The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-15


papers must be ready when he reached
New York
yes" the papers are ready said
the lawyer on the eighth day after
ward TO q tall and afhlefic young man.
who seemed TO fairly I'll his small Of
fee that IS, II you are fully deter
mined Your wife wlI fight the case
She has retained Van cas@yI-and viii
fight for the child. Had We not better
arrange somethiagg~
Harold Thyme shook himself Ike
a weary dog
mo, / wan it ever xith- ] am sure
sure 1t was my own mad folly.
These women Of thu stage-pzht~
But interrupted the lawyer, you
7 too rash. were too rash then
Think Of the child-tkaf. 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
so Jon have said the man. gloom
fIy. -5ut she IS 50 like her mother
I'VE viii go and ~ her before we
do anything else said the lawyer.
quietly Sin fact. / insist that YOU
must see her before going forward
Half an hour later the two men
stepped quietly up the two fights OF
stairs. The house seemed very still.
and there vas nothing TO lead Mr.
Hodges 10 expect the scene he met on
opening the nursery door The child
vas seated on her beautiful mothers
lap. the tiny arms about her neck
Mrs Hodges was crying IN a chair near
by, and Nurse Brown was blowing her
nose violently from time to time
-Arethusst~ exclaimed Mr. Hodges
smazed beyond further speech BY tbs
sight before him.
She turned Eercelv upon him
when 1 never wo1 c have thJU-hs.
Timothy. that you'd have hid away q
swee child from its N. ther. and all
on 0 Of a bad mans 5~eaIousy-
Mrs Thyme had rissn uish til ehfld
in her arms Her eyes bsazed 4s she
faced her sccuser-
-YOu shall rot have her. Harold.
YOu would make her as miserable as
you have made ne Think Of Snatch
ing 9 tender little thing from It's moth
er'S arms and then running OF to Eu-
rope and leaving her with Strangers
-ItxhovS what a rash wiIdthOught-
ed man you are. sobbed Mrs Hodges.
-and you've had a bad influence over
my husband or he would never have
helped you
Harold Thyme was paIid 10 the
lips
Didn't I see you talking TO the
actor you knew before we were mar
risd? Didn't 1 see you give him a let
ter or nOte2-and you had promised
me to give up those people"
That's where 1 was foolish" re-
piled the little mother. brzvely. Il
should never have turned my back on
old frIends-znd should occasion Of
fer, 1 VIII show what that note was
and where It's 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 1 BE-
nev her-snd not asking her about it
you steals her baby, and her sick at
the time Ugh. but you are a
thOughtIess one and don't deserve
such a wife and child Timothy shah
not take your case. not he"
The lawyer whistIed softly
But Little Quiet had been making
up her mind from her perch in her
mothers arms She had been shyIy
eyiug her father while smoothing her
mothers cheek Now her seldom
heard voice was raised in e1trezty.
Papa peas tum here
1t was as if a bombshell had ex-
ploded in the room Nurse Brown
fled, weeping au6ibly- The dared
Timothy found himself hustled out
BY Mrs Hodges, who fairly drove him
dow the stairs Sitting down upon a
divan in the hallway she sank back
among the cushions with a wall OF
recrimiration-
If il wasn't for that Blessed child.
Timothy. you'd be a miserable sinner
But the Lord has upset your plans. and
although 1 don't ike that mau. she
may bring him around 50 he'll act Ike
other people They got a little child to
lead them. anyhow