Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-12-12

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m But no enc has Jess what thsyea
Ike Nave In this world, and there h y0ur
child.6u know. can't say il Is it ouRAA
TO be Sd. I'm no scollard; but know that
II ye lev YER husband, who loves ye, snd
yer chiiedat needs yer love, that by and
by yen sorry. So sorry, that all To
glsI OF tnh' sweeping his hands around.
viii oe TAI out Of it. just thinki Come
PACK with child. Ja-Jacob loves ye-
ye had on seen him tonight" Here
ns ofoAe down snd had to stop.
me -.enhonf her husbands name some
no" seemed toharden Rose ''You AJAX
H saP vi I am not made 1or
Io.,es1s0 ouiineSA care nothing Tor my
nus oano ana my c0da Oh, well, she is %
youls sne nese miss me- There's .
$50 80 u ron&tic nonsense IN tne
sacrifice my life for Az sentimental fooa-
cry. Now do you andtS.and mel II is NO
use your talking, intkd tn live INV own
life in my own way"
BUT, chlid!" cried Uncle Aaron. ex-
catedly, us it nothing TIT NV bow breaks
us ne0r1' Is IL nothing that yer child
grows up without vera Yer haven't
thought ahead. surely. Cone back. chiIdI
III make Jacob be good G, we've shall
have gay hfe-ye shall cone with me. -
said the old man. grasp1ng her hand in
| Doaii OF his, come, and he shall do more
Tor ye than ever a man did to make We
| happyr'
For answer-such a ringing. merry pea, Of
| laughter that UncleAaron dropped her hands
and started back, staring Hal hal hat
| ha! You come from the mountains. don't
| yous Excuse my laughing, but it strikes
| me so absurd, to think that II, who have
hundreds nightly at my feet, that could be
happy with him. Hal hal hal hal No, sir;
L tell you no! Once and for all, mol DO
you understand Let me pass, please
| have already given you considerable of my
time, and, as told you, have an engage
| ment for this evening"
| Catching gracefully with one hand her
long, sweeping train of pale-blue silk, with
the other she motioned Uncle Aaron from
| the door. Mechanically he moved aside
/ She passed through the door and out. He
stood alone, dumb with pain and despair.
One suffers twofold when one suffers for
another. His whole heart was wrung. He
| had no thought save that she would not &c
| back to his boy, and his boy loved her. The
! intensity of his SORROW drowned his sense
| of her wickedness. All he knew was that
| she would not go back. He stood there
| like man in dream. taking no account OF
| time or place. Fifteen minutes later one o,
the employees of the theater, coming in Il
| turn off the gas, saw him. ''You,n have T.
get OUT" he said, Ciyilly.
/
'.Hey!'' SAID the man. ''Old fellow is a lit
| tie light in the upper story, guess" hs
muEbled to himself 'sYou must get out o.
| here, sir; we're going to shut up" he SAID
again
II ask yer parding,'' said Uncle Aaron
suddenly realizing where he was. 81 was
thinkin'. Goodnight to We, sir" ''Good
| night" said the man, commencing to turI
off the gas.
| IT,olo Ao-o, .,ox fo,,,d b;r,.a1F - tb.
street, and finally he reached Jacobs home
As he came in Jacob sprang toward hin
eagerly. The old man threw up his hand
with despairing gesture and shook hi
head.
| 81 knew it % cried Jacob; but the anguisl
| In his cry showed that he yet had hoped
| Throwing himself down on the sofa, b
buried his face in his hands. Then gettin.
| up again, and pacing up and down the room
he spoke RAPIDLY: ''You see, father, sh
| was left so much alone. had been so bus
| with my law cases. Her mother wa
| French, you know, and the love OF excite
ment was in her, i suppose; but neve
dreamed he groaned, ''that she would de
ceIve me. Coming home one night foun,
| she was out I traced her to the theate
and found her On the stagel Think of it
1t seems that she had once or twice befor,
| supplied one of the actresses place whel
i'll. and i had never dreamed of such
| thing. 1 thought her at those times to b.
with her aunt, who was very low-she said
| She has no heart-she never hadi To leav,
| our child-curse heriI viii forget her
| Ohi-I WILL will will!'' he cried, pas
sionately, clenching his hands and stridins
| up and down.
| Seeing his father had not moved nor an
swered him, he strobe over to where he sat
| The old man raised hls eyes. In them wa.
such a world of yearning love and sympa
thy that Jacob, giving a cry like a tiret
child, flung himself down on the floor anl
buried his head upon the old mans knees.
| ITO BE Continued