The herald., 1922-10-19
,u.p1eR Ix-cOntinued'

a wanted MUM =. r.,IIv fine
'.t,s Mother to see how r ,,!ns R ,,,rt
iilsu =, and noble he was hu'
P.nInc-Why couldn't he stop
= e' nhont the prizes he'd won'
Dls hig racing car he'd just or
y ~ or next SUMMER There was was
'ea "a, ~ sOe and splendid and noble
dnn. -, And we're his finger nails
l,sg so dlrty' .,,,,
nv. Mother would think ~
Wy VIZ. ana not stay in the room all
sne; but she was IN more OF re-, ,esS
a ;" watch the game; and at half
,IDe she brought in some little
=. and lemonade as a surprise. !
=, n was lovely; hut l coulu
shaken Paul when he pretended
y afraid of IT, and asked Mother
s.,e was a stick In 1t.
=. ldea-Mother! A stick!
t., knew Mother wouldn't Ike
pu, n she didn't. she never
s,s,d a thing in her face. She JUST
s.S and said no. there wasn't any
= !, n. and passed the cakes.
qnsO he had gone l remember l
.,,f IKE to meet Mothers eyes and
ss,Y ask her how she liked Paul
,.,ssv. I kept right on talking fast
,st something else. Some way, l
nv want Mother TO talk then, for
ar Of what she would say.
,,a Mother didn't say anything
A.ut Paul Mayhew-then. But only a
!, days later she told me to In
4. him again TO the house (this time
ehsfng-dish supper), and to ask
,r,e Beywood and Fred Small, too.
10 had beautiful time, only again
mi Mayhew didn't "show off" at all
he vay wanted him to-though
most emphatically showed Off" In
n vayl II seemed to me that lie
rssed even more about himself and
4 belongings than he had before
md | didn't like at all the way he
n his food. Why, Father didn't eai
h. that-with such a noisy mouth
Nd such a rattlIng Of the silverware
And 20 II went-wise mother that
AZ was! Far from prohibiting me Il
xp ANYTHING to do with Paul May
kev she let me see all / wanted L
h hin. particularly in my own home
BE let me 20 out with him, properl!
tswroned, and she never, by wore
manner, limited that she. didn't ad
Eir bis conceit and braggadocio.
And II all came out exactly as
aspect she had planned from the be
tzning When Paul Mayhem asked t
ny escort to the class reception II
'ue, | declined with thanks. and I'm
sediately afterward told Fred Sinai
vould 20 with him. But even whe
tld Mother nonchalantly, and wit
usfully ayerted eyes, that l was &c
q to the reception with Fred SmaI
even then her pleasant well, that
mdr conveyed only CHEEKY mOthe
Interest; nor did a hasty glance int
n face discover so much as q lif6
c6rOw to hint, II thought you
rue to your senses sOmetime!"
Wise little mother that she was!
n the days and weeks that fOllOwe
lnough nothing was said) l detects
Sbtle change In certain matter
exeyer. And as | look back at
ks, am sure can trace its origin {
y affair" with Paul Mayhem. Ev
enty Mother had no intention of rul
ing The risk Of any more courtships
'@ evidently she intended to kno
sao my friends were. At all event
We Old Anderson mansion soon b
one the rendezvous Of all the DO,
~ girls Of my acquaintance. Al
an good times as we had, wit
1'her always one Of us, and ever pr
Fang something new and interestin.
And because boys-not a boy, b.
vt-were as free to come to Il
ee as we're girls, they soon seem,
ne as commonplace and matter-C
s1@ and free from sentimental
-N as were the girls.
aesin, wise little mother!
nat OF course. even this did n
went my falling in love with sor
ocer than myself. some one qui
ss'ue OF my own circle of intimate
especial attack of this XII
F % me when / was barely eig
the spring l was being grad
CO nom the Andersonville Hi
l And the visible embodime
ny alteration was the head mast,
nsrold Hartshorn, a handson
ssaaveh, well-set-up man of
~ 10 jadge) thirty-five years of a,
epiAed ''en' anu 'e
now adored hint How l hu
q MS every word, his every glanc
unanswered to win from him
minutes conversation on a La
@ French translation! How
: sd II he bestowed upon me @
MS iufrequent smiles! How
e'ed over bis stern aloofness
~ ne end Of a month | had evoly
MS stern aloofness meant Il
- - been disappointed in Lowell
=. oiy was loneliness--his. he,
s,sskina How l longed 10 he
k.- 70 curel How thrilled AT {
l,ss'us' Of the love and companionsl
give him somewhere in a 70
s sfed cottage far from the m
aeso. s(He boarded at the
4 s.', ,'le hotel alone now.) If o
a see II as 1 saw II. If only
aen or token he could know