The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-02
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. APRIL g. 1893sIxTEEN PAGES

Fl yurs her to be. I'll send for little Mr..
Phib5s. And, o, my dear child. be firm.
/ Jtemsmber your wron Is; try Co be ike me-
Bus Sophia only smiled, aud was silent.
Little Mr.. Phibbs came, and the next day
Alfred Nsvalls was served with a writ Of
+ habess corpus requiring him to have the
body of one Mary Nevalls, an infa I, by
him alleged to be unlawfulIy detained to-
/ gether with the cause of her detention, be-
fore the Hon. Samuel Badger, justice of the
I supreme court, at mis- chambers on the fol-
! lowing Saturday. When this was served
! by Phibbs, Jr., who exhibited the county
clerks seal aud the indorsement OF the
! Judge on the original with the air of vet
eran, Hugh whistled and murmured, 81
thought So" and Mr.. Nevalls swore A
moment later and he dispatched his clerk Ia
hot haste in quest Of his attorney, the vigor-
Gus Abel Burgess.
Saturday morning bright and early the
Widow Tracey occupied Judge Badgers
front office. Little Mir. Phibbs, smiling and
sparkling, was in her train, and so was
| Sophia, silent, distract, with heaving bosom
and twitching lips. The widow shifted
curiously at the unopened letters on the
/ desk and regarded the black and red labeled
! law books with suspicion and disdain. As
why should she not, who was a Law unto
/! herself2 And little Mr.. Phibbs twirled his
/ glasses, consulted his watch and mentally
calculated a bill OF costs.
Little Mary arrived in charge Of a stall
wart nurse, backed BIZ the faithful Hugh,
! and then there was connection The widow
sobbed and raised her hand in ELOQUENT ap-
peal. She throw herself on her knees be-
| fore the child and strained her TO her pin-
| cushlony breast. And the stalwaTt nurse
said ''Humph," which meant great deal
more, and Hugh unconscIouslY twisted his
mustacheS into similarity with the German
/ RrtfI
| arms 60 her mother. who quietly crossed
| the room and took her on her Lap. nor did
| the guardian twain offer any opposition
The widow, being thus relieved. turned
| her attention to her male foe whom she
| recognized, despite bis seda'e attire. In
piercing tones she denounced him as a spy,
| an assassin, q petroleuSe-thiS latter con-
! fdently with contempt of gender. She
dared him to deny his villainy, which he
! made no attempt to do and demanded OF
| the two court officers in waiting his imme-
! date seizure and immuremenU. As these
two representatives of the dormant side of
the law were political associates Of Hugh's.
and lived IN the same ward, they merely
grinned and occasionally commanded
| silence.
Justice Badger entered from his private
office, and, bowling stlfiiy, seated himself at
his desk, and began TO fuss with his papers.
| Presently Alfred Nevalls, in company with
! legal tones, entered.
Alfred saluted his wife gravelY and seated
himself on the opposite side OF the room.
| And poor Sophia bent her head and kissed
| little Marys cheek
Abel Burgess arose and hitched his coat
collar.
| MAY it please your honor" he said. 1--WE
waive certain objections to the sufficienoy
Of the petition and TO the form of the writ.
We produce herewith the child, aud file our
return alleging that we are her lawful
guardian and entitled 60 her custody"
we traverse that return, your honor"
replied little Mr.. Phibbs briskly. And
shall show that the defendant is an improp-
er and dangerous person foT such charge,
| by reason OF absolute habits, atheistic
| views and violent temper"
Good, good" cried the widow, but
| Sophia looked toward her husband with
tear~flled eyes, as If protesting, II don't
believe him"
"Then you must take the affirmative.
| growled Abel Burgess.
SOFTLY, my friend, we shall see about
that" breathed little Mr.. Phibbs. And
| hammer and tongs. gently and insinuat-
ingly, the twain argued and reargued, the
one citing unanswerable cases, the other
| quoting indispuJable statutes.
Finally Justice Badger, who had sat like
| one in a reverie with his eyes fixed on litsle
Mary, raised his hand and the discussion
| ceased.
IAN application Of this nature" he said.
appeals to the equitable side of the court
| There Is but one view to be considered, aud
that is the welfare Of this interesting little
| girl To insure this can deliver her into
the care Of her father, of her mother, or of
any third person." there Sophia sobbed)
but before entering upon an investigation
| which seems likely to be acrimonious and
to deepen unhappy differences, l wish to
| hear from the one who after all has the
most at stake. Come to me little one, won't
| you3 Don't be afraid"
Little Mary slid from her mothers lap
and climbed quite courageously on the
| judges knee.
Tell me how old you are, my dear~
NEARLY Z. SIR"
| Sand do you love your papaFn
my papa and my dear mammal
And would you like TO stay always with
| your papa and have him take care OF you?'
with my papa and my dear mamma. l
| want bofe OF dem together"
Sophia's head was bowed; her tears were
dropping on her distracted bosom. Alfred
crossed the room and stood by his wife's
| side.
20, why did you leave me 2" he whispered,
land why did you return? You knew it
would make me angry
II hoped 1T would; for then l would
surely see you"
There, there" said Judge Badger quite
fiercely as he tucked his oandana away In
his coat-tail pocket Enough of this. III
adjourn the hearing indefinitely and con-
! sign this sweet little caild TO the care of her
parents. Whom God hath Joined together
let no man put asdnder,' nor any old
woman, either" and he glanced vindiot-
lively toward the baffled ranger
SIMPSON OF BUSSORA,
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