Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-03-20

up from her afternoon nap 10 find q
fresh box of chocolates on the table
beside her bed and motion picture
magazine. This was Eleanor's way vt
filling In possible hiatus In her moth
er's time while she was passing an NIT
ernoon away at bridge or matinee
party, with this pleasant Invitation TO
lie longer abcd and munich chocolates
and read the picture magazine.
Then something happened that ere
ated quite a serious situation between
Mrs. Midgely and her sun'in-law. As
Mrs. Midgely weepn'ly conlided to
her daughter later, probably spencer
had been In the right, but he need
not have been so rough about it.
With tears of sympathy in her
bright blue eyes, Eleanor assured her
mother that that was Spencer's way"
He had nat meant to be blunt. Mrs.
Mldgely realized that that was prob
ably true, because later her son-in-
law apologized and sent her roses.
But the heart within her lay sore.
An old gentleman in the hotel, AFR.
Mosely, a man of sixty, OF refinement,
a widower of twenty years no chill.
dren. one of the cronIes Win whom
Mrs Mldgelv was I'm tho habIt Of sIt.
fling about while tho voungor folks
plaved cards deyeloned tho i,nmedi.
ate need of one thousand dollars. A
mortgage had fallen due some few
weeks before certain remittanees Of
his were sheduled to arrive from
South America.
There WINS I'm Nrs AIid,aIv's saving
hank exnctIv tweIve hundred dollars
TO her credit. her sole natrlmony In
the form of money which she had re-
celyed from the sale of her Connectl-
cnt farm. money. she told herself Off.
en-. that Inv between her and comnlete
dependence on snencer.
Figure n ont iotar nc .ha vou,d
Mrs. Midgelv couId not far the IIfe
of her realize how IL had come about
that she and old Mr.. MoseIv had
walked across the street m ber hn,k
where she Ind drawn ont the tho,,.
sopd dollors
rhora 100. ,,,o.ht, ,..t,,,..
about Mr.. Mosely. the f,ne white snow
OF his hair, his eager vet withal ON.
bnrrnssed owes. his desire m bold an
IN the small Vermont holding which
was dear IN him hecause ~ na,nori.s
Not fbat Mfr Moselv Ind suggested
the liam IN tho oontro.r Z. liza an
come nbout tbrouyh rho Incident nj HE
of the old Mace in Vermont
II stobbcd her 70 500 this nloce tb.
small rambling formbouse tho sug,r
trees tho conIous horns Tho ao,vIrs
meodows the little detached snmmnr
kitchen. with buckets of drinking w,.
ter on bencb In front ~ n rominis.
cent NOT onIv of Mrs MIdge,v,. own
home. but Of something deener md
moro otavIstic uare wos ,ha tv,,nni
home OF the ancestors of Mrs. Ml1re.
ly. Desire for that kind of home ran
in her veins. Great. grandmothers ana
great great-grandmothers Of Mrs.
Midgely had lugged buckets OF drink.
Ing water to benches outside Of sum
mer Kitchens.
Anywnv. tho impulse IN come IN Tho
rescue OF Mr. Moselv was bigger thun
Mrs. MIdgely. Almost before sho reoI.
lied II. the deaI was ACCOMPLISHED and
the little old man. with white halr jlke
snow and n tear in his eve. Ind kisssd
her hand
OF course. II transpired thot tina
farm In Vermont was not worth the
saving. Scrawny, sterile lind. tum.
bling barns, broken fences. Spencor
had been right. His anger justified.
Mrs. Mldgely had TO endure the I'm.
initiation OF beholdlnp her sonIn.lnv
in a position TO say. ~ told you so"
He never said II. eYcent nv hIs mon.
ner Eleanor, tireless I'm her effort ia
act as buffer between tbese iva. sow
to It that he did not.
What hammered I'm tho and v,s
apnin as bewlIderIno IN Mrs u,dgoIv
as had been the Incident NJ gIving
over the tbouaond dollars q,a oui~
know TINT bere I'm rho ag,ro q, ,his
white.hoired old man ond IN ,ho nrng-
poets OF his brokcn.down old farm. Inv
her happiness.
Mrs Mldgely md Mr. Moselv with
Eleanor ana Spencer and one or two
of the hotel guests for Witness wars
married. I'm fha MorIav enitn EIa,.o.