The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-03-14

with the best set And It means
twelve thousand yearl Now! Are
you going to have that old woman at
our party tomorrow night?"
Il am" said Horace. ~If the Kerrs
are such intolerable snobs that they
require my denying my own mother,
let them go to-blazesI And If we
have to wen take Dorothy out OF that
school and send her to a public one. I"
Then wash my hands of the
whole affair" said Mildred, rising an
grily from the table. "And you can
do what you choose"
He could not pacify his wife all day.
He sent the telegram that his mother
had requested. and waited in some
thing like CONSERVATION for her ar
rival
horace Scott was genuinely fond Of
his mother. She had been devoted to
him, and when he left the farm, If
teen years before. to seek his fortune
in the city. he had told her that some
day she was to make her home with
him. But he had married q worldly
woman. and somehow that dream had
never come to pass. He had seen very
little Of the poor old woman during the
past few years. He realized that she
was, socially. handicap. But he had
conscientiously determined that he
would never fail in his duty toward
her.
Now it was to be put to the test.
She came next day. with an immense
carpetbag, from which she extracted a
couple Of Jars of homemade pre-
serves, an enormous cake and some
homemade pickles.
There, my DEAR she said to her
disguised daughter-in-law. Don't tell
me you amt pleased with them. 1
ben reading all about these here adul-
terations of foods which Doctor WI
ley's trying to stop folks from being
poisoned, and / thought I'd give you
both starter. MY! Amt you ele-
gantly fixedl Not but what prefer to
have the rooms up and down instead
Of all long line Of 'em. And these
here fats amt what they're cracked
up to be. Now show me my room and
I'll put on my black silk in case you
expect them friends you spoke about"
She's impossible, Horace" ex-
claimed his wife angrily, after the old
lady had retired. I'VE can't let the
Kerrs meet her-that's all. We can't.
I'm going to see that she stays In
her room. Don't you dare interfere
with me, Horacel"
Horace sighed. He knew that when
his wife made up her mind there was
little to be done. But his mother had
mind Of her own. too. He braced
himself for a domestic tempest. How
ever, presently Mildred came back
smiling.
IT'S all right, DEAR" she said. I've
persuaded her that she'll be too. tired
for company tonight She's going to
bed-early. I've put her In that end
room, SO that she won't hear anything.
And she thinks It's Just mems bust
ness meeting"
The dinner party was q huge suc-
OCo0. 4AOi AAOAA6 WCAO 1AAAoOA4ASy AZ
self. Half a dozen people whom NIL
dred had never succeeded in getting
into her home now appeared to have
taken her to their hearts. They ad-
journed to the drawing room. and MIL
bred had almost forgotten the old
woman sleeping in the end room. when
suddenly there appeared at the door
figure clad In black silk. Her heart
went into her mouth.
Then it was that Horace showed
himself man. He arose and took
his mother by the arm and led her
forward.
Mrs. Kerr-my mother" he said.
MY, Horacel" exclaimed the old
lady, Il guess your men friends
brought their women folks with them
after ALL
Delighted to meet your mother"
said Mrs. Kerr. making a place beside
her for the old lady.
Mildred looked on like spectator
at a dreary drama. The guests had
all clustered about the old woman.
making fun of her uncouthness. and
she. seeing nothing. was telling them