New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-10-25
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Shut within the doors OF every
home there IL the warm and glow
ing story OF = mothers incompar-
able love. Mrs. Milburn had come
to the Attie Yellow House. on Flow
er street, owned by Uncle Bill
ParkA twenty-five years before.
when she and Charlie Milburn were
married. Through all these years
they had only known poverty. Mrs.
Milburn had kept everything neat
and looked after her three children.
Emmy, eighteen: Dan, thirteen. and
Perry. twenty-one. While the little
yellow house, on the ugly street
near the mill, WIS now sooty and
begrimed. it had never lost its
charm for Mrs. Milburn. The story
opens on Mrs. Milburn's birthday.
Grandmother Pentland, who had
never approved of Mrs. Milburn's
marriage to Charlie. has arrived.
Grandmother urges Mrs. Milburn to
accept fifty dollars as a present
from her to pay the long overdue
rent. Grandmother takes the oppor-
tunity of again scolding about the
shiftlessness of Charlie Milburn.
Mrs. Milburn finally takes the
money. AS Grandmother Is leaving
she asks Emmy to take her out to
her car. Grandmother warns Emmy
to pay no attention to Robb Hollis.
Young mill worker, who Is in love
with Emmy. Emmy wants white
collar" man and Robb wears work
ing clothes. In a moment of deprcs-
sion, Emmy decides that she is not
going to spend her days in the little
old house. She wants something
finer. Emmy has brought home
pair OF white gloves for birthday
present to her mother. Perry, the
son, arrives home with new lamp
for his mother. Early in the evening
Charlie Milburn arrives home in a
taAicab. He is intoxicated, as usual.
but Mrs. Milburn always tells the
children he is i'll. Charlie has no
money to pay his taxi hill and Mrs
Milburn takes the fifty dollar bill,
which she had intended TO use for
paving the rent. The taxi bill is ten
dollars and Emmy tells her mother
she Is foolish to put up with Mr.
Milburn. Her mother tells her never
to speak OF her father that way
again. Emmy Is all the more deter
mined TO get away from Flo"er
street and its poverty. Over the pow
erty and discomfort in the little yell
low house broods a mothers love.
which transmutes the dingy home
on Flower street to . palace Of love
and beauty. Emmy the only daugh-
ter, Is disappointed with her sur
ioundings. ervious Of her wealthy
relatives, eager to live her own life
j., in some finer place. Robb Hollis.
young mill worker. il in love with
her. but Emmy would prefer
white collar" man.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER VII
Emmy stopped and picked up the
dress box from the grass where she
had tossed 1t. She began to gather
together some books and the mate
rial for q black satin hat that she
had been trying to make when
Mariana came. Roob stood. hands
In pockets, watching her.
well, are you going to take
Mariana for drive?" che asked at
last. trying to make her voice sound
careless and off-hand.
II am not
Emmy only shrugged her Shout
derx "Prop these chairs against the
tree" she said: its getting chilly.
I'm going in"
1t was quite dark under the fvafy
dropping branches Of the sycamore