The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1919-03-14

was n "plnin little motherly body VINO
would h.. safe anywhere" still she how
cred around the farm with what seem
ed to Mr. Rogers 70 be- unnecessary
frequency. lie could see quite clearly
thai she was going to take fun per
sonni credit for the bumper crop ot
pcocbes his orchard was yielding ana
She did seem to forget entirely that
hy the arrangements he Fus making
be- was paying very full value Tor the
amount " labor he received. She ap-
parcntIy forgot that the rent ~ his
house had been gift since he PAID
the girls wages that did not take into
con alteration their shelter. Appar-
entity Mrs Van pcuscn wanted To
make perfectly sure that Mr.. Rogers
kent entirely nt The far end NJ the
farm. She even stipulated to Miss
Ferris that he should never take =
meal In The house "and ] want to be
sure" She told her. that hc shows no
signs NJ attention to amy NJ the girls.
II is your responsibility aud mine
she said condcscpndin"ly. $50 please
make point 10 be wit ih girls as
much NJ possible when he II with
them You would have q restraining
influence. am sure
Miss Ferris did not take the trouble
~ remind Mrs. Van Dcusen that as
Mr.. Rogers was staid and studious and
forty and the girls were for the most
part uncducntcd young rolack girls on
their vacntlons from factories II was
not likely that he would find much 10
interest him In their presence. In
stead she looked very grave and as
snrcd Mrs. Van Dcusen that she would
keep mothorly eve on everything
And Mrs. Van Dcusen made II quite
clear 10 Mr. Rogers himself that he
wns not even 10 cross the threshold
~ his own house; hence arose within
Mr.. Rogers breast an Unsuitable de-
sire io 10 Just That thing The fact
wns. from glimpses he had secured
from outside. n marvellous tranfor-
nation had been wrought In the In
terror 81 that house The swiss cur
tnlns IN the windows swaying back and
forth In the breeze. the gllmpscs Of
bouquets Of flowers on the tables, the
nirincss and spnclouSncss ~ the house
Ms contrnstcd with the stiffness and
forinnlity ~ " ns II had been handed
down 10 him by his old aunt and uncle
ilye years before fairly staggered him.
Apparently II had become the house
he vaguely dreamed that II might be-
come yet Miss Ferris had brought
only fcw hampers Of "nxings" and
had made No definite chnngc that he
knew about save 20 move some of the
furniture into the attic 50 make more
room" She had asked his permission
20 do that.
No doubt Mr.. Rogers was sorciy
tempted ut any ratc.sho fell and for.
getting his promise 90 Mira Van Dcu-
sen. snrukcd Into that transformed
house ~ his. one day when Miss Fer
ris WIS In the orchard with the girls,
and looked around. What had been
done he could not say. hut that the
house had been transformed into n
home. he knew. and II was only by
| iint ~ firm rcSolyc-nnd fear II being
/ caught by Miss Ferris. or worse still,
/ by Mrs Van Dcuscn-thnt he tore
himself from the charming rooms
The experience left mn Impress that
seemed really out ~ proportion 60 the
Importance 81 II. II seemed Ia William
Rogers NJ n seeing that modified In
I terror loft him transformed NJ N he
had gone through great experience.
n left him more with desire 90 seek
out the woman who had wrought the
change than with desire 10 revisit Il
again ~ Il would be- after the eight
girls had returned from their days
work, So II was TINT q message was
carried by tho solitary hired man
through the cook 10 Miss Ferris that
Mr.. Rogers had important business "a
discuss IN the orchard after the girls
had retired.
In week more the girls had gone
and the peaches hnd Oh been sold, and
thereby contributed Ia the national
food supply, md Mrs Van Deuscn wa,
telling guests M dinner p9rilvs In her
spacious house how successful had
been her work.
"And you didn't know was n match
mixer dld your" she would say
There was n lonely old bachelor FAR
mcr and just made up my mind Il
lind wife Tor him. So worked my
little plan 90 get her I'm there Ia trims
form his house and show hlm how
much he needed wife, ana ! threw
them together MS much az ! decent,
could und-well. I have actually mad
the match. They were married yes
terdny ana they have settled dow
there Ia the old house with the pro-
cceds OF the peach crop that got 10
him"