Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1915-06-18

atiaor anu nlotner-not Angy ano
Abe! Why Father and Mother? A
year ago no one could have foreseen
the fortune. nor have prophesied the
possession of the room by another ell
derby couple.
Angy drew near to Abe and Abe tc
Angy. They locked arms and stood
looking at the pillows. He saw. and
she saw. the going back to the old bed
room in the old home across the woods
and over the field-the going back.
And In sharp contrast they each re-
called the first time that they had
stepped beneath that roof nearly hal
century ago-the first Homecoming,
when her mother-heart and hi,
father-heart had been filed with tho
hope of children-children to bless
their marriage, children to completr
their home, children to love, childre,
to feed them with love In return.
Let's adopt some leetle folks" said
Angy, half In a whisper. I'm afear,
the old placeIl seem lonesome with
out"
Might better adopt the sisters" he
spoke almost gruffly. Il alters die
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, 81
don't suppose teethin' mite would
find much in common with u.s."
Anyway" vowed Abe. suddenly
beginning to unfasten the pillow
shams. these belong ter US, an In.
a-goin' ter take EN-"
| They went down stairs silently, the
shams wrapped in a newspaper carried
under his arm.
WAL, naow,"-he tried to speak
cheerfully as they rejoined the others
and he pushed his way toward the
dining-room-"Ill go an git my cur
an sasser."
But Miss Abigail blocked the door
again blushing, again confused.
THAT 'Tew our Beloved Brother
cup" she said gently, her eyes MOI
meeting the wound in his, I'VE 'bou
concluded yew'd better leave here fel
the one what answers the ad. Yev
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, "woul
yew ruther have a new bellows
brother'?"
For a space there was no answer
Aunt Nancy's head was bowed in he
, hands. Lazy Daisy was openly sol
| bling. Miss Ellie was twisting her fiji
gers nervously in and out-she VI
wound them to clutch at Angy's arr
as If to hold her. At last Miss Abiga
spoke with so unaccustomed sharl
ness that her voice seemed not he
: own:
. "Sech foolish question as that nj
3 body in their sound senses would ask
t Abe sat down in his old place at til
Preside and smiled thousand smile
i In one. He smiled and rubbed b
hands before the blaze. The blaze
9 self seemed scarcely more bright an
warm than the light from within whiC
9 TRANSPORTED his aged face.
/ Gals" he chuckled in his old
l. miliar way, II dunno how San
b Darby II take it; but If mothers wi
!; in, guess won't buy back no mo-
d of the old place, 'cept'n' jest n
Q rockin' chair with the red roses on
D it; an all the rest O. this here plague
o money I'll hand over ter the director
an stay right here an take my col
II fort"
ID Angy bent down and whispered
his ear: I'D ruther dew it, tew,
r Their. Anythin' else would seem III
W goin' a-visitin'. But yew don't wa
o. ter go an blame me-" she added an
iously, "ef yew git all riled up an si'
Is abed ag'in."
"Pshaw, mother" he proteste
t "yew fergit I was adopted then, mac
n, be adoptin Thar's big difference
v. She lifted her face, relieved, al
n smiled into the relieved and radia
IT faces of Abe's children" and
own.
At (THE ENID