The Exeter Advocate, 1919-4-17, Page 601.4
MOTHER CONFESSES
Bef re It Was Too Late She Discovered How to Tie Daugihte
to the Farm.
BY I1ATHARINE. HENRY,
As the day for Helen's, vacation, me with questions: Did I think Helen
drew near her father talked about; looked as well as usual? Had I any
her more and more, and my own idea why she went away again? Could
thoughts kept pace with his, 'We it ` be that she was threatened with a
were very much in love with this only dreadful illness end had gone
daughter of ours, and proud of her, ! to a, sanatarium?
too. When she went away to has its s touring
It was fun struttin upand down were suddenlyfrozen into marble.
' One day when he was in the
ing school our hause had lost • p of these questioning., a tow g car in the window, screened in by wire "That is a range `Fellow. T don't
soul" and we were indeed lonely. Wei stopped at our gate and all elderly' , rt,,W.
took the teacher to board but no one: gentleman and his wife, city friends,. netting, picking up corn meal and like him much," he mumbled to him
could make up to us for the bright; of Helen's, inquired for her. They gravel, and the little chick soon self.
face and sweet woke of our here much surprised that she ;was daughter. "� learned to chirp out his contentment, In the chicken yard next door Lit -
How
Ho;w n'e counted the weeks and then away, but it was not as cozy as where he tie Chick was brushing close to the
the days as her vacations drew near, jVi hv, she said she was going home had slept before under the big warm- downy duck, for Little Chick missed
but rest for four ewhole er, and so at night all the little chicks his warm friends, but the downy duck
huddled closely together to keep was cold, and poor Little Chick hop -
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BARBARA'S EASTER PUS
The Easter chicken did riot know so he hopped boldly over and hem
what it was to, haveaa mother. He to sniff at the carrot and he tried to
was hatched out in an incubator with nibble it, but he found it was not real
a family of eighty little downy yellow In disgust he jumped up and brushed
chicks. He was dried out by ma- against the white rabbit, aud as he
ebinery and was placed under a large did so he stepped on the tail of the
brooder which was always the right toy, and instantly the toy rabbet
temperature, ai.d he was fed accord- r sed his ears and lifted the carrot..
ing to rule, so, of course, he thrived. This was too meth for Pink Eyes,
Then, with about twenty of his kind, and with trembling whiskers he
he was shipped to a bird store, sprang to the far corner of the box.
awaiting .,,the Easter sales. and laid down as still as though he
•• o 1A,SIR4: :AIS GS,tai(TTD, [R O V O.
and how we envied every minute of to do nothing
sight! It was then that she and I, to have done."
formed the habit of working together ( "At Mountain View? Well, it's a
--baking, cooking, sewing what nice camp but I can't think of a
ever happened to be the day's pro - lovelier place to rest than right
grain. It was a pleasure to work here."
with her aside from companionship. i "She works too hard. The whele
She was so jolly and she had suck office force has come to depezid on
a tapable way of taking hold and di-3eher. I hope she'll take a thorough
posing of a job. Unconsciously, 1; rest and get back some of her color."
can see .t now, I got into the habit! "She speaks so much about you
of depending on her for help in morel
and your home. 1 should love to see
alld aero. of the world. l the ;wild grape vine on the oak tree
I hal always counted on having over the sprint;, and her maple tree,
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warm, ped over by the toy chicken in such
1 In the other large window some haste that toy chicken toppled over
rabbits were hopping about, but the on his unsteady legs and his head:
• chickens could not even get a glimpse rolled off and out dropped some tiny
of the bunnies, although both rabbits candies. Little Chick was so sur -
and chickens attracted a big crowd prised that he scolded sharply,
to the windows each day. "Cheep! Cheep', Cheep!" but after a
I The day before Easter a big roan time he picked up the candy and
stopped ,in front of the bird store. swallowed it _ like gravel.
