The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-11-13

buy new clock for the dining-room |
down stairs. too--a clock with no such |
lsthmatic strike as the present one |
possessed. All his personal belongings |
every one of them gifts--he found |
room for in his pockets. Angy had
sven less than he. Yet they had come |
practically with nothing-and COM |
Pared with that nothing. what they |
carried now seemed much. Angy hesi- |
tatcd over the pillow.shams, Did they |
belong to them or to the new couple to |
come? Abe ga2ed at the shams too.
They had been given to him and Angy |
last Christmas by all the sisters. They
were white muslin with white cambria
fr:lls. and in their centers was embroi-
dercd in turkcy.rcd cotton. Mother"
on one pillow, Father on the other.
Every sister in the Home had taken Il:
least one stitch in the names
Father ard Mothor--uot Angy and
Abe, Why Father and Mother? A
year ago no one could have foroseen
tie fortune, nor harn pruphcsied the
possession of the room By another el-
derby couple
Ansy drew near to y - and Abe to
Angy They locked arms and stood
looking at Che pillows. tie saw. and
she saw. the going back to the old bee.
room In the old home across the woods
and over the Hold---thc going back
Aud IN sharp contrast they each re.
stepped beneath that roof nearly hal'
century ago the first homecoming
when her molhCrhcart and his
fathcrhoart had been lillcd with the
hope Of children children to bless
their marriage. children to complete
their home, children to love. children
TO feed them with love in return.
Let's adopt some lectlo folks said
Angy, half in a whisper. I'm afcard
the old placell seem lonesome with
out"
Might better aGopt the sisters" he
spoke almost gruflly. 81 alters did
| think young uns would be the most
comfort tew yew after they growed
up"
"A baby is dretful cunnin'." Angy
persisted. But" she added sadly, Il
| don't suppose teethin' mite would
| find much in common with us"
Anyway" vowed Abe. suddenly
beginning TO unfasten the pillow
shams. these belong ter us, an I'm
.a.goin ter take EN-"
They went down stairs silently. the
shams wrapped In Il newspaper carried
under his arm.
"Waal. naow."-he tried to speak
chccrfuly as they reionod the others,
and he pushed his way toward the
dminEroom IN 20 an git my cup
an sasscr."
But Miss Abigail blorscd the door
again hlush.uE, again confused,
THAT 'Tcw our Beloved Brother
cup" she said gently, her eyes not
meeting the wound in his, 1--WE bout
concluded yew'd better leave here fei
the one what answers the ad. ieN
got so much naow, an him"
She did not finish She could not
She felt rather than saw the blazing
of Abe's old eyes Then the fire be
meath his brows died out and mis-
obscured his sight.
Gals" he asked humbly, would
ycw ruther have a new beloved
) brother
For n Gpace there was no answer
Aunt Nancy's head was bowed In he
hands. Lazy Daisy was openly sob
g bling. Miss Ellie was twisting her fin
D gers neryously in and out-she IN
| wound them to clutch at Angy's arm
as II TO hold her. At last Miss Abigail
T. spoke with so uuacCustOmcd q shari
ness that her voice seemed not he
own
& "Sech foolish question as that T..
c body In their sound senses would ask.
g Abe sat down in his old place at tn
}, irrsidc and Smiled thousand smile
IN one lie smiled and rubbed hi
4 hands before the blaze. The blaze !
SELF seemed scarcely more bright IN
q warm than the light from within whic
transtiFuTcd his aged face
e Gals" he chucklnd in ha old f
d miliar way, 81 dunno how sam
h Darby II take It. but if mothers vii
n 3D., Eucas | won't buy back no mor
!; Of the old place. 'ccptn' jest m
d rockin.chai- with the red roses ont
10 It; an all the rest O. this here plague
e money III hand over ter the director
20 an stay right here an take M con
fort"
r Anpy bent down and whispered
IS his ear. I'd .ritl'or dew it. tcw, {.
thcr. Anythin 20 would seem H.
r goin a-visitin ycw don't wal
" ter go an blame me" she added an,
o iously, "ef yew git all rileG up an sic
abed agin."
IS "Pshaw. mother" he protested
''ycw fergIt | was adopted then, mao
! be adoptin'. Thur's q biz difference
H. She lifted her face, relieved, an
v smiled into the relieved and radinr
a faces of Abe's Children" and hc
n own.
(THE END.l
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