Two years ago when 10 WINS Just
bursting out OF Radcliffe with all sorts
Of honors. and I was specializing In
French. voice, expression, art, tennis.
baseball and automobile with no hope
Of college and 90 wish to have and
hope. my father died suddenly. II
had been coming on n long time--for
i've yenrs. to be exact--ever since my
mother died. 10 was sixteen then: I
was twelve. 10 mothered him and
myself. rs well as the infinite wisdom
Of her sixteen years would permit:
read the books he liked. played the
music he wished to hear. followed ad.
vice for motherless girls SO that we
would never do the wrong thing and
give him TO worry. But we 10
'er could all that aching heart. and
we knew II.
' The copper middle lad done some
thing'to his income. II was necessary
TO cut down expenses. so We did away
with the footman and six maids. sold
ohe horses, which ave us no use for
the groom, fred the chef. put wilkins.
tho housekeeper. TO cooking. and kept
only one car. II also put an end TO
sany social ambitions 10 might have
had. and didn't; and placed US on a
lower plano In everything except our
'~self.respect.
10 set herself to studying PrAc-
teal Economy. and housekeeping
and pounded II into me-did the mar
keting where we paid nothing for
style. and began to cut out those
pages in the Sunday newspapers that
tell how 10 use the ieft-overs. Then
came n time when something hap
pened that we could fully understand.
A customer, old. reliable. absolutely
safe. ordered stock and failed TO pay
Tor Il when Il slumpsd. and poor old
Dad went down In the ruins. He saved
his r~eputatioa. but II was the end.
He was too old and heart-broken to
recover; even his faith in friendship
was gone. He came home. went to
his room and died.
After we laid him beside III mother
10 took an inventory. We found We
had a homs, elegant and imposing In
the most exclusive section Of Boston,
packed to the garnet with mahogany
most Of which had come down to VI
from tho wonderful supply on the
M~ayfiower. and all Of II mortgaged W
to the hilt. Everything else was
swept away. II had been going grad
ually for Ave years while poor old DAD
simply drifted. Also We had sons
stock In q western mine that gave III
three thousand q year. Our persona
assets consisted of U name. som
family portraits and jewelry. old
fashioned and elegant enough. bu
worth little to any one but ourselves
10 had a good education, I had
smattering of everything. and both o
us had the advantage OF two year
abroad. and good. sound, robust
healthy bodies. ! am not countini
jos beauty or those gorgeous eyes o
hers. because 10 never would us
those eyes except to see with.
don't know how she managed. q
cept that she wal q born manager. 3
pull out 80 much from the wreck. Sh
EXCHANGED our equity In the house TO
the mortgagee's equity In the ful
niture. rented Z modest apartment !
the best neighhorhood We could affort
put In &c much or the mahogany Z
We could crowd into II. and sent Ii
remainder. to . storage warehoun
x~aaranteed iirs-proof, and locked Il !
vfEh care ana atfection. she wouidn
Part With : stick Of II. Then she b
ton 70 tray the edges Of Practicl
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