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THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1913.
At no other season of the year can
one find the first and .second verses of
the fifty-fifth chapter of Isaiah more ap
plicable than during these later days of
December. Truly at all seasons there
are fortunes spent for things that sat
isfy not, but this, the^season* that should
be spent in meditation, in happy
thoughts of our Father’s gift to us, is
occupied with “labor that satisfieth not.”
and with a vain search after things
that really mean nothing. I must say I
admire the people who have rebelled
and have formed the Society for ^he
Prevention of Useless Giving. Spuds
the initials spell, and I say long lif'e
tor the Spuds if they can remedy the
evil.
I heard a woman say that this year
had seen a change in her opinions. She
has tried to give, sunshine, good cheer
and occasional gift! from January until
December and this season finds her
giving only to, the little children and
old people. I heard another say that
she had to give Mrs. So-and-so a pres
ent and with her limited purse she
found it hard to find anything fine
enough for her, and that Mrs. So-and-so
didn’t care for presents she could not
be proud of. And there are so many
who really swap presents, the ones who
gave last year must be remembered
whether their intimacy warrants it or
not—“log-rolling,” my grandmother call
ed it.
With this mad rush after presents
and thte day’s routine in addition, when
can one follow step by step Mary and
Joseph as they took the journey to
Bethlehem? On Christmas Eve what
time bave parents to tell their children
the ^tory of the tired pair hunting a
place to stop and not an inn to make
them comfortable; of the shepherds out
on the hills watching the heavens and
probably talking of the Messiah whose
coming was so eagerly expected; of the
angels and their song? All these things
mean so much if one has time to talk
to children about them, and we must
remember them ourselves, else how can
we be feure that the “meditation of our
hearts” are acceptable in God’s sight?
Do you remember what Daniel said
in his last words of counsel to Nebuch
adnezzar when interpreting that
king’s dream? “Break off thy sins by
righteousness, and thine iniquities by
showing mercy to the poor, if it may be
a lengthening of thy tranquility,” or “a
healing of thine error.” This is a sea
son that should be made a time of re
joicing, really rejoicing, not gloating
over one’s possessions except to be glad
that the increase enables one to give
more abundantly to the needy, and pro
vides more coal for the shivering, more
food for the hungry, and more work
for the heads of families, men who need
work and encouragement.
I knew a man in a certain city who
had. a woodyard that was for the poor
of that city. No man could say he
couldn't find work, for there were axes
and saws, wagons and piles of wood to
bo delivered. He paid the regular
prices and if a man said he would like
it he gave him a cup of hot coffee to
begin on.
The Salvation Army and Associated
Charities work along lines similar and
make all the year a time for shewing
mercy to the poor.
I am pleased to know that a great
many of you are reading your Bibles
systematically. There will be many pas-
sages that will be obscure but if we
put our faith in God and pass them
over, even as children must not question
their earthly parents' motives, our vis
ion will be clearer as the years pass
and the things we “see darkly” now
will change.
The lessons of the Old Testament can
be applied to our daily lives. The sin
of Achan comes up every day and it
is interesting to hear the comments
of a Bible class on it. The pessimists
say that where there was only one man
in that three thousand who disobeyed
God there are hundreds today in every
three thousand. When one judges the
world that way it is hard for me not
to ask, “Would you have been like
Achan? That would most probably be
indignantly denied. Then I would like
to remind the speaker that our Savior
says, “Judge not.”
Yee. I know there are a great many
who have one or more of the great sins,
but our duty is to help people‘live bet
ter Mves,, not tell the world how the
bad are in the irjajority. In the be
ginning of humafi history, as we find
it in the Bible, we have the evangeliza
tion of the world foreshadowed, the
seed of the woman,” and the victory of
human nature even then in a spiritual
one. Jhis vague promise was later
given -more definitely to Abraham, then
to Israel the hope grows clearer,
though there must have been all sorts
of doubters and murmurers when bond
age was their portion. So many people
forget that when the Israelites went
back to Canaan and took possession of
that land they were simply going^ back
to their own.
