Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1919-11-14
JAMES FATHER
BY MARJORIE Philips.

fbuifINpt TOT himself. Aller All. NudI
right had he TO claim this favored
wOmans lOve. 50 willingly gisenf Be
tween her ways and the ways OF his
people. q greai gulf was fixed. and in
the eagerness Of his love for Madeline
he had been too cOwardly 70 refer TO
the humbleness Of his old home. where
bis father still lived
James Buruie had climbed rapidly
the ladder Of success and would gladly
have shared its benefits with the rug
ged old Seo.chman who stubbOrniy re-
fused them AL
III live as Ike TO live. jamie he
had said New ways and new friends
would bring DO new pleasures
So james continued 10 his splendid
bachelor apartment in The city while
Old Burnt Senior won't happily about
his household duties just little far
Their away. keeping the floors as clean
and tie dishes as shining as when his
faithful wife had been there 10 full
fil these duties. But the weekly Wis
It's Of The younger James. were 20 him
self 2 continual source Of humiliation.
/ When he had first met Madeline. he
had adOred her from afar. never
dreaming that this browning conquest
might be his
Madeline. the accomplished, reared
10 luxury. as mother and grandmother
had been before her. Her love had
gone out to join him as naturally as a
flower seeks the sun, and their be
trothal was inevitable. Now. only. as
they planned their future together,
did he compare mentally this father
Of hers, this polished accustomed man
of a successful world. with the con-
tented ScOtchman bending In comfort
ably shabby clothes over his flower
beds. or whistling cheerily as he placed
the blue cups back in their cupboard.
What would Madeline say-what
would she think-when he must bring
this stopped old figure into her pres Z
ence and present him as his father;
hers. g. re.
jamie Burnie was not a snOb. In .
his soul he loathed himself for the 4
trepidation this fancied picture Occa- (
stoned. So, time went on. and in his /
anxiety he neglected to urge the set I
ting Of the wedding day.
The entertainments with which Mad
eline's irreproachable friends favored .
the engaged couple were brilliant and /
many. But beneath the strain of gay
ETY.. perhaps, the girls health began TO
fail: the color left her cheeks. and
her eyes seemed TO take on an appeal
ing light James Burnie and Mad
eline's father were alike concerned
II was after the doctor had forbid
den the acceptance of invitations, and
suggested long rides In the open air
instead. that the pretty color came
back again. and Madeline's spirits grew
brighter accordingly.
James Burnie often wondered at the
curious looks she gave him. He won
dered too. at sort OF gentle softness
in her manner Never had she been 50
endearing; more and more like a cloud
before the sun of his happiness was
the consciousness Of this growing
shame of his-Of the inevitable fact
Of his crude old father And then one
evening when James Burnie called.
Madeline came, seriously to sit upon
the garden bench AZ his side.
Il have had such a gloriously rest
ful afternoon. she said. zone of many
recently spent I'm the same way. II
has been like leaving the stage Of a
theater for play. James. and going
back into real life-simple life, and
sweet Madeline threw out her arms
with free gesture.
a place. where no critical audience
forever awaits ones acting. So. I cast
aside my acting. James. and was just
a tired girl. comfOrted and cheered by
the kindest human heart that ever
beat. II has been an experience, James,
to meet such nobly simple soul" she
said
During one OF my first afternoon
drives I became faint and left my
car in the road. while I asked at q
little cottage for some milk 10 drink.
An old Scotchman who keeps house
there alone brought It 10 me. But first
| must obey his commands and take
the milk seated in a great comfy chair
On the porch. Afterwards. I must see
his neat house and his garden. and
as We walked together his Shrewd old
eyes seemed to read my very life. 7
lid not need to tell him that my doc
Tor had ordered rest and country air.
)r that I was sick unto death of com
nitteeS and various public affairs. The ,
Did Scotchman knew it all-he had 5
-ead it in my face. And he planned,
With a planning which did not real Z
re ri the time that must stop to- 7
morrow 10 pick the biz roses Foo his I
,arden. ard the next day 10 look az
lis purple plum-ladeu rrer - every
lay 7 came to rest in the hoi>iered old
hair on the porch with the glass of 2
ream waiting and growing larger each
ime, while the old man talked To the Z
4 life. of books, of people, until I felt 5
hat had failed before in much knowl- y
dye that was true and needful He
poke OF his boy. and his tone was
: tender as it was proud"
Madeline stood M her ewes were e