The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-01-02
papers must be ready when he reached
New York.


New York.
"Yes," the papers are ready" said
the lawyer on the eighth day after
ward to tall and athletic young man,
who seemed to fairly fill his small of
flee; ''that is, if you are fully deter
mined. Your wife will fight the case.
She has retained Van Cassyl-and will
fight for the child. Had we not better
arrange something's
Harold Thyme shook himself like
weary dog.
mo, l wan, it ever with. ] am sure
sure. 1t was my own mad folly,
These women of the stage-pah."
But" interrupted the lawyer, you
are too rash, were too rash then.
Think of the child-that is a nice little
child. You ought not to expect me to
not think of her in this case for I've
looked after her for you"
$50 you have" said the man, gloom
ily, "but she is so like her mother"
"We will go and see her before we
do anything else" said the lawyer,
quietly. I'm fact, l insist that you
must see her before going forward"
Half an hour later the two men
stepped quietly up the two flights of
stairs. The house seemed very still,
and there was nothing to lead Mr..
Hodges to expect the scene he met on
opening the nursery door. The child
was seated on her beautiful mothers
lap. the tiny arms about her neck.
Mrs. Hodges was crying in chair near
by. and Nurse Brown was blowing her
nose violently from time to time.
"Arethusa!" exclaimed Mr.. Hodges,
amazed beyond further speech by the
sight before him.
She turned fiercelY upon him
(Which | never won have thDuThl,
Timothy, that you'd have hid away a
sweet child from its n, Their, and all
on account of bad mans jealousy"
Mrs, Thyme had risen with tn child
in her arms. Her eyes b'azed as she
faced her accuser.
"You shall not have her, Harold.
You would make her as miserable as
YOU have made me. Think of snatch
ing a tender little thing from its moth
er's arms and then running of to Eu-
rope and leaving her with strangers
"Itshows what a rash, wildthought-
ed man YOU are" sobbed Mrs. Hodges,
land you've had a bad influence over
nv husband or he would never have
helped you"
Harold Thyme was pallid to the
lips.
Didn't / see you talking to the
actor YOU knew before we were mar
ried? Didn't l see you give him let
ter or note?-and you had promised
me to give up those people"
That's where | was foolish" re-
Piled the little mother, brayely. 81
should never have turned my back on
old frends-and should occasion Of
fer, / will show what that note was
and where its destination"
"She was sending money to a poor
sick woman that had always looked
after her, you wretch cried Mrs.
Hodges; "she told me so, and / be-
ieve her-and not asking her about it
you steals her baby, and her sick at
the time. Ugh! but you are a
thoughtless one and don't deserve
such a wife and child Timothy shall
not take your case, not he"
The lawyer whistled softly.
But Little Quiet had been making
up her mind from her perch in her
mothers arms. She had been shyly
aying her father while smoothing her
mothers cheek. Now her seldom
heard voice was raised in entreaty.
Papa, peas tum here"
1t was as if a bombshell had eX-
ploded in the room. Nurse Brown
fed, weeping audibly. The dazed
Timothy found himself hustled out
by Mrs. Hodges, who fairly drove him
down the stairs. Sitting down upon a
divan in the hallway she sank back
| among the cushions with a wall of
| recrimination.
'If it wasn't for that blessed child,
Timothy, you'd be a miserable sinner.
But the Lord has upset your plans, and
although l don't like that man, she
may bring him around so he'll act like
other people. They got a little child to
lead them, anyhow"