El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-30

A SLOWLY convalescing child is
"A always difficult to manage, and
4 - Jean Minor was no exception to
the rule
Indeed, she was more fretful than is
the child who recuperates normally
for on alternate days the little girl had
a slight rise of temperature, accom-
panied by a headache, and without un-
standing the cause of her depression,
she was discouraged and unhappy.
Her mother, too, was suffering from
the reaction which follows any keen
anxiety Most mothers know how flat,
stale and improbable life seems when
the distressing danger that menaced a
dear one is past. and yet the relleNed
patient does not regain strength as
quickly as one thinks she should
At first Beatrice was overwhelmed
with a sense of joyous reIle1 as she ap-
preciated that Jean was not crlucally
i'll and in imagination she saw the
child running about, well and stronS,
in a few DAYS But as day after day
dragged its ScOrchinS and eEerFatlhS
length away, and the small patient re-
NAMED pale and languid, nervous ana
irritable the mother felt that peculiar
Encouragement that viii not be rea-
When DR.. Haynes prescribed change
of air for Jean, Beatrice wrote to Helen
Robbins, saying that she had DECIDED
to leave town as soon as 1t was saIe
for the little girl to be moved, but tnaI
she did not feel like taking board or
cottage for the summer in any place
which she had never seen Therefore
she would prefer running out to Pleas
anton, where Helen had her country
home to inspect the locality before
making definite plans to sojOurn there
for the remainder of the heated term.
Helen replied Immediately, urglng
Beatrice to bring the children ana
spend a few days with her
Friendly Offer.
I'VE have an abundance of room,
she wrote. and the rest Will do you
good and give you an opportunity 10
look over the ground out here
The invitation gave Beatrice food for
thought It would be a convenience
she felt to make the suggested NlSlt'
but in the circumstances, she shIan H
from putting herself under oDilSauOns
to Helen. The widow appreciated that
her friend would resent hotly, II she
knew it. the fact that Uncle Henry
the case. she did not feel that II would
be quite fair to accept Helen,s hospl-
tality without acknowledging the lruI
This she was not willing to do. Tor she
had not decided definitely TO taIe
Henry Blanchard as husband, II
Helen knew the facts there would ne
no chance for the widow TO temporlze
further. If she were eNentuaiIy 70
marry Henry Blanchard, remembering
that her friend had accepted her lnVl-
tation and kept the truth from her'
would feel that Beatrice had not Deen
above making a convenience OF her'
and that would put the WIDOW IN an
uncomfortable position
While Jeans mother unused on these
things DR.. Haynes came TO pay MS
daiIv visit to the small patient w men
he renna rked before leaving tnat lIs
child was doing as well as she could
until she got the fresh country ar,
Beatrice asked him to stay for a rev
minutes. and led him into the drawing
room that she might talk to MN OF
her plans She told him Of the cot
tage and hotel of which her friend had
written. but added that 'she did not
wish to decide upon either one until
she had seen the village in when they
were situated.
The Doctor Approves
ITO tell the truth she said, with
of childlike, sincerity, Il can
not afford to pay a large price Tor mo-
tel bills And. as I feel that l should
take nv maid with me anyway, IL
seems to me that il would be cheaper
TO take the furnished cottage. for then
Ma could be maid-of-all-wO and
assist in the care OF the children, as she
does here in town
The doctor nodded approvingly;
Yes" he agreed. and as you need
care for yourself. too, you need your
maid for you are tired out.
And" said Beatrice. IF we have
our own cottage. the children viii have
more freedom. and need not be dressed
up in their best as they must be in
hotel"
stefan. And you want to see the
locality before going out to stay"
That's just it." said the widow
eagerly. 'Helen Robbins has asked
me to spend some days with her, put
I cannot impose thus upon her. But