Ile gazed longingly in at the rabbits The next day Barbara could not
for sortie time and then he watched understand whyher rabbit kept away
the chickens, "That little fluffy chick from the toy rabbit, nor did she know
s so cute," he said half aloud, "I am why the toy chicken had lost its head
her back in the home when school and the fern :woods." sure that my little Barber, would oft and her Little Chick stood so far
days were over;; but her father l: These are- some of the weds that love him for an •Faster gift,. . may- from it.
aereeci ;with her that slie had a right ; came back to me over and over again, be she would rather have :t bunny. Nat very long after that a very
to make her own way in the world i after my guests had gone, and each - " 'When I was a boy I loved rabbits, happy little girl and her pets were
and live her own '.i€e, just as her :time they stabbed deeper. I was glad:tea lbut then I was on a farm,. and we had; moved out to the father's old home
Iaror?ler Charlie ilii!, and I still have ; her father hal not heard -.erne of I t . plenty of chickens,. too. I guess I in the country for the summer,
only her vacation-. So this summer. , them,rr11t:A - will buy her a little white rabbit and! An old rabbit hutch. was guilt over
"; And. Bu
too
ffy bail of a chicken, ,nny Pink Eyes had a mete,
ti the ,lay approached, I planned to ; I could not sleep that night, and as ( _ �, that tiny flu ,.•_ wae on his way :ani by ,,,,t 1.,, l a t,p�arr,P the father
ria!:e her favorite dishes• but each I sat by the wirtluv. looking over the - �— -tea m ! Soon____ __g Mali
clay 1 also remembered some addle moonlit lawn, I took faerae pleasure in ,. r r, F - . !home ;with the down chick in a little' of a large and happy family, and
Venal piece of .work that I warted to' enishin myself, "She was pin '" �^ ' � h:, ' box with slats across the front and each baby bunny was a delight to
While ;v a to 1 g but rest." g =� + � ' +,• with a white rabbit in a basket on; Barbara.
ac, omp,ash elle she as at home 'cone tp do nothing a �-. - T, , r, R. w,
,e1 _ti, l; w� > .. - , r m A ri c.;kt �� ,_,<h . his arra. Ile was as happy as a bo Clinic Chick was put out in the
help file. I stocked up well :with fruit , wonder her eyes filled ..,.d her , p o r,. - t . 1'.w' h Easter presents. f his lit chicken yard, i1nI now he had grown
ears, jelly ed ss alio cambric, ' protest :ha first night '`d .t ,, :' .'• `.. i �� � `.. with his Ea t r prC en S or 3
.I ,e. y ., a,., e , 1 muslin, were caged to � ; ¢�}.,� y •, �� .-.�r 1r�� 'a , t)e girl but when he reached home: so large that he was not 3 little chick
`�`�}••. �i,' R!llini� ik�' i ��:,irt��. �fk'A * i; ^.^a '. 4 girl, .
:snit �r�,.,lre yarns. I brighre'1 and , when I brushed a i(le her inquiries '" , .,, ua , :.c t t, more, Ile found a mother lien
> • her r- _ • - c ,. 1 frehearsed x^ ?i k!: �&.' , '. L'Ic 'yam pn.; y !Ins wife said. dry, what shall we: any
aired (,p;u utt t.,. day Ale �tlt3t of '.v .rato ani djilto the . � �.. a, ti » , :�.:. do with a live chicken and a rabbit who at once adopted him into her
I i31= so busy pu*t,!?,; up pickles that. of :word; to he. crowded Into. her va- •.. _ 1 in � r:] :^
I Amply Iy ?r 1 i;t t time to go to tlee cati '1:. Fer the first time I realized - - - A- e I a nursery? They will be such a " family of chicks 1., who were all
V
atDeaZersEverwhere
g.: Men for an asrnful of her favorite
flowers.
She !oohed very stylieh and pretty
as site ran up the walk to meet me.
one of to rnoon this last August, but I -
r st ,•e,l that she was pale and thin
Ler than usual.
