Show A Mother in Israel I a UY fly J JJ IDA n. AlI JJ n Republican Special S Service Copyright 1907 Margaret Margarot Ellis Ems had hud never ne put aside e her mourning for or ai her mother In heart or In III attire though quite two years 18 ha had elapsed since she first put It Il on Now o seated on the train which h v wa ns to take tako h lice her 1 homo home she wi wished that there were svere something blacker r than lImn the lie blackest black For FOI it tl was as worse than limn n a home going t lo to the lie nomo name which she hc ha had long considered empty there thore THIS HELEN SCORNED H. H l IL ILI I 4 IJ I. I i t I tI t- t I t r l Service Sor Copyright 1917 Sp Special This I Is a a. picture o of Mrs lichen Helen G. G who ho hn has been served tl with K IC Cole In a n divorce oree suit 1 u by John papers H. H W W. Cole a w wealthy t bu business businessman man nan au and clubman o of New W was wa one too many there now no For had been ben one too lh there re eurs two O years year many and on one too loo f few w. w But nut the tho housekeeper housekeeper house house- keeper had been after all merely a keeper Ier figurehead who dt deferred In iii all things to Margaret opinion Now th thi-ie thi was walt someone omon else e the three months Margaret took out old loiter letter There had been others r this Ibis was the one lne that had bad since In but l been read an and re It was folded pIneD pineo that had hurt most moat at She SIte the tho knew It by Heart yet et sho she read it again And she i ft a goO good woman woman wom worn Margaret reminding me In many an sainted mother She lie things of ot your 11 Sad from b beginning to end and read rca 1 the thc letter I and u d twice she ehe re-a re read the tho part parl that hurt I sorely rel Then Theon she tore toro It across w so the tho again and yet et again Prel Presently word could which no blu bits upon tin tiny the be hr distinguished were te lung flung ung from flom window People were fore beginning to gather up slacken Its ha train to the p kagl packages their p little Margaret l l found oun speed plod After Ater a 8 platform with half halt a ado the oa on herself She saw MW her father before be be- others do dozen n fore ore he I saw MoW her Everything thing looked hooked the same me old buggy the same much the Uie same Se th the Jam same sam old oki horse borse am and with a n little the saw thrill at her ber heart Margaret old father rather What bat change she ahe same amt marriage to make In ha had bad hIm she expected did not know but she knew and was wu thankful thank- thank expected one had she ht It U was not pot thero there Pre Presently ful Ui that I spied spIed her with hI his nearsighted he and came over vr I was little unit eyes eves hl by b- either hut when Margaret 7 1 Into nA tt her m Cath- Cath sUpped P l 11 hal r or of The eL r.-a r. he give e a 9 rh J. J J first t meeting was not what he had feared The Thc group standing in the door was wasa wasn a n very veiT pleasant one Ones one but not In Margaret's Margarets Margarets Margaret's Mar Mar- garets garet's eyes ees How often In Iii her tier dreams ams she he had hal seen scent them them-Teddy them Teddy and B Berth rUI Myrtle and wee swee Dot but Dot but now it was as If Ie they did dill not nul stand before her What hat sho she saw the only thing she saw was the thc lady who stood he beside them She was voa tall with iron hon gru hair hah and sharp observant ant e eyes es tho huo Vt-r Vt antithesis ls Margaret hotly thought of or her little dove eyel O moth moth- ei CI or All In the minute before a word was said the owner of tho those 1 observant obel ant eyes took note of ot the tho girl Irl who I before tier hei She t nu Nl a H. I. I slight I girl scarcely girl scarcely more than a n child child child- I I with soft brown halt hale which tho the wind windblown windblown had blown into Inlo picturesque disorder a mouth surely meant for tor v where here life was was- forcing a n downward curve e brown eyes which might have h. h cl lQ tJ e i beautiful I. I t In n I of their angry appeal against fate Grief Rebellion loathing w loathing so many emotion were written n on the tho th face that her stepmother r Involuntarily In stretched out tier hei m. m arias aims ns as Mr 11 Willis I Introduced them Margaret lid did not nol even oven take tale her hel hand She bent over Dot a moment to hide tilde the tears that I were gathering In her PCS eyes If excuse me Mrs Ellis she suld quite steadily Ill 1 go up to tom tomy m mv my room ron its it's quite a tiresome omo ride rille Y 1 Yos her hll iti stepmother answered tali a It good rest lost Dinner wont won't beor bo be tady for foi or un an hour Ill I'll bring yours ourS up UI if ir you ou lik like you oU poor pOOl tired child Tutu Tint t i t he the unveiled pity lItY Il was harder I than hu mm a anger n Jl I would ha have boon been No 00 Ill I'll count come down Iown thank you rou Ma iga itt nt answered coldly As s da tiny da day the lie breach hi hut hd t I M II th them in widened till finally Ita it itu u a vIl a gaping place which no one love Jove I could ha e ha bridged gt d Even th the tho children helped In the widening with their I i i fondness for Cor or their ci I I.