The daily morning oasis., 1918-05-12
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LETTER IN THE
MORNING MAIL
How Mrs. Lane Finally Realized
= That Thousands Of Other
Mothers Sons Are at Mar
Scared Battle Front. !.
BY MCMILLAN FosrKA
OF the VlatIaNeea.

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Mathematics teach us that I frsm
leaves nothing, and there ID also the
well known biological theorem that
/ you cannot get blood from q tnruip.
1t is also assumed. Sir Isaac Nswtsa
having demonstrated the law, that
what goes up 10 bound to come down.
but this Is only abstract Mira. Lane
probably would have denied It.
The nat rent, sPrevisusay $1.1o0 .
year. now was 81 400. and II showed no
signs whatever Of coming down. The
same condition applied ,aiss 70 hee
childrens shoes. The sh6es now. scest
81. whereas they formerly had cost -
But this was merely detail. A .simi.
lar phenomenon occurred as 10 bed.
steaks. potatoes, buttsg, Ash and the
81 other varieties Of domestic sssea.
tials. All had gone up; aAcne ;haA
come down. About the eAiF tAlng stae
BILE in Mrs. Lanes cosmos ives Mr.
Lanes yearly income. This was e7 zoe
year.. Already Mrs. Lane hed lgivsa
up one maid. The war literally vas ae
her door. True, Mrs. Lane had no son.
no brother-nO kin Of any kinda the
war, but the war still was at her door.
Hard to Make sEnds MssG
Give money for the warf what =
you think she was doing, anywaye
She was giving every cent she had.
trying to make both ends meet In hee
household. 1t hurt, though. Nra
Lane was a kindly, warm hearted. swe-
man, and she would have liked to giva
The war was dreadfull 1t. swas. -
dreadful she'd stopped reading about t.
But one must read lettsrA Ona
must do that when friend takes tha
trouble to write them
The letter came In the moFning maaA
Mrs. Lane read II, then she. read 4
again. Afterward she sat there al
sorbed, silent, rigid. The color haA crepa |
out of her face. and her breath CANE
swiftly from between her parted lpA
II haUe j.st come back frsm sAs
cGnteen," II reed. "SscA sn sfter.
noon! 4 trotnIeaA Of sertsnalv 4
soownded to Do feds st oncs, soAtpA
is trying, As oas hos to caimb inte
oil the cesyie0cs, cse SITTER lAs letA- /
er. We begin s0Sth the nsss seAe
are soeH enough 10 ~ - ~ Aen.
die their cups, ssG those gAs .@s
too III evcn to VT tAeir Aesls, q
course, s0e hsvs ~ VT nsd fee9 |
ourseIVes. FeeAiss yAs ewes @AtA |
bad face scownGs srs tks AsrfeeA
can stand srAlNsry, Assaals ~
blood, but soAeS o sss sa1As -
hGre nose dssI nsossA 80 ~ ~
hos ts-wohi-N sskss ~ spsv
courage to got through. o fcel1uE
I managed to get AsE ptat ~
milk and bestos sSG asN sosss
brandy dosox tks Unrest sf . lo0 ~ |
tsoenty s0he Asd % sHsstk lsft,, go
had to cJess " Sstsssss se9v
moutAfSJ. Hs AsS Asa ~ mo- ~
ffteeB hours sa1 ,seSs - Mhr4tD
that he so6s ecsSJy tossos. 4 ~
his AeSd sSstRst ~, ap6 T. aaGp9
all the time, bss I inst heo1 49,
ing, 'Sxppose 1t rss ~ - 80
Reeded q driak snl 1Aes1 WBs -
one to 0ive u 70 Alm.' - I spasa
through so1th ", ewI Ae fsstJv sesUt
to sleep. on, ksrtAS, KsrtAs LssA
zoe need ev0vtAtWs--eW ypa sn6
the rest osm sssSr'
II Lawrence Had AsRs % WIS.,.
One o'clock struck. 1a1. Lane pe0
sat with the letter ciutcAsa In kse
hand. "What's for 1innsrf"s, ,asksl 8en.
ash, the maid. Mrs. Lane hardly hoard
her. She was still sitting thsrs wAm
Olivia foiindered In. Olivia wss Sprr.
teen, the conscious aga '"Msthse. sht
said fretfully, II can't 90 10 dancing
school again in brswn gloves wAeA an
the other girls have Waite cAss>s TIE
plant reminded Nrx Lane that Lave
renee at boarding schsei ha1 wfittsn
that morning about Ais. eoctR He had
only two pairs of silk snes lsfI sARA
said Olivia, continuing Bst
what Olivia said Mrs. Lane didn't hear.
She had dropped her head On ths table
md unaccountably was weeping. "Ju1
suppose 1t was my boy-mineF -
vas sobbing.
"Why, motheri I" calculated Olivia.
She hurried toward her snethR
What is it. motherf You're acting tnse
IS though Lawrence had gone 70 wAxp
Mrs. Lane looked up the team
treaking down her lace
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