The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1914-09-03
Back From
The Dead
By EDITH V. ROSS

nv little Doy '"o er'
something
q saw mamma in the park"
named expression came over the
,.thers face. His wife. the mother
:, rho boy had been dead year.
m,o child was at the time too young
= understand the nature of death and
IA been told that his mother had
sone away and would not come back
y him. When the father recovered
..,,n the shock his son had given him
be said:
avon we're mistaken. George. You
aorldn't have seen mamma, for she Is
IN heaven
ayes. | did. While Nanny and |
vore walking In the park | saw NAM
ma sitting on a bench by the fountain.
ran no to her and said. oh. mamma.
where have you been so long, and
why don't you come homer"
AND what did mamma sayT
.Why. she kissed me and said. 4
can't come to you. but you can come
and see me at my home occasionally.
Then | asked her where that was,
and she said. I'll tell your nurse. and
she can bring you
The father took his boy In his arms.
kissed him and. putting him down.
sent for the nurse and questioned her.
She told him that the lady George
had referred to was the image of his
lost wife; that she had humOred the
bow and had given her address. at the
same time telling her that she might
bring him to see her II she found be
was longing for her.
The next day George asked to be
taken to see his mamma" and the
nurse. having referred the matter to
his father and received his assent. took
the child to see the lady. Miss Marian
Hill, who petted him and gave him
candy and sent him home loaded with
favors. Many times during his visit
she was about to explain to him that
she was not his mother. that he had
made mistake. but that he might con-
slider her as such. and she would love
him the same as IL she were so. but
the child seemed so sure about her
Identity. and it was evident that she
would only pain him by setting him
right, so she could not bring herself
to correct his error. When he parted
from her he said:
"Why don't you come home, mamma.
and see papa? He looks SO sorry be-
cause you went away!
Miss Hill found 1t more difficult to
parry this part of the error than any
of the others. However, she was no
prude and yielded to the necessities
of the case. Her heart was touched
by the motherless boy, and she placed
his comfort above all else.
You can bring papa to see me IL you
like" she said
"And then will you come home with
usr'
The lady kissed him and said that
she couldn't do that. and she couldn't
explain to him why. but doubtless his
father would understand.
So when Georges father came home
that evening the boy told him that
mamma couldn't come home to see
him, but he could go to see her.
One afternoon Mr.. Trevor made a
call on Miss Hill. He was struck with
her likeness to his lost wife and was
not surprised that George had mis-
taken her for his mother.
II would have brought George with
me-" he said. "but thought that VIZ
had better first arrange what we should
tell him to satisfy him. that our stories
may not disagree"
II fear that I shall have to rely OIL
you to tell him that I am not his moth
err fear ] have not the heart I,
do so.''
Il will think the matter over. Their,
Is no need for haste. am not sur
that we could make him understan,
bis mistake, even if we tried to do 90
For the present we may permit him +
remain in ignorance"
Miss Hill made no reply to this. Sh
knew that 1t would be embarrassin
Tor the child to continue in supposin
that she was his mamma. living In an
other home than theirs. Mr.. Trev0
also realized this. but he had though
OF remedy. The moment be say
Miss Hill he was seized with desir
that she should oil the gap left by tn
wife be had lost Indeed. from tn
Time he thought Of this possibility b
became different man. Being a vic
over. he knew how to lay siege to
woman's heart and realized that hi
motherless child had opened a way fO
MN. When he arose to leave after hi
hrst call he had formed a definite pu
pose that would bring him a compai
ION and his boy mother.
de began by sending trifiing gift
ny George when he went with b
nurse to see his mamma. principal
movers and books. following up thes
ny invitations. which at first were sue
as might include George. From tn
ne stepped to invitations and gifts ,
such frequency that his ultimate 4
enuons were obvious.
ohe day he made his boy dance (,