Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-17
..,.,,b, 1920. bv Public Ledger Co.
Corr Cn,Yyc STARTS THE STOE.X

ih' Rarton Francis. a .ooman
MrS' - iJ"ojs and more than the
pim nlg" ,nno.v,s - of the milk OF
ordinary ;,Jness ] ]ooursino through her
.eirs' ,vs,.o,, go,,o, Il psriprmi Inn her idbors
afs' .,,aa;,k manner, inquiries about
n uaRygb uRygba aud about her Hamerous
fer neu' syb;eots ber TO some upIift-
chitarcn,i, ,.,i 0" on' moiherhood, suggests
mo ,'M tor her husband TO read, and
oooss io' herself in the ,oeIfare of tho
m,e;I1'' mi,S
fam''S' = =,
CARE ye not well' ma am ! she
A., stotherwell hesitnted.,
II did not steep sleep very "e ~
Al last.
,drhat's the mortgage, Pearl
!, -. % borsclf. W.
tousn. ~ HI, d;5 sleon T Ind such
"And WheH Va" ,,-..s..,,
dreadful dreams Nlrs' Ndo.nei " ca ca
,rort on. strangely communicative.
,orbat looks more like the cancer, u
L.,oh+ nc she stirred the bor-
fe"'i a1EE 0
ridge. ,, .o,,r ~ Ntrs. Mother
I'VE got ..pD,,v Dpp,, Ia arod,u ~ .
well saiu. ..,nod STIRRING the porridge.
peari S'Jph III sho d;c u she nsked eager /.
III" ''' " -.
P',Tbc morning before yesterday morn
Inc n.ot ',nni;sbt y go. 2. ... .a.
Ing; apVu' dn % a ron;d calculation, ooh,
rear i',a"' ',sa cr;ed "eoody-goody--.
kood rho, ,vnrn In time.n
soSSnLy soy her mistake in a moment,
Sno na.tilv mt her hand over her mouth
ana ha',my ,rsvcnt r the unruly member from
Us II W f;rliscretions. She stirred the
iu.iJno iurtnJa rigorously, while her cheeks
torrusS' ''e' ...-. II.
burneu, thov were" Mrs. Motherwell
les; ;;,tir ivy - f.r'
saia II'et'tS .ot the norridpe on the back Of
rear S'' onJ ran o,,t to where the
the STOW ,jdod hh aovlv Never before had
popples od moI'so so Ssomtiful. Mrs. Mother
they S'ot .otcSed her through the window
wen ,,' ma'o"e o"sr them. Something about
benu.ns ,,,;rs onnealed to her now. She
tne popn,' onoo wanted Tom to cut them
had onro shn tboueht Of It now,
ooSn, Sh an .nn,od on the window. Pearl
,L snJ "a '%pp startled.
ioVEru "p IL so,ne - she called.
nhnm nr,S tbs m work was done for the
wien nen ,irs Motherwell went up the
mOrn.ms n,,i ,s, stairwav TO the little room
an0r nar.VT thc kitchen to gather together
Y,.ii,,s things. . ga.
iVnS .S snt on Polly's little straw bed
S"I IoCcd ot the dismal little room.
pnur, gnu had Ind done what she could to
rear nau 'VT Tbo oid bags and baskets
brighten ~: c,.i, ,i,oJ IN one corner. and
had DeTh IeaaaS nS, p'r snrood over them TO
quilts nau ,a, Isem 11n fnon, n;sw THE wind
hide thelt usiIn tSo ,,,;tJo,,, that tbe bail
blew gently III t1r NV wi1uom snor had been
had broken. hhe e.,ito. uooi tho w;ndow--
scrubbed cream any WILL es 'st;n;ma liz
what was lett OF itIwIs sS.si,, T anor,vboro
She was reminded OIL Foily eVeLs ~ 20 foo,
she looked. Inc mat gnder ,hea ned
was one that Poliy hau praiueu M s. -
corduroy blouse hung at Ine loot y. y,
the bed. She 'rememoered now 'n"'
Polly had worn 1t the day she came.
In little yellow tin box she founG
Polly's letters-the letters that mac nae
given her such extravagant JOY. one
could see her yet, how eagerly she would
seize them and rush up to this httie
room with them, transfigured.
Mrs. Motherwell would have to look
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