The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-01-06

4 with the small. delicate form beside
/ her.
After eating their breakfast in
happy silence, they stripped their ge-
ranium of it's scarlet blossoms and
made their way toward the little fam
! ily graveyard on the hill behind the
| house.
"Goodhy mother, goodby, father
| goodby. Tom" Mindy whispered soft
! ~ as she patted the cold sod while
Jane arranged the blossoms against
the headstones.
On the way Mindy stepped into the
nearest neighbors with the canary.
giving careful instructions as to feed
ing. baths and treatment Of collie
SO you are going i'm to the Home
today" remarked Mrs. Peavey Garrul-
ously. 'I'm sure. ] wish you well,
but they do say"
"The Home indeed" Interrupted
the visitor, and the usually mild. sub
dued voice rang cut proudly. why.
sister and | are IN our way TO Dos
ton"
You don't say" exclaimed the
| surprised woman, NEARLY dropping
her 4-months-old baby at the sud
denness of the shock. where are you
going to stay?"
To which Mindy made answer as
she bowed herself out. ",'m sure /
don't know. | didn't hear Jane say"
| We'll. | never!" and Mrs. Peavey
sat down and rocked the baby for an
hour to think out the matter while
tho breakfast dishes remained un-
washed.
The two-mile walk never seemed
so long before, and when the aged
travellers. breathless and painting
hurried into the station they were
surprised as well IS chagrined TO find
that they were nearly an hour too
early for the first train.
"Well, it Is always we'll enough
tofbe in good season anyhow" said
Jane, ropregsing her disquietudc by
assuming a calm demeanor, while
Mindy betrayed her impatience by
long-drawn signs and nervous twitch-
ings of her hands and feet.
After the longest so minutes the
old ladies had ever known the rum
BILE of the train was music to their
ears. once inside they pulled their
back breadths closely aroun' them,
and holding them together In front
with one hand. stretched the other
nuiu diOuuu W HiAOOAlA bhN hhN A'
naming wrinkles before they sat
down.
Now you must not get excited and
hitch around, Mindy," admonished
Jane. "for you remember how the
deacons wife skirt looks every sun
day when she rises for tLe benedic-
ton. Look out for your back
breadths, says /, and let your front
breadths look out for themselves"
Everybody seems pleased to sec
us here" whispered Mindy into heI
sisters ear, noting with satisfaction
the smiling glances cast in their di-
rection.
Little attention was paid to tho
landscape, for they had looked at lit
tie else but landscapes all their dul
lives. and now they were eager to sec
people--people who looked and acted
different from the one type familiar tC
them So fascinating did the study
of their fellow travellers become that
they wished the train would not &c
80 fast, for fear their 30-mile ride
would too quickly come TO an end.
But it was not until they found
themselves in the big station in the
midst OF the busy, bustling crowd
that they felt that they were a rea
part OF the great, throbbing world
about which their tramp boy had TOLD
them so much.
After being pushed and jostled tc
2 their hearts content. they found
= themselves in tho waiting room
t where they sat for long time watch
5 Ing the surging crowd OF travellers
| who laughed and talked with theil
companions. without for a moment
2 slackening their pace.
2 20, I'm so glad we came today
Mindy chirped delightedly, when all
( these people are out!" Then, with
sudden concern, 81 amt heard the
D clock strike since we've been sitting
: here, have you, Jane?"
mo, of course not" Jane made an
swer, zone would think you had new
: err travelled before. Hear the clock
strike. indeed, with all this noise GO
3 ing on, and we a little deaf, too. But
Iafear we have set here longer than
we meant to, but we can save time
3 by eating our lunch on the elevated
2 Wasn't that the name of the train
r Tom said some people were so scary
! about?"
1 Yes, replied the tlmid little
D woman, her heart humping with
/, fright, "that was the name, but don't
Q you think we had better walk? We
0 are such good walkers, you know
y You see," she explained, remembering