The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-05-20
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Tbs oder woEan STOOD in fhe cooI
Is 70 t4x eauz1ee BLEAK Mlll
swsgt zrr0ss the barren New EnEiAn1
farm
ri dcnr know ron she returned
p csort knew. tke Eclzg W0mEu
began. and there was esrch ln her
r1Ch low vrloe-I Glzrt Ez0W 1
wunld be so-kard- When left home
when rHn away
That Wss Is years ago. broke in
ne oder Wien F1ur f47her--W zen
mg husband died Eve ysars Ag7 y01t
14Ms was n1t upon ms lips
He was = hard man defended ths
oIher. When he knew z had talsnt.
phsn be knew my rnlHs~was sci uEon
the atags. he might hare Yielded. he
sr0gghf Jour Afe info bitterness ans
J m sfrzid-he has rllnad mine
he was yoaF father replied ths
1sher Wo-sn. ile1urab.y. -And Ecl hsa
yoar way
Ste led the way int0 the seldom
used perl0r. then sal sLf1y -Ezighi
on Z haircloth chair. folding hez w0Tl
hands into her apron Ine aeEress
swept r1stiing 10 the black sofa
Tou make ii hard far ne. mother
Che said But ] hare come back -
ASK for another chance IL isn't TOO lats
gei Tor me to be yoar daughter again
I've can lore away the memory q
what has pzsed
Not TOO lstee~ cried the mother
Not 100 late toE the great Made
mciseile Jeanne. 70 fnd : broken c-d
woman On az impoverished farm some
where and proclaim her as her mo4ner,
What woald the grand friends 0t Made
mniseile Jeanne fhink CT BIT 7
won't srgue X With yoa
As il I would care whzt they
thought cried the actress proudly
i want you. mother, e never ci1
befoTe-I need yon--
You spoke Of your life being ruin
"a. said her mother rs it-a man =
II love him. she sz4a simply.
+ 60 o..
@Oh. Il has made such e change i1
me- Il has touched ny hFartless am
Ibitions life with a magic wand and
turned it into tenderness and MISERY
mother
Is there somsthius-hsF you cone
< here To TELL me there IS some reason
~hy y0u should not marry himg
{ Mother. look Il ne. In the way you
are thinking q ! an Northy p be
his wife
4 The older woman gazed steadily Tor
moment II believe you
-It isn't that. But once. after i lnew
f his greatness, i heard him speak o.
< bis dislike for brilliant woEan re
both knew. He disiiksd her because
she had disoKned her mother He
wrote my great play. and il # be
E heaDed his scorn upon 2 child who
vas ungratefui 10 her poor, toil-scar-
+ red parents. Nightly ] had 70 play
that pgrt, had 10 suffer horribly in
Z silence, for I knew then I loved him
But 7 thought he did not know
< of my part and Was careful noS-to-
E -him-learn-a
In a WY ! tried to Justify myself
Z God knows 7 tried to hold your love
& / sent money
AS If ne could have accepted it,
You sent it back vas proud Ny
( work swallowed me up and dFifted
away. My love for hin has made me
E see It all over again. Oh. 50 clearly. And
4 then one night-~e had eaten together
Y NJ humbled my pride and told him q
ny love. Mother. / was frightened.
K am getting old. knew this was the
( only love that would ever come into
NY life.
4 Il told him. and be replied that he
Z knew about you Then / abzssd ny
I pride and pleaded with him He caught
me il his arms and kissed me-then
he put me away
He said be had grown to love me
z III spite q himself. but that be would
Y never marry a woman such as p
The hardness came back into the
older woman's eyes
7 50, she said. you have come here
to make q dickerg" The actress threw
herself forward and hid her face upon
her mothers knees
Don't you see, mother she cried
that I haven't come for that7 That
now. even if be asked #. couldn't be
his wife unless ] were your little girl
again Her shoulders shook nith sob
bing
The mother bent forward over the
+ bright head, her lips qzivered curl
ouslF.
f. Mary And The word cracked with
i It's weight Of love.