Shoshone journal., 1924-01-25
Called Her
"Mother"
By MARTHA WILLIAMS

panstye gesture.
Nora-Kate half chuckled. "Must
taking a mighty big sheet" 81
n'ocked. Strung as it Is. all alon
uhe pike. II must make a bundle rattle
ike walking Stick
Arden flushed deeply. He held hin
self poet and tried hard to live u
10 the seifbestowed distinction. 70
an instant he hated Nora Kate Will
deadly hatred-but sudden swee
gravity Of countenance melted hi,
wrath az sunlight melts spring snow
FOLLOWING her glance he saw a pair OF
any toddlers ragged bat clean, play
'ng house at the roadside, with sticks
tod stones. plus Imagination.
Sfopi' the girl half whispered I'm
peratiyeiy Next minute she was
bending above the children. hands out
held 70 them, the most coaxlng OF all
her smiles shining dowh upon them
~ she snld: Il need some little peo-
pie Won't you come and ride with
me?a
They rushed TO clutch her hands
smiling all over their faces AS Arden
Hhred she waved him TO her, saying
You mustn't mlnd-this Is heaven
sent chance" Then as the new pas
Hengers were bundled Within. she
added "IlI tell you about il later
Now there isn't time"
Thus II came 10 pass that we'll |
dressed young couple with money ap- |
parently In both pockets appeared half
in hour later at the county town.
chaperoned by smaller pair, as club
5y as they were ragged
The car passed disdalnfully by the
department store and sklttered along
side street TO a place small exclu-
s've and famed for high prices. OF
course The keepers Of II stared but the
stafes turned to smiles as the head OF
4 recognized Nora-Kate otherwise
Miss Katherine Maxwell OF Fern Crag).
Who did whatever she had u mind TO- I
without regard to Mrs. Grundy. Calm /
", as though II we're an everyday oc.
currence, she looked. measured. tried |
co'or effects and finally chose with n I
'aVlsiiness all but paralyzlng. Then,
flushing fnintIy for the very first time, 4
Hl'e asked for private space. She
wanted 10 ciothe her proteges before
taxing them away. also 10 make GER
tain that extra garments were not over q,
looked They must have complete out te
ms for both day and night. =,
Don't buy too many" the smiling a.
shop hend cnutloned Little folks y.
grow up SO quickly"
NORA Kate smiled back at her and =,
nodded. saying under breath: q,
"but there's a smaller one already T.,
-and another-comlng. You see. "a
nay not be here to do more than order or
layefte for It. And the mother will. -,
hope. be glad IL wouldn't hurt 90
er, not for the world" -
She took all her purchases with her 20
thus there would be no tracing
through addresses But when the In,
hedient Arden had set down his pas 10
engers In front Of a weatherbeaten wi
'uage with sagging yard gate. ana n
nudy grass within, then driven of a1t
high. Nora-Kate drew a long. happy thl
'eath. smiled at him adorably, and nj
I'D You've been better than gold wn
asking nothing therefore you shall thI
everything. Those ought TO be "lc
y children once ! loved their father rrs
thins ! shall never love anybody ha,
~. We quarreled-over nothing. rec
cept the fact that | had money. he gas
: hend. and his hands. better dos
''"an yes say so--caught him In red
rebound-hiarrled hlm-and nus
pc makes him happy. In spite of gre
fefty She must be wonderful low
a saw how clean they were-and all be
uiee patches on their poor little Wit
tines. II half broke my heart. see lIttl
ices children that wny rva ohs
'ushi end though; OF ways 10 helm
'm'-hut both are so proud. this was
nfHi chance ! shah send the other
nFs tonight-at black dark-bv A
1ehody Hho vii leave fhem-and writ
away Was Il wicked of me Won for
d. O. ask them 70 cali iae inofher7 day
= 20 ne issf-when they kissed me him
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