ELINOR'S MEMORY

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 47, 21 November 1907, Page 37

ELINOR'S MEMORY

Girls, did you ever think how easy it is for us to remember the things we care a great deal about, the little pleasures, the good times, even when they are still in the future 1 But how often we show a strange lapse of memory when entrusted with some little task that, because it is io be done for our dearest and' best, should be a pleasure. Have you ever stopped to thinki of the real reason 1 Father had to get his own supper the evening mother was invited to visit an old friend, because Elinor forgot to come home. He had been working hard all day, and expected to see a cheery dining-room and the evening meal ready for him. Instead, the house was deserted. His strong young daughter had stopped on the corner to chat with a school friend, and- was at last induced to go home with her. It was seven o'clock, when Elinor remembered her mother's parting injunction, ' Now, daughter, have everything ready for father's supper, because I shall not be home until late. I'm going to let you take my place at the table to-night.' Elinor had been proud and happy at the time, but now she almost ran home, remembering with chagrin that the supper hour must be past. A good many times of late she' had forgotten to come home promptly, but it hadn't mattered so 1 much when mother was ■there to do> things. ■* ' I was dreadfully ashamed, mother,' she said two hours later, ' when I saw father sitting there all alone, but 1 forgot.' Mrs. Martin looked sober. « You didn't forget to go after the book Dora promised you last evening or to meet the committee to plan for the picnid. There is one thing that you must remember, daughter, " A loving heart will make a thoughtful head." »