New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-09-26

Put she did not scals or move while my arms
clasped her In frantic alright and GRIEF.
The blow had stunned her, and no more
raineT kisses unon her face as sa" coilsolouo
noes r.tlrn to il forgot the outrage from which
she had suffered in my delight that she was sun
alive She was at first very weak and shaken
E,on after she had gained lounge AMI sunk upon
If sueech was for quite a while nearly limos
siblo Then by degrees both calm AMI strength
,et,,rncd To her She made me llneel at her side
and hola her hand while She said: "Otho. my
son. YOU must never speak word of what you
.ocv rsss Mamma and you must go away u
gether. now e must 20 without papa lie
must not know when we leave and we shall leave
him forever
liam glad. sail 81 want never to sec him
arain lie struck you. 1t was great SIN De
~usc YOU arc 80 good. ! shall never FORGET 1t.
She leaned her hrs to mine AMI kissed them
BE sure that you never do forget 1t, she MUIR
INJURED. with an emphasis that l did not then
dream Of understanding. How | was fated
TO understand hereafterN
shall we 90 soon. mamma? | questioned.
She did not answer for a little time she seemed
10 reflect ave will 90 my dear she presently
told NE. "as soon as there is any chance OF
our going unmatched. Otho you are clever
| boy-cever beyond your age. You arc stl not
| ten years old and yet you can quite grasp my
| meaning am sure. Your father will come back :
| he Will come back 10 repent. to beg my PARDON
| to kneel before and call himself all Sinds OF
| bitter names But that must not be. otho III
is not because my heart is hardened aaainst him !:
| IL Is not because l do not already forgive him
what he has done IL is because | fear for his
own sake tchat he may do hereafter. That Is why
we must co together. and very secretly | have
a little money sa, ed it is but few dollars and
vet il can help till we find Martha
| "Ma,thal" | exclaimed not without a sudden
low. Martha. who lived with us when | was a
| very little boy. mamma AMI who always so
| good 10 me, and and whom Iala sent
| swav one dav. BECAUSE
ayes. Martha my mother Interrupted IL
ia the sane Martha my dear She has married
since. She wrote to me not lOng ago and asked
me To come and her in her present home
The address was in her letter but have lost u
SIN | remember the address or nearly. 1t Is
in the lower part of the Bowery
"1he Bowery p / repeated. THAT is very fal
away, is 1t notp'
"No we will find it. 1t is eastward from here
IL have seen little OF the city that have nvec
so near for many wears But we win find IT, al
| | ~
70 avoid papa Ny mother from th'
,ounoo at This point She seemed wholly her CON
rosed self again Listen. my child, shc wen
| on standing over me and fiXing M on my upturne'
face those lovely dark eyes whose least change
knew so we'll "W hen 60 it must be n"h'
II IL were not night he he might trace u.s. OthrI
might see us or follow us and tell when couIs
we had taken. What we wish to do is 10 eSca
and night is always best for that There al
many rugged spots in the country hereabouts
we could once get free Of this house and hide some
where. Otho-no matter where. so that we hlh
I unseen till night has come You haze rambe
S in these parts far more than l. DO you Iemembe
any place Try to think. my SON
| needed TO think only moment The grea
rock I said. I pointed northward to it as
! | srol,e Its rough density clear under a SIX
that drifted clouds of the storm had left blue an
S Impid as amethyst CLEANED Opaque yet keen
4 | us Though a near uncurtained window. kne
| that rock so WE'LL Why should ] not know
r ANY lair or fastness OF the sort row needed we
ouarrted by chance In its crude TANKS Ill
e know of such a covert. and told my knowleds
l. promptly with a ford childish pride.
Q Nv mother listened She gave slow nod
II she heard She bade me steal 10 the outer do
- and watch with caution for any sign OF IT
IN fathers approach. While l thus kept vigil 81
WAS make all swift use Oh tlHe III Pioi@ih
r our fight
If How strange and novel fight II was II
l. woman still loved the man who had so fou'
,oied her love And yet she would have put
ID ocean. n continent between herself and him.
> cause fearful lest her presence in his lie mig
Ia urre him toward crime. Other women NY ITO
G. men they hate she ned from one whom all
y mowers of darkness. dlsmally allied could neiu
81 cstranoe nor repel. Ii was for his sake alo
O. that she left him she would have borne tenfo
"a worse blows than that he had dealt her
would have hlIngered with HIM, starved with hi
begged for him no smile In all the world Won
III have been 80 dear to her as his harshcst frow
- IN serve him and be spurned by him was ple
Ri urc conn AIRED with ney er to find him at her 81
g. And vet, in horror OF what harr he might wre
j. uron himself through the madness with whi
she saw him cursed she had resolved 70 divi
III her life from his rerpetually. Child "a l "
- then l felt the sublimty OF her abandonme
id Man as I was aftervard. confirmed and rever
!" it
While crouched half in ambush on the SIN
:, porch OF our dwelling. l soon grew sure that
=, intended exit would pass unespied. mo nc
. was now vergtng toward late Afternoon ia
=, ward the spent storm lay In one long. low pa
49, Of sponsy drab. Across the glittering river spri
had touched q tract of woodland with vaIt
green, 20 ethereal Of tint that 1t seen ed like oil
4. the airy soul OF Q color Cumbrous whar