The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-07-03
THE EVENING STORY
THAT "OTHER" PERSON
. downright 1918. by W. werner)

Tho men had hardly finished eating
breakfast Whom MIS- Music arose
from ths table and began briskly pick
INK things up Are you through with
everything pa n asked Hbruptlt.
n pa leisurcly taking his last sip
of coffee. said
Yes, ma. I'm done But what's IN,
use OF rushing int this work az
though your ne depended on getting
the difhcs done ON the tick col the
clock WAY not relax "a little
"AclnN'' sruftod Mrs. Mutu.
wonder wheur the dinncI'u be 81 re-
lnNed or who'd tecd the chickens aud
take the setting hens OFF and get tho
Vegetables and sweep aud dust aud
puck up and sew
Probably NO one. pa returned lcis-
uroly. hut " Nuu don't iDt up SOME.
body ols"'ll hr making e stab At 70
und migsing about two-thirds. WHY
don't you lust play You're that Other
person and do things accurdlugl, p
Nights well take some comfort 90
ne. rs all We get here. anyway
ia went out ahd ma went on o. lit
ne moro mrdly until every dish was
shining ana Ven place. Nov. said
she 10 herself. "iW just play I am
that other person. the person who
might take my place if | tell down
and didn't ftll ~ no more Euess
IN Vat some It's been the HtNlc fur o
long time and { used 60 TO ~ lutc'N.
Here's some Of that shaded of yellow
thread Mcliuy .lUlt she always had
such cute haudkcrChicis, I've just
used rags or any Md thing. but, now
Im that other pvfsun. I think she'd
want things rather dainty This farm
b. able TO support one Womun quito
decent anyway
With this Iaudnblc decision Ma
Music sat down In % comfortable
CHAIR aud began to work Her hands
were clumsy and her ringers wouldn't
"go. aud some wa, the thread would
soil She looked at q half hours WORK
dtsapprovingly This ls wursc'n
wasting time she murmurcd. rose.
tool some hot water washed herself,
aud feeling sort ct "spruced up put
on a white apron that MclnnN hal
gwen her long arr, h e. she sat down
a. her tattinE again, u TINS um' re-
suits were much % satisfactory.
Guess IN make Il dish of Srdlopcl
potatoes We never huv" en- unless
there's some reason for having 'cm,
and I'm going 20 do things "a whole
lot different for awhile. Just To sec
a. the world falls ia pieces just be-
cause don't keep my feet ON thu
treadmili IN make some cup Gus
tards In the glass cups Tor dessert.
Pa likes cup Custatdh dNihl M'Ilt anu
them We don't have either unless for
company or something wnndoi
how thcm rcd lily bulbs are coming
up this spring. Ivo been wanting ~
90 10 'cm FOR n long time. They're
tho prottisst thing on his farm. aud
oughta he taken care ~ some
Ma Music started TO take her sun
bonnet and then. instead, went bach
and got 70 hat n wasn't "a new one
hut she rather thought that other per
porson would wonr q hal. ana proh-
nbly gloves. Uut ma hadn't quite
come 10 gloves. and, ANYWAY b was
doing thInEs because Nh" wanted
10 and wanted Ia do 'tm different
than lust to follow q supposedly Other
persons methods.
She went TO the corner whore tho
rcd lilies wore growing. why, thoN'rf
roming up thickeTn spattcr Nolan,
give me six two years go WhN
bcrc's " aud ma cot town on Tho
Ground and pokcd the earth with hci
barn handH-NhTrc's twcntN-uNc MS
one and sis iittlo scraps Thef'W h'
hir enough To blossom another wear
Rut think II having -flNs
stalks m thos. wonderful umhellutnr
liltes in bloom in this corner ~
lust bia7c with color IhNtr Whu|
Nelanv said MD ma began apcr.
atinr upon tho soil and hrenkinE NJ
n sprout ~ two not Vet above tn
wto,ind. She was suuremCiy hanp'
y. mo work. A0cr f1issing with IN
Inucs she remembered some old roa'