Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1920-01-04

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Madrs at Home.


tense gratincation Of my father.
4 whose incrdinats parental pride IN
me had, think, been touched BY my
failure In my first driving experience.
,sarned to drive quite rapidly end sure
ly under the tutelags Of the quiet. efRi-
Client. middle-aged garage man, Doran.
who, l suspected. had more than the
ordinary incentive FOR teaching succsss
In his pocket
schoolsd BY my father, added to his un-
usual gift for imparting instruction. and
his thorough knowledge Of his subject.
an almost uncanny understanding Of
my best and worst points. viz. my re-
tentive and accurate memory. ~ well
AZ my lack Of perception OF mechanics.
Unobtrusive. careful. patient he had
put me 1t my ease before had bsen
under his Instruction flve minuteA AT
the end Of the first lesson I had &C.
quired not only the ability 10 steer tbs
car fairly well. but some knowledge Of
starting and stopping It. and above Ill
coincidence that in time would 0o0U
be able to master 1t.
My father did not accompany me dur.
ing the iesson-Doran advised against
it--but he waited at the garage until II
was over, and then, bcarniug at the
garage mans few words Of quiet com.
mendation. he walked home with me.
talking animatedly Of the pleasure
would be able to take with my new
acquisition.
Hope Unexpresssd.
II thought It would be especially flns
for your stay out at the east end Of the
island with Mrs. Underwood and Mar
ion," he said. "The driving will not bs
nearly so difficult out there. for there
are so few cross roadP on the long
thoroughfares, and comparatively few
cars. And with your own car you will
be so Independent. You, can jump In It
at any time you wish ana start In any
direction your vagrant fancy directs
there are SO many delightful excursions
out there. 1t II a wonderful vection.
spent some weeks there years ago. and
I have never forgotten the beauty Of the
places visited
His voice was wistful. My newly
awakened conscience had q sudden Wis.
on OF how much 1t would mean to him
il he could accompany mo upon this
soJourn. impulsively opened my lips
TO ask him to como with me. then
closed them again as abruptly.
For had remembered my mothsr.in-
Jaw! i knew that II my father should
be invited to accompany US she would
be highly insulted IL tho invitation were
rot extended to her. And that would
mean the transferring OF our whole
menage, something which could not be
done, because we had planned for no
such wholesale outing.
The original plan had been that LII
Ian, Marion and should 20 to a de.
lightful shack upon the shores OF ono
Of the idyllic bays which are q part Of
the Great Peconic. that wonderful sheet
OF water at the east end OF the island.
We were to live primitive sort OF ex-
istence. getting our own meals II we
wished, taking them at an old fashioned
farmhouse inn Ave minutes' walk
through the woods, IL we were disin-
cllned to cook. DIR. Gibson had strong
ly advised against taking Junior with Us.
Doctors Orders.
You never can let well enough
alone. you women" he had said Grossly,
when / had preached the subject.
Here the baby Is at the end OF what
is practically his second summer. and
you and / together have brought him
through without any trouble with his
teeth, or any complication from excess
sive heat. He IL in splendid physical
condition. and your mother-in law and
Katie are both experienced in taking
care of him. and devoted to him.
But you, young woman" ho shook
an admonishing forefnger at me. "nesd
to get away from your family.
wouldn't say that II anybody could
hear me"-he had looked around ap-
F, prehensively as II my mother-in-law
were at the keyhole. But the fact re-
mains that they are getting on your
nerves. and you are not yet recovered
from the shock of that accident. Get
out into the open without q single care.
live outdoors In your oldest clothes
and you'll come back a new woman"
Mother Graham had been delighted
with the verdict. Like all grandmothers
she welcomed the prospect Of absolute
sway over the destinies of her grand
child. and she also enjoyed the prospsc,
OF managing her sons household FOL
him.
My father. I realised with a iittls
shock, had simply been overlooked In
the plan. No one had considered
whether or not he would like to 70 with
US. 1t simply had been taken for grant.
cd that he would stay on in the house
I had to acknowledge that my fathe,
was sort OF NTH wheel in my home
and resolved fiercely that the condition
was one which would exist no longer
But how to manage this trip for hin
had no idea. ard ! pondersd way,
and means all the way home. But I did
not at once recognize the way gu,
which opened TO mo when I came into
the house. Indeed. for q few moments
/ was dismsyed with the idea that m,
whole outing must be abandoned.
For Mother Graham, excited, nushsd
came rushing to meet me. holding {
letter In her hand
Margaret" she said decisiveiy. "w,
haven't a minute to lose Harriet and
Edwin are coming home! Think of it,
their first visit! We must ret tn
house ready at once"