San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-06
Nora Lee Left Alone in World
AS Her Darling Mother
Passes in Death

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ward with such a pleading eagernes'
and caught both of Margaret's hands
Margaret whole being grew bright
She trembled.
Her mother loved Andrew - oh
even as she loved Dane. Yet she sent
Andrew away: made him carry her
suitcases TO the train and left him
| for that exile in the mountain-wallcd
desert. She had held herself there Il
prisoner though her heart was break
ing with his love.
This she had done for Nora Lee.
Yes, often in these bleak days when
| the little girl rebelled and wonder
cd why her mother kept them there,
Margaret had answered: Perhaps be-
cause l love you So"
She understood now all the bitter
sacrifice. She put her head suddenly
against the pillows and murmured !:
Mother oh, mother dear = all
things you did for me. Mother, I'm
thinking of them ALL"
Margaret smiled, and even now
that smile glowed. Why il was thu
realest, gladdest light. Nora Lee
brushed tears from her eyes. She
said: Mother you're better this
soon. oh, you do look so lovely
Again Margaret's eyes opened.
Nora Lee bent down and kissed them.
She said valiantly: "Dr. Ross says
you will be all right, darling. Why
you poor. poor darling. you're frighten-
ed because your breath is short-just
a bit short. Tomorrow you will see :"
She kept whispering things like
this and clasping her mothers hand.
In the weeks that were past she had
cried often waking up at night. She
had run into the dressing room at
school and fought against despairins
sobs.
But now, looking into Margarets
waxy face, listening to those labored
breaths she was hardened with the
bitterest obstinacy life can know
the obstinacy of frantic love that
will not see the claiming hands of
death.
THE BONDS AGAIN.
Margaret regarded her with ter
rible and gentle sorrow. She said
quietly: you must have the bonds
changed. Nora Lee. Ask DIR. Ross.
There is no hurry about that
mother dear, though / suppose we
should get better interest. What
made you think of such funny thing.
1 thought that you were sleeping"
is it night, YETI"
at is nearly g."
Margaret's head sank back on the
pillow. Her breath came less uneven
ly; her hand lay quiet.
When the nurse came to the bed,
Nora Lee smiled: "She is better,
isn't She"
"a little" She motioned to Nora
Lee: "Persaps she will sleep. Why
don't you eat a little? / fixed some
things there. I'd keep up my strength
Miss Meadows"
Nora Lee turned to her with an
cry, astonished eyes. "The doctor Gays
she will get better.
1T will be long. hard fight
She grew even harder at this. A
long, hard fight! What if it took
years:
She went into the kitchen and toyed
with the food the nurse had left on
the table. Eat? Who ever heard of
such a thing. She looked down into
the back yard. The robe she had
brought in the morning was lying on
the grass.
Only this morning she had kissed
Margaret so Gaily. Could il be that
only few hours had passed.
She turned as though a shot had
glanced across her heart. The nurse
was at the door. "Will you phone
the doctor? Tell him to come at
once. At oncei"
The nurse flew back into Mar
garet's room.