The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-12
THE NEW oRLBANs DEMOCRAT, SUNDAY, JANUARY H. 1878

for YOU. Go to her and speak to her.
If anoroached her and took one OF
the outstretched hands. It was damp
and cold. As led her into the room !
Slipped nv finger on her wrist ana
looked into her eyes. The pulse was
low and weak: 7 had expected to nnd II
high and strong. The semi-transparent,
ruby. colored flaws In the eyes had dlla-
ted and gathered deeper fire; the ex-
preston was one OF intense suDJectlve
occupation. Perhaps I may better con- Z.
vey my meaning by saying tnat ~ ~
seemed as IL she were dealing raLns y
with the formula for an idea IMAM Will Will
the idea itself. At a rough guess saio
to myself. "a shock has numbed the per-
ceptive power Of the faculty, Dut mas
left uniDjured the power OF pain. Sne
has the sickening sense OF want ana inc
formula for her loss, but she does not
acutely appreciate her loss as one wac
contrasts bitterly the memory 9, pos.
session past with the realization OF
present dereliction. She Las no we'll
defined notion Of what her cnlld or
death is, but 5Le knows sne wants
either; that less than either will not
quiet the unusual clamorings IN ner
heart
"Death or her child, 1t was all one to
u0I bu6 ptdC6 bu6t WOE 81
baby, or the peace that was to come-in
the grave. "A bad case, l thought 10
myself; the child and the image OF the
child are gone; this always means IN
sanity. This woman will be numDed as
she is now, until either the child Is re-
turned to her arms or the image 10 ner
mind"
"How did this happen 2 I asked OF
her in as gentle a voice as could.
HE waited for me outside. lie LOOK
the child from mel did not let it go
until it cried-until 1t cried, until I
knew he hurt it. Well, 1t cried, and
/ let It 20. There were people around,
and asked policeman to get me back
nay child, But he said he was my nus
band, and that the child was his. .Rhe
policeman asked me was he my hus-
band, and was the child his and an
swered. Yes The policeman shook his
head and walked away. Then he got
into cab and drove away-do you un-
derstand what i say? He got into CAP
and drove away with my child In MS
arms-you find 10 hard to understand !
I don't, for I felt him do it. felt 1t
here in my breast. where my child USED
to lie asleep-I felt the child drawn out
OF INV breast-and-sir, while he drove
away, as there's G, God above me, my
child eried-as he drove away-drove
away. You find it hard to understand,
sir; but my child cried as he drove
away--tirove away.
II dropped her hand, and, having left
her, whispered to Langton, is there
any means of compelling that scoun-
drel to give up the child at once?
He shook his head and muttered a
"'Then.' said 1, 'you had better send
her home In charge OF some one.
"'Youdon't think she'll do violence
upon herself2' he whispered.
"'No. But some one should always
be with her until the crisis arrives
"'What do you expect to follow the
"'she will either be cured or grow
violent.
".My dear Baird, can't leave here
iust now. Would you, see her home.
tell her landlady to get some one to
look after her, see her own doctor, and
ask them to send all bills to me?'
II had nothing very particular on
hand. so I did as he requested. We got
sober, honest, elderly woman whom I
knew 70 look after her. Hound out her
doctor, and We had q chat about her he
promised to take particular care OF her,
and toilet me know from time to time
how the case went on. AS soon as had
mhde oil as comfortable as / could I
came Jack to town and called upon
Langton, knowing he would like to
hear how bad got on.
"Wken / arrived at Langton's outer
Office the clerk beckoned to me, and
said, Our clients husband Ia inside
again,
the handle and went in. Ryland's back
was toward rae. and Langton, as for
merly, stood on the heaEth-rug. This
time, however, there was no straddle.
He stood upright, with his feet and his
lips close together. He WAS deadly pale,
and, could see at a glance, In q deadly
rage. Ryland was speaking as / en-
tered; he bowed with great politeness
tc me, paused, and then resumed:
las was saying. Mr. Isangton, the
boy Is now In safety, quite as safe as IL
he were with his mother, and I ana
come to say that / am prepared to an
sw6T for his safety until the money!
twelve hundred pounds-is paid over to
me-
&c. said Langton, with a great 81.
fort to control his rage, you propose
charging an additional two hundred
pounds upon the estate for the SUCCESS
OF your last Infamous trick, you sorry
swindler!o'
As lawyer, you. ought to know
that your language is illegal and
1 Take an action, do cried lang
ton, now losing all power over his
anger. Take an action and go into
any court you please, and pledge you
my word as a man and q lawyer that
there isn't q Jury in ENGLAND hiit vuo,,ld