Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-09-28
Her Fathers Victim
BY THos p. MoNTFoRT.

Copyright by AN. Kellogg Newspaper Co
ton of her fathers name had set her to
thinking, and all that evening she went
about with q sad, distressed air. and
more than once a long-drawn sigh
escaped her, and often she lifted her
coarse apron to her eyes to wipe away
the gathering tears.
"Oh, father, father" she walled in
spirit, chow can you be so cruel and I'M
feeling as to disown your only child and
fill your house with strangers. Surely,
surely, if you knew how love you, and
how your conduct hurts me, you would
not be so cold and forgetful."
Through all of the poor woman's suf-
ferings, and after all her fathers neg
lcct and cruelty, she loved him still.
lie had trampled her love in the dust,
repealed and thrown her from him, LAGER
ated and bruised her heart, but she still
retained for him the love of daughter,
and but word or a token of kindness
from him would have sent her flying to
his arms.
Harry Pearson unused, as he rode
across the prairie, on the event Of that
evening and the discovery to which 1t
had led, and his thoughts ran like this:
There is no doubt of it-not the
least. These Greens are old Batch
ford's folks, and that girls mother is
the one we've robbed. Robbed? That's
putting it pretty strong, but after all
that's about what it is; we're living
there on the fat of the land at old
Dlatchford's expense, while his own
daughter is living dogs life out here
in this outlandish place. It's shame,
and old Blatchford ought to be pun
ished for being such an old heather.
He's the one that's to blame, and not
us. OF course some people who strain
point might tell Blatchford that he is
fool, and refuse to accept the favors
that he ought to bestow elsewhere, but
don't seem 10 have Us fine sense of
Justice as that. feel sorry for these
poor devils of Greens and I sympathize
with them, but it would be little too
inconvcnient to go back on the old mans
kindness and generosity and renounce
it in their favor, so 1 guess I'll just give
them my sympathy In return for the
money that is rightfully theirs, and con-
tinuc to live at Blatchford's expense.
Some people might consider it rather
shabby in me, and for that matter guess
n good many who are acquainted with
the circumstances think that way al
ready; but that is nothing in COMPARE
son to living in poverty. No, it may
not be exactly honest and manly to live
as l do, but it's blamed nice and easy,
and that's the main point, anyhow.
"But about that girl. She's pretty,
and somehow I've taken n fancy to her.
She's an innocent little soul, and us con-
fiding US lamb. AS soon as saw her
that evening down there with that
farmer, felt an interest in her. I sup
pose, though, she don't have much of a
liking for me. noticed that, too, that
evening. If she know me and know
what relation exists between us, guess
she would like mo n good deal less But
I'll manage to keep that n secret; and
this business with Scraggs, too, that
must be kept under cover. It's good
Ching to have n tool to bear the blame
in such matters, and old Scraggs Is so
used to being cursed that it don't hurt
him, and besides, he gets pay for
it, anyhow. I must get up an excuse
for coming out here to Green's. I want
to get better acquainted with the girl"
And all the way back the young man
was busy trying to devise an excuse for
coming to- Green's, and, sad day for
Louise, he succeeded.