The Detroit times., 1917-12-12

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book. and I never knew how Elad
could be 20 get back home again /
blessed dear Mrs SelWyn over ana
over again Tor giving me the ola
place.
Eucne and Harry came over the
same evening We arrived nom, ttu.il
Chicago and strange as 10 may seem,
Ellene iH looking better and younger
than ] have seen hor iu years while
Harry mas grown gray and old.
The election is next Tuesday and.
az course Dicks nfst question was
" hat Harry thot OF his chances
-lust "a lfty-Gfty chance Dick" he
said "and Z tell you Z wish 10 were
ell over. 7 would not go thru an
other six weeks l'ko the last have
been for n 10 years lease on life.
! looked at sliene and she smiled
brightly and said; Hurry thinks he
would not do N all over again, but
he would. ho would do IL even II he
failed"
~ would bs a pity n that man
been CRATER and shyster politician
all his life"
You can't have read the papers
lately broke Ia Eliene. II you had
you would have seen that you have
tho wrong idea. IL Is Harry who is
all that you have called the other
man"
And then some.- interrupted Hnr-
We aid not mention tho Old scan
dal and after while Eliene and ]
went 90 the other room and left the
'"% 1rei Ii' me 90 aSoSt SoSt s&ns.'"' '''N', said
"Ohl MRreie. In an my lifo / have
never seen anything so sad. said
EIleno in "A trembling voice
"Can nothing be doue2'
Nothing" she answered. and
when you see Mollie. your heart viii
break. lCr baby Is the most beau
tifu child you ever saw and--oh
can hardly think about u much less
"I}ow does chad take IT,
That is one Of tho worst phases
~ tho tragedy chad is almost IN
same. shuts himself up FOR days and
-r.N ses u0 ono but Mollic. lie plays
should think that Mollic would 80
wJd. hUt she !s sBperhuman. ! think
She comforts chad. takes care 90 her
baby and at times ] have really seen
her smile. but Oh Margie that sn. La
= much moro saddenIug than tears
she told me 20 tell you she want
ed you 20 come over and see her
early "a tho morning.
Tell MarEie she said. chat she
must NOT grIeve. would rather
have my baby this way them not al
'ft IS telling on her tho why
Margie. She looks years older than
whom you won't away. There ls unlS
ono little ray of light iu her horri bic
darkness M1rEie. and that is that
chad U.s. rl-h-t-7uuBh 10 give that
child every comfort and luxury that
money can buy. Already Mollie Is
planning 20 have splendid home
and school for blind children built
near Dr Nirots hospital Chad Will
not talk about "a az vet for he IN
slsts az times that all blind babies
should he KILLED at birth You see.
ne is almost insane He has not
looked upon his child since he knew
it was blind MarEIe. / cant help
thinking that We women have more
moral and physical courage than
men"
thot that tonight whom / saw you
and Harry. EIeue You positively
i0ok better than you have for years
and Harry has grown old and gray
lts poor follow. it went hard
with him when tho papers ralcd no
that old scandal but honestly. Mar
Eie, 7 was Elad ~ It After u came
ont I knew had nothing more 60
dread. Tho very worst had been
told. md told in tho worst way And
MarEi ! Was realty rather proud or
Harry when he wrote that letter 20
The pHpers and a. he said beat EN- 70
it'
Il could not let him DO - All alone.
so wrote nov side and took 10 down
tH the office ~ PATS paper. Pat was
NOT going 60 lct me- print 81. he said
it was not necessary that ] be brot
into ~. but I convinced him that Q
WAS mo- battle Es well as Harry
tio lo continued