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OF PLANS
A$je Must Give Place
to \outh
Br OSCAR 00\
CnwrtcM h? AmrMu *w>
"My dtar," >nw? V1-*. Mar? <restb
?r. a *Nv *. tic I**- <5-<;veh:? Mo u*\
"I kare itt airtKHJTv^fUi.*! W wju h>
t*?b ?rfcw-?? iri a <^) .T in <wr
?Mr*. I M?V h??1 HO r<!?< rtt fc*r
rtakff*1 nti I Jut* ?l?d I
jrc?t i!xal * n-?j, rv a jna ;><??? ?C o<??
f<<t r*;r??r tlur <<??*? o* to
t<? \,H! fc?vW h ?? ?TVOP>-?f>>rt?? tt
t? W? hare h- OS or ? t;> t .? *n?
w> tt ir? ?*> ?=t> t- ;;?r ."?<t
p?cr *:*c w* a?4 t* a iw
t*? ?? ? ?JC*ir? ; s-x A ?n fc
fc-tf 1 *?* *?' ??>* I-* >HpptW as **4S
r>^ yon f.y toe
"Mr vrrasi fc> ix* aa oM ??**
OS the (v trarr. tw h?? thp ao??rity
o? a m."i W tb-rrr Itw-rofor* r??
arl Sod J: r tr=- ' " for an ?n4
a< S* i* : J ? c>vr.c cat j\sj w. not
ha** to trrev fti? ?* jco ? tv
Nr ft* To <>-TT> ' SW** N'ftv."*
tt* sa ? nir? of it* rvvT.mc."
>rss>ant !r rwril
Inc T!>* >? Urr To en.-, tee a rrtnarfc f?
Ny?;? '1 >!??'* ro-r of
C'.rKra K BJITTJ * n. ? hotirw* ow
ner* *r%o t-sr t?r U>;h ot uv~ ,
"Mr I ttw k-IT.t ooo
tiaood. fr?? her* at o- * ?-*pocl
aUy to &-*>??! j>vi. r.w?r r- :t>J ?p- :
JWTt! twit ahen'ntriT ?^?r3Ttai 1
Ixx* Ton * I* f^T^rvl ??:j) h a
and . itn* ov-mv t<? K>t* him s? a fa
tber ?
"I ^ : J TS.-t" c>n!?^3 Miss Moil*.
pacv..c *f :r?. ? -**t Vs <xtiy thirty
of?-x oM so."> nit's c.lctit fear tbat I
?- --sW '.a C ro* o.^rr* To krr bita a# a
k?ow~
1 harr !>?>?> <r?Bttoiied
wTttfr. "Id aop^pttnc: his oiP?r by
oor f*<opi*M?d trip To Italy in tbr au
ttst \ ->? tT*ow be* <I:fl5.-*'t trat**
taf is is tbiit c?rcT>try- ?T*cia!!y for os
*rt>o a.- co< ppprit ita'rua Mr. Pppb
Tcr t-sht toc*? ?>m? w.ixjw.*
di-nrK <=T*?*to< lb?l t*i^ra*re v<?*t
*?t- tfcllk b? ? COBTtrlUfOl It ?iH
I* ro bare lntr ?i;a us."
t ?? not fut-p.*" luaspd tlx1 piH
sn I :- . - - - - .: rif
an m>? M no excuse rw omrrrtas a
man yonoppr than herself Sbe> very
telT*
Tb* rwt of the Wter w*? taken np
with dxmnaklas and mtlttnery mat
ter* and oaty luterwatlng to *omw
TV day after Its receipt the card of
AJVhfbaid rr*ndcr?,!?M was taken up
stair* to Mts* VaryweMhe*. and after
?a inspection *t herself 1" * mirror,
usnat to ladies abowt to receive calls,
ahe went dowr>?ta!r* nod entered the
drawing room with curious etpocta
tkm ApreeaNy surprised to w ?
handsome man who conM not possibly
be eeer twHity-H** yoar* old. hor face
broke Into a smile well calcolated to
reassure him tbht he was welcomed
Into the family. Mr Pronderpast re
flected a *mOe. artd the two sat dowv
to pot aoqTmlnted
1 received mothers letter tolling
no all abovt bow mat tors stand." said
Miss MoJJJ*. "Of conrae voq know
that so far as 1 am concerned there Is
no sentiment? that Is all mother's.
With mo It"* what I'm potap to pain.
She toll* m? that yon win not ohlect to
rafclnc nr ?<at and wool wish to hur
ry hoino lust wbrt the dancing la at
the lirelleat."
-Rot will father penult thatr
"I was not apeaklng of your father:
I refrrrrt to yoa I don't are what
yosr father has to do with the matter
Mother has every confidence in mo.
and rm sore there will be no Impro
priety tc a yonrvg woman going not
with her step"?
"Ton mean a yont?g married woman.
Xor Is there aay Impropriety in a step
arm earwttap his mamma anywhere.
Rt the bye. where Is the wedding to
take place?"
That la for yon and mother to pet
t> between yocrselvea." replied the
ftrt. wtth a look of aorprise.
"I doot see what yoor mother has
to do w'th It"
"Perhara father, being older than his J
fiancee- I toean perhnris father's flan- j
ceo.' being so mwch younger than he ?
he may expert her to be Icfioen ^ed by
her mother "
"If yoo are referring to my grand
mother. all 1 hare to aay Is that she ,
died thirty years ant
"Hare too been talk'nr shoot my
grandfather?"
"Tocr grandfather? No. tThat has !
he to do with the suaUer?"
The two '.?oted at each other won |
dwrinply; ih?-n Vt. Pecrdorj-ast said:
"Yoc are rerv yocng to tc a widow."
