The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-01-27

Alan Campbell was soon installed on
the edge OSa he model stand
When he had drunk all the cream
except that which soaked into her
pretty rug. when his face was CORY
with currant jelly and biscuits had
lost their attraction Elizabeth took
one sticky little hand in hers and led
him firmly to the washstand. After
he was clean and dry she sank into a
chair exhausted
81 want up on 'ap!" cried a little
voice appealingly.
She drew him up. For awhile he
was amused by her velvet blouse
Then his eyes began to close. Alan
Campbell's head was On Elizabeth's
shoulder. His right hand clasped hers
tightly. He was fast asleep.
Elizabeth had the true artistic ma
ture, which when it feels does so with
abandon. The soft little body in her
arms, the warm. sweet breath on her
face, touched the very depths of her
heart. Never in her life had she felt
so strangely happy-happy and yet
troubled. She was embarrassed before
her own emotions and bent her head.
clasping him more tightly. The world
thought of her as a woman. She had
a womanly poise and Il strong charac
ter, but her heart, girls heart could
not understand this awakening of
mysterious instincts. the motherhood
beneath her culture and ambition. and
stronger than both. The flying mo-
ments, her beloved work. everything
was forgotten as she held the sleeping
child.
a half hour passed, an hour Alan
Campbell suddenly opened a pair of
questioning blue eyes. Startled by
the strange face. he cried: 'Where's
my muvver? | want my muvver."
His little body shook with sobS.
Rudely aroused from her dream.
Elizabeth felt a quick pang of jeal-
ousy. Yes. she was jealous of the wo-
man whose hold on the child even
death was powcrless to break Silent
Alan Campbell. sobs and all. into her
arms and hurried down to the til
street cars
Plumley alley proved to be neat
tagged court and No 10 tiny white
house with green shutters. \ little
old man. whose eyes were swollen
with weeping. came to answer her
ring Alan Campbell called, 'Huddo.
granny" The poor old fellow tried in
vain to control his grief. The girl
shook the trembling old hand and
turned away, unable to express her
sympathy. Alan Campbell smiled after
her like a sunbeam.
Elizabeth closed her studio door with
a SILVER Never had it looked more
beautiful, more orderly or more cold
and still
81 want my muvver,' a little voice
kept sounding in her ear All. these
mothers she had been plying. how she
envicd them now! 1t was ridiculous to
feel so. and yet. and yet she knew her
arms would always be empty and her
whole body hungry for the presence,
the carcsses of a little child, something
Of her own, her very own, to love.
There was hardly time to arrange
her hair and light the spirit lamp be
fore Phil knocked Hoping that he
would not notice her red eyelidS. she
concentrated her attention on the tea
things. She thought she was succeed
ing until Phil said, whats up. Eliza
beth?"
oh" she replied, Il saw frightful
accident this morning. l can't seem to
forget it," Tears rolled down her
cheeks
Phil longcd to take the sensitive girl
into his arms, but he only said cheer
ingly:
There are many cruel things in this
world. We can't help them. Try to
forget all this. Put on your hat and
come out to dinner with me"
She only sobbed.
Phil knelt beside her chair and took
her hand.
please don't cry. 1t hurts me to see
it,"
1t was very un- Elizabeth-like. but
somehow she let her head droop on his
shoulder and closed her eyes, as Alan
Campbell had done. 1t was so good to
feel some one near, some one who was
strong and who loved her Phil could
not understand. but was grateful for
the miracle which had made the girl
he loved seek his arms like a child
He spoke low and tenderly.
Dear, won't you let me be your
CONSIDER always?"
He bent his head to her tear stained
cheek, and her little word of reply was
not so loud as the glad beating Of his
heart
Only" said Elizabeth when she had
recovered something of her usual spir-
it. don't fiatter yourself it was your
conquest. 1t was nothing at all but the
eternal feminine"
One of Natures Blunders.
During the first year of the Hos
fords' residence at their newly acquired