'The Mothers Of Honoré' is a short story by Mary Hartwell Catherwood, an author best known today for setting her works in the Midwest, for a strong interest in American dialects, and for bringing a high standard of historical accuracy to the period detail of her novels. This particular tale of hers began by introducing us to Jules McCarty who the author describes as, "... a small, old man, having the appearance of a mummied boy. His cheek-bones shone apple-red, and his partial blindness had merely the effect of a prolonged wink."