The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-11-19

door in n way that warmed his
heart.
1T IL lust like old times to have
you back. Come right into the
kitchen. There IL no nro In the
sitting room"
Mary had gone to her mother.in.
laws with her baby. there to spend
tho evening.
II am no busy getting this EN-.
broldery done for n bride. II Inns
to DO done by tonight, and II In
not hnlf finished. ! was Just going
downtown In n hurry TO match this
silk, NO I will have 10 excuse my.
self now, but II you can come and
take supper with us this evening, I
know Mary and Sam VIII be de.
lighted and then you can see the
baby"
Jim accepted gladly. Then he
saw n troubled look como into
Mother Wilson'S eyes. M she added:
II forgot Sam told Mary that he
would take her 10 q vaudeville to-
night. and an II will DO the first
time they have been out together
since the baby came, I know they
would be disappointed not TO CO."
THAT is all right" said Jim.
"Why couldn't you ask Pet Cob and
Jane Springer over7 I'd like to
see the girls"
my! Didn't you know that Jane
Springer has married and gone TO
81. Louis To live, and Pet Cob was
offered n better place In big store
In Chicago and has been there more
than Year,"
JIm's heart sank. "And Pet Cob
has been In Chicago all that time
and never let me know"
Maybe she did not know your
address"
II sent Il TO you on a Christmas
card. Didn't you tell the girls?"
Mother Wilson cleared her throat
and seemed embarrassed well. to
tell you the truth. did tell her, and
asked II she wasn't going to let you
know she was there.
And didn't she want TO see me-
I'd done anything could to keep
her from being lonesome"
Don't you worry about her being
lonesome. Pets got beau in Chi.
eago. think he is a jealous sort
Of chap. and maybe Pet thought II
better not to have you hanging
round You must not feel Pet didn't
like you, because ! know she did,
but naturally she wanted TO keep
her beau In good humor."
How is Mamie Murphy"
20, Mamie is the same good soul
that she always was" Then Mother
Wilson laughed. "Shc amt got no
beau; 1t amt goodness that catches
a beau. II 1t was, Mamie would "a
been married long ago. But I'll
have to go now, and you be sure
to come tonight and have supper
with me, and know you will be
glad to see the baby"
All the gladness had gone out OF
the world for jim; somehow It seem
ed ms II things had gone on just as
well and even better without him
as with him. OF course, Mother
Wilson liked him, but somehow her
mind wasn't on him as II had been
during the war. Why, she had not
even asked him about his rheuma.
tism, she seemed so intent on the
embroidery for that bride.
It was painful progress with his
erutch and cane and braces to the
home Of the Rosses. II was new
maid that opened the door; she did
not ask him into the coy library
with welcoming smile as the 9th
err maid had done. Instead, she
asked him to have chair In the
hall, and gave him a rather suspi'
cious look Could II be that on &C.
count OF his lameness she took him
for beggar? He had on nice
clothes; he had taken great pains
to get the incest he could In honor
OF his return to visit his dearest
friends. They looked wrinkled from
his night on the train and from
bending over his crutch. Then he
heard the maid asking. what name
shall say?"
"Jlm Sanders. They know me
very well indeed-they will be glad
to see me-" he added, rs he marked
her dlsdainfui expression.
A few moments later he heard the
Rosses talking on the upper land
ing. They evidently thought he had
been invited into the library out OF
hearing.
Mother. IL is Jim Sanders down
stairs"
"Well, I have got TO do that
shopping this morning. viii Just
speak to him and excuse myself,
Don't you forset you are going out
to luncheon, Grace. Don't let him
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