That evening as we sat on the!
p,ih looking at patterns for a?
c=...tieted -spread 1 answered her;
q.ieetions about the neighborhood and,
her `riond; , and my mind was on the ;
work of the next few weeks. I told
her that I was expecting Aunt Liza '
awl .`.Ire. Cooper for a visit, that thin
plume and pears would soon be ready
for canning, and that the sewing
ta1e!e wee piled high with work. When;
1 menth red that Luey, the maid, was
ening awe!: for two weeks while she
was at home to help , a peculiar.
eculiar
flush crept :eta her face and she
raised her 1„ii to speak, but cheek -
ed her,elf. :11! tilde I recalled after-:
ward.
When she went to her room, thought
1 knew elle was tired.. elle wrote ser-
eral 'letters and eent them in the early
mail with the market :nen. Next day
while we were cutting earn to dry
she said, "Mother, you'll have to get.
some one else to help while Luceds
away. I'm going to a girls' camp
for three weeks. Perhaps you can
get Caroline Hull.”
When I began to put my disturbed
thoughts into words she said quietly,
"Don't try to talk me out of it,
Mother, please; I'm going." I saw
that her mouth was strangely set and.
that her eyes were full of tears.
In three days more she was gone,
and my plans for sewing and canning
and all the rest were somewhat
knocked on the head. She was more
quiet than usual those three days and
sometimes I thought she was un-
happy. Was et possible that the war
had Iain its cruel hand on some ro-
mance of hers and she was trying to
hide her sorrow?
As the rays went by I was negro
and more disappointed at not having
her with , me and her father haunted
r I had ° looking at h : anot ' to• 't t'1 it '
An Easter Tea, nuisance! Now, see these Taster toys about his size and uge. lie became
that .seen oan mg her - are convng visit until
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as I bought for Barbara, She will like one of the best chickens in the barn -
cation from rile. point of -new, with; cooler.—Mother. This is to be a jolly norma} of them just :is well:' yard, and even when be was quite
little theu.ht of her wishes or needs, No. '2. Father says if there's any fair on Easter Monday, given fora , e
When her brother Charlie comes danger from malaria or typhoid near bunch of high school lads and lassies. And then the mother showed some large he liked to most close to hi.
)terve we id realize that he has come camp you are to come home. He really The invitations will be on egg-shaped bright candy eggs and an Easter. her her at warnt featherht s.
keep warns neat
to rest; but more and more I had seems worried. I am not worried, cards and just a big letter "T" used. rabbit which looked like a real
a:lowed Helen's vacation to be filled bit, for he was covered with ;white: Barbara was very proud of )ler
but of course I d love to have you When a}1 have arrived the hostess
dome. I am lonely.—Mother. g 1 d Easter et- anti could always paint
Lf you pushed his little hall of n tark= out her Little Chick, although t
with ]dais :work. There was little will start this genie: fui:
he stood on his hind cg's,. an .. r p :�,
leisure fol• the piano, and her dainty
Writing that letter was the hard- T before :a girls name forms a cat,y ` j he
(treses hung unused in the closet he would raise his front paw. to his looked exactly like many of the other
;� Iscourged,est job I had done in many a day, Tebbe'. mouth, and he seemed to nibble a' young rooster, ilial she always knew
wh..e ehe was at home, How could I tell her enough to lure T before a beverage forms a story. toy carrot, She also had a small her own pet bunny Pink Eyes, al-
myself with definite details of the her back home, yet avoid giving rise Tale. ;
work we did during her vacation last to uncomfortable questions? Sup -T before a craft forms a small duckling, all soft and fluffy, which though many, of his young family
year, and the year before. No wonderp1e' had once been alive, but now was grew to look .fust like )lam.
