The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-09-07

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getmc ring"
IhoSomon brought H. and Mildred
immediately recognized {, w one She
had given her husband short time
after their marriage.
Thowoman said ne told her tina. he
had seXed time 10 ihc state prison
down South, and "Jcrn wns always
threatening to expose blm making &c
very expensive TO purchase his silence,
A few day. after the foregoing con-
vcrsation, Mildred sat sewing as usual,
when the same lady came into her
room 20 bring little Jgnniea cake. AZ
ter talking awhile, she asked Mildred
why she did not 80 back 20 thcold pco-
| pie who were so kind to her when her
mother died?
81 have mover thought of goug, re-
piled Mildrcd sadly, 81 DO not even
know il they are living"
'"Wou,n said the other 81 would 60
bac,, TO them. You are rs dim as n
knife blade and that cough i, bound TO
take you Off II You don't fake some
rest ana in my opinion The sooner you
go ,ho better" She rose and went
down stairs leaving Mildred to the
TASK Oh preparing hrt l'jtie ones 0li-
her 0he JoJN h"''l'l'g ho1soii' ana rs
500" as niue Jeanne VINO h"u I'M
proved slightly since MrS' Nood the
IandiaoS' had found Ii'em s'nNih&'
haa eaten hor oInher OF milk ana
crackers, she resumed hcr work.
mat evening she le.t the ch'ld Wlih
Mrs' GOOD Wine she went to carry
nome her work. AS she was return
ing nome she was ca0Eht IN a nara
shower OF rain and dfcnchcd through
TO the sNIh a violent co'u followed
when cohlhed her Tor several Gays TO
her bet Her cough grew rapidly
worse, and after six weeks She deter
mined to act on the landIady's advice
and return TO the home That had shell
tered her in the first IoIely year Of or
phanage'
She had barely enough money to
take her to thenearest railroad station
after selling of her scanty furniture
and the ring that Mrs. Good insisted
on buying froln her, though Mildred
thought that she had no claim to it.
1t was cold clustering evening
in the latter part of March when she
was put oifthe train at the little station,
and she had set two good miles 10
walk and carry her child, for the little
one was too fail and delicate to stand
alone, and though it was nearly thi-
teen months old II could not wall, or
talk. She wrapped her thin shawl
about it, liJtla form, and pressed ii
close to her own shiyorjug bosom, to
protect il from the cold March winds,
Night was fast approaching as she
l2ilcd YEARLY on, and it was long after
dark when the lights of the farm
house greeted her eager eyes. She
thought at h4g she had mistaken her
way and arrived at Inc wrong house.
It certainly was much larger than
when she left il to SO many years age
and Wa bright lights looking The
very embodiment Of cheerful hnppi-
ness.
SHE struggled up the front steps aud
attempted to raise the old-flshionod
llnockcr, but fell heavily against the
door, and she remembered nothing
more untii she awoke in pleasant
chamber, lying in downy bed Of
nowy whiieness, and a strangely
familiar form bending tenderly over
her.
Wcnnie!7 she said, softl,j stretching
her t!iin, wasted arms toward her.
"Thanl. God! She knows me-" said
Jennie, and sinking on her knees by
the bedside, she gave way to II passion
Of tears. ooh, Mildred why did you
NOT come to US sooncr.' she asked ut
last
~ don't know" replied the sick wo-
NAM r,intiy ,VIhere Is my baby, Jpn-
rjaar
o2T3ther has herr she answered, ris-
mo, oond now | will bring them both
in H., SOP Won. and She hcsitated and
turned her face toward Mildred, then
added. "may | bring my husband, too,
dear Mildred? Your old friend Harold
will he rlad to meet YOU again"