Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1906-10-18


the man In the dlngy clothes, respond
Ing TO the woman and the child. And
also there crept into the vision oil his
ducats the sorrowful. wondering, re-
proachful eyes OF the one woman VINO
could have crowned his life with Joy
and would have done SO had he not
thrust her aside for the golden calf,
Savagely he sprang to his feet,
thrust the poker into The log sending
up a shower OF sparks and striding TO
the sldeboard guiped down q glass OF
wins.
"Foo;. :ool." he muttered. you're
getting In your dotage. You have won,
won man-can't you understand. What
OF all this blltherlng nonsense?"
The door bell rang and moment
later a woman was ushered Into the
room. She was poorly clad and on her
face was written desperation.
"Mr. Dickinson" she said In low
voice, 81 lied to get In here, but the
cause was so urgent L l.. In fact
I came to beg. My baby Is starving
and there Is no fuel In the room. My
husband Is dead"
81 never give to individuals" he
interrupted. harshly. IL contribute
literally to organized charity. You
should apply to the Relief society OF
to the po0rmaster. /"
At this moment she threw back her
head with a characteristic gesture and
raised her eyes straight to his. He
stopped as though he saw ghost.
mabel" he cried fiercely. my God
Is Il possible? Tell me, am sane?'
Eyes, Donald. Il is l." she said
quietly. And you must know the ter
ribe necessity which could drive me
TO ask help from you. Nothing but a
mothers love and terror could have
done It. have tried the Relief so
ciety and they have the case under
advisement.' The poOrmaster VIII
investigate tomorrow In the mean
time my baby will freeze and starye
So I come to you and lay my pride
my self-respect. at your feet. am
poor, desperately, pitifully poor ana
You are rich. Donald, help my baby
you can, you must"
poor. Mabel poor" said Dickinson
slowly. "You don't know what 1t Is to
be poor. You who have known the
love of husband and child. You are
rich. rich beyond the dream OF avarice
II is who am poor--it Is who needs
charity in my lonely, wretched ex'
istence."
She gazed at him In open-monthed
wonder.
you say your husband Is dead?" he
went on.
Eyes. these two years." she replied.
Ellis life insurance sufficed for time.
but knew nothing of business and n
bad investment and the bank failure,
left me stranded"
mabel" he said slowly, "can you
forget and forgive the past and give
me the right to care always for you
and your child? have sacrificed
everything for gold and now that l
have It | hate it-hate 1t. ] learned
It only tonight. Only tonight your
face coming out of the freight made
me to know had grasped the shadow
aud lost the substance. Come to me.
Mabel. | need you more than You can
know, and | can give you and your
child many things"
Donald said the woman. steadily
placing her own hands into his out
stretched ones. Il never have ceased
to love you. God help me, married
a good men. but could not give him my
heart"
The log in the crate burst afame
and the shadows vanished into the
corners.
"Now have I won, indeed" Dickin-
son cried triumphantly as he took her
in his arms. Now is success mine"
Together they went forth to the
child.