"I a wtdow r
"Tea: father sa l yon were a wKlow." |
"If you dr>at let that fntber ot roars j
alone 1 don't see dot we snail ever
pet on at all. 1 shall he p!ea?ed to j
welcome yon into the family, but as tv ;
yonr reUtiooa. 1 don t see why"?
"But yoo don't mean to marry a
man and hare nothing to do with hinu
Bow can that be?"
"I marry a man! What are yon talk
ing aboot?"
"About yoor proposed onion with mi
father ~
"Goodness pracioo*: I'm talking i
a hoc: roar union with my mother."
"Weil, ni be hanged T
"There most be some misunderstand ;
tag "
"1 should say so."
"1 received a tetter yesterday from
mother annoonctnp her engagement to j
a Mr. l*rerderpast, and she said be
was coming at once to make my ac
ijoalaranoe."
"And 1 received a letter from fa ;
ther announcing his enpspement to a
widow named Maryweather. and he ^
asked me to call upon her. Here is
the letter: see for yourself. 'Mrs
Mary-weather will be at home on the j
16th'
"The 96th. Yon>e pot It wrong.
That is not a 1; it's a 2."
-?Rr Jcre: I to-il- rr rntt'ce right-" j
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"And berets my letter from mother.
She ?ar? her fiance to thirty years old.
8ee: "Mr. lYendergast is not an old
mi a. On tbe contrary. he has the ac
tivity of * man of thirty." "
"That tfoffm'l mftn tbt( he's thirty.
It means bo"* spry as a man of thir
ty."
"Upon my wordt How stupid of
m*r
"So it's yonr raot'?;?r my father Is to
marry."
"And your father that my mo! her la
to marry."
*\)ulte a difference."
-1 should any so Itl fw+nnate that
*? flterowd th? ml?Uk? tn time."
"In time for whatf
"Why, yon see, mother wrote in* to
welcome her fiance Into the family,
and I mUrbt bar# been tfemonstratire
with my stepfstber that was to be."
"1 wish yon bad been.''
That's rery naughty of yon."
"There wouldn't bare been any
barm no tone as yon thought I was to
t* yoor stepfather a no yon ?ny step
roottKT "
"How rldtooKMjR: In one thing I'm
disappointed "
"V hat's tbatr
"Why, tramms writes tl?at her
fiance's going with ns to Italy in the
antnmn. Will l?eT*
"Weil wont her
"But I think you would he mnch
more"?
"Yon think I would be more aralia
b)e? ft?r what purposrT
"Neither mamma nor I speak Ital
Un."
-Father does; so do I."
"Then there's the baggage"
"Father wont attend to that; he
hates derails."
-1 knew manama was saying all that
for a purpose. Who la to look after
the baggage. 1 should like to know T'
"How would 1 dor*
"You're not going to marry mother"
"And youTe not going to marry fa
ther."
"l)ont you see? mother wrote that
your faiber. speaking Italian and being
very active. would take all that off
our hands."
"Fattier la fifty -?U, and he baa a
bad knee. He walka with a cane "
"Mother put the beet foot forward
| In the matter, didn't she 7"
"You mean the best knee forward, i
! Or. ratber. sbe forgot to mention the
knee and the cane."
"1 suppose so."
They both smiled.
"1 don't see any way to keep father i
from making trouble In your family in i
this affair except by offering to Join :
tbe party and serre as courier."
"That wou'dnt do It A party made ,
up ot two old persons and two young
ones would be a failure If an elder
ly man and woman usurp tbe place of
young persons by fretting married tbey
should take care of themselves. It
wouid be absurd for us to po on such
a wedding trip."
"Or course !t would."
"1 think 111 letre mother to be taken
care of by ber husband with bis bad
knee and his cane"
"And 'f father haa been pretending
that he Is able to look after baggage
In a country where erery railroad offl
cial b? a bloodsocker and tbe porter*
tire robbers be can get ont of the
scrape as best be can."
The young man rose to go "Goodby.
mamma." be said smiling.
"Ooodby. papa."
? ??????
"My dear," wrote Mr*. Mary weather
a few months after the date of hrr
first, "I thick yoor treatment of your
mother very shabby Tour stepfather
and 1 did not count on yoor and his
win's action at all. VTe bare given op
trot Italian trip, bat 1 trust you sod
Arrble wilt enjoy your*.
"1 dare say too are enjortn* your- ;
scire# In tbe galleries of Florence. j
Quite a change from the trip that was
expected. Too two young persons nre i
enjoying tbe wedding Journey that we j
tire older ones expected to take."
To this letter Mra. MolUe replied:
"Mother, dear, f bare your letter. 1
think rem and my stepfather are better
off at borne, too aee. tbe* Italian
bouse*, not being heated, are as cold j
as bam*. W ith your rheumatism and
Mr rm>denra?t's knee you would be
miserable here. Archie Jolna me in
much love Pot you both."
\ Humor and
J Philosophy J
\ Mr ?V/TCAJf II. SNtrm A
PERT PARAGRAPHS.
TT may be one reason why some men
can't see why they shouldn't paint
things red la because tbey are color
blind.
When yoor boy gets licked you are
always sure In yoor secret soul that
tbe other boy waa bigger.
A man hates gossip but whoa hie
wife goes to tbe church Social he la
always curloua to know whether she
will find out what Green paid for hts
car,
When a man who It always going to
do something wonderfnl really does It
his friends are so surprised that tbey
forget to aay "I told you ao."
A mean way to get even with a
quick tempered man la to get him boll
tog mad Just as tbe preacher la com
' Ins to call.
A middle teed woman can never see
Why a girl Isn't satisfied with a borne
grown complexJoa.
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Happiness consists largely In believ
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