A Quaker Mother (1911)
Mrs. Pearson is a little different from most mothers, at least in her general appearance, for she has that sweetness and calmness of disposition characteristic of the Quakeress. Lois, her only child, does not inherit her mother's sedate and quiet temperament; she is quite natural and open and does not object to the attentions of John Harmon, who is very much in love with her. Loise introduces him to her mother, who finds him completely unobjectionable. Soon John and Lois are engaged, then married. John is obliged to go to Europe on business and takes his wife with him, leaving Mrs. Pearson alone with her servants. She misses the company of Lois and her husband, and waits patiently and anxiously for their return. Several months later Mrs. Pearson receives word that John and Lois have arrived in New York from abroad, with their baby and are stopping at a hotel and would like to have Mrs. Pearson visit them. While at the hotel they become acquainted with Tom Lester, a man-about-town, who does not hesitate to call on Lois during her husband's absence. During one of these visits, Mrs. Pearson comes from her country home to see her daughter, and with a mother's instinct she detects the embarrassment of the visitor as well as the disconcerted actions of her daughter; the dear old mother accepts her daughter's explanation, but keeps her own counsel, tries to make herself at home and is very happy caring for the baby, who has taken sick. The old lady is very fond of her son-in-law, between the two there is a mutual admiration. Lester is a persistent rascal, not hesitating to call on Lois whenever he gets the chance and endeavoring to win her affection. He persuades the young wife to elope with him; in a moment of weakness she is about to desert her baby and husband, when her mother appears and points out to her daughter the folly and shame of such a course; then drives the traducer from the room. Lois awakens to a realization of her frailty and a sense of her duty as a wife and mother, recovers herself and saves her character. A few moments after this scene, her husband enters; Lois greets him with renewed fervor and all her love, glad to know that she has been saved from herself to live for him and him alone. The dear old Quaker mother's face beams with a beatific smile of gratification, as she joins the little group. The young wife, clasping her baby to her breast, finding joy in the expression of the maternal instinct inherited from her Quaker mother.
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