Evening star., 1916-03-12

| tie meanness, the stinginess. the ram
cor. the actual hypocrisy. Whitewash.
WhiteWash everywhere and she to hold
! the brush.
When dear. unsuspecting folk said
to her that Mother Gait was blessed
| saint and Miss Sarah a very Lucretia
| and brother George pillar of recti-
| tule and her own husband model for
men she smiled humbly, but within she
| ragged. Only that morning, perhaps. the
model had growled because his egg
was not hard enough and had glared
at her because she had begged gently
| for a dollar. Another dollar" Why. |
gave you one last week. What are
YOU spending SO much money for?'
But, Hubbard ] need some new
mother does. You wear out as much
boot gear as she and Sarah do together.
| There's a quarter. You'll have 10
make il do"
Dear Lord. set d seal upon my lips
Lucy was in the habit of praying. And
no Gait had ever uttered prayer more
forventiy.
When the new church was built and
Hubbard contributed the great golden
window which bore his name and shed
a benevolent glow upon the admiring
congregation Lucy sat beneath it in
her shabby, black-she was reduced to
black now. all the Gait women wore it
and wondered how anything per-
fectly beautiful should have cost SIM
pie life like hers SO much trouble and
privation. She would look at it
| thoughtfully and wonder how long it
would go before her name was added
to the list of those Galts whose deeds
it commemorated. Lucy Parrish, wife
of Hubbard Gait aged thirty-one
years" Oh. heaven. to think that she
might live until she was seventy.
1t was on February day that Lucy
fell i'll. il was just a little illness at
first bat ii increased time passed.
Now, see here. Mrs. Gait. you're not
making an effort to set WELL" said the
doctor. why don't you?'
I'm tired" Lucy answered. She
could have said that she was tired of
stopped there.
shes fading away" said to doctor
to Hubbard Gait, and he shook his
head. He was only forty-something,
heart. Lucy's illness panied him. The
harder he tried to save her the faster
she slipped away.
She had become shadow; they tip
toed about the house. and Sarah spoke
resretfully of poor dear brother Hubs
lievable thing happened. Somebody,
long way off. who had married a Gait
and had survived the ordeal for some
sixty years. died suddenly and left
Lucy almost $4,000 in bonds.
well said" muttered Sarah. Very
opportune, indeed. brother Hub You
must get her to make will in your
favor at once.
But when Hubbard approached Lucy
gently she sat up in bed and flashed
like a thing of powder to which a
match had been applied.
What do ! want to make a will for?"
she said. I'm going to get we'll I've
something to live for now"
Within two days she was out of bed
Within a week she was downtown or
dering new rugs, new curtains. new
porch chairs and new clothes. She
was a different woman. The Galts re-
garded her with alright What had
come over her" This was way to
spend money on mere bodily comforts.
WHY she was ordering Strawberries at
o5 cents the basket and cream to eat
on them, too. And she had a new blue
suit and a hat with cherries and
white lace blouse! Dear dear. dear,
She was even talking of buying a run
about and had been seen trying one
out. Yet what could any one say? The
only reply one got was, This is my