Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-03-13

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Il can repeat IL word for word. This was
my reply: 4 refuse, positively, to part with
my child"
mo more than thatY,
"No more"
MI. Ssrrazin looked at his client with UNI
disguised admiration. ''The only time in all
my long experience he said, lin which |
have found "a lady's letter capable Of express
ing Itself strongly In few words. What a
lawyer you viii make, Mrs. Linley. when
the rights OF women invade my professionr p
He put his hand into his breast pocket and
produced a letter addressed to himself.
watching him anxi0usly, the ladies saw
his bright face become overloaded with
anxiety. II aln the wretched bearer of bad
news, he resumed, ''and If iidget in my
CHAIR That - the reason for u. Let Us get 70
the portland let ~ get OF it again as soon
a. possible. Here i "A letter, written ia me
by Mr.. Linley's lawyer. If sou will take my
advice YOU will let me say what the sub
stance OF II is, and then put il back in NV
pocket. doubt II a woman has Influenced
these cruel instructions. Mrs. Presty; and,
therefore, ! doubt il a woman Influenced the
letter which has led the way 10 them. Did
1 not say Just now that | was coming 10 the
point? And here / am wandering farther
and farther away from il. A lawyer is hu.
man there is the only excuse. Now. Mrs.
Liniey, in two words! Your husband is de-
terrnlned to have little Miss Kitty: and the
law, when he applies TO il, is his obediens
humble servant
DO Won mean that the law takes MY child
away from me?'
III am aGbaunad u,aIau. q, tIf,Ar tb.t 4
live by the law but that, | must own, is ex-
actly what 1t is capable OF doing in the pres
ent case. Compose yourself, / beg and pay.
A time will come when women will remind
mel that the mother bears the child and
fesds the child, and will insist that the moth
ers right is the best right of the two. Ia the
meanwhile"
in the meanwhile, Mr.. SsrTazin, | wont
submit 10 the law"
Quite right, Catherine ~ cried Mrs. Presty.
Exactly what | should do in your place
Mr.. Sarrazln listened patiently. II am all
attention, good ladies' he said, with tho
gentlest~ resignation. Let me hear how you
mean ~ do it,
The good ladies' looked at each other. They
discovered that IL Is one thing "a set an abuse
at defiance IN words, and another thing 10
apply the remedy in deeds. The kind-heart-
I'd lawyer helped them with a suggestion.
Perhaps you think OF making your escape
with the child, and taking refuge Abroad
Mrs. Iinley eagerly accepted the hint.
The first train tomorrow morning starts al
half-past - she said. We might catch
some foreign steamer that sails from the east
coast of Scotland"
Mrs. Presty, keeping a wary eve on Mr..
sarrazin, was not quite 20 ready as her
daughter in rushing al conclusions. Il am
afraid" she acknowledged. our worthy
friend sees soule objection. What j. it:'
Il don't presume to offer a positive 0pin.
ion. ma'am; but | think Mr.. Linley and his
lawyer have their suspicious. Plainly speak
ing, am afraid spies are set to watch u al
ready
impossible
'You shall hear. / travel second-claS,;
one saves money. and one finds people To-
talk to-and az what sacrifice? Only a hard
cushion TO sit on! IN the same carriage with
lie there was a very converSible persona
mart young man with flaming red hair.
When we took the omnibus al your station
here all the passengers got out IN the town
except twO. | was one exception and the
smart young man was the other. When
stopped at your gate the omnibus ven on a
few yards, and set my fellow-trayeler at the
village inn. Ny profession makes me sly. |
waited a little before ] rang your bell and.
when | could do it without being seen, |
crossed the road and had a look al the inn.
There is a moon tonight; | was very care
tul. The young man didn't see me. But |
cav a head Of flaming hair and a pairO OF ami
a1le blue eyes over the blind OF a window.
and II happened 10 be that one window 81
the inn which commands "a full view of Your
gate. Mere suspicion, you VIII say, cant
deny il, and yet | have my reasons for sus.
pecting. Before | left London one of my
CLERKS followed me Ia a great hurry 10 the
terminus, and caught me as was opening
the carriage door. We have just made q dis
coyery, lie said; YOU and Mrs. Linley are
to be reckoned up 'Reckoned up is. il you
please. detective English for being watched.
Ny clerk might have repeated a Iaise report,
OF course. And my feilOw-trayeler might
have come all the way from London To look
out IT the window OF an inn in 4 tumber.
land village. What do you think your.
~selyes?'
II seemed 10 be easier 10 dispute the law
than 10 dispute Mr.. Sarrazin's conclusions.
suppose | choose TO travel abroad and to
take my child with me-" Mrs. Linley per.
sisted, who has any right to prevent me?'
Mr.. Sarrazin reluctantly reminded her that
the father had a right. NO person, not even
the mother. can take the child out OF the
fathers custody" he said. except with the
fathers consent. His authority is the Sill
preme carbohydrates il happens that tie
law has deprived him Of his privilege, and
has expressly confded the child TO the moth
er's care. Ha!' cried Mr.. Sarrazin, twist
ing round la his chair and fixing his keen
ewes on Mrs. Presty, look at your good
mother; she sees what | am coming o."
Il see something more than you Think"
Mrs. Presty answered. "If | know anything
OF my daughters nature. you will find your
self before long on delicate ground"
What do YOU mean. mammal
Mrs. Presty had lived IN the past age when
persons occasionally used metaphor as all aid
TO the expression OF their ideas. Being cali
ed upon 70 explain herself she did il In meta
phor TO her W entire satisfaction.
''Our learned friend here reminds me. my
dear Catherine, OF a traveller exploring a
strange town. He takes a turning In the
| confident expectation that ii will reward him
BY leading 10 some satisfactory result-and
be finds himself in a blind ally. or. as the
french put II a speak French %fiuently) in a
cool de sack. Do l make my meaning clear,
Mr.. Sarraziny'
Not the least IN the world. ma'am.'
How very extraordinary! Perhaps l have
been misled by my own vivid imagination.
Let me endeavor TO express myself plainly
let me say that my fancy looks ~prophetically
AZ whs: yoa are going 70 do, and sincerely
wishes you well out Of il. Pray go on"
And pray speak more plainly than my
mother has spoken" Mrs. Linley added.
As I u understand what you said just now,
theGe is a law, after all, that will protect me
in the possession OF my little girl. 1 don't
care what 1t costs; l want that law"
May l ask first" Mr.. Sarrazin stipulated,
whether you are positively resolved not TO
give away to your husband in this matter of
Kitty?'
Positively"
One more question. II you please, on a
matter OF fact. / have heard that you were
ma{Tied in Scotland. Is that true?'
sQuite true"
Mr.. Sarrszin exhibited himself once more
in = highly unprofessional aspect. He clap
ped his hands and cried ''Bsavo!' "a II he
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