The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-10-06


 with such genuine delight beaming from his nice. good, friendly gray eyes that I beamed up myself a bit out of pure responsiveness.
 'I am so glad to see Seu, MT. Haley. Hasn't it been q lovely day?"
 Tt has indeed, and l don't know when I have been so deeply happy This hour with you will be the very climax of the days perfections, I feel sure.''
 To follow you, Jane, I E'let a man look freely into my heart, and, thus encouraged, he opened his to mine," and. behold! I found ,Sallie and the twins and Henrietta all squatting in the dominie's cardiac regions just as comfortably as they do it at Wide gables.
 My sympathies have become so en- listed in the struggle which Mrs. Car ruthers is having to curb the eccen- Ericities of her oldest daughter that feel must lay definite plans to help. her. It is very difficult for a young and naturally yielding woman like Mrs CarrEthers to discipline alone even so young child as Henrietta. know you will help me all you can to help her. Believe me, my dear friend, even in the short time you have been in Glendale you have become a tower of strength to me. l feel that l can take my most difficult and sacred per plexlties to you"
 Now, what do you think of that, Jane? Be sure and rub this situation in on all the waiting i've disciples. 1 defy any of them to do so well in less T1C S3 plane of common citizenship with a fellow man is easy-that fiss with some men.
 Still, while you are getting on the plane somebody else gets the man. What about that? didn't want MT. Haley, but whatff had?
 eYes, Henrietta is handful, MT. Haley" I answered with enthusiasm, for even the mention of Henrietta en- Hvens me, and somehow MT. .Ha1ey's getting in the game of 'scurbing'' her stirred up my risibles. "But-but Sal lie already has good many people to help her with the children. 1 have been trying toto influence Henrietta and she does not swear except on the most exasperating occasions now.'' t.The dear little child created slight consternation in. her Sunday school class last week when they were being taught the great dramatic story of Jo- nahs three days incarceration in the , whale. To quote her exactly, so that you may see how it must have affected the other children, she said, T swal- lowed live fly onct myself and Pm not sdern fool enough to believe that whale kept Jonah down three days, alive and kicking, no matter Who says so.'
 She then marched out of the class and has not returned these two sue ceeding Sabbaths. It was to talk over the matter I called on Mrs. Carruthers this afternoon, and have never had my SymplthieS so stirred. We must help her, my dear friendr
 never enjoyed anything more in my life than the hour spent helping that ; dear, good, funny man plan first aids to the rearing of Sa1lie's children. Be sides my cooperation he has planned 2 to enlist that of Aunt Augusta, and I was wicked enough to let him do it. In a small village where the inha bitants have no chance at diversions like Wag- merriam operas and co1apsing skyscrap- CTS I felt that had no rightsto avert the spectacle of Aunt Augustus dis ciplining Henrietta.
 I'll write you all about it, Jane,s in a special delivery letter.
 Jasper whipped Petunia with great apparent severity day before yesterday, and we have been having the most heavenly waf1es and broiled chicken ever since. I dismissed Jasper for dOA ing it, but Petunia came into my room and cried about it a half hour, so I had to go out where he was rubbing the silver and hire him over
 When a woman gits her mouth stuck out at a man and the world in general three days hand running they ain't nothing to cure it but 8 stick 7 he answered with lofty scori1.
 Yes'm, da,t's so,'' answered Petunia. q never come outen a spell so easy before.'' And her yellow face had a pink glow of happiness all over it as she smiled lovably on the black brute.
 went off into corner and sat down for quiet hour to think Nobody in the world knows everything.
 Slippers on the table, Jasper an- nounced after having seen MT. Haley go down the front walk tonight. Jas per has such great respect for the cloth that never in the world would he have asked MT. Haley in to supper without having at least a day to pre- pare for him. Any ofmy other friends he would have asked, regardless of whether or not wanted them.
 Isomehow didn't feel that could eat alone tonight, but it was too 1atesto go for Sallie or Cousin Jasmine. and, be- sides, it is weakminded to feel that way. Why shouldn't want to eat by myself?
 This is a great big house for just one woman, and don't@see why have to be that onef I never was intended to be single I seem even to think double. could feel the tears getting tangled in my lashes. but I forced them back.
 Now, I don't see why I should have been sentimentalizing over myself like that. Just such longing, miserable. wait until he cones2 and why. doesn't he hurry or I'll take the wrong man attitude of mind and sentiment in wo- men in general is what I have taken a