- I. Mi Mr II Ellis Ems alone stood nervously ner Impassive I C longing for peace place as ll only i tin th n nc oUs can longing in hi vain as at ast t the u usually do llo In every possible wa way Margaret Iet thwarted her st stepmother sometimes fitly covertly sometimes openly bu but t ever Ir with an un intolerant disregard nat I made Mrs Mra Ellis Ems feel an intruder If in tn her hel- own hom home Her lice patient acceptance accept accept- I ance auice of the situation her tier silent unI understanding un un- served d fuel Cuel the dr but a as to I feelings Margaret nursed When hen a sweet and wholesome nature becomes I embittered through real or fancied wrongs no other I Is so 80 bitter to tiO ins ins- l I 1 wouldn't tal take e Dot If Ie I were svere you Margaret said Mid tier her stepmother one me morning as l Margaret ret took tool out the tilt childs child's nut hat and coat She SIte has not seemed well 11 the last day ulay or so O and It looks like rain Margaret silently put pul on and buttoned buttoned but but- toned th the coat oat and anti pulled Dots Dot's curls through the elastic clastic of the hat Then she spoke polte I 1 don dent t think it will rain arid and Dot sc seems scorns ms In perfect health She looked I I at the clear sky with sih a sneer as she hl went out Sues Sho afraid love lo me mp she said Paid to herself But nut on the way home her stepmothers stepmother's ers er's words came caine true truo The Tho clouds In Increased In In- creased the wind blew tho thin rain ruin rollIn fellin roll foil In torrents In spite o of Margaret's Margarets care tho ho child was swan As 1 she reached the door loor her stepmother I opened It and held hold out her hof arms for tor forthe forthe the child chilli Margaret you ou shouldn't have havo put your Our coat oser o tier her You must be wet through and through Run nUn and change your OUr things In the middle of or the night Margaret became conscious of or a n knocking at nt her door I II Yes Yeal site she said sleepily Get Gt t up upla Margaret la Arct answered her fathers father's voice olee Dot Dol IB Is very c sick Im I'm going for tor the doctor It Il seemed only a moment to her before beCore she abe was dr and In her stepmothers stepmother's room The child lay 18 on th the bed flushed u hed and lighting for or breath almost unrecognizable 0 as her baby sister But tho ho face ace that bent ben over rr the child an and f then turned at ather ather ather her approach a 8 face alight with love and pity Margaret l wondered where she fib li had seen that look look Th The likeness grew and anti grew Then In a flash she ic knew whence It came Just so ht r had hatt once fought death dt-ath for Cor little Ted Neither r spoke Her lieI stepmother went om on au with the tho wringing out o of hot hOl cloths appl applying ing them item to th the tender throat Margaret watched her deft lingers wonderingly lY or covered covered cov coy ered her tier oars ears with her hands at sound of or the cough a sound that once heard is never forgotten At hl last t she dropped dropped drop drop- rop- rop ped on her knees b by the b bed d and looked up Into her stepmothers stepmother's e eyes el Is there there sho she faltered are ure you OU afraid arald Yes the quiet voice answered I Iam Iam Iam am afraid It Is in right to tell you ou th hI Isso great Margaret when th danger dAngel o I I. I would not have disturbed you ou oth- oth Hut But God Is very el good my dear tear Havo o faith and hope for or I 1 think He lie knows we couldn't give sho up little Dot Margaret shuddered Once before he 10 had hall known I cnn I cnn i 1 help you ou Do you ou need me n 7 Xo No o. o there thero Is nothing more to do 10 until the doctor com conies comes Go and Ho lie down do you 1 0 poor child You look half hiatt sick yourself our Margaret paced her room to and fro to and fro After 4 a u little she heard h her r stepmother open the door and let her father ather an and doctor In Silo She even evell caught tho the words an and tone tono cite o of appeal an appeal an appeal we e make to the doctor and one olle other In Ilk like hike cat case e. e Then tho the door ot or tho the sick room opened opened open open- ed atilt and shut and there hero was WAa silence And Margaret crouched 1 by the bed lived JIved again the tho months month she hc had luid lived since Mince nor her to her house houe Then backward again ln to the tho last months at nt the boarding school Then further still sULl to her mothers mother's last laut kiss leiss and her own promise to be good It seem seeni Impo Impossible to look onward forward anI and yet ct through her closed door she heard lh opening of at the one where the tho sick child lay Jay lt She heard hoard tho the faint tar tap at the door dool and her stepmothers stepmother's step step- mothers mother's voice Margaret Margaret Marguiret are arc you ou awake Thero There were tears Inthe Inthe in inthe the voice Margaret t crouched lower The Tho child Is dead she he said to tier her self Of or a n Mid sudden don she went sweat to tho the door 1001 an and threW throw It open H Her r stepmother stood upon tho the th the tears running down her face Years wore were crowded nto the before she ho spoke My 1 dear 01 my dear ulear the child will live Jhc Margaret swayed anti and would have o 0 fallen but for or the strong trong antI and tender arms that caught her She Sho nestled clo closer r clo closer or lr OI sobbing away her an and grit the tho mothr motherly motherly moth moth- erly r heart that yearned over her oven een as her own mother might c done |