The Washington times., 1909-05-30
CHAPTER XLIV.
MOTHER LOVE


not died While he was a child, as he
had always supposed, but vas here
now in mis- fathers arm.
Through her tears she spoke TO him
so you did want me after all?'
81 looked, ard looked about our horne
after the readiness mad left me and 1
brought Jim back, but nc one knew
where you had gone"
And I waited so long" she cried
| TT did not seem as though YOU would
stay away. But 1 had to give up at
| last
But jim could wait no longer. quietly
! he came TO the woman he had known
as the nurse and gently he kissed the
tined face.
Mother" he said
Then she. tco, realized that her child
taken from her long ago, was restored
10 her
DR.. Jordan and Grace had stepped out
on the porch and ROW jim Joined them
| leaving together the man and woman
who had been separated so long.
I can't quite believe it all yet" he
said 10 Grace.
she came to me Just little while
before my baby was born" she told
him. You know how faithful she has
beeIl-and, Jim, / love her"
The picture / found" explained jim
/ was taken so long ago that ii is no
wonder you did not recognize her-or
! either. She-she has had much I'M
happiness and hard time. suppose.
But jim and the Girl touched his
shoulder, that's all over for her nov. %
There was comfort for Jim IN the
| realization that whatever was to come
TO him, and he saw little chance that
there would be happiness in his lot, his
father and mother were together again.
But for himself, not ever this great
event could obliterate the thought that
| now his life would be separated from
II must go back to baby" she said.
I know you want 10 talk 10 your father
and mother"
The old doctor had been q silent wit
ness CT the wonderful events of the past
few moments, and his face bore the
evidence of great perplexity when he
turned TO jim.
About telling Grace Of the mar
/ ridSe?" he inquired at last
Cant we-do we have to tell her?'
asked jim I can't bear to think of
the way she will look at il. She said
she trusted me, and now to find that 1
married her when she was insane.
1 She
We've got to tell her" replied the
/ Old man, AND I know that she will
see il in the right light"
They were Interrupted by the reap
/ pearance of Jims father
a far different man he was now as he
stood humbly by his son I'm the darkness
/ of the porch.
Tn. going 20 get work somewhere in
! town, he said.
Tn. SO glad. father" answered Jim.
And you, bOy2"
Il don't know
'Perhaps-perhaps we can work to-
I gether,' suggested the. older man.
81 don't know much about things
| yet answered Jim, adding, How did
YOU happen to let that code get out
I OF your possession"
"A fellow wanted something Of the
/ kind one night We were there in the
4 saloon underneath our rooms, jim, and
K I let him have it. I didn't expect ever
to see You agsain.
IT guess losing the pfcture-you know
/ I came back here 10 get it-made me
know how much-oh, don't rub IT in,
/ Jim"
Have YOU got any money. fsther?"
Enough TO get a place 10 sleep to
night was the reply. I'll be back
/ here in the morning. Helen''-and his
/ husky voice dwelt on the name-"Helen
has told me something about your posi-
ton here. and III come back. I sup
/ pose you are going TO bedT
\ changed man he walked down the
! path away from them. and again the
old doctor and Jim were left alone 10
face the situation with respect TO Grace.
| That she must know before she met
others in the morning was evident, as
the whole town was talking Of the mar
riage and the finding or the baby.
But again came an interruption as
/ from the house appeared the nurse. She
went up TO Jim. and for the first time
in his memory a mothers arms were
about his neck.
Good night, Jim. my boy" she wills
| pered. All through the years have
so wanted you.
Mother. mother" he sobbed. IT
guess I have found you at the right
time L need YOU now
And We might never have known.
had it not been for the picture" she
yes. there is much TO talk about.
mother
both tired nov. and Mrs. Gordon needs
me Good night dear
Alone again an the darkness. the doc
tor and jim faced each other.
Boy. said the old man, you look
AT things all wrong. You came here and
helped. You've been straight with us.
Il viii be a simple matter 70 tell Grace.
have the marriage annulied and then
YOU can take up your life where you
/ left olf-Only now you've got your
father and mother 10 make IL happy
Jim was bitter at the kind-hearted
old mans words
Take uD life where I left off?" he
cried. Little you know Of henry
wife. Yes. I'm going 20 say Tiny wife
my wife. Do you think any one who
/ has been as close to her as 7 have-who
has had no thought in his soul but for
I her happiness can take up life with
/ her outside OF it,
..oh, I warned you. Jim. that It might
he like that
And what good does warning do
What would you do, Jim-surely not
beg her To-
aOh. no. T can't do that. She's safe
now and happy, and / brought her both
.