The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-12-28


me, ana how you used 10 preach duty
and principles! Have you still that lit
/ tie yellowed book compiled by your
great grandmothe filed with clippings
concerning the duties OF motherhood.
( the goodness Of woman and the incon-
stancy of man? / remember the mar
| gins OF the book were strewn with
old recipes for the dressing of meats.
! the preserving Of fruits. the brewing
Of cunning cordials, all Of which struck
me as ministering TO at least one con-
stancy in man-his devotion to a good
dinner. eh?' Anna laughed at the rec
objection.
"Yes. / still have IT, And speaking
Of dinners, have you grown TO be a
good little housewife? ! suppose your
husband-but. by the way. you haven't
yet told me your husbands namef"
A vivid crimson surged 10 Annals
face, her slim neck, her little ears and
open brow. Then she threw back her
pretty, patrlcian head proudly.
my husbands name is Robert Gran
ger"
| 1HtI HldItn lOI IN AnHltlnl az NeiNh
other, woman 10 woman. Then Mrs.
Mason gasped:
Robert Granger, the man.
The young wife looked at her old
friend almost sternly.
"The man who is in prison serving
a term that Burton Temple should be
serving. Oh. Mrs. Mason. what have
"A INV .4aref.
dence sacredly-you mustl You viii,
won't you-you willT she was white
now and wide eyed with the import
of II all.
"Why, yes, dear; of course-of
course. But tell me, l don't under
stand. Why are you here"
81 am here, Mrs. Mason, to find
some evidence that win clear my hus-
bands name and that viii send the
! guilty man to Sing Sing in his place"
; The soft insistence with which she
pronounced her purpose was more
3 startling than any violence could have
been.
"How did you get Mary Graham's
position?' pursued Mrs. Mason.
"You see. Mary and l have been
: friends, real friends, for years. We
studied stenography in the same
school ten years ago. We've kept up
with each other ever since. When
2 when all this trouble came / asked
, her to help me, to see IL she couldn't
find some clew. something that would
help somehow. 1t seems like merci-
Q full providence that she had been sent
g here. She tried. but she couldn't.
q Finally she suggested that come my
self. She made a plea of i'll health,
and so it was quite simply managed,
you see"
"But the children, AnnaT'
= "Oh, it nearly broke my heart TO
: leave theml But j had TO, you see.
There's no one else TO do the fighting
for their fathers honor. IL can only
= find some evidence"
"You think there is hope Of finding
= someT
Il ooh there is hope But I've got to
fight for It. and, dear God. I'm going
I" 10! I'm going to meet this Burton
: Temple. and I'm going to fight him
" I'll be his faithful secretary, but III
" spy upon him; I'll be his shadow
IS There must come some unguarded mo
1t ment when his mask win fall. I'll d.
e his bidding oh, yes, my hands rihin'
It his desk. He'll know what it is q
e have an outraged mother spying a
d his sidew
IF "S-sh-h, dearie! Some one win hear
You're overweight"
e "There is something almost tigerisl
,e in mother love, isn't there. Mrs. Ma
d. son? That's how l feel sometimes
lie quite like a tigress. I>wonder If yol
'e can understand the agony Of it whel
Is nv boys ask me about their father
where's father?' why does he sta,
ID so longr 'When's he coming home
III And | have TO look into their bah
W faces and lie TO them. When they CIV
ct me their morning kiss lie to then
ee When they say their prayers 1 lie.
ID even let the little tots lie to God. AND
st oh. the questions they can askl Q
IL course I know that Cod being Coo
10 will understand-that he alone ca
mike ullOMuuNto ANA a AAFNhNA - ~
and lies, but the most miserable pal
u OF IL is that soon these lies will b
Vi no good. Now can delude them b
nc some trumped up story of travel an
A. foreign lands. but soon at school the
~ will be told. they will be taunte'
~ oh, the torturew
Mrs. Mason. wishing TO distract h'
" attention from this tragic note, said:
~ "But their father, tell me a lit
G about him. / know, however unjust
:. he may be suffering at present, thi
~, he is in reality a strong, forceful ma
:. n man who can do big things. i
ways knew my little Anna would ma
:. ~ q man like that"
- There was n slight pathetic upliftii
an of the lovely eyebrows, then an Ind
"a scribably delicate smile, with just q
faintest hint of sadness. as Anna era
=. ger slowly shook her head
"a .No. Bobs isn't that kind at al
she said. Hes Of the gentle. swe'
- appealing sort, not forceful, and he
~, never do big things, but there are OF
-, err qualities which can make up I
-, forcefulness. don't you think2 Al
y, he's clever He was advanced rapid
" On tho cotbom Trust comDany. On