The Washington times., 1927-06-21

thinking Of having q Sunday sehOO
class. wish had some of those
letters now. They would have
shown the public that you. too. hai
your share OF good in you.
Just now / happened to think o.
one time when we were sitting In
your bedroom in High Bridge max
ing our summer dresses. You were
making a white dress for yourself
and j was foolish enough to tell yOU
to use black basting thread because
you could see it better and would bC
sure to get it out again. You
mother came i'm and scOlded you fOI
using black thread. / had expected
that you would tell her it was my
fault, but you just told her yOT
didn't know any better. You did moi
blame IL on someone else. ever
though you could have done it.
And then at the time / was going
to Norway. do you remember yol
asked me il / had enough money
said l had. Then you said, We'll
II you should get short, just let me
know and I'll talk to papa about Il.
DO You know i love to think oil
these and many other times wher
you showed your good heart?
know there was much good i'm you
although you have been blaekeneG
more than anybody / have known OF
heard Of.
II wanted so much to have seer
you before you went upstate.
called up your mother and asked her
about it. She said I wouldn't be al
lowed to, so 1 didn't try. / hope and
pray. Ruth, that everything will turn
out for your good.
II was out to see your mother last
Wednesday evening. Lorraine haG
gone to bed, but she came down Just
for q few minutes. She is so sweet
| Andrew and Margaret were there
too. It's the first time / have seen
them since came back to New
York. They look Just as they did all
those years ago. Margaret even
looks younger. / think.
Felt Like Crying Over Letters
Your mother has kept up won.
derfully through all this. 1 think.
She let me read some of your let
ters. felt like crying when / held
those sheets of paper In my hand.
that you had written only q few
days before.
May God help you, Ruth, dear,
and give you strength and courage
through it all.
II dream of you so often, mostly
on those nights when / was sick.
One night / saw you in q nurses
uniform, helping those who needed
help. Another night you came in
you had your coat and hat on and
j wanted to say gOOdby to you, but
you wouldn't even give me your
hand. Why should we say Goodbye
you said, I'll be back SOON
II was sick the week that the
jury was picked and the first week
OF the trial. 1 started with a head.
ache and it was terrible. My head
ached for three nights and days.
couldn't sleep, l couldn't move.
When it was over / was all worn
out. 1t hurt at every step took,
long after was up.
Fixed Over LOrraine's Clothes
~ have fixed over for Esther lots
Of those things you gave me of
LOrraine'S. 1 am so thankful for
it all. 1t helps me a lot. you know.
Little did we know. the day you
brought those things to me, what
was going to happen. Just now l
am sitting at the end of the table
where you sat that Saturday after.
noon. Sometimes / feel as If it all
must be dream. 1t can't be true
that you are at that dreaded place,
but you know We wake up once in
a while and see things as they
really are.
II believe you, Ruth, and I hope
that the truth will redeem you. Put
your trust in Him who can help and
save to the utmost.
II wonder if you may write to me!
/ should like to hear from you. But
If you can't do it, it's all right. I'll
see you mother once in a while, and
she will tell me about you.
well. ] must close now, Ruth. I
wish the very best for you, of every.
thing. and l hope and pray that it
all will turn out in your favor.
with much love.
your cousin.
'THORA."
Feels Disgrace of Kinship
That letter was written by one who
knew me intimately all my life. BY
one who has undoubtedly felt keen
disgrace of the blood kinship with
the notorious Ruth. She doesn't
speak of that, dear Thora. She only
tells me of how my misfortunes and
dangers broke her health-not men,
tioning that, as imagine, wherever
she goes and whomsoever she meets,
she is constantly a butt-the cousin
of that woman"
She never dreamt, Of course, that
her honest, plain.spoken and pa
thetically fine letter would be read
by outsiders. So you may believe it
quite sincere and unaffected. To her
l am Cousin Ruth, to be pitied,
prayed for, and, If her feeble posi-
bilities permit, helped.
Why cannot more people on this
hard earth be Thora?
What does it harm anyone?
'You have no friends, they say,
save your mother!'
Isn't that a line for you? Could a
Shakespeare have crowded more into
twice as much space?
Uses Exquisite Tact
Note the exquisite tact with which
this sweet, sympathetic woman "of
the people" says-"before you
went upstate! She doesn't want
to hurt me even by mentioning I
went. I have wept much since my