The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-07-09
the price of sci of jewels which she sold


 l, half angrily.
 Because II would have been too late. | had waited for your return to the city and besides wanted to have II entirely for myself: .-ani to call II my own, said she. poutingly.
 My horses. my dogs: her oanaries. her gold fishes that could endure: but that she wanted to have her child for herself alone. that was too much for me. The thought of II tortured me one. two days long. On the third day. my wife having gone ou, in her carnage. there came ! yelled woman and demanded entrance. I, was the mother Like shadow she glided into the room. and. aiih half suppressed sob. begged ia sec her child once more. She could no; par, fro-T hin, forever. withou, imprn.ng one more kiss upon his cheeks. opened my safe quickly: Here my good woman. sad |. take that. they have noi gwen Ndu enough. HoG tears fell dosa her san cheeks. she begged me ne; a Jodge her 100 harshly: she had another child. ! ripple and helpless she herself ssis k and would no, lAc much langer. and What vas te become pf he children :: Then she thought myself had ;a ,inlsh the sentence winch a .!elcn; !, of coaSh- ns had interrupted ]" Yes. she had thought ~l wlll sell :he hcslthy one. n order ;ha; ;he money may help Inc emp pie when am dead and gone.
 No. she mus; not De Jgd sed har>hs : NC rlch ones SaoW bd; .st;Ie ui ;he tTlals and temptations If ;he poor
 When n. atie returned. gave her n aeeoQn; nf ,hc cali ! had had. 4ddla. ;ha: ] had .isen :a the unfortunate a.2e #cHsttss ,hc same amount as she aas. ' And noN. sad !. "Noa sec the ehlld belongs ;p both of Us. She b; her ID ~i;a her .,,lc whi,e teeth.
 | k all ,he sane ta r.e. sad she after faameni'> reelection. and ~i:h ,h4, she pressed a tender k.-, tss the .t;Ile oo = mouth. !. sounded .iInes: ike zhal- .ease.
 ..ea, ehiia,~ l,-a1cely ever sas :. And the changes thai sefe made !n our household Tor h. sake were made entirely a..hau; ne. sometimes. afief ;he mos; ialpartaa. tt.1.s were dcc!8ca. .f}V r"r- sen, ~As then asked Ne are obliged ,a haze ! nurse. h.Fed me An,eItn. Il r-..isicd >5lea;lyZ'. Ne uast n ID 4 ne-- sen, that rom i> loo ~arrn far the hid. aaddcd silently. ba: heard ;he sound ;s5g a55 v5Fv TsFear5y blSs .a ;Ae hall Nha, could l do better Nas t no. aI 6orc for cur child
 NJ alie and ,:id nc, talk naeh abaa; ,he eh.id. and ahen ae a.a merton f. ~e ased onlv Inc name ~ .; ha: h, % | ceuaA be hcsfd ;hFnagh ,h- house 4, dimes; ant tIale | ne dax.
 Hush n, >o much none :; sleeps,
 !; ms; have. .ts dinner :; should De ;akea el; ioy drive. !; h-s har. l:>eif' And >o ;hc whole house began ;s urn found our l., This naneicsz nea;er veNed me.
 l; mus; have is own name" sad me day
 ''l entirely farso, to ask inc rno,hcr-i mean the woman -wha; y;s nafae is. answered my wife. ,S She intended ;o come again. Bu; she doc> not come. she is eertalnly slCk. Non. ! eall ], MaN Max ls a pretty. shofJ name. is t m; '' linn. returned between ,~n draa Sh:s of my cIgar. Fr,1 ~sald alsn be a qll;e pretty name ~one oanao, change ,he name now. or accoaa; of ,he dnmes;l s" answered she. shor,ly: and ;hen calied ou; loudly. Is Max ID already = Never m.nd, was n no, our child;
 Once though. played my lus,ifabe part toward oGF ehild X, dinner | was always sen'ed a; a li,,le table n an ad- 'oinins room. !, such tunes We co.ld hear. between the scan;ilv dropping phrases ot oar conversation. its merN. prattlins. accompanied bv ;hc cl,ucrrg of ii> spoon. h,s @3;e had no rest: there was continual gong and coming be IA cen Us and hiin: the soup inigh, he ;oo hot. and he mlgh, ca, loo much ''Wie. = sand vey quietly but ycry decidedly. ft,7u tomorrow Il shall eat ~l,h Us al our table. l. ls old enough now, with is ;wo wears
 From tha; tune on IL a;e ~i;h us He sa; there n hi> high char Ike d prnce. close io my ~lte both opposite ta me Ike declared enemies. aS ]; were The yello~l>h paieness of poverty had welded io me anstoCTa;C pink IF his h,tle checks. which. now becoming qui,e chubby. sal comfortable on he s,lff folds of the napkin. l. worked pow erfullN a; iis SoGp, ard now that r had mashed set up he Spoou},ke ! scep;er Tn its liitle round fis, on the table Nv wife and I had exchanged iea words. and now agaIn We sat silent. Apparently on ae- ooun; of ;his silence. is large ewes began 10 open wider and wider They stared n me. stared q, my wife. wi,h a surprsce almost frightened expression. as i they had presen;imen, iha, all was no; righ, between us. l confess ,ha, these eves embarrassed me. and ina, had feeling oi relief when Frederck entered with a dish. And l ihlnk ;ha, my wife felt the same.
 And ,he following days. there were the same large. wondering ewes. like an ap- pcaling question. staring into the paU>es D, GU! conversation. l; sounds ridiculous bui !; IS nevertheless true: We were cal- puts before the child. VIC TWO grown per sons, And by degrees our conversation became more animated. The occasional pra,tlnsszet the h,;lc one were noticed and spoken. about: indeed sometime. there was mutual laughter a, his a,,ernp,> ,o speak.
 An, how light. how bell Ike pure