Hosea looking back to the deliverance
of the people from Egypt calls them
God’s son. and Matthew applies his
prophecy to our Saviour. Isaiah, in
chapter seven and chapter nine, gives
us a definite prophecy of Immanuel’s
birth and the prince of Four Names.
This shows the son born only to share
his people’s sufferings, a sufferer for the
ains of others.
Isaiah in his earlier years evidently
expected the Messiah to come soon, but
he also expected Him to be born of
earthly parents to suffer for His people
and then be Wonderful Counsellor, God-
Hero, Father-Everlasting and Prince of
Peace. This was a splendid foretelling
of what Jesus did 750 years later. Mat
thew, in his first chapter, and Luke in
his -second, plainly echo Isaiah’s words.
Isaiah, in his later years gets the ideal
clearer in his mind, age mellowed his
vision and he gets the broader view of
the world’s Saviour, not simply one for
the Jewish people. There is much that
I would like to say to you, but Chat is
getting over long. But I want all of
you*.to remember that throughout the-
entire Bible we are exhorted, yea urged,
to be strong, to be of good courage and
as St. Paul says, “Watch ye,-stand fast
in the faith, quit you like men, be
strong.” And while the years pass, day
by day, let us work, let us do whatso
ever our hands find to do, for none
of\ us know when our summons will
come. The Holy Spirit comes not in
thunder nor with scenic display, nor
will our call to our Father’s house be
spectacular. But whether the time
given us h^re is long or short, let us
live so that there will be no cause f/r
the Babe whose natal day we so soon
shall celebrate, to regret the record of
our lives as He shall see it. And in the
language of Tiny Tim, let us pray,
“Good bless everybody.”
Faithfully yours,
LIZZIE O. THOMAS.
■ \K HAS FOUND LIFE
•nr; Mias Thomas’ nice, practical
. . i a ml the letters that followed I feel like
>.iying ;i few words myself. Miss Thomas is a
reader of human nature and some of her best
thoughts are culled from observations of the
lowliest people with whom she may come in
contact. People are people, anyway. We en
joy Miss Thomas because she Is full of first
hand knowledge.
I think Vera Noble expressed sensible views
when she said that a teacher ought to be get
ting something out of life as she goes along.
This is as important a part of life as the
final retirement will he. If she will take an
I interest—an active interest—In the children and
the entire community, go to church and Sunday
school, and to other societies they may have;
form reading clubs or something to help briug
the people together in common, she will find
that she likes the people and they like her.
Not only that, hut they will discover that she
is useful in the community and offer her the
school again, maybe, at an increased salary.
All country people are not fools, and they know
a live teacher from if dead one, and very often
the friends she makes In the community are her
lifetime friends.
But Jane Smith has reached the goal of her
ambition as a teacher, and still she is not con
tent. That is natural. My grandpa once
told me that if everybody were contented there
would be uo progress. Suppose aue had never
outgrown her first wish—her baby wish for a
rattler. She would be still content to shake her
rattLer ami say •‘goo,’’ and there are lots of
people* still shaking rattlers. Time passes on
and v^e pass: our capacity for enjoyment en
larges: the same thing will not satisfy us long
at a time.' I appreciate how lonely Jane feels,
but she is contemplating a very serious step—it
may he the correct thing to do. It may not be
the wrong thing to do to marry her Inferior,
whom she docs not even expect to make her
happy, but before she does it I hope she will
thoroughly consider whether he is a good man.
If he is and loves her she may not be doing
the wrong thing to marry him. If h e is just
uneducated, that is no crime, for she can help
him read and inform himself. If he is a kind-
hearted man and loves her. I think she will be
safe in marrying him. If she is not ashamed
of him: but don’t marry any man that requires
an apology.
South Georgia Girl has quite a little to say
about how very bad a widower with a crowd of
children needs a wife. Of course he needs a
wife, but the question is. does he deserve one?
You may talk about being lonely, but of all
the loneliness a person can feel in all the com
bined days of old-maidbood, 1 nothing can equal
the loneliness of being the unloved and unap
preciated second wife of a man with a crowd
of children. Just try It If you want to be con
vinced. Such a woman has to work so hard
that she has no time or opportunity to go out
at all. If she were to get a chance to go she
would have so much work to do before she
got off that she would be sleepy when she got
there. Jf a woman marries a man with a
crowd of children, young or old, and expects
him to be different from Mr. Newlywed in the
funny supplement she will be disappointed. Nine
men out of ten will let the children rule them.
