Evening star., 1927-12-03
Sixth Daughter-in-Law.


|HE five young women who were
sitting together in Mother
Huhbard's living room that
4 bright Spring afternoon had
! an air of pleasant expectancy
! lhout them. Any instant Mother Hub
/ bard herself might pop in. 1t was
| Mary, the oldest daughtcr-in-law. who
| had conceived the idea of having Mrs
| Murray. 4 dear old friend of the fam.
/ ily call Mother Hubbard hy telephone
/ 20 her house round the corner. Come
and soc what my hyacinths are do
/ ing" Mrs. Murray had hidden. That
was enough. Mother Hubbard was
never too busy to admire flowers and
/ chat with her old ncighbOr. The in
+! stant she had left the house Elnor
ana Lucia and sue and Louise who
! had been peeping through the curtain
at Mary Iiubbard's next door, scamp
cred over ana here they were now
waiting for Mother Hubbard to return.
Here she is Sue whispered. They
scarcely brcathed as they heard
sounds of entrance in the han. Next
instant the living room door opened,
and there stood 4 short. very stout
woman With beautiful pink and
white complcxian. bright dark eyes.
NllIlS ndiE anu IHc sweetest mouth III
| the world
"What does this mcan?" she do
manded. gazing at her assembled
daughters in,laW.
1T means" said Lucia. the tall and
stately woman who had been selected
for spokesman. that this is the very
happy occasion of your G6th birthday.
and that we are here to celebrate it
with YOU
There followed much laughter. much
talk, half dozen kisses and a few
tears on Mother Hubbards part.
And you're not even to peek into
the dining loom till we tell you to-
Louise said.
Mother Hubbard sat down in the big
chair Sue had brought forward for
her
surely. ! have five of the incest
daughter.in-laws any woman ever
had" she said. But, OH dear me,
girls, I'm worried to death about the
sixth and last one that I'm going 20
have pretty soon"
There was silence Mary the eldest
and most sensible. looked down at the
sewing she had resumed. Lucia BIT
her lip. Sue began to knit rapidly.
Louise shrugged her shoulders. Elinor.
Youngest and prettiest. went to the
back of Mother Hubbard's chair.
leaned over and touched the white
hair with her fresh cheek.
Every woman there felt the same
about the girl RoBard Hubbard had
chosen. RoBard was the youngest
son. his mothers best beloved and the
most admired member of the whole
family. Very fine to behold was Ro-
Bard. and until this moment he had
been considered a young man of good
Judgment and look-aheadness. that
supreme quality which had helped all
the Hubbard boys to business and
domestic success. Then suddenly he
had announced his enga cement to n
girl outside the circle of the Hubbard
family's acquaintance girl none of
them had even seen, girl from an
other town and worst of ALA girl
whose name was Daisy Angel Daisy
Angel. Easy TO visualize a Daisy
Angel. She would be pretty. of course,
voung--and with some elusive charm
that had captivated RoBards fancy
first and his heart afterward. Useless
to question him even if anybody had
been so inclined. The Hubbard in
laws and flial alike, were never,
above all things. discourteous to each
other. 1t never occurred to any one
of them to peek into the mystery Ro-
Bard had presented until he was
ready to reveal it himself. In his own
good time he would tell them abou: