Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-07-04

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up with dripping hands and revealing
q tick ;: apron tied about his manly
young form. "YOu see. l thought all
these people were business people.
didn't know they kept dropping in un.
expec:edly."
"Where Is Mrs. Gray:" said Terry,
trying TO appear very calm, although
she had a dreadful feeling that this
strange young man had spirited Mrs.
Gray away and u hiding his guilt
~ continuing her work.
SWELL, I'm as MUCK Mrs. Gray as
any one is" he said. 'What difference
is it TO your Then apologetically:
Pardon me. please. l didn't mean
that-but you see. I've been doing this
for quite a while and l have never been
| caught before. I just couldn't see her
do 1t any more. We didn't want any
one to know much about u.s."
II think when ] find a strange man
In my apartment two days and see him
in the window another l have a right
to know all about It," said Terry. with
some asperity. And then somehow they
went into the little living room and.
seated there in M OF Terry's COM
Portable chairs, he told her all about IT.
"You see, my father died just when
I was finishing high school. He left
hardly ~anything--he'd lost it all In Il
Wall street panic just before he died.
Mother and he had set their hearts
on having me be a lawyer and l had,
too. OF course, I wanted to quit school
and go to work for her, but she
wouldn't let me. She wanted to see me
through college and law course. You
know how it used TO be with women of
her generation $500 they just weren't
!. taught eny m~oney-making trade n
!. the only thing she could do that would
bring in enough money was to take
: care of apartments like this. She conld
p attend to the house at home first and
then come over here and do these
a apartments. Well, she did that and l
I worked after school. I couldn't endure
to see her do this, but l was bent on
n finishing law school, because / knew
- that then I'd be able to give her the
" things she deserved. This winter II
y was too much for me to see her doing
% this work, yet this sort Of work
"a brought in more than I could possibly
N earn at stray tutoring or any OF the
- usual things students do. SO just die
20 her work for her whenever ! had I
few hours off at law school. That wa.
I bring in enough to keep us both going
~ I don't mind your finding out that ! a.
=. the scrubbing, but she'd be hear,
=, broken. 1t Is a funny pride she has
~. she wouldn't mind doing 1t herself, bu
81 she couldn't endure to have me d
Nm It."
ts Terry came over to the young mar
He rose beside her, and she laid tw
small hands on his arms. II think 20
are the most splendid young man
II have ever met, and your mother.
know, Is very proud Of 1t. I'll neve
49, tell anyone your secret, and l kno
,ps some day you will win for your mot
err all the things she deserves"
+he The next day Terry p~urposely a
RI ranged to be home when the youl
sha man - Bob Gray-came. "Tve 8
something to ask you." she told nj
,l,v I'm dreadfully lonely here, and dol
like the idea Of living alone, anywa
asst I want you to let me have your moth
here with me-to be a sort of moth
=, to me. She can potter around Il
apartment If she wants to, just t
way my own mother might, and WI
that will be worth to me. of course. S
AZ will have, and that will be as much
~ you need to get from the apartme
NC tending"
OF course. Bob Gray demonstrate
ut first, but before Il week had pass
49, Mrs. Gray was installed as Teri.
"adopted mother" and a real moth
rn+ could have been no 0 congenlal.
Bob had but a few months more
,,,, spend at the law school, and the We
In. day of his graduation he told Tel
md that he loved her and begged her
h marry him.
,hs II couldn't do this" he said, "f
weren't for what has happened.
40. couldn't ever hope to be your husba
f. If l weren't sure that I would succe
the 1 am sure, Just as every man must
had sure when he knows that the prot
,rov sion he has chosen is the right cho'
ocn. And today l received word from
I Of firm Of Hewes Il futile that Il
would take me in as soon as l pass
med bar examinations next week at a
airy to start Of two thousand. l \
ber fortunate enough to have the help
liver friendship of n Of u best profess
che and the appointment came thro'
m him, I am still unworthy Of you. I
ala nv, but with something In the way
On. prospects l have nerve enough to
unce you" {.
nns Terry took his outstretched hand
in. both of hers and held 1t r%eassurin
With Bob, I'm surer Of your success I
you are yourself. I knew you'd suce
~. when I saw the way you scrubbed
~ floors and kept ut that drudgerJ
- save your mother"
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