They are much averse than the mothers about it.
Now, this may be a gloomy picture for South
Georgia Girl, who, no doubt, is contemplating
marrying a widower. Rut I am speaking what
I know, and it is first-hand knowledge, too.
However, I must say that all apples are not
crap apples. Some men are good men and
treat their second wives Just as well as their
first ones. A N^rood many cases of that kind
have come under my observation. But as sure
as you are born, all are not that wav. He
thinks, as a rule, that he and his children are
all who need , any consideration. It a woman
is thinking of marrying a widower, she would
better be certain in the first place that he is
either a good man or that he is badly in love
with her. If he loves her, even If they are
both in the sear , and yellow leaf, that will
remedy everything else -when it corns to happi
ness. Poverty is nothing to compare with hav
ing a man nagging and complaining. But love
gives them both a heart to do, and it makes
them more appreciative. However, I am sorry
to say that a man with a crowd of children
often ruthlessly marries without taking time to
woo. thinking loye will come later.
Little motnerlebs children are sweet. Their
little hearts are hungry for a mother’s love
and care, and they are glad to welcome a new
mother. The stepmother goes Into the family
with'her mind made up to love and be a mother
to the children, and her heart is craving the
Jove of the child. It is generally the case
that in spite of the father and older children
the young children and their stepmothers love
each other. MARY E. WIGINS.
MARION STEVJSNS’ THANKSGIVING.
Busy Bee, here I am after a long, long si
lence. I’ve just been listening, you know. In
between times I’ve been busy, with housework
—that includes more things than I shall at
tempt to describe in words. I’ve learned to
quilt and feel very proud of that . I’ve al
ways had it done before, but I have' some old-
fashioned notions that just now are creeping
out and demanding expression. * You can imag
ine how I enjoy doing these things when
prompted by love for-my little family which
consists of my big-hearted, considerate hus-
j ai ? tl ~ an< * * Wo b,e8Sed - babies—a boy and a
girl. Then I have my reading and writing and
music, blessings unnumbered which I have
learned and am learning to appreciate and en
joy |
Mrs. Wiggins, I feel like I know you. It
happens that I know of a case very similar to
^ours. # I met her, was with her a short time
not long after her marriage. Having known
the man previously, also his first wife of whom
I was very fond, I knew she had more on he*
hands than she bargained for. The children
doubtless she could and would have made an.
excellent mother for them—but the drudgery
she had to perform in orier to save, save, save.
As for his love let trie pass it by. I could
write largely about his love for money, etc. I
was much impressed by her pleasant manner
ner soft voice and kindnesfe to the children and
when she asked me if I knew the address or
Mothers’ Magazine and she copied it down so
that she might send for it, study it in order to
learn more about being a mother to those
children, I felt she was certainly Interested In
their welfare and was determined to do her
part. The months passed. I came back home,
but I never forgot her. I often wonddVed about
kff Rod recalled little incidents and when once,
after telling her some little episode in my life,
she remarked, “You married each other when
young, you can grow up together and under
stand one another, can’t you?” She had taught
for some fifteen years. At present she is
gone—has been gone some weks. I do not knoW
the circumstances, but knowing the situation &
1 do 1 can imagine some things and my sympa
thy is lor her. He is a man who should never
have married. There was no room in his heart
for a woman and children—especially the lat
ter. His first wife used to tell me to be glad
I married a man who loved children. She was
a nobie, splendid woman, but her fifteen year*
of life with him had made her weary, so when
death came she was ready to go to rest.
Sometimes j»eople marry for what they be
lieve is love, but you can’t love a person with
out a principle, or without something within
them that grows and develops with the years
and grows finer and bigger and greater, and not
realize that you have made a mistake
Perhaps you love a man whom others may
censure. You’ve got to be sure that he is
worthy Better find out beforehand than after
ward, then you will not live to regret. There’s
a number of ways to know. It seems strange
and sad so many girls make a mistake in the
selection of a life partner.
