The courier-index., 1918-06-14
''F11ER IN THE
MORNING MAIL!
Il, nr.. Lane Finally Realized
y. not Thousands Of Other
rothers' Sons Are at War
ceared Battle Front.
~ wAxIMlLlAN FOSTER
OF the Vlpilantes.

~ kDOWD pioioei'"
..rnot get blood from q turnip.
y. sIso assumed, Sir Isaac Newton
l,,s demonstrated the law, that
. -. Goes ND is bound to come down,
VI mis- Ia only abstract. Mrs Lane
.ssAably would have denied II.
rns fat rent, previously 1920 .
now was 81, 400. and 1t showed no
~, whatever Of coming down. The
81 condition applied also to her
.a,ldrep's shoes. The shoes now cost
= whereas they formerly had cost ~
=, his was merely a detail. A SINH
!. nhenomenoD occurred as to beef.
..ats potatoes, butter, fish and the
y ether varieties Of domestic essen
ma all had gone up; none had
.sra down. About the only thing sta
n m Mrs. Lanes cosmos was Mr..
lanes yearly income. This was $1,000
YEAR. Already Mrs. Lane had given
mn one maid. The war literally was at
~ door. True, Mrs. Lane had no son.
= brother-no kin Of any kind-in the
~ INT the war still was at her door.
Hard TO Make Ends Meet
Give money for the war; What do
you think she was doing, anyway
she was giving every cent she had,
irving to make both ends meet 10 her
| hdusehold. 1t hurt, though. Mira
| Lane was q kindly, warm hearted wc.
rim, and she would have liked TO give.
| re war was dreadful 1t was 50
! dreadful shed stopped reading about it
But one must read letters. One
mist do that WREN q friend takes the
Trouble to write them.
The letter came In the morning mail
Mrs. Lane read II, then she read It
sain Afterward she sat there ab-
@bed, silent, rigid The color had crept
/ ett Of her face, and her breath came
swiftly from between her parted lips.
~ hape Just come back from the
esxteea," 1t read. "Sach an after
sooai traisalo9d OF seriously
Wosxded TO De fed at once, sChich
trying, az Oae has to climb into
" the carriages, one after the 9TH.
N. We begin cifh the men toh0
Hv WeH enough to sit up and han
de their csps, and those tph0 are
4 TOO III epea TO UT their heads, OF
eoafse zoe haze to htt and feed
earselves Feeding the ones pifh
cod face a00a,sds are the hardest.
con stand ordinary DOunds of
\ Need, oat When man ought to
Aaps a nose aud mouth and al no
Ass is-a9hl--4t takes oil your
courage to get through o feeding.
managed to oct halt a pint Of
MIX and O beaten EGG and some
broadly doaon the throat OF boy Of
'peniy soho had no mouth left. and
had to clean 1t betsceen eperr
M0athfal He had had no food for
W'een ao9rs and soGs so thirsty
mef ne aods aearly insane. Iheld
Ne head against me, and gagged
~ me time, but Just kept think
NO. 'SappOse 1t spGs my .sy toho
seeded O drink and there sods no
ene TO 0ace Il to him. SO ! scent
isoa0h .oith Il, and he finally toent
nsIeep. on, Martha, M0rtha Lane,
se need eUeygthin0-an pou and
NE rest can sendf" a
" Lawrence Had Gone to War.
vhe o'clock struck. Mrs. Lane stin
@' with the letter iclutched In her
Asno What's for dinner2" asked Han.
aan' the maid. Mrs. Lane hardly heard
c ~ She was still sitting there when
u''la roundered In. Olivia was four
ven tne conscious age. Mother" she
M'u iretfully, u can't 60 to dancing
= again In brown gloves when all
NC o'her girls have white ones" The
ra'h' reminded Mrs. Lane that Law.
.spee at boarding school had written
~ morning about his socks. He had
wv TWO pairs Of silk ones left. "And.
-s'ner,' said Olivia, continuing- But
- sA, olivla said Mrs. Lane didn't hear.
.ss pad dropped her head on the table
~. uhaccountably was weeping. Just
suppose II was my boy-miner she
vas sobblng.
nny, motheri" calculated Olivia.
~n one hurried toward her mother.
:. "aa'isit, mother7 You're acting just
though Lawrence had gone to war"
. mrs Lane looked up, the tears
srAihe down her faceJ
!. mats just what is the matter with
ss ", ! should be acting as If Lawrence
wn' u 'here. And so should youl II
~ a., were like these, the boys there.
"a sO'l'ed to the letter that had slip
~. rom =, her lap to the floor-"if he
hS sa nAe them, In need, dying, want
sli,a ssss' milk, brandy. TO keep him
slovs., would yon be buying white
Man, AND would we think what other
!, - or how they. live or wheth-
4, = s mac only one servant now? II my
q, sas over there, II my son were"
~ other women's soma are over
IL ~ Mfs Lane had "a. INST realized
sAssl.A "e tears were rolling down No.