The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-12-02
MARRIED LIFE.
Carterstown, Mo-, March Is, 1911.

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My Dear Daughter:
| After all this time it really seems
as though | am going to have the long
desired chance to visit you. Old Mr..
Brady has just paid US that $500
note he has been owing your father
so long. We never thought we
would get it, and now your father
wants me to take that money for
two weeks visit to you.
| Your fathers practice has been
fairly good this last year, although
younger doctor from the East, Boston,
! think, has settled here and is trying
/ tog ct many of his patients.
| | somehow feel that / shouldn't
spend the money in this way. but
your father insists that the change
would be good for me. And as
| have never visited you since you were
married, he thinks | should do so now.
And, of course, you know how anxious
l am to see you and the baby and
your husband.
1 have just had Mrs. Haker make
me a black cloth suit, three-quarter
coat and pleated skirt. Everyone says
it looks very nice on me. Then I
have had her make over my black
silk, and l have that grey cloth 1 go,
when you married, which if I change
the sleeves, will be just as good as
ever. / thought with these, and. say,
three new shirt waists, l could get
along very well. What do you
think? Father wants me to get one
new dress while l am in New York,
so / don't want TO get anything more
here. Write me what you think about
it.
am going to bring some black
! berry and apple jelly and some of
yur favorite green tomato ketchup.
I think I'll have room for some pre-
serves too. put up both water-mel-
on and peach last fall. Which do
you like best?
Now. your father wants me to start
the first of the month lie says if I
put it off something will happen and
I won't go at all Now will that be
convenient. for you? Write me as
soon as you get this and tell me what
you think about it all.
Lovingly, your mother,
ELIZABETH l.. ALLEN.
p. S.-You have always wanted one
of your grandmother's quilts. Aunt
Laura has the old log cabin pattern,
but | have the Star of Bethlehem. and
the double ct" Which would you
rather have? I can put it in the bot
tom of my trunk and it won't take up
much room.
Helen held this letter in her hand
long time after she had read 1t.
Her mother coming to see her! The
thing she had wanted so much when
she was first married; but now
there was so many reasons why she
dreaded for her mother to visit her
now.
In all her letters she had implied
she was very happy, and that Warren
was kind and considerate In every
way. It was both her pride that
prompted this and a desire to keep
from her mother the pain which the
knowledge of her daughters unhap-
piness would bring. So she had writ:
ten home joyful glowing letters.
And now for her mother to come
and find that she was far from happy,
that Warren was irritable and selfish,
and that they were growing farther
and farther apart. IL it were few
days, she might dissenlble, make her
mother believe that she was happy as
her letters implied. But two weeksi
She knew it would be impossible to
deceive her mother for two weeks.
And Warren-what would be his
attitude None of her people had
ever visited her. She had nothing to
Judge by as to how he would receive
her mother. And just now, when
things between them were more
strained and difficult then they hao
ever been! Her mother could not
have chosen q more unfortunate time.
And yet she could not write her
this. She would have to write her rc
come. There was no other way
When she handed Warren the letter
that evening it was with varying emo
tions.
Here is a letter got from mother
today. She is Going to visit u.s."
"To what ?"