I used to teach, too. I have tender memories
of those days when life was full of dreams
and promise of days to come—dreams I am now
realizing.
I am glad I married Instead of continuing
alone—something could have come between us
in all those years to come, and I am glad I
have lived and loved and known and realized
the beautiful joys of home, husband and ba-
Wes MARION STEVENS.
MY GOLDEN RULE.
. Yf a F Miss Thomas: i read something in the
Atlanta Journal a few days ago that reminded
me very much of myself. I often have a
severe case of the blues and think I have more
troubles than anyone else, then I think I must
uot press that in my mind, for so many others
have Just as big a share, though in different
ways, we must push back such evil thoughts
and give room for praises and thanks. If we
give way to our troubles we will soon think of
nothing or no one but ourselves, even be dull
and no pleasure to ourselves or anv one. It will
seem to us as if the whole world is against
us. Then is when we forget our part in “do
ing unto others as we like for them to do unto
ns.” We want others to sacrifice their trou
bles, or rather push back their troubles to
console us. But think of reversing those last
words, instead of expecting kind deeds from
others we should search for some way to make
happy* every one we come in contact with. It
will become a habit and everyone around will
find pleasure. Do unto others as we want
them to do unto us. would be fulfilling our
duty to ourselves and to our fellowman, but
the longer we act indifferent to our fellow-
man the farther away we get from our duty
to them. Then the plainer we see their faults
and the deeper our own are hidden from us.
Let us dig out all selfishness envious thoughts,
so that we can readily see hundreds of good
deeds others are doing unto us. I want every
reader of my letter to pray that all of ns
will always live right.
Sometimes the futures looks dark and gloomy.
I am a widow with one little girl to raise, but
I feel like I will be blessed with health to
f*arn a support for us. I am certainly thank
ful for all the blessings I have already had.
I would have written to The Journal long ago
but was afraid it would reach the waste bas
ket. Hoping Miss Thomas will ever have a
successful page. Cordially,
MRS. QUINNYE HARRISON.
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jjccemuer Ul, >.913.
GOLDEN TEXT: And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among* ub,
We are always interested in begin
nings. There is a peculiar attractive
ness about the first citizen of a place,
about the oldest house, about the first
baby born in a town, the % .first bank
established, etc. We treasure as one of
the glories of our country’s history the
story of its first settlers, and there is
not one who is not interested to a
certain extent to the first man.
Imagination can scarcely reach that
far, but even then, when we stop to
think we long to know what preceded
him, and when we try to stretch back
to the very beginning of things, every
thing is unsatisfactory and unsatisfy
ing, until we realize that in the begin
ning was God. There our imagination
rests, and we can be satisfied even
though we cannot realize the truth of
this in all of its completeness.
This great personality is i the self-
existent one, who is independent of all
His creatures, and why was called by
the Jews, Jah or Jehf>vah to express
this trijith of his personality. The
great “I am” He called Himself, when
Moses asked what he should reply to
Pharoah if he should .ask who sent him.
This is a significant fact, that the
first four words in the Bible were just
those words, and expressed this truth,
“In the beginning, God.” By comparing
John-1 with Genesis-1, we learn that
He existed not as ohe person, but as
at least two persons in one. Genesis
states, in the beginning, God. John says,
in the beginning was the Word; and
the Word was with God, therefore iden
tical with Him, and the Word was God,
therefore different from Him.
Elsewhere we learn that there was a
third person in this great personality,
the Holy Spirit who was also with God,
and who also was God distinct, yet iden
tical. There are many things that we
cannot understand, and fully compre
hend, which are nevertheless facts, and
this fact of the trinity is one of them.
I do not suppose that anyone can fully
comprehend the truth that three per
sons could exist distinct yet the same;
but the fact tha we cannot comprehend
it does not alter the fact of their ex
istence. Some day, when the limitations
of the earth have been taken from our
midst, we shall be able to comprehend
this truth in all its fullness, but not
until then.
