Evening star., 1926-05-02

and, if the lady would give him IL
cents to buy carfare, he would ride
out. even if he COUNT give her flow
ers-he missed his mother So.
The woman had no use whatever
for blossoms that had Wilted before
they could bloom, but if you, your
self. have an aching memory for a
certain mound under Il tree you know
what YOU would have done.
Well the woman did exactly the
same thing. Also. she told the niue
chap to take the flowers alonS--whlcn
niece of tender appreciation so toucheu
him that he was going OH with one
crirnv knuczle to his eyes, when an
other boy materialiZed to yell out IN
deriSiVe sympathy: >,
"IIey. Bub. hoWS your mar
The hereft one let ny the macs @
and took to his heels, followed oy
his betrayer.
Md the woman. who couldn nave
hapn = tI,,llv good citizen interested
in morals. looked after the two ana
Grinned. ,.,e,,,
Then she went after the pitifui
l,rnch that looked like something
lnlish .greenish and what your brown
NANNY used to call ''wiverlsh -ahu
rook il home and put 1t IN water,
Then she divided the lot into TWO
vases filled to the brim ana SET theiii
before "A shrine. And when she came
non,a from an afternoon of work
his iS part of 1.-THE lllacs
beautiful to behold.
Most everything turns out rlSnl III
the end-which YOU have noticed Oh
course.
IN the matter of "bewarlng' the
Ides of March hasn't Soiltary
thing on May with this Snat oi
happening for proof: ,,,o
\ wonan-a happy looking. capaple
woman with blue Sparkles III her eyes
and enough common sense To Keep lel
skirts at ankle length, was SettlAS ouI
of a bus. \ full-length view showed
general air of needing TO hiAe nel
clothes pressed, and there were llllle
rag ends of hair blowing about uh.
heautifully-which, doubtless' causeu
her to greet a passing lrlellu WIN an
apology for her looks:
Don't look at me, Jen. Been moN-
Jen was Il lady whose best friend
would have to admit she was getting
on i'm wears. but who ignored the
situation by bobbing her halr ana
wearing little frocks" that the trade
carries for boyish figures. ANA, see
ing that it must have made her 1eei
botter. where's the harm? Only with
her modern togs she carried some
mighty venerable superStltlohS.
Moving, again?
seems sorL of odd. doesn't it. see
ing we were only in the apartment "a
few months. but, with Spring com
ing on. Ben wanted to go out IN the
snhurbS-it's really the only safe
place where children can play these
days. You will have to come out
when we get fixed; new bungalow,
with an acre of ground; lawn ana
garden and fruit trees and berries
and bath and gas, like town. ii
an awfully sweet little place.
Buying"
er it is too far from the office. IL
has been hard work getting fixed.
Still. it has been fun, too. Ben mas
rugged up the radio and he ana
i,,nior will stay out there tonight
and. as the lease is up May !, we
will finish moving in tomorrow"
..What. on a Friday? Don't you
know how unlucky it is to move on
Friday"
Whats wrong with moving on a
Friday. huh?'
thlng-anu Suuuell -, ,.,
Don't go into details. W nat niue
We have is in first mortgages ana
Government bonds, so the money Will
he al right. don't believe in signs
myself l guess you are just
cuYing g-
Il wouldn't dare-it's too serious
and | do earnestly hope you won't
take the cat with you when you
move"
"Why. what's wrong with the cat
We always take Tom with us. The
children couldn't get along without
him. Yes. indeed. old Tom went out
with the load this morning
'Oh, my dear, why did you.
Jens CONSERVATION was so dramat-
icallv tense that the moving woman
merely nodded her head and waited
for sad reasons. There was but one
and Jen delivered it:
"A cat that is moved with lam
ilv brings bad luck to the new home
and that coupled with moving on
Friday"
You superstitious old thing, you.
Why. Puss is u member of the fam
ilv. and Friday is as lucky as any
other day, if it is good day for
moving."