The daily morning Alaskan., 1903-07-11
A CASE OF
 DESERTION
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9OSSeSSel Inem TWO naa pecu SOuli n' so long" said the neighbors, "and, never havin' had a quarrel they'll live together like two turtledoyes." n created, therefore. sensation when a week after the marriage Andy disap- peared. The only explanation given by bis wife was that they had Quarreled. The truth was that under the influence of physical allment Molly had acted very unreasonably and harshly. Andy whose experience In marital life was confined to a few days. argued. "If this is the beginning. what will be tho endT" Being a determined fellow as well as having a dread of discord, he made up his mind to correct what he considered mistake at the very out set by leaving his wife. Nevertheless he was not SO unmanly as to force her 10 take care of herself. He left with her half hls savings, and beforo they were gono he began to send monthly remittnnces. Then suddenly the remit tances stopped. for Andy fell sick. Six months later they were resumed. but as Molly had left the place tp which she had lived they were returned to Andy.
 Molly had been offered q position in the city and had gone there to keep from starvation. taking with her It. tle girl who had been born to her. But when Molly reached the city she ar rived without her baby, whom she had left in a foundllngs home.
 The child was SO pretty and attrae- tive that a number of ladies without children wished to adopt her. The lady president resolved to put Molly up at auction, the proceeds to be settled upon the child in the hands of trustee, Molly to be knocked down to the high est bidder. On the day of the sale the home matron mounted a table with Molly In her arms and called for bids. There were in attendance besides the ladies mentioned number of poorer people who wanted a child.
 Fifty dollars was bid and the amount run up tO $2J0 by the poorer classes when the ladies took hold and raised It to Sl.OOO. Az this point a man behind the crowd dressed like a workiRgman began to bid. A lady who was resolved Co have the child bid against him till the sum Of 5000 was reached. when she withdrew. and the child wGS knocked down to the man.
 What nameY' asked the matCon-
 Andrew Spmwalt."
 "Sumwalt? That was the name pinned to the child's dress when she was brought in here"
 'I know all about her" said the man. eve been tracking her mother for weeks. but haven't gained any infor' nation except of the child"
 He pulled a great roll from his pocket and counted twenty SlOO bills without sel~ibly lessening the bulk of the roll Handing the money to the matron, he took his little girl in his arms, and the expression of his face was a delight to look upon.
 Andy had hunted for gold In the west and found a coal mine. This had given him a fortune. He had lived with a married couple ln the far west and had noticed how much they had to bear and forbear. Then it occurred to him that be had fed in the face of an inev' ltabie attendant upon marriage, the getting used tc each other. and had he waited for his child she would have been a bond far stronger than all oth- CTS.
 Upon proving his story he was named trustee for bis child, and the president Of the home took sufficient interest in finding his wife, the mother of bis child. tO enter upon the work herself. But she made slow progress, and after months Of endeavor gave up the work as hopeless. Meanwhile Andy hired a comfortable country home and nurse and waited.
 one spring morning John was work Ing in his garden while Molly was chasing butterflies over the grass. A carriage came up the road and turned into the gate. Andy stood leaning on his spade. looking at lt. A presentiment came to hlm that his wife was within. But. no: she could never come to him m such style. The carriage stopped a short distance from him. and the lady president of the home alighted. John was disappointed: but. noticing anoth- CT woman about to alight, his pulse quickened again. Once moro he was doomed to disappointment at seeing the woman dressed in the black and white of a servant. for she must surely be the lady's maid. Then the vision of his life flashed before him, the lady's maid running to him with outstretched arms. In another moment husband and wife were in each others embrace, and little Molly, coming up. was taken between them.
 Molly had at last found lt possible to support her child and had gone to the home in quest of her.
 "I have often met" said the lady president a little later ln Andy's sitting room. eases like thls. dessrtion lmme- diately or very soon after marriage. and have wondered at tbs cause. Sure ly there must be some great discovery, some bitter disappointment ask as my reward for bringing you two to- gether that you tell me the cause in this case"
 Andy and Molly hung their heads.
 "It was all my fault" said Molly.
 aAW rnfna aafd Andy