It is of the second person in the trin
ity that we study this morning. He is
called here, the Logos, the Word. John
was writing to Greeks and Jews, both of
whom fully appreciated this reference;
the Greeks particularly understood the
characterization of the great personali
ty by the term Logos, Word. The word
means a thought, or a word, and is
just the same, because the word is a
means of expressing a thought. So John
suggests it here, calling the second per
son of the trinity, the Word, because it
is through Him that the great person
ality God speaks. Through Him God
expresses Himself. All things were
made by Him. Through Him God has
expressed His creative power. In Him
was life. Through Him God expresses
His life-giving power. Through Him
when He breathed into the clay which
had been formed as man the breath of
life. This life was the light which
Ughteth every man that cometh into the
world. Through him God gave an in
sight into the mysteries of God,' as He
expresses Himself in the universe.
The more of His life that we have in
us, the more light we have. The man
who is animated by the life that is
Christ sees God in every flower, in ev
ery - circumstance and condition of life,
in all nature ,as well as in the realm,
of grace. He sees God in the storm *».nd
in the calm. He sees God in the fruit
and in the flower. He communes with
God in his business life as well as in
the sanctuary.
But this is one of the marvelous
things, that this light has come into the
world, and the darkness comprehends it
not. Dong before Jesus came there was
God. He had expressed Himself in na
ture and providence sufficiently to light
en every man, but no man had grasped
the true conception of God. So God
sent a man named John to bear wit-'
ness of the light, and then the true light
came. But when the true light came
into the world which He had made, that
world did not receive Him. He came to
His own people, but they did not re
ceive Him. But as many as received
Him by believing in Him, exercising
His authority as the word of expres
sion of God’s power, he made a great
gift—He gave them the right to be
come sons of God, to them who were
born, not of water, nor of the flesh, nor
of will of man, but of God.
THE INCARNATE WORD.
Men had had difficulty in grasping
the conception of God, of this great per
sonality who made and keeps the world.
So when they could not grasp the truth
in any other way, one of these marvel
ous things happened, which shows not
only the grace of God, but His marvel
ous love, shows His yearning after His
people that they might know Him. This
Word, the Legas, this person in the
great personality by whom God has ex
pressed Himself i,n creation, became
flesh, and dwelt among us, full of grace
and truth. He lived among the pooi-
est and the humblest. He walked as a
man among His people. He lived as one
of them that they might know Him,
that they might learn to know God, so
ti.at they might behold the glory of the
Father as we see the glory of the only
begotten Son of the Father. It was as
though a child had been separated from
his father all of his life; he had haa
letters from him, he had spoken about
him, he had written to him; he was a
great personality to him, and yet he haa
never seen him; and then that father
came into his life, so that he could act
ually handle him. He could touch him;
he would physically perceive him, and
appreciate hijn. To that boy, the fa
ther, who was merely a personality or a
spirit before that, had become flesh
and dwelt with hijn. Just so His peo
ple had been grasping after God They
had some conception of Him, but a very
dim one. They had never seen Him,
but now He had become flesh and welt
among them, so that every man might
handle Him, and their eyes might see
Him, and their ears might hear Him
speak, that He might become the living
personality ini their midst. This was
what Jesus did. He was the Word. He
was God. He was the one through
wnom God expressed Himself; and be
came flesh, that they might see Him,
and know Him, and love Him. Until
that time, they had only the law, and
the ‘thou shalts,” and the “thou shalt
nots.” This was all good so far as It
went, but it was still law. The law
came by Moses, but grace and truth
came by Jesus Christ. And all those
who received Him, and believed Him, be
held the glory of the Father In Hjlm.
Grace was added to grace, and grace} to
grace, undeserved favor to undeserVed
favored, as they learned to know Him
more and more fully, and to appreciate
God more and more.
GOD REVEALED.
No man has seen the great jersonali-
ty, God. The only begotten Son of the
Father who is in His bosom, who is
God, who was in the beginning with
God, who expressed His creative, His
life-giving, His * lightening power—the
Son of God, the Word, the Second person
in the trinity, who became flesh and
dwelt* among us—He has revealed Him.
