The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-10-20

l.yin' stark and cold at your feet
.But, Mother" Faith sat up sud
denly and dabbed angrily At her eyes.
''She brings in enough work to keep
me busy for . week, with all the
homework and everything to do, and
expects me to have It all done by
tomorrow night! And me right in
the middle Of . weeks ironingl And
I'D promised Joy I'D 60 to the moth
crsi meeting at her school tomorrow.
MISE. Spencer sent my special invi-
"Well, it amt goin' to mend mat
about i her mother tod her a stsrn
y. GO tight now and phone your
you. II could pedal . machine /
wouldn't let you touch them Grapes
and slip covers"
II know you cxn't run the ma
chine, Mother" Faith rose, tried to
smile. "I'll do the best can. It's
just that-Ivc worked so hard lately,
there's been 50 terribly much han.
pching-lm sorry. Mother, I was
cross"
Mrs. Lanes stern face softencd,
like dark ice breaking in q spring
thaw. you're good girl, Faith.
Me-sick and all--you got right to
COMPLAIN"
mo. Mother, MOI" Faith, touched
to the heart by this rare burst Of af.
lection and appreciation from her
mother, flung her arms about the
massive body, laid her head against
the vast breast.
Don't carry on, now" her mother
told her gruffly, to hide her unwontcd
emotion. "You get the slip covers
cut and Ill stitch them up by hand.
Hattie can hem the drapes and val
ances on the machine. sTwon't be
such . job. If w. all pitch in, and
Cherry'll be real pleased"
incredibly light by her mothers shy.
awkward kiss on her cheek. Faiths
body seemed electrified with energy
Aunt Hattie arrived, scolding but &C.
tually pleased at being needed, and
pitched in" with will, gossiping
and shipping and basting and tread
ling with 'indefatigable vigor at the
old drop head" sewing machine.
Mrs. Lane took great pride in the
smallness and evenness Of stitches
she put into the slip covers for
the dusty old davenport, and person
ally with much grooming supervised
their installation. That night, while
Cherry danced somewhere, as usual,
Long" Lane, with many flourishes,
and an endless monologue on Just
how expert interior decorating should
be done, painted the old wicker chair
until it CLEANED q lustrous black,
trimming it artistically with the YER
million red lacquer; treated the un-
painted pine "side table" with its
book trough, in the same fashion,
and. because his fingers loved the
feel of the brush, sand papered and
refinished with mahogany varnish
the SCARED. watcr-stained piano
bench.
'This old Administer rug looks like
kingdom come" he held his head to
one side and surveyed the thread
proving eyes. assy. Sic, / got a few
bucks saved up to pay you back
you know, that fifty. How about me
putting five Of It down on a rug7
Something with parrots, maybe.
can still rive ten on your fifty
! owe you."
y "That's sweet Of you, Long," Faith
smiled at him through misty eyes.
~Good boy! And--and you can bring
Fay Allen over sometimes"
Gee, Sis, could I? Shed be-why,
she'd be tickled silly. Honest, Sis,
she's q good kid. Say. it's gonna be
Q swell room, amt it p
Ito BE Continued.)
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS breaks the
news Of her engagement TO Mr.. Clwny
to her mother and the aged sutton Or.
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