The Meeker herald., 1920-08-21
THE HEAD OF
THE FAMILY
tcssynshs. 1850. w..ss,. Newspaper un'o
By orILlIA p. PFEIFrER

swAy to live in . rented apartment.
her mother closed up every room in
he house except two on the ground
but II became lonely and gloomy dis
possesssd Of the bright, viyacIous girl
WHO had made II home. indeed. H.
AdAs that. thrifty. economical won.
~ with keen business sense. Mrs
Clayton recksned on fuel and general
Labor saving besides having definite
purpose 10 view in behalf Of the young
adventurers on the sea Of DatrimOny.
Thu marriage of the twain seemed
IDEAL. They were deeply In love mutn-
ally. Luc1iIs was patient and devoted.
Ayron had never paid attention to any
ether girl. They seemed absorbed each
In the other and no token of cloud
threatened the fair sky Of love.
The path Of Mrs. Clayton had not
been one Of roses In holding on to her
little home and bringing up and edu-
eating her daughter. Her husband Ind
died when Lucille was only eight year.
u ags. leavipg little except encum-
oered property. His widow had
thought and worked hard to get rid OF
ndebtednsss and acquire q little sur
mus. She was sure Of two material
points yhen Myron Bradley welded
LucilIe. These were that she Ind train
"a hes daughter to full obedience. to
accept her counsel. and that Myron
really liked her. The policy adopted
~ the wise mother was to win and
mold the lore and respect Of her SON.
sn-iaw. She realized that. lonely m
she was. denied the constant company
OF her only child. she must not betny
hey oentimsnts nor infringe upon the
Dew Relationship.
Nra. Clayton set about eliminating
bersslf from the life and struggles.
the ups and downs of the newly we'd
dsd couple. 9he visited them only once
q week. She preached to Lucille fond
attention to Nyron ON all occasions
ssd treated her non-in-law as II she
trusted him Implicitly. Experienced and
observing psrson that she WAS. she
eecrstIy followed the course Of the
marital life those two led. but never
mingled In II or criticised or advised.
all the time. however, she was placing
q secure foundation TO Be prepared to
win them more fully and assist them
when the hour Of need arrived. Pa
IDENTIFY and inteiltgsntly she awaited
that 5uncturs. and was not surprised
when one day Myron came to her with
. sssSoss face. She welcomed him.
Tive come 70 zee you about Lucille
and myself. mother" said Nyron. "She
y the dearest little wife that ever
lived, and love her more and more
every day Of my life"
THAT 10 ~ II should BE-" es1cour-
aged Mrs. Clayton. and with that for
the basis you cannot fail to gain hap
piness and peace"
"Yes. but. you sea, We are young
and inexperienced and make many
mistakes. II would he different II we
ksd you right at hand to decide for
~ knotty questions az they come up.
Honestly, mother, get homesick and
lonesome for you. Cant you arrange
to come and stay with us permanent
III Lucille Will be happier, and ]
would feel ~ II there was stanch.
Hsnsible pilot At the helm who would
steer rs clear Of the rocks we run up
sgainst every once in . while"
what are the rocks. Myron7" in.
CURED Mrs. Clayton gently.
"Well, we are both extrnvagant,",
coOfessed Hyron desperately. Come
to reckon up. We find thnt we have
lived way beyond our means and are
IN sort Of tangie. Lucille does her
best In running the house and don't
waste any money outside of home ex-
penses, but somehow we have been
getting behind. In fact, there is-there
u deficit In wOrd-come and help
Us get on the right basis"
Mrs. Clayton was too diplomatic to
assent to the hrst Impulsive notions
Of her son-in-law. Dearly as she would
love to be with these, her children,
she realized that 1t would be. at the
best, an experiment. Myron got down
to details and Mrs. Clayton grasped
them In their full practical sense. Be
fore he left she had solved the
problem, not Offering the suggestion,
bat leading him to the only roint she
would consider as partaking In their
eMairs.
Nyron was delighted to give up their
apartment and come to live at
home" The old house was to he open
- up in IT. original CHEEKY homellke-
sass and he was to contribute a stnted
amount for sustaining II. A program
was mapped out where Mrs. Clayton
was % be the directing force, and the
happy husband and wife settled down
Into their new career "undes mothers
sond protecting wing"
within SIX months Lucille had been
trained into the cleyerest II house
keepers, and Ayron had retrieved the
sxtravagance Of the past under the
skilful guidance and cooperation Of
.'nother." e
TAsy were all seated In the porch
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