New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-05


| some good in him. if he did treat you mean
Nellie you was little 10 blame"
! The lurking pleasure with which Mrs Clay
| thus expressed a lOng-held conviction escaped
| Sarah, absorbed in one thought.
Its too late now % think o. that" she
| said despairingly. We're nothin' to each other
| now an the boys mine. an he's bad man
10 torment so.
WHY Sarah. he amt tormentin' you; you're
| tormentIn' yourself. lie amt never uicd to
sIt the child.'
| No; but lie said lie would have him, an
what jim says he means"
well, he'd know bcttern TO try TO git him
| by foul means, for he knows he'd git a taste
o the law If he did. If | you, Id be
more afraid O. the courts than | would O kid
| happin'. .Jms a smart man. an be might
| cit the law twisted some day SOS to give HIM
| a claim"
! new fear tore poor Sarah's heart, but she
found some consolation IN reminding herself that
| Judge King at the county-srat was her uncle.
She rose from the stop putting on her bonnet
| and tying The strings slowly with trembling
| hands. Mchbe / am foolish she said, her lips
| quvering again. . but he's all got, an used
| to be so happy" Her voice broke and she had 10
| wait for composurc before she cold say. II you
see the children comm, tell to hurry, will
|
| | know he's safe"
The village people did not thank each other in
words for services Of any kind though Their
gratitude spoke III other ways; and Sarah'S, as
she left the house, EXPRESSED itself in the otcr
| 10 bring down some Of the curidnt Jelly she iad
Just been making.
| Mrs. Gays eyes followed her as she went up
| the road slowly. Il mus be made different,
she sad to herself : Ii her case was NINE Ia
g SO mad t Jim Wingi0rd das>n't come 'lthih
| three counties o. ne She Ics' lets herself DC
scared to death. std o scarin him.
Lodilla's permission to so berryns dld no,
seem worth much wien it came, Dut Us sue ""''1'
dawn tbc VILLAGE street and turned of into the
| road By which the bcrrying party must h"'o
70 reach Simr,ons Patch, her spirits roS' eia'-
| o,l,. and ,,-1nn she had made up her mlnd 10
| ,., ovon with her mother III cold blood, PROVIDED
| sbe couid not keep her anger warm until Ill o'c"
| ior onc,ca for venting it, she cast Oil her sui'c,
| noes and HOGAN II sing She had clear NE"
| ,.oic. and had not vet reached the stage Oh Hi'-
| consciousness at which she wouid pc a9''"'"
s,rc ON a public road; and rs she VIM 'nh and
farmers in the fields looked up d. vic oi n The
! said 10 one another that that .lt'io nh,l, sin0
| WiGdcr Claws had d real sood Noio' -Pi'
| Ia the clon somc DAY ,;.h brccv who had
| 4 strange man in hiSh ousIN' ottnr her
| ,urncd into the road some MINUTES "Thpre's
| ,,"i,T IN ~ the sound said to himself md
| ~ chancr: perhaps she'd know S1me'"IIHG' drnye
urged his horse on to 1ctcnnJ his pace as by
| UNI P hnv rht and said Want 10 rlde up
,ho hi little girl?" Lodilla looked up at az hi on
suspiciou.ly No, SIR , sl' S nnrc With her
| s'VV"aH. LAWYER Cases daughtej, amt you l.
was sure Of it when looked at yoI od EGn i %a
aottnr"d Lawyer Case lived in the pest nUn ,'re
ia ,5r yilacr and his young lady daughtcIs WERE
her especial admiIatOni .v NO.. dh a ye. indcci
| - t''' 1tio,.,s daughter. She owns that pretty
cntfacn next TO old man Banks. HI; oaugm ii.
lives with him don't sme ;,1 NV She's divorced,
enc i1 c' TnIillo "Oh. is that so? Pity! | re-
| member her as very pretty girl Jii ~, ,,,m
child. eh? | suppose she 'hnNs s ~ II did
~. N ncnr 20 Iodilla as strange that the man
| shonld know tie child was a boy, thougn We
stranger himself Bit his tongue dor neHs1 with
| str,nrcrs or indeed, with any one, but rem
| NAM of spite over the afternoons nulhillauon'
remained T sarH IF an" ran s0 over the little
| sunnosed loss The stranger seemed much IN
tciestel-he put several questions ra1ner lnci os
| want il seemed to Lodla, as to tie iocitoh VI
| Simpson's Patch, the number ana size u an! .uc
children in the party, and the appearanc. OF nv, ,h
Mart Wingford He seemed to miss chtrely '"c
pont of tie joke Lodlla saw IT. :; cha
| Presently he appeared to lose interest III the
| subject. looked AT his watch and sad he was
| Going 10 be late for his train at the county seat;
and Iiftinc his hat politely drove on at a good
" nncc Inavng Iodla looking after him and won
| dcring if she had not been more gracious IMAM
was quite proper a. .id ,a1 ,ov p u the woods and
| ston or almost stop and when he came out INTO
the road again it looked 10 l4odla as II there were
two heads showing over the lowered ougey Up, nu'
| il was n long way OF, and she could not be sure
| What difference did il make, anyhow? there
| was an answer to this question later on, whch
ford children. four Of them, scattered lar ana
| wide. the girls searching and crying, and the
boys searching and accusing fa;h Other all nearly
He was so tired when we got hm here"
| all the aft'noon when | had berries to pick, n
| so | spread my apron under his head n left
him ticre asleep. N 1 staid right near him.
YES" said Jenny, with a will to help but, bnt
once, TO the other side O. the patch" .,,
| We'll. l thought Harvey was right there
That's right Blame it all onto me! ex-
claimed Harvey, mucn offended II didn't want
him to. come; lurowed Lcd git tired out; bgt
| the girls would have it, an they didn't ask his
| mother. either. 'ra"sc they ouldn't find any
body anywhere round the house but Mart"
LOdilla's mind; naturally suspicious began to
'S Did You leave lin whore anybody could see
why. Yes why not ?" cslsel Jenny.
| Did you anyboGy goln' byP'
There was oXcart, said the younger boy
slowly. ,... -, u.u,ou .pn. .,o
couldn't anybody gt him 'thout clmbin' the
fence an we'd "a heard that"
"Thes tccny little place where ho could
"a got got through by himself" said the elder
girl, beginning to sob again. Hes sech a
little Teller an az quck's squirre.'
"Shut up!' said Loda. swapping her own
lips together as if for an example. Les go gee.
The four Crawfords lei the way, looking down
on the ground and indulging in mutual recrimina
ton as they went: but Lodla did not hear
she was looking right and left for signs of z
struggle. The gap, in\ the fence was "teeny
damp clay beneath showed that the four-ycar
old boy had squeezed through there and got
out into the road. They traced his footprints in
the dust and at one place, under some pokebcrry
stalks, they decided he had sat down upon
stone TO rest, for they found at the base OF
the stone two little holes dug by his heels in
the grass. The footprints went only few steps