Would you know God? Then look in the
face of Jesus Christ. Would you know
His humility? Look into the face of
the Babe of Bethlehem. Would you
know His gentleness? See the children
crowded about the knee of the Man of
Gallilee. Would you know His tern-
ness? See Jesus driving the many
changes oiit of the Temple. Would you
know His power? Look at Jesus as He
raises the daughter of jorus from the
dead, having just died, as He raises the
son of the widow of Nain from the
dead, ater two days; as He raises Laza
rus even ater decomposition had set in.
Look at Him as He heals all manner of
sickness and disease of His people.
Would you know God’s mercy? Then
see Jesus as He hangs on the cross,
voluntarily' giving up His life in order
that we might not suffer the penalty of
our sins. Yes, we may behold the glory
of God when we look into the face of
Jesus Christ. \
We have no cause for not knowing
God now. The Word has revealed Him.
He has done all He can to show you
how much He loves you, and how much
He wants to *make you a member of His
family. He has shown you how to be
come such. Let it not be said of you
that He came unto His own people,
and His own received Him not; but let
the record be that when He came to
you, you received Him by believing
Him, and He gives you the right to be
a child of God, an heir to the Kingdom,
and to all Lie blessed, privileges of the
sons of God. These are gifts to us, and
cannot be had by law: for the law came
by Moses, but grace and truth by Jesus
Christ.
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As she turned in at the gate Rhoda
glanced up at the window where her
mother usually sat of an afternoon with
her sewing. Mrs. Kent was a * great
h' me body,f but today the window was
e pty. Empty alsd' was the sitting
room, when Rhoda entered from the
veranda. She set down her suitcase and
called loudly: “Ma! Mother!”
At last her father appeared “Land
love us, if it ain’t Rhody!” he ex
claimed. i
“Yes, it’s me, father,” Rhoda said. She
kissed ‘him. “Where is mother?”
“Why, your ma’s gone visiting, Rhody.
She started out Monday morning, in
tending tp stay a fortnight at your
Aunt Mate’s. I’m keeping bachelor’s
hall—first time she’s ever pulled right
up and left me. Come t ostay a while?”
“I’ve come to stay,” replied Rhoda.
“To—stay?” he repeated, slowly.
“That’s what I said. I’ve left Will.”
“You’ve left Will!” Her father stared
ai her, his face stiffening into horror.
“My God, girl, you don’t mean it! What
has Will done?”
Rhoda shook her head. “ ’Tisn’t what
he’s done. It’s what he won’t do. He's
shiftless. I'm tired of trying to push
him along. And I’ve given up, that’s
all.”
Her father pondered with his eyes on
the floor. “Your ma’s always pushed
me along,” he said.
“There’s a difference,” replied Rhoda
crisply. She drew the pins from her
hat with an air of intending to make
herself thoroughly at home. Her fath
er watched her, sighing.
“I’m sorry about this, Rhody—
darned if I ain’t. I like Will. You’ll
make it up, I guess. Your ma never left
me!. I dunno about this, Rhody. I’m
glad to see you home, but I’m sorry
on Will’s account. Darned if I ain’t.”
“Father,” said Rhoda, facing him
with one of her mother’s looks, “I wish
you wbuldn’t talk about this any more.
Let it drop. I’ve left Will, and I’m
not going back. I’ve come home to stay.
If mother was here she’d say I’d done
right. If you don’t think I have, keep
It to yourself. Now I’m going upstairs
to put away my things. / My trunk’ll be
here pretty soon. When I come down
I’ll get supper, if there’s anything in the
he use to cook.”
“If there ain’t I’ll get it,” agreed her
father meekly.
Rhoda opened her suitcase in her old
room, which was still as she had left it/
She had been married two years—two
tempestuous years, in which she had
striven to break her husband by the
same method her mother had 'used on
hei father. Rhoda had begijm her mar
ried life with the resolve “not to let her
husband boss her.” but she had made no
allowance for a like resolve on his part.
Yet she had married Will Helm because
she had loved him so much that she
ctuld not live without him. He was a
good deal like her own father, being
of the type known as “easy-going,”
while she was energetic and eager to
“get ahead.” There was in consequence
a constant clash between their natures
v hich had at last resulted in open rup
ture. Whereupon Rhoda had packed her
belongings and left. Her mother, she
knew, would Uphold her, because she
simply was carrying out her mother’s
policy. As for her father’s opinion, it
did not count, of course.
