Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-10


t4r sleeve vas caught in belt and
H1- succeeded in saving her from be
'-l&s cruhsed in the machinery. Thus
treH hrst met each other.
fh"y soon became fast friends
t2th had joSt their parents early and
3e'd iearard To fight their own bat
t's-s, and hoth We're strong physically
ae @e|l as morally.
When they had known each other
125 SIX month. he asked her to marry
tm.
Sae asked time 20 think it over, bu'
finally agreed and they were mar
rlr9. They reated small. very small.
cottage in 4 row of many others, near
ehe factory. hit the rooms wera ligh;
aua airy and clean They were per
feefiH happy the work seemed like
Ffaz to Ih"ln They bought furniture
0aa. piece AZ the Time, on installments
are We're as glad as children every
tim, the last insatllment had been
paid and they felt that the table or
ehair or bureau was really theirs.
One day the wife felt that she was
10 become a mother The discovery
did not make her feel happy; on the
cen1rary sh- felt il as punishment,
y hlch was to DESTROY the whole plan
Or their lif.t-
In The evenin. she told her hus-
band He did not say anything, bus
BEGAN to walk up and down the floor
Ii vas evident tnar he thought just
a. she did.
"A child. he said TO himself. "a
child costs much money and is only
in the way: the mother must STOP
working to take care of the ltle
oap-and that means loss OF wages
ard increased expenses.
His head became quite dizzy when
ne thought OF this
He went to the bureau. In the top
drawer vas savings bankDook III
b:s wife, name. in which they hao
put every cent they could spare. aui'e
= snug little sum. he always thoush''
He tore of a sheeC of paper ana
heoan to f'e,,re out His wife sat at
thu other end of the table and looked
at him in silence.
In the evening they both cursed
the unborn baby.
When the baby finally came she
vas pale. siclly looking creature
,1uavs Quiet and smiling, looking IN
10 the strange world with great ploe
eyes.
A. soon as the mo her was strong
again. the baby was given TO the ne
II a neighbor, that tht mother h1ls"'
s+s,t in working III the fac DRY again
p,,4 the woman put the money y her
=ovn pocket and the strange emu
grew paler and thinner ever! DAY '''
,,,,+her could no help noticlng 1t ana
ore dav she decided that she hlus'
stav at home to take care OF the ch''"'
SLOWLY the mother love developed
i, her heart, and she loved 20 iooN
#,,to rho beautiful blue eyes OF i''i"
,e,rv who was always playful ana
,,i,;no Rut when her husband was
>. home she did not dare to sho" ''la'
to ,ovad her little girl. He was not
:, bod father. he never slapped or hur'
4b4. child but he never touched II o'
even looked at II
In the evening the banbook was
taken ou, of1ener than ever anu HIS
n,ow darkened when he saw no" 'oV
,,,onn+ Grew steadily smaller. ana
t,o, tbere was an expression OF hatrea
!, his eyes when he looked to"atoS
tie little CRIB
In this way ltste Mary grew up
and when she was three years oio si''
was sent out into the street TO p'a!
v;th tha other children, No" s"''
tbe mother could once more go 10
cork the father seemed a lleeie ii'o'
satisfed-possibly the dehclt III '"e
handbook could be covered again
One evening when the mother cai''e
home from work she found nef cn''o
,rconscious in neighbor,s mouse
sbe had been run down by an auto
mobile and her beautiful little heao
With it's golden curls was co'ereu
with blood.
"Weu. suppose we'd better se"'
for doctor-that cost too much mo"-
ey.' 10
when the father came home ne
looked at the child in silence for some
time. then said:
"Wel I suppose we'd better seno 'o'
doctor: he will have to make ou'
Tho certificate of death. anyway
Tho doctor came. said some1hl'lS