The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-03-13

.eFs don't need rest and changer
|. !!Then you forbid nae TO accept my
cousins irlvitation?' &c.,
NO, don't. DO anything you like.
Take this holiday il you wish, but It'll
will fill your head with fancies that
you will find it hard to get rid Of"
Mrs. Graham has never asked me
to 60 and stay with her." said Mary,
resentfully. The Pearsons think it
so strange. I believe they think some
times she can hardly be a relative.
But Mrs. Pearson says those. kind of
people"
i don't want to hear Mrs. Parsons
opinion, Mary. Those sort of people
are-fiy people, AandI have avery warm
affection for my cousin 3ai.at
!. Mary, silenced, sat with her pretty
cheeks flushed and her slipper tap
ping the -aeof petulantfy. Tier gentle |
mother, in the old doWdy, brown dress,
seemed somehow to have taken on a
dignity and aloofness that appeared to
set her suddenly apart from them.
4, And who to see that f have myl
breakfast in proper time in, the morn
-ing?"la a4- a& I .lE.
*Mary>will attend to that" said the
mother smiling. In afew months she
will have house of her own and al
husbands breakfast to see after. This
will be a -breaking-in for her,
: '.Humph!" was Mr.. Herfot's COM
ment on his daughters housekeeping
capabilities.
But. Mary protested.
ooh, mother, you know how fright
fully full my hands always are with
my Browning Society and the. tennis
club, and piles of other things. / sim
ply never have a minute to spare!s
And Hubert always expecting to have
my evenings
How are you going to manage when
you are married, Mary, il housekeeping
| is impossible noW?.., But you will do,
t.your best, I'm sure And Susan is a
good, willing girl, and will helps you
all she can: bnts -yon must not leave,
| too much to her -: .;;F.s..>
Mary sat staring at .hers mother in
| round eyed establishment and vexation,
She felt as .though.the world had sud-
denly turned upside down. Hitherto
her gentle mother had cheerfully taken
every duty upon her-shoulders olleaVe
her daughter free.
1T will be fierce if you go away"
said Tommy, disgustedly. Susan
doesn't know how to clean my football
toys
Mrs. Heriot looked wistfully round
the table at the displeased faces Of
her selfish family. Then she said hur-
riedly: .
:Eyerything everybody must wait.
/ Can't you see-can't you understand
that. a rest, a change is necessary for
me?"
And before anything more could be
said she had risen and left the room.
+ The next evening Mrs. Graham drove
round in her. luxurious carriage and
bore her off in huge delight at getting
her own way at last. And the family
standing a little forlornly at the gate
had brought away with them the re
4 membrance of a whitetface silhouetted
/ against the rich mauve of Mrs. Ora
hams Partisan costume, and eyes. thai
had looked at, them with a Istrange
j yearfing wistfulnesss and the emphatic
way in which Mrs.. Graham had come
out with her parting words, .,y
"You won't. know your mother wher
you see her again. You have all beer
working her to death. Now she is go
/ ing to be petted and cared for"
'You would really think" said Mary
irritably, that we had all been i'll
using mother"
Mr.. Heriot- said nothing. He had los
little Of his DESTINATIONS self-com
placency. There was a little shadow
on his ford face. The carriage ant
livered servants brought back the days
when he had met his wife. She haG
come to him from .iuxuries such as
these-come to him slender, grace
full, glad-eyed girl; willingly renounc
ing all the surroundings of tht
wealthy; Drawing the disp1easure of fel
friends, to. become the wife of poor
and obscure man. They had, beer
very happy. She had never once com
d planned. Of course, the cares of {
large family and a limited income ,l1at
! had few draw backs naturally: Ht
sat down in his chair and tried tt
bury himself !, in the evening paper
as. usual but somehow his thought!
! wandered,
pet her and take care Of her!'
Did women want that sort Of thing
The idea was: ridiculous. She had ;
good home and a husband and chill
dren who. loved her, Of course. Ht
crossed and uncrossed his legs rather
uneasily. How pale she had looked il
the carriage such tired shadows I'm
der her eyes! What had her eyes
meant to say as they met his? Tha
her present life had wearied her
that she had all along been banker
ing to return to the ''fieshpets o
Egypt" The thought was disquietfng
Il Supper was rather a boisterou:
meal. Everybody talked great dea
/ of nonsense. The boys had come in
and young Pearson had joined them
as usual. Mary, very pretty AMI
flushed, was occupying her mother
place at the table, and not dfspleaset
-tthat her lover should see how eff
: ciently she could fill it. And thing