The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-08-17
KNEW HOW II WAS
SON UNDERSTOOD WHAT MEM.
DRIES MEANT TO MOTHER.
Lesson In This Story TO the Young
Who Fail to Realize What Asso-
Citations Represent TO Those
Who Are Aging.

The time had come for the fnmily
TO be broken up. one by one the chill"
dren hnd mnrlted and moved AWAY.
Mother hail hidden them good-by with
tears. She had taken cure Of them all
for so long. She had been the big
factor In all their lives. Yet she knew
that II could not last forever. Ino
hoy, the "baby" Of the household. was
the last TO go.
The daughter who was TO live with
mother had been getting along well In
the world and had seen no renSon for
having man help her manage her
affairs. and MS she vowed that this
state would last forever she decided
that mother had best go with her.
Daughter decided that MI the old
furniture must be sold and that they
must move into a new house with all
new furniture.
II wns pathetic TO see how mother
watched each old piece of furniture. MS
she busted II on her daily rounds.
The old walnut bcdStend. the cherry
dresser. the old-fnshloned cane-hot-
toned walnut chairs thar had hrcn In
her room so long we're old friends
She protested fecbly against hay
Ing to have a new brnss bed In the
new home. As the day for moving
drew nenrer mother became more md
more depressed The business dauch-
ter. engrossed IN her own affairs. did
not know the heart pnnCs II was tnk-
Ing for mother 10 reconcile herself 10
the parting with the old furniture.
II was mothers link 10 the past.
A dny before moving into the new
place, the son from the far city came
| home. Tie had nm understanding
heart. He saw In minute whnt the
daughter had failed To see. Mother
Just could not part with the old furnl-
turc.
The daughter insisted that she
must not have any old-fashIoned stun
ciutterlng M the new house. The son
nrgued for n room for mother with NIL
the old furniture. But the daughter
was not sentimental.
A he'd was TO he slept In. That
was the extent Of It's value. How
mother could cling To those relics was
more than she could understand. Sis
ter had always remembered her broth
or MS too sentimental for his own good.
She had wondered how II was he had
escaped marriage thus far But the
son understood his mother.
He could see how she was aging.
for he had not been with her every
day for years. He understood her ns
her daughter did not. Life without
the old associations would be mere
existence.
lie found mother rubbing the look
lng-glnss on the old dresser. There
were tears In her eyes. Then he could
stand It no longer.
"Mother. I Just came home to tell
you that have come back to the old
town TO accept new position. and |
am sick and tired Of hotels. Why
can't | move my trunk home here, fix
up fathers old room for my desk and
papers and live like I used to?
Everything In this old house viii
stny just MS It Is. Only | have to get
some Of those old rag carpets for the
bedrooms like we had years and years
ago. You are going to he boss Of tho
ranch. I'll he the hired hand. and
wen make the old house be glad ito
stlll standing"
Mother did not say a word. She he
gan to cry. And because the son I'M
derstood women-and especially moth
ers--he was glad TO hear her cry. FOR
he knew it was for joy.-Indlanapolls
News.