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Show MOTHER OVERCOME AT SIGHT OF BOY" ' BROUGHTi HOME Confinement in Prison Camp Changed Strong Lad Into Invalid. By Clarence BuJington Kelland pedal Dispatch. PARIS, Oct. -2. Kxchanged prison-erg prison-erg of-war come back by way of Laka Como, and of all the sights of this war1 thai of an arrival of exchanged Italian j prisoners la the most pitlfnl. I In Italy Auatrlan prisoners are well rred fair, v. HI treated, well r-d. Ttuv go home well and strong. In return ! for them Austria sends back human wrecks, horrible to see. It sends back men mutilated, men wasted by s larva - ' tlon and diseaae, men who have auf- t fered the most horrible erueltles. Kach train ia met by the' American T. M. C. A. with cigarettes and such things aa the soldiers want. Hecra-tHrles Hecra-tHrles representing the " V ", Knights of Columbus. Y. V. C. A.. Salvation Army and Jewish welfare board ere doing wonderful work among the prisoners. pris-oners. From far and near friends and relatives rela-tives of the prisoners come to meet them hoping, hoping that their loved ones will be tn the consignment. One poor old mother, living in a distant j province of Italy. wa:ited to Como no ' less than four times, vainly waiting fT her only remaining son. At last her son came. - Hhe haiTHot been prepared for this, for her son waa still pictured in her mind as the strong, hearty boy who had gone away from her.' - Supported by a Y. M. C. A. man. she drew near hesitatingly, but turned away her face. Mhe could not bear to look. Neither she nor her aon had been ( fortified against such a meeting. But the boy rose to the emergency. He ( stretched out his emaciated hand and ; grasped hers and drew it against his I cheek. "Mother," he said in Italian, i "I haven't but one eye left and only i one leg but I'm your son yet. I love you aa much as If I were whole. Aren't you glad to see me.' Hhe burst Into tears tears nf grief and of Joy. and threw herself upon hie body, mumbling his name, cuddling him. |