How 1 pose she found out'that I postponed Tart, i stuffed for an Easter gift, and she,.
she had taken refuge in a camp, o• i Aunt Liza's visit? Fier father's T before a shower forms a line of :
could I be so thoughtless with this message, however, was genuine, and ears. Train. had a little yellow chicken whose head'A Marconi wireless telephone
daughter for whom I would readily g came off and inside were many small' operator in. Ireland talked several
she would never know that I had put T before foolhardy forms rubbish, candies, minutes with an operator in Canada
The fattier looked at all the candy the oilier day.
store toys and then he said: "When
I was a boy on the farm I always
had , rabbits and chickens and other
pets, and I am sure ' that Barbara s
will like these."
"Yes, she :will surely like then,"
said the mother. "But pets in a. city
home and pets in the country are
eery different."
However, the next morning the fa-
ther was rewarded by n joyous cry:
"Oh, father! Oh, mother, come here
quick! The Easter bunny has come
right into my room and has brought
me my eggs and all of these toys,
but he is real! See how white his
fur is, and his ears are lined with
pink and his eyes look like pink
marbles. I shall name him Bunny
Pink Eyes. I wonder how he got in
here!"
"Cheep! Cheep! Cheep!" chirped
the yellow chick in the corner, as
much as to say, "Why don't you look
at me?"
The little girl rushed across the
room and found the fluffy chick peer-
ing out through the slats.
"Oh, you darling little chick you!
Did the Easter bunny bring you, too?
How did they get ,in here? Oh, mo-
ther, may I keep them?"
"Yes, dear, if father will take care I
of them for you. He brought them
here for you and now he must fix C
a home for them, until we all go to I
the country, and then we will take
them back where they belong."
The little girl hugged her father I
and said: "You knew just what I.
wanted, for you have told me about
your pets on the farm, and now I
have some real pets of my own."
Soon the father was busy building
over a packing box into a rabbit
house, and he screened in a part of it
for a small chicken yard, and Bar-
bara brought some water and some
carrots and lettuce and . celery to
Bunny Pink Eyes and some corn for
Little Chick, as Barbara named the
The rapture living , chicken,, and she was so busy -all day
with her pets that she hardly took
time to.notice her new Easter toys.
But that night when she was going
to bed she petted the toy rabbit and
pulled his tail and laughed when his
'•
ears sprang up, and she played with
her toy chicken and duck. "I like;
my new toys, mother, but after all
they are' only' pretend, and real pets
are the best." 1
When' she was ready for bed she
went back once more to look at. her.
pets. ""I am afraid poor Little Chick'
will be lonely,"' she said, ""I think
I will put the toy.duck and chicken
in his house,. and I will Put the toy
rabbit in with Bunny Pink Eyes for
the night," and, suiting the action to
the word, Barbara left. her toys with
her pets and went to bed and to
sleep.
In the corner' of his `playroom the
white rabbit sat up in' his home and:
stared in surprise at. a silent white
rabbit that never moved, Then he
saw that his roommate held a carrot,
give my life? I the idea ,into his head. Trash.
I did not allow myself the luxury That evening when I picked up the T before a request forms labor.
of ream, ,but before that night was! farm journal, almost the first words
over I had thought to some pu1'pase•f that caught niy eye were these::
The next morning I told Helen's fa -1 "There is a swimming hole in the
ther I wanted to go shopping, and ( brook for the boys and one for the
that evening I wrote a letter, a part!horses; there is a sheep dip in the
of which I will quote front memory:.tneadaw—we have no bath room!"
Dear Helen:
Prepare yourself for surprises.
Your father went to Burlton on busi-
ness this morning and I went along
to see the oil stove he has been talk-
ing about. He has just sold the
timber on "the knob" for a nice price,
So I suppose we , felt reckless. At
least we made a day of .it. We bought
an oil stove like Mrs. Martin's, oven
and all. No more coal fires before
September.
Then while your father was in the
la.c• er's office I wandered around in
a furniture store with dire results,
to wits a gem of a. sewing machine,
$65. (Now the old-timer just as old
as Charlie. goes to Widow Cory); a
porch swing,, a hammock, door and
window screens for the living room
"and other articles altogether too
numerous to mention.
