South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-18

whether you found her" called the
captain.
she had not been gone a minute.
/ would have missed the touch of
her hand in mine If she'd been gone
I longer. / could have overtaken her
if l had turned the right direction.
I went TO the right. She must have
gone to the left"
The tall young woman dashed
past the store whose window had
allured her. She hurried with all
the vigor in her in the direction the
baby must have taken She had
I covered four crossings and walked
four blocks when she heard the
I child's voice.
Don't cry. Evelyn. Mamma is
/ coming" she called.
The little blue figure. its bonnet
strings hanging dismally. was lean
\ ing against the knee Of an elderly
woman in black. The woman in
/ black had extracted the ba bys
/ name and that she was two years
old ard wasn't lost but had ruined
away"
4 Mamma shrieked the child
( There's my Mamma"
The little blue figure was swept
up on her mothers shoulder The
7 tear stained face quivered for a
moment then Strengthened in pride
as men and women stepped to stare
at her on her perch
II saw her running across the
/ streets alone and / thought there
was something wrong" said the ell
DERBY woman in black.
I'm afraid YOU think I am care
/ less with her" the young mother
said, but I'm not. Really I'm not
II know it," answered the older
woman. Il have been careful with
my children and have had the
same trouble"
That afternoon the telephone
rang in the house where Evelyn
lived IT'S the captain at the pre-
| cinct We want to know whether
YOU have found your baby"
Yes, thank you, captain. 7 was
so worried forgot your telephone
/ number or I would have told you
/ she is safe with me. She had turn
ed to the left and had gone the
right looking for her"
Evelyn pressed close ~ her moth
er and lifted a solemn little face
Sorry, Mamma. No more. Never
1t was her vow Never again
would she turn to the left. NJ
. II
shes been in the country al
summer and was allowed TO rur
about the garden and on the sand
That is what makes her so wild
her mother said to interested neigh
bors
NO more" said Evelyn solemnly
Never"
Maybe 7 hope so. She is an in.
telligent baby 1t will be possibl,
for her 10 remember her adve7tur,
al two years old. If not all tn
details she will recall the impress
sion of grief and horror she ex
perienced that day she "runneC
away"
Before that adventure she wa
fearless. But the sensation of beinl
alone IN the city throng implanted
dread OF the unknown Beside
her mamma had cried as she ha,
never before seen her cry. Thos
big sobs that came straight from
| the depths OF her heart. She knew
that was extraordinary crying from
her happy young mother. Sh
would never make her cry again lik
that Never. No more"
At eighteen. at twenty. at twenty
two. she will remember the day sh
ruined away" Her helplessnes
and hopelessness when she realize
she was alone. Her fear Of the Ell
DERBY woman in black who wante
TO help her. Her pretty mother
agony drawn face.
Whenever she is tempted 10 RI
away may she remem Der that day
For everyone is tempted now an
then 70 run away. To run ava
from the rules that bind. the chain
that hold, the conventions that re
\ press. 4 would like TO get ava
from all this" says the woman o
her housekeeping the business gin
or neF Jobs even the HAoIilSI oL ne
children, or the children Of thei
mother.
But that instinct isn't right thong
it is natural The desire 70 XII
while in a rage is natural. but
isn't right. Everyone OF US has want
ed 10 run away. will want again :
run away. But we'd better no
pattar remeu1 her baby FveI1-r
Better say as she said: Never. y
j more"