Rhoda took up the reins of govern
ment in her old home just as her moth
er had laid them down. Her father was
easier to manage than her husband had
teen, ahd she had a very good time for
a few days. She was still very angry
with Will, otherwise the thought of him
did not trouble her much. Those Who
had known her best as, Rhoda Kent
flocked to see her. She told them mere
ly that she had come home to stay for
a time, and avoided all mention of her
husband.
She had been home a week whten one
afternoon as she was about to leive the
house to make calls her mother walked
ir. Mrs* Kent was extremely like her
daughter, though larger and with more
resolution about her large chin and
handsome mouth. She shut the door be
hind hfer with a crack and her black
eyes s^vept her astonished daughter
from top to toe. “Hello! What are you
doing here?” she demanded.
Rhoda made a welcoming rush* to
ward her, but Mrs. Kent warded her off.
“Keep away from me till you answer
my question,” she said.
‘^Why, I’ve come home to stay,” re
plied Rhoda lamely. “How queer you
act, ma! Aren’t you glad to see me?’
“I’m glad enough to see you, but I’d
be gladder to see you where you be
long.” Mrs. Kent loosened her wraps
without removing them. “You see, 1
stayed out at Aunt Mate’s as long as I
could stand it, and then I went on to
Hartwick to see you. I found Will
keeping house alone. I asked him
where you were, and he told me what
I had happened.”
Rhoda bit her lip with anger. “I ex
pect he told you,” she cried, furiously,
“and told you just the way* he wanted
yen to hear it. But I’ll tell you one
thing, Ma Kent: when I left him I left
for good. I’m sick of pushing him
up to a job and trying to make him
work. He’s never been so bad as he’s
been lately. And I won’t put up with
him.”
Mrs. Kent scrutinized her daughter
coldly, eye to eye. “Will’s sick,” she
said. “He’s got the Janders. The doc
tor says he’s been ailing for quite a
spell back. It’ll be three vfeeks before
he’s able to work much.”
“]/ didn't know he was sick,” Rhoda
said.
“Well, he is; ar,d under the circum
stances your place is with him at
home,” said her mother.
“He’ll have to get along alone, moth
er. T m not going back.”
“But I say you will.’
“And I say I shan’t.”
As Rhoda spoke the last word her
mother’s hand flew out suddenly and
clipped her on the cheek with such
force that the clear skin bore the white
imprint of at least four finkers dis
tinctly visible in stinging outline.
“Say shan’t to me, eh?” blazed Mrs.
Kent. “Sass your mother, will you? I
igiess you won’t. Not much. When I
tell you to do a thing you’re going to
do it, and no back talk. You can boss
your husband, but you can’t boss me. I
say you’re going home where you be
ll ng t and you’re going. You can’t stay
here another day. The idea! I waa
never so disgraced in my life as I am
this minute. To think mv daughter
would leave her husband! I’m ’shamed
of you. You ought to be ’shamed of
yourself. March straight upstairs and
pack your things. Your pa’ll see to
getting them to the depot. And we’ll
follow right after. You’re going home,
Rhody Kent, and I’m going with you
to see that you get there. Now march!”
Rhoda marched. Hurt, overwhelmed,
astonished, with all the certainties of
life shaken fpr her, she mounted to her
room and began to pack her things.
And as she worked she wept, for her
cheek still tingled from the blow which
had forcibly demonstrated to her the
fact; that there was one person whose
way came before hers and whose
authority was not to be questioned.
In the meantime Mrs. Kent sat down
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steps overhead when her husband en
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She let him kiss her. “Yes, I’m back,
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She’s upstairs now, packing. I’ll have
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after she g-ets there.” She took breath.
“I wish you’d make me a slice of toast
and a cup of tea, Sammy,” she said,
gently. “I feel kind of empty and up
set. Make the tea strong and don’t
scorch the toast. I hate to leave again
now I’m home, but business is business,
and I'm not one to forsake my duty
for my comfort. No, siree!”
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