Clara Lake is with me in Lucy's
place and she's a jewel. I'm having
a picnic. especially as I've decided to
put up very litt'.n fruit. It brings
good prices in the market and we
have so -much left over froth last
year that I hesitate to use the sugar.
Clara told me that Jenny Parsons
is doing plain sewing since her foot
was hurt, and that she has little to
do while- the farmers' wives are so
busy; so this evening I gathered up
the entire lot piled on the sewing
room table and father took me down
to her. She was so pleesed to have
all that work that my conscience did-
n't trouble me for buying a new sew -
Ing machine and then giving the work
out. I'll use the machine next winter.
Mother.
P:S,—Aunt Liza and Mrs. Cooper
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How often had Helen coaxed me to
have stationary tubs and a bath
room!
Now that my eyes were open they
were open uncomfortably wide,
especially at night. The memory of
Helen's hot, tired face as she filled
fruit jars over the coal range, took'
away the pleasure I might have had*
in my new oil stove. My piles of I
beautifully sewed linen were no
longer a source of happiness. I began
to plan another letter when, glory be,
I received a post card:
"Home Saturday, 2.45 train. No
typhoid, but mosquitoes!!"
That left two whole weeks of her
vacation. Didn't I fly around to get
the work aside before Saturday! I
put her room an perfect order, one
rose find on her table, but I thought
best not to go to the train. I needed
to move carefully.
May I be forgiven for all the white
lies I told during the next two weeks!
I told Helen that Clara and I could
work better if she stayed out of the
way in the morning; there was little
work done in the afternoons. We
went to -the fern woods "to gather
roots for a wild garden that I want to
start under your maple tree;" we
chatted for hours on the porch pre-
tending to sew; we went in the car
with father when he had errands in
town "so that Helen might learn to
drive;" we spent one rainy afternoon
1 among our attic treasures.
Helen watched me in amazement
more than once. The afternoon that
we took snap shots she suddenly sat
down on a log and said, "Mother, I
can't understand you this summer.
You seem perfectly well and yet I
never saw.you so deliciously lazy in
al! my life."
"Perhaps I ami perfectly well be-
cause I am so 'deliciously lazy,' " was
all the reply I could venture.
Task.
T before a gun forms something
trivial. Trifle.
T before regret forms sincerity.
True.
T before everything forms height.
Tall.
T before rest forms to plague'
Tease.
T before a mistake forms fright,
Terror.
T before humor forms to blame.
Twit.
T before finish forms watchfulness.
Tend,
T before competent forms a piece
of furniture. Table.
T before embrace forms a crimi-
nal. Thug.
T before a useful plant forms a
river of Scotland. Tweed.
Easter.
Dull and dark was the day
When the Lord was crucified,
And weary and long was the way
That led to his bleeding side;
But he rose again
For the world of men
Who had crucified Him in their
folly and pride.
And Easter Morn shone bright
In the glow of a sun -lit sky,
When the dullness of yesternight
Was lost in the gleam from on
high,
And the tomb where he lay
But yesterday,
Was filled with the light that never
can die.
Oh, Christ, who has suffered for me,
Who has lived for my sake, among
men,
Who has died for my love, on the
Tree
And has risen in Glory again,
Teach me, I pray, ,
On this wonderful day,
• of l' in for Thee,
And of doing Thy will among men.
Now that Helen has gone and the
weather is cooler I have plenty of
time to boil into jellies the fruit
juices that Clara canned; and if I
have a few jars less than usual what'
of it? I 'have more now than eve
can use, and the fruit was given
away. Besides, it is a question of
values, a few jars more or less, over
against my daughter's health and;
companionship, I
X would not exchange the memory
of those two weeks for all the rowsi
of jellies and the' crocheted counter-
panes we could do in a year Dauh-1
.
ters outvalue things.
- i
The total number of officer.e and
mien of the British Navy and Army
pensioned for disability from the be-
ginning of the war until March 31O,
1918, was 326,1748. L.
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