The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-05-05
=, msx,a ...rment. and hsr Fac. ~

n,, mind To a course of action b.s,'t
WITH aitticr.tirs and set shrii.ks from
II.
IL Was Agnes Mason. seeding reoeu-
cIIi,tlon aud forgiveness. She had lriel
TO md him tor many weary weeks. for
hs,, child was often ON the Verge oe
starvation and her motlcr's heart was
lacerlted by the chtld's suffering
Mrs. Amer was there no longer. and
the. new iuudlady knew nothing OF Mr.
Mason, .Asnes had sought him IN vain,
ana NOW She SAW HIM coming.
"Eohert. she cried. raising her land
10 place II OH his arm.
lie looked ut her stupidity, but sls
did not notice the dun appearance ~
his ewes and the wooden expression or
his face. He pushed her aside roughly
aaa passed on. she sank With . moan
to ,ae pavement. Ne had pushed her
from his life: he did not want her
She arose hurrieaiy rs ~ thought
struck her. Catching the child by In.
shoulder, she pointed IN the r|etrelt-
ing figure. which VAS still only IA few
yards distant.
Go To that gentleman. Bobby. and
tell him that YOU are his little sonny.
rs YOU tell mamma sometimeS. He is
your daddy. Take this letter and tell
him l wrote ii for him.. Don't let him
go II he tries To leave you cry loud
He has the pennies To buy you some
thing To eat and he Will give you some
thing. Tell him that YOU axe hungry,
She pushed the boy along with fever
ish haste. running with him almost to
tho man who had spurned her. THEFT
she left the child 10 give the messag.
as best he might ana hid herself In
Il doorway 10 watch the result.
Her heart beat high rs she saw Rob
arl Mason sion and listen IN ma hnv
She saw him take the letter. An in.-
pulse prompted her to run TO her hus-
In nd hnt she rtuJSbal III dow Sbs
might spoil all by jntrndjng. Robert
would probably care for the hoy. 1T was
his responsibility. but he would not
want her-he did not want her. some
thing in her hear, told her that thu,
child would be all right, so she turned
| and fled from the spol
Robert Mason tried 10 read the letter.
but his ewes were dimined What vas
tba chiia talkino ,ho,,t
Ha ,.n,eht ths nov in Mi, ar,,s an,
moved ON with him He didn't Know
what he was pojne I'm do exartlv b,,t
Inc haze was 'lanrinr FROM, Mic hr,i,
By the lime he had seated the child on
- cb,ir IN /. rho,n ~, room, hnlii,,-
bi,,, uti,h a,. h,ua ,,aha,, N,san 80
mo, far srom sohn,
ne $500, ~, o,a .vh, h,,..,
,,,. ys,,. ivy, o., y" q, E Sarf, WI, !, 49,
Yes mis- note Ne read it and his face
became ashen i'm hua "Did yon-
mamma Give. Won his Whore is sh,r
The child raDIieJ ip tun mr. thraa
broksn sanian,Ias ana Nason s,,baf.l
an ida, Of tho trnth "a ,o7.h, NJ,
the child again and literally ram back
10 the spot where the child had come
to him. as nearly a3 ne could re,serl-
Der. but he found no trace of Agnes.
She had slipped from him once more.
Another TWO wears have gone, ana
they have wrought a cl,.at Change in
Robert Mason. The entrance of th,
child INFO HIS life. the constant remind
e. OF his lost wife in the BOYS si,ik-
resemblance TO her, had been tins
means OF turning him aside from, ina,
pain he was Following and making MIN
work with do-ged ~stIthbornass no e,,i,
a naIne as a journalist and author.
After much hard work the tide had
turned and he was ON the road 10 sue
cess.
His great opportunitv had come In
connection with n Yulav fn,. a nro,5rrfai
touring company. a man for whom H..
did a good turn In an unexpected man
ner gave him his opportunity and he
WAS able to a 1T. This WAS such A
success that his reputation spread and
he Was soon represented ON me lo-lon
boards" but the public did MOI know
him as Robert Mason.
And ga i, car,n abo,+ ,ha4 ,c,,s
Watching roi. a sim of her b,,sh5,,1
l,a.rI - ,ha s,,7r 49,
dran1atitt and nnyslist AM, ala rot
n1t MT !, "u nos poto1, M. w. ~
s,,r,aa naIoa
~ n.,,
>o"' ioppS 'Nelalfneo robert
r., S"sis =" i's = d .ple soH.
III SV.ls w '"he 700 ~ 'Ae theateF
w. 81 IN llaies ,i'u sehtIeihel say
,ns - l"iiSs '"' "au p"ts u""h OH
ne pnie''
~ V, iaules alu s"litt'iieht
=, ~ i'o'pS 'ol'iiVi t'piS.
~ IN Noi'iit,"S tithtS you as 'he
, utitetS uiu itl lsI,atlsals, you ousht 20
~ 10y l,'ivs ~ GehelSllei, i"ushei
" .a.het. lnes II spo,' You,
, nuai'iu7S oeSai'. l.i1'ie hob vas
pia'eu IN a tolne'. ana iof the tiine
mad allnyod SOM , n, ;,as :, ~ t tst.'sst
netnl1n,a,.ria rios tn no ,,,esant IN ~ ~
dito-jun l1st as a trnot ,n, No., a,.,
10 avoid me ratbar denressimg 1890 a.
which AN e,1nt y tbe,.e ~ u.o,,I5 y ,,a nn
the actors al rehearsal
A, Ia,st ,ba, y.as bis' nynl,,,,ta ,,,.
everybody understood that his good
nature prompted him to allow poor
people to come in at times, out of the
cold or wet. and he also gave them ,
coin as a souvenir.
Extraordinary conduct. as some per
sons said. but he WAS AN extraordinary
man altogether. which probahlv 40