Show Saint Under the grimly watchful but JUI sympathetic ees eyes of or tour four police police- policemen policemen men and a n woman peace I officer lath took Cherry Into her arru arf mand and kissed her then I began gent gent- gently gently ly Iy to remove e the he girls girl's hat and coat while her eyes devoured de the the beloved beloved little face tace that had chang chang- changed changed ed cd so tragically stiles since Thank Thanksgiving ing lag day Faith knew Instantly that there ther wOUld be no scene Cherry had l lI I don done for and her sett- sett castigation In the bitter loneliness of a prison cell The Cherry who I hat had come to see seo her ller mother for forthe the rho last time lime line was a Cherry whom her mother would Youla hardly hav have recognized it if her dead ces eyes could I have ha opened to exchange with her herbest herbest herbest best beloved beloved child chillI that look of fat ewell Will you let me see her now v Faith before beCore the service begins 1 alth nodded her throat too loo tight with tears teare to permit her to speak The two sisters slaters their hands tightly locked together pass paus p passed paused ed from Crom the living room Into tho narrow little hall and on Into th the bedroom where Mrs I-ani I lay In her coffin They were ere followed to the very door ot of the death teath cham cham- chamber chamber chamber ber by by the lie officers officers- ot of tho 1110 law In shoes In the fun tun- funeral oral eral hush that thaI hat hung over o the whole house Faith hail hn an al aI almost al- al most uncontrollable desire to close thc closi-thc the door In their faces to Insist Olson Cherrys Cherry's right to see her mother alone But a glance at Cherrys Cherry's still pale face told tolt her hr that the prisoner was wall unaware ot of surveillance sur Jim Lane rose from Cram leis his lIs chair by his wife's coffin cortin and without a ord word arms al out daughter Cherr Cherry returned his kits kiss then lien with her small tight mouth working pitifully she step step- stepped stepped ped softly to the tho coffin and looked her ler mothers mother's face Jim Lane and Faith turned their backs upon her an and the tho four po poo policemen grouped in the doorway followed their example their heavy grins grim faces fac's flushed wills rl But It if they had all been looking they would have havo seen Snell nothing but bUI bUIa buta buta a small rigid figure standing al above ove a coffin They could not have seen that Cherrys Cherry's small hands seemed scented to be bo bursting through the thin smooth satin-smooth skin They could not have heard the message which she whispered to that se- se serene se serene rene still face faco which wa was so en- en enI ennobled en ennobled and beautified In death A I ismall small army of ot reporters and fea- fea fea fn feature ture turo writers would have given ghen al- al almost almost al almost most any anything thin the they possessed to hear that broken childish whis whis- whisper whisper pel per but no one not even Faith knew v what the accused accuse mur mur- murderess murderess deress w whispered to the tho he mother who had 1 1 oen een killed by th the news ot of he her daughters daughter's Indictment I didn't do to It Muggy In bern been a bad had girl Muggy but I kill kill didn't-kill Mr JIll Cluny Oh Mug Mug- Muggy y Mus gy Muggy I loved you OU and I need you OU now and youve you've gone away Two 1 tears tars tell fell from her hel wide go golden eyes ees to the still faco taco on the satin pillow ot of the coffin But DUl when Cherry at last turned awa away to face her family and the thc oHI officers cers cera of ot the law lav her ees eyes were dry again her head held high and proud 1 1 want to go back now no faith raith lOll stir 1181 said 1 clearly and with scarcely a tremor ot of o her Iter voice Tomorrow The IlIC last farewell brewell to Martha Lane Copyright 1927 1327 KEA NEA EA Service toI I Inc op 00 |