Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-01-23
THE
MOTHER
q OF So
RICHARD
By FANNIE HURST
!. 1880. Mcclure Newspaper syndicate,

A s MRS. BRISBANE told her.
IA self repeatedly when the news
4 \ came, 1t was precisely what
she had expected 1t was pre-
cisely what she had known would
happen. If this last Is perhaps stretch
ing 1t trifie, 1t might be more con-
else to say that 1t was what Mrs.
Brisbane had for years tried to make
herself believe she wanted to happen.
No mother, however whole-hearted
her desire for the welfare Of her son
may be, should be expected to take
the high hurdle Of a sons marriage
without at least little crack, IL not
break, Of heart
And the news that had Just come to
Mrs. Brisbane was not only that OF
the marriage of her sson, but Of the
marriage Of an adored and only child,
who up to two years before, when he
had left to accept temporary busl-
ness position in London, had been her
constant and devoted attendant
The years away from him, while she
remained at home In Minneapolis,
where as widow she had reared this
staoa,, ,ao,hao5 "a hoon Tho Iono-
List 90 hor ITO with tho evcention.
90 oo,,rsa 80 those ,rorod,ota,v follow.
-, ~, ,1,,sI,o,d,s ,1oot,, ,,,ho,, mo how
Richard had been six.
It was one of those sacrifices her
pc lli''ns l,'e-u ~ 49, - .,,s,.,
pV'"'' pV V',,l,', 80 49,.
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upon " MANI anu i.'''o ni''ue -.
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was no' '''' ~, '-i'i -
hei pie,iy n..'e muse !" q e""i "e
resiueh'in' s'reet VI "',,.'", ',
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tno INTO b,msols a wife worthy Of tho
,ro,,,I.,,, 90 a en-, ,,orno manhood
A., ,r,n,a. p,,ahono so+ IN tho
49,. ~ -, % ~ rot,or sn1
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haort ,,,Idon into a brool
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s","o"'.s -, - 49, ,,,o ~.
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ternesS W ,n"' '' ""'
"ou'u "i''i ''e''
hiclnru was no 'onseI 'ers, so'eis,
triuiipnunl'y niu uoai,s nv nau
.nAeu Vows '" ,"e .','" c ~, .io ~,
ing stranger 'ero'iieu Niuy p"'h, ~
KISS u u'iesiun'e ,r ""' &c., o. 80
"er Strange 'p'' nc 1S"'Doi y. '% ~.
ONENESS "oS ~ '''''V' ''''"' "''
marriage niger
1t was then' as tneSe snaInlhs ana
shameful Jealousies began 70 crowo
IN OF MarIon brlsDahe' tilnt she ue-
termIhed WhllliIy 10 cast the'l "ut OF
her heart
In the two months that lay between
her and the date or the return or her
child, Marion Brisbane determined to
set her house In order, to adjust her
Jealousles, to grind them out to pre-
pare her mind to receive, without
rancor, this stranger Into her home.
1t was curious the way The MIND OF
Mrs. Brisbane set about It's task. She
determined to